Research Training at New England College of Optometry

描述（由申请人提供）：支持要求为五年的夏季研究培训奖学金在这所大学的第二个时期，从OD计划在这里和其他地方选择十名学生。这项培训的目标是帮助学生获得什么是研究的强烈意识：证据是如何从实验室的实践活动和临床和现场观察中获得的;理论是如何先进的，测试，接受或拒绝。受训者不仅应该更好地了解他们的领域，并有能力判断基于研究的索赔的质量，但有些人会选择追求研究生涯的基础上，他们的经验。研究金的申请是通过当地宣传以及向各学院发送信息来征求的。学员的选择是基于良好的学术记录，特别是在硬科学方面，以及推荐。根据共同兴趣，每个人都被分配到导师的实验室/项目。导师在研究的各个方面指导受训者，是她/他的主要倡导者和评估者。这12位导师都是经验丰富的研究人员，他们正在进行由国家眼科研究所或其他来源资助的研究。他们的工作范围从解剖学和病理学， 病理生理学、药理学、生物化学和自身免疫性疾病。近视和正视化是许多导师的中心主题，并且通过涉及生理光学和流行病学方法的动物模型和人类研究来追求。 所有受训人员参加的研究研讨会将持续到整个夏季。该研讨会将使学员初步了解学院内正在进行的研究。它将包括关于研究伦理学的讲座，关于使用人类受试者的限制和考虑，以及关于使用动物受试者的单独讲座。研讨会还将包括关于在研究和数据分析中使用统计数据的部分，从而导致对研究设计的审议。该学院拥有强大的基础设施支持和试点研究需要的资金支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support is requested for a second period of five years of Summer Research Training Fellowships at this College for ten students selected from OD programs here and elsewhere. The goal of this training is to help the student gain a strong sense of what research is: how evidence is gained from the hands-on activities of the laboratory and from clinical and field observations; how theories are advanced, tested, and accepted or rejected. Trainees should not only gain a greater understanding of their field and an ability to judge the quality of research-based claims, but some will opt to pursue research careers on the basis of their experiences. Applications for the fellowships are solicited by local publicity as well as information sent to the various colleges. Trainees are selected on the basis of strong academic records, particularly in the hard sciences, and recommendations. Each one is assigned to the laboratory/project of a mentor on the basis of common interests. The mentor guides the trainee in all aspects of research and is her/his primary advocate and evaluator. The twelve mentors are all experienced investigators with on-going research funded either by the National Eye Institute or other source. Their work ranges from anatomy and its pathologies, to pathophysiology, pharmacology, biochemistry, and autoimmune disease. Myopia and emmetropization are central themes for a number of mentors and is pursued with both animal models and human studies involving physiological optics and epidemiological methods. A research seminar attended by all trainees continues through the summer. This seminar will initially acquaint the trainees with the on-going research within the College. It will include lectures on the ethics of research, constraints and considerations on the use of human subjects and separate lectures on the use of animal subjects. The seminar will also include sections on the use of statistics in research and data analysis leading to a consideration of research design. This College has strong infrastructural supports and fund support for pilot research needs.