Vision Research Training Program

我们在斯坦福大学眼科学系和视力与防盲中心， 申请国家眼科研究所的T32培训补助金，以资助博士后项目， 整合基础视力研究和临床眼科培训。我们的目标包括：1）强化临床oph- 热暴露，特别是针对未经临床培训的研究者，以促进未来的工作台到床边 基础视觉研究的应用; 2）促进医学博士的转变还有医学博士博士学位-临床实习生 实践严格的愿景研究，并促进其成功应用于职业发展（K） 奖，一个重要的资助机制，为医生，科学家;和3）教育和培训的基础和 来自分子、细胞、突触和系统水平视觉研究的不同背景的临床研究人员 为他们在临床和基础部门的学术生涯做好准备。 在你的帮助下，我们计划训练4个医学博士，博士，或者医学博士博士研究员每年。基础知识密集课程 视觉研究和眼科学（眼科学302 A），每周多学科斯坦福大学视觉和 预防失明讲座和研讨会，以及其他视力课程和流行病学和统计学培训 将是其中的教育计划量身定制每个学员的背景和研究兴趣，沿着- 每年的机会，介绍他们的工作，教学，写拨款申请，并参加科学会议。 每位受训者将被分配一名基础科学和一名临床导师，导师从斯坦福大学视觉学院中选出- 他们共同持有国家眼科研究所的16项ROl赠款，并发表了100多篇同行论文， 回顾过去两年的出版物。这些导师帮助每位学员发表基础和临床论文， 作为严格的科学和临床研究的例子，并帮助制定一个全面的计划， 编织知识的基本领域，如发展模式的眼睛和视觉电路，突触塑料， 视觉通路的结构和加工，视觉物体识别和阅读，以及视觉运动整合， 详细了解低视力和致盲的常见病因及诊治工具 用来解决他们。一个外部咨询委员会对该计划的歌剧提供独立的观点- 是的。 相关性（见说明）： 因为我们的课程旨在为每位学员提供对视觉研究的全面了解 及其应用，以防止视力丧失，我们的学员准备作出重大的研究贡献， 解决失明和低视力的不同原因，这影响了全球1.6亿人， 美国每年354亿美元的财政负担时，考虑到只是主要的成人视觉障碍- ders。

We at the Stanford Department of Ophthalmology and Center for Vision and Prevention of Blindness are applying for a T32 Training Grant from the National Eye Institute to fund a the post-doctoral program designed to Integrate basic vision research and clinical ophthalmologic training. Our goals include: 1) intensive clinical oph- thalmologic exposure, especially targeting non-clinically trained investigators, to facilitate future bench-to-bedside applications of basic vision research; 2) facilitation of the transition of M.D. and M.D.-Ph.D.-trainees from clinical practice to rigorous vision research and fostering their successful application to the Career Development (K) Award, an important funding mechanism for physician-scientists; and 3) the education and training of basic and clinical investigators from diverse backgrounds in molecular, cellular, synaptic, and systems level vision research to prepare them for academic careers in clinical and basic departments. With your help, we plan to train 4 M.D., Ph.D., or M.D.-Ph.D. fellows per year. An intensive course on basic vision research and ophthalmology (Ophthalmology 302A), weekly multi-disciplinary Stanford Center for Vision and Prevention of Blindness lectures and seminars, and other vision courses and training in epidemiology and statistics will be among the educational program tailored to each trainee's background and research interest, along with an- nual opportunities to present their work, teach, write grant applications, and attend scientific meetings. Each trainee will be assigned a basic science and a clinical mentor, chosen from Stanford vision investiga- tors which collectively hold 16 ROl grants from the National Eye Institute and have published over 100 peer- reviewed publications in the last 2 years. These mentors help each trainee publish basic and clinical papers, serve as examples of rigorous scientific and clinical Investigations, and help develop a well-rounded program to inter- weave knowledge in basic areas such as developmental patterning of the eye and visual circuitry, synaptic plastic- ity and processing of the visual pathway, visual object recognition and reading, and visual-motor integration with a detailed understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of common causes of low vision and blindness and tools used to address them. An External Advisory Committee offers independent perspectives on the Program's opera- tion. RELEVANCE (See Instructions): Because our program is designed to provide each trainee with a comprehensive understanding of vision research and its applications to prevent vision loss, our trainees are poised to make significant research contributions to tackle the different causes of blindness and low vision, which affects 160 million people worldwide and costs the United States annually 35.4 billion dollars in financial burden when considering just the major adult visual disor- ders.