Vision Science Training Program

视觉科学培训计划

• 批准号: 9280428
• 负责人: Alapakkam P Sampath
• 金额: $ 22.89万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9280428
• 关键词: Training Programs; vision science

7. Project Summary/Abstract: This is a competing renewal for an NRSA Research Training Grant (T32- EY007026). The Vision Science Training Program (VSTP) has its home in the Jules Stein Eye Institute (JSEI), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, and has been continuously active for more than 40 years. During this period the VSTP has trained nearly 140 scientists, a large portion who have gone on to distinguished careers in vision science. The Program covers the training of both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows, and takes place in the laboratories of 14 faculty mentors. These vision scientists possess expertise in a wide range of disciplines and hold academic appointments in 13 departments at UCLA. Applicants for predoctoral fellowships first enter UCLA through one of several graduate programs, and they complete the curriculum associated with that program. After a year of rotations they join the laboratory of a VSTP mentor. Applicants for postdoctoral fellowships apply directly to the VSTP lab of interest. All trainees that are members of VSTP labs are invited to participate in the curricular offerings of this program. These offerings are collectively designed to provide experimental and conceptual training in vision science, as many of the trainees have no prior experience in vision science. All fellows are required to take Fundamentals of Vision Research, a quarter-long course organized and taught by VSTP members. Additionally fellows are integral members of the scientific environment at JSEI through attendance and participation in a number of events, including the weekly Vision Science Seminar Series, the Vision Science Journal Club, and the Annual Vision Science Retreat held in Lake Arrowhead. A particular focus of the VSTP for this grant period is the stronger integration of basic and clinical science. Several offerings will help bridge the gap between these two research focuses by facilitating interactions between the scientists and the clinicians, including the Annual UCLA Stein Eye Clinical and Research Seminar, Translational Grand Rounds, and a Basic-Clinical Science Exchange program. Such experiences will help trainees to place their research into the context of visual health and disease. A major addition to the VSTP will be a dedicated program focused on the postdoctoral trainees, to support their transition to independent investigators. An NRSA F32 Training Course will be offered to all postdoctoral fellows in VSTP labs to provide formal training in how to craft and submit an effective NIH research proposal. Given the interdisciplinary nature of vision research, the overall goal of the VSTP is to bring together faculty with a wide range of expertise (including anatomy, biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry, molecular biology, physiology, pharmacology, cell biology, and developmental biology) to provide interdisciplinary experimental and conceptual training to predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates seeking to develop careers in vision science. Continued funding of the VSTP will permit the JSEI to carry on its critical mission of training the next generation of first-rate basic and clinical vision scientists.

7.项目概要/摘要： 这是NRSA研究培训补助金（T32-EY 007026）的竞争性更新。视觉科学 培训计划（VSTP）的总部设在洛杉矶加州大学朱尔斯·斯坦眼科研究所（JSEI） 洛杉矶（加州大学洛杉矶分校）医学院，并已持续活跃了40多年。在此 在此期间，VSTP已经培养了近140名科学家，其中很大一部分已经进入了杰出的职业生涯 在视觉科学中。该计划涵盖了博士前和博士后研究员的培训，并采取 在14位导师的实验室里。这些视觉科学家拥有广泛的专业知识， 学科，并在加州大学洛杉矶分校的13个部门担任学术职务。博士预科申请人 奖学金首先进入加州大学洛杉矶分校通过几个研究生课程之一，他们完成的课程 与该计划有关。经过一年的轮换，他们加入了VSTP导师的实验室。申请人 博士后奖学金直接申请到感兴趣的VSTP实验室。VSTP成员的所有受训人员 实验室被邀请参加本计划的课程设置。这些产品共同 旨在提供视觉科学的实验和概念培训，因为许多学员没有 有视觉科学方面的经验。所有研究员都必须参加视觉研究基础， 由VSTP成员组织和教授的四分之一长的课程。此外，研究员也是 通过出席和参加一些活动，包括每周一次的 视觉科学研讨会系列，视觉科学期刊俱乐部，以及年度视觉科学务虚会举行 在箭头湖在这一赠款期间，自愿战略培训方案的一个特别重点是加强基本和 临床科学一些产品将有助于弥合这两个研究重点之间的差距， 科学家和临床医生之间的互动，包括年度加州大学洛杉矶分校斯坦眼科临床和 研究研讨会，翻译大回合，和基础临床科学交流计划。等 经验将帮助学员将他们的研究纳入视觉健康和疾病的背景下。一个主要 除了VSTP将是一个专门的计划，专注于博士后学员，以支持他们的 向独立调查员过渡。NRSA F32培训课程将提供给所有博士后 研究员在VSTP实验室提供正式的培训，如何工艺和提交一个有效的NIH研究计划。 鉴于视觉研究的跨学科性质，VSTP的总体目标是汇集教师 具有广泛的专业知识（包括解剖学，生物化学，生物物理学，化学，分子生物学， 生理学、药理学、细胞生物学和发育生物学）提供跨学科的实验 和概念培训，以博士前和博士后候选人寻求发展职业生涯的愿景 科学对VSTP的持续资助将使JSEI能够在下一年继续其关键的培训使命。 一代一流的基础和临床视觉科学家。