New England College of Optometry Vision Core Grant

新英格兰验光学院视觉核心补助金

• 批准号: 6899789
• 负责人: DAVID B TROILO
• 金额: $ 19.6万
• 依托单位: NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6899789
• 关键词: biomedical equipment resource; digital imaging; eye disorder; health science research support; image processing; myopia; statistics /biometry; vision; visual stimulus

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds for two institutional infrastructure modules are requested to facilitate the vision research programs of 18 faculty/researchers at the New England College of Optometry. Eight of these personnel are PIs on NEI funded projects, and six others are researchers supported, in whole or part, by NEI funds. A Biostatistics Module is proposed. This module will help the College fund a formally trained biostatistician who will assist investigators on experimental design and statistical analysis of complex data sets. A Digital Imaging Module is also proposed. This will provide an experienced digital image analyst with expertise in programming, image processing, and visual stimulus control systems. This module will assist key research personnel in the development, construction, and operation of visual stimulus delivery and optical and ocular measurement systems. A major strength of the research programs at the New England College of Optometry is the multi-disciplinary approach brought to bear on issues of clinical importance. For example, experimental approaches used at the college in the study of eye growth and myopia development involve human and non-human subjects, and behavioral, clinical, and basic biological techniques. Research at the college over the past ten years has been increasingly productive and is currently funded by four R01 grants, three U10 grants, a number of U10 subcontracts, and various other sources of extramural funding. The administration strongly supports research at the college and actively plans to expand its research mission by adding seven new laboratories to the existing eleven, and also by initiating MS and PhD graduate programs in Vision Science. The modules requested in this application will greatly enhance these activities and ongoing research at the New England College of Optometry

描述（由申请人提供）：要求两个机构基础设施模块的资金促进新英格兰验光学院的18位教职员工/研究人员的视觉研究计划。这些人员中有八名是NEI资助项目的PI，另外六名人员是由NEI基金全部或部分支持的研究人员。提出了一个生物统计学模块。该模块将帮助学院基金一个经过正式培训的生物统计学家，该基金将协助研究人员对复杂数据集的实验设计和统计分析。还提出了数字成像模块。这将为经验丰富的数字图像分析师提供编程，图像处理和视觉刺激控制系统方面的专业知识。该模块将协助关键的研究人员进行视觉刺激传递以及光学和眼测量系统的开发，构建和操作。新英格兰验光学院研究计划的主要优势是在临床重要性问题上采取的多学科方法。例如，在研究眼睛生长和近视发育研究中使用的实验方法涉及人类和非人类受试者，以及行为，临床和基本生物学技术。在过去的十年中，该学院的研究越来越有效，目前由四项R01补助金，三个U10赠款，许多U10分包合同以及其他各种其他壁外资金来源资助。政府强烈支持该学院的研究，并积极计划通过向现有的11个新实验室增加七个新实验室，并通过启动视力科学领域的MS和博士学位研究生课程来扩大研究任务。本申请中要求的模块将大大增强这些活动，并在新英格兰验光学院进行持续的研究