Visual Sciences Training Program

视觉科学培训计划

• 批准号: 9280013
• 负责人: Krzysztof Palczewski
• 金额: $ 18.75万
• 依托单位: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2022-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9280013
• 关键词: Training Programs; vision science

Twenty-five faculty affiliated with the Visual Sciences Research Center (VSRC) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) seek renewed support for the Visual Sciences Training Program (VSTP). The faculty comprises a multi-disciplinary vision sciences research community of basic and clinical scientists encompassing the Departments of, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medicine, Molecular Biology & Microbiology, , Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (UH), Ophthalmology (CCLCM), Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics, and Systems Biology & Bioinformatics. This group’s capabilities and productivity in the field of vision research has led to its support as a priority focus in strategic planning at Case Western Reserve University. The momentum associated with the recent expansion of the NEI Core grant-supported Visual Sciences Research Center and the awards of two R24 and U01 grants from the NEI have bolstered a critical mass of vision scientists with extramural support for their research. This atmosphere affords an ideal training opportunity for vision scientists. The Visual Sciences Research Center and collaborative research of its participating faculty provide an overall framework for the Visual Sciences Training Program. In addition, as vision research has expanded at CWRU, there has been a natural evolution of research/training groups that have distinct identities but also considerable overlap. This T32 Institutional Training Grant renewal application is organized according to four major vision science research themes: (a) Retinal Development and Function; (b) Retinal Disorders: Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD); (c) Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology of Eye Diseases; and (d) Genetics, Physiology, and Epidemiology of Eye Diseases. These themes, involving groups of collaborating faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows, provide a natural way to organize the training program. In addition, there is a strong translational theme focused on therapeutic discovery that is an important aspect of all four research clusters. Continued support is requested for five pre-doctoral student positions and one post-doctoral position in all years. The rich research environment for vision science serves to attract trainees of the highest potential. Students receive training in Ph.D. program-specific, vision research theme-specific, and laboratory-based settings. Collectively, this approach ensures that our trainees are equipped with the broad interdisciplinary knowledge and technical skills needed to pursue biologically and clinically relevant research questions. The training program is supported by the resources of the faculty with vision science research expertise and their collaborators, by the Core Modules of the Visual Science Research Center, and by the broader resources of Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research and Cole Eye Institutes, and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Research Center.

Case Western Reserve的视觉科学研究中心（VSRC）的二十五个教师会员 大学（CWRU）寻求对视觉科学培训计划（VSTP）的新支持。教师 由基础和临床科学家的多学科视觉科学研究社区组成 涵盖流行病学和生物统计学，医学，分子生物学和 微生物学，眼科和视觉科学（UH），眼科（CCLCM），病理学，药理学， 生理与生物物理学以及系统生物学与生物信息学。该小组的能力和生产力 视力研究领域已将其支持作为西方战略规划中的优先重点 预备大学。与新核心赠款支持的最近扩展相关的动量 视觉科学研究中心以及NEI的两个R24和U01赠款的奖项得到了支持 批判的视力科学家对他们的研究具有壁外支持。这种气氛提供了理想 视力科学家的培训机会。视觉科学研究中心和合作研究 它的参与教师为视觉科学培训计划提供了整体框架。另外，AS 视觉研究在CWRU扩大了，研究/培训小组的自然发展 具有不同的身份，但也有很大的重叠。 T32机构培训授予申请申请 根据四个主要视觉科学研究主题组织：（a）视网膜发展和功能； （b）视网膜疾病：糖尿病性视网膜病（DR）和与年龄相关的黄斑变性（AMD）； （C） 生物化学，细胞生物学，眼部疾病免疫学； （d）遗传学，生理学和流行病学 眼病。这些主题涉及一组合作的教师，学生和博士后研究员， 提供一种自然的方式来组织培训计划。此外，还有一个强大的翻译主题 专注于热发现，这是所有四个研究集群的重要方面。持续的支持是 所有年份都要求五个博士后学生职位和一个博士后职位。丰富的研究 视力科学环境可吸引具有最高潜力的学员。学生接受培训 博士特定于程序的，视觉研究特定于主题和基于实验室的设置。总的来说，这 方法确保我们的学员配备了广泛的跨学科知识和技术技能 需要在生物学和临床相关的研究问题上追求。培训计划由 通过核心模块，具有视觉科学研究专业知识及其合作者的教师资源 视觉科学研究中心以及Case Western Reserve University的广泛资源 克利夫兰的大学医院，克利夫兰诊所Lerner Research和Cole Eye Institutes和Louis 斯托克斯克利夫兰弗吉尼亚州医学研究中心。