Short Term Training: Students in Health Professional Schools

描述(由申请者提供)：从验光学校和学院招募的六名学生需要短期研究培训支持，以便在俄亥俄州立大学视光学院进行为期三个月的夏季轮换。该培训计划的目标是鼓励学生在眼科研究领域开始职业生涯。培训将在知名眼科和视觉研究人员的实验室进行，这些研究人员主要是验光学院的成员，但有神经科学、心理学和儿科的代表。教师导师的研究专长可以分为三个明确可识别的计划领域：眼部流行病学、生物科学和视觉感知。这一临界数量的视力研究人员拥有10多个目前的国家卫生研究院和国家科学基金会的研究拨款，其中包括15个国家眼科研究所的赠款。这些导师目前总共培训了40多名在册研究生。大部分导师是视觉科学研究生计划的成员，该计划成立于50多年前，自那以来已培训了150多名研究生。*受训人员将在第一年验光培训结束后的夏季全职参加三个月的培训。培训计划将包括定期研讨会和参与指定导师实验室正在进行的研究。招聘将主要针对：俄亥俄州立大学验光学院招收的学生；以及美国所有学校和大学中代表不足的少数族裔学生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Short-term research training support is requested for six students recruited from schools and colleges of optometry to a three-month summer rotation at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. The goal of the training program is to encourage students to embark on a career in eye research. The training will be conducted in the laboratories of well-established eye and vision researchers, primarily members of the College of Optometry but with representation from the Departments of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Pediatrics. The research expertise of the faculty mentors can be divided into three clearly identifiable program areas: ocular epidemiology, biological sciences, and visual perception. This critical mass of vision researchers possess over 10 current National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation research grants between them and includes 15 National Eye Institute grantees. Collectively, the mentors are currently training over 40 enrolled graduate students. The majority of mentors are members of the Graduate Program in Vision Science which was established over 50 years ago and has since trained more than 150 graduate students.* Trainees will participate for three months on a full-time basis during the summer following their first year of optometry training. The Training Program will include regular seminars and participation in the ongoing research in an assigned mentor's laboratory. Recruitment will be directed primarily at: students enrolled in The Ohio State University College of Optometry; and underrepresented minority students at all schools and colleges in the United States.