Visual Optics and Cornea

描述（由申请人提供）：印第安纳大学建立已久的视觉科学研究生和研究项目为两名临床医生寻求五年的支持，在机构临床科学家发展计划的指导下接受培训。该计划的具体目标是培养临床科学家和以患者为导向的临床研究人员，他们反过来将建立一个独立的视觉研究计划。该提案特别概述了两个项目，一个是视觉光学，另一个是角膜，以培养两名从事视觉研究的临床医生。这些受训者将被纳入印第安纳大学视觉科学专业的正式博士学位课程。目前博士学位需要90个学分，其中30个必须来自教学课程。为了让临床医生有更多的时间专注于研究，该项目允许临床训练的研究生使用临床项目中的6个学分来满足他们30个学分的教学要求。Bonanno和Thibos教授是两位非常有成就的研究人员，在资助研究和研究生培训方面有着长期的记录，他们将是两位被选中的受训者的主要导师。每位导师都与视觉科学项目内的一些基础和临床科学家以及其他部门（如心理学，神经科学，化学，生物学，物理学，数学，计算机科学，医学，眼科，生理学和生物物理学）外的许多科学家有长期的合作关系。印第安纳大学研究生院其他院系之间的无缝互动将被充分利用，以提高所选临床医生的教育和研究经验。此外，还将建立联系系统，追踪在医院和私人执业的优秀视光专业毕业生。将利用广泛的招聘工具和个人联系广泛宣传该计划，以吸引包括妇女和少数民族在内的最佳申请人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-established graduate and research program in Vision Science at Indiana University seeks support for five years for two clinicians to be trained within the guidelines for the Institutional Clinical Scientist Development Program. The specific aim of the program is to train clinician scientists and patient oriented clinical investigators who in turn will establish an independent research program in vision. This proposal specifically outlines two programs, one in visual optics and the other in cornea to train two clinicians for careers in vision research. The trainees will be integrated into the formal Ph.D. degree program in Vision Science at Indiana University. Currently Ph.D. degree requires a total of 90 credit hours, of which 30 must come from didactic courses. In order to allow more time for clinicians to focus on research, the program allows the clinically trained graduate students to use 6 credits from the clinical program towards their 30 credit-didactic requirement. Professors Bonanno and Thibos, two highly accomplished investigators, with long track records of funded research and graduate training, will be the primary mentors for the two selected trainees. Each mentor has a long term collaborative relationship with a number of basic and clinical scientists both within the Vision Science program and outside with other departments such as psychology, neuroscience, chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, computer science, medical science, ophthalmology, physiology and biophysics. The seamless interaction between other departments of the University Graduate School at Indiana University will be fully utilized to enhance the educational and research experiences of the selected clinicians. A communication system will be established to track the top optometry graduates in residencies and in private practice. Extensive recruitment tools and personal contacts will be utilized to advertise the program broadly to attract the best applicants including women and minorities.