The Wilmer Institute Mentored Clinician Scientist Scholar Program

项目总结/摘要 在重新提交的更新申请中，威尔默K12计划寻求继续其成功的 招募和培养临床和实验室视野高度相关领域的新研究者 research.我们过去的记录表明，在指导培训全职进入的年轻科学家方面取得了成功。 学术研究事业，并有效地竞争个人和合作赠款支持。由于我们 临床科学家培训的声誉和视觉科学主要研究领域的多样性， 我们每年都为威尔默K12吸引了多名极具吸引力的候选人 程序.我们的结构化计划仍然留下了相当大的灵活性，以利用多个导师 在教学和实践活动相结合的培训小组。一个部门的存在 执行委员会对每个K获奖者（K12，K 08和K23）进行持续监督，确保每个学者 将对他们的计划进行最新的审查，并纠正运作不理想的领域。具体 严格执行每个K奖学金计划的时间表和指导方针。我们的进度报告 显示，威尔默K12毕业生的独立研究生涯和R级资金的进展是 远远高于国家公布的标准。50多名科学家的参与表明，许多 其中K获奖者本身，机构的专业知识和承诺，这一计划是一个高 威尔默研究所的优先权K12参与教师的275项研究赠款包括 今年的直接成本超过3500万美元。这确保了有足够的资金来支持 K奖本身不包括的辅导培训费用。威尔默已经产生了更多的充分 时间学者和部门主席比任何其他眼科研究所或部门在美国。 此外，威尔默的几乎每一位K12/K 08/K23学者都受益于导师团队，不仅包括 约翰霍普金斯医学院其他部门的科学家， 霍普金斯大学、应用物理实验室和彭博公共卫生学院。这些 合作交叉施肥学者培训和研究所的研究环境，并已 包括神经科学，医学，生物医学工程，流行病学， 国际卫生和儿科。执行委员会保持警惕，以确保导师和 学员们都在履行自己的职责，定期进行书面评价。咨询（Advisory） 委员会由经验丰富和多样化的视觉科学家组成，其中一些人最近参加了K培训， 其他人多年来指导了多名K学者。项目主任奎格利博士 指导了50多名临床科学家，包括多个领域的系主任和部门主任。 国内和国际上的十几个机构。威尔默的临床和实验室研究设施是 无与伦比，包括最近开业的20万平方英尺的史密斯大厦。

Project Summary/Abstract In its renewal application resubmission, the Wilmer K12 Program seeks to continue its successful recruitment and development of new investigators in highly relevant areas of clinical and laboratory vision research. Our past track record indicates success in mentored training of young scientists who enter full-time academic research careers and compete effectively for individual and collaborative grant support. Due to our reputation for clinician—scientist training and the diversity of major research areas in vision science that are available to scholars, we have every year attracted multiple highly attractive candidates for the Wilmer K12 program. Our structured program still leaves considerable flexibility to take advantage of multiple—mentor groups for training in a combination of didactic and practical activities. The existence of a Departmental executive committee for ongoing oversight of every K awardee (K12, K08 and K23) assures that each scholar will be given updated review of their program and correction of areas that are not functioning ideally. Specific timelines and guidelines for following of each K scholar program are strictly enforced. Our progress report shows that the progression to independent research careers and R level funding for Wilmer K12 graduates is far above the national standard as published. As shown by the faculty involvement of over 50 scientists, many of whom were K awardees themselves, the institutional expertise and commitment to this program is a high priority of the Wilmer Institute. The combined 275 research grants of the K12 participating faculty comprises a total direct cost this year of over $35 million. This ensures that adequate funding is available to support the costs of mentored training that are not covered by the K awards themselves. Wilmer has produced more full time academics and Department Chairpersons than any other eye institute or department in the U.S. Furthermore, nearly every K12/K08/K23 scholar at Wilmer benefits from a mentor team than includes not only Ophthalmology faculty, but scientists from other departments at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. These collaborations cross-fertilize both scholar training and the research environment of the Institute, and have included members of Departments such as Neuroscience, Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology, International Health, and Pediatrics. The Executive Committee is vigilant to assure that the mentors and mentees are both fulfilling their roles, with written evaluations at regular intervals. The Executive (Advisory) committee consists of experienced and diverse vision scientists, some of whom recently were in K training and others who have over many years mentored multiple K scholars. The Program Director, Dr. Quigley, has mentored over 50 clinician—scientists, including Department Chairs and Division Directors in more than a dozen institutions nationally and internationally. The facilities of Wilmer’s clinical and lab research are unsurpassed, including the 200,000 square foot Smith Building opened recently.