Training Program in Translational Vision Sciences

转化视觉科学培训项目

• 批准号: 9762109
• 负责人: LINDA K. MCLOON
• 金额: $ 8.93万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9762109
• 关键词: Training Programs; vision science

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application for a training program focused on translational vision science from an established group of vision scientists. We request funds for six predoctoral students with a training focus in translational vision science to reflect the current strengths of the vision faculty as well as current NEI research priorities. Thi is an exciting time to pursue a career in vision research, as molecular biology and imaging advances have allowed visual outcomes to be monitored in real time. Our vision community has become increasingly focused on translational research with well-known senior faculty who are highly respected investigators in vision research as well as younger investigators clearly on a trajectory for long term success. The training faculty consists of a core group of 6 NEI funded vision scientists and an additional 10 vision scientists who have actively funded research programs in translational vision research. With the arrival of our new chairperson in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, we have greatly increased the collaborations between vision scientists at the University of Minnesota and the clinical faculty in the medical school. Several key elements of our training program in Translational Vision Research include a course designed for trainees, Basic and Clinical Vision Sciences, co-taught by the training faculty in this proposal, and an annual Vision Symposium, where nationally known and in-house experts in vision science present their most recent research along with our trainees and faculty. Trainees will come from one of 4 programs: the Graduate Programs in Neuroscience; Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics; Psychology; Biomedical Engineering, or Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology. Trainees will be eligible for support once they have completed their first year of graduate school and have begun focused research under the mentorship of a grant preceptor, culminating in their thesis research. They will earn a Ph.D. or an M.D./Ph.D. and will be able to receive support from two to a maximum of four years. The diverse research interests of the vision scientists at the University of Minnesota, and the broad-based and collaborative nature in which they study the visual system - from molecular biology to visual perception - makes this an excellent environment for vision research with translatable components. Each trainer directs a successful research program and has demonstrated commitment to teaching and training. In addition, all trainees will be connected to a practicing Ophthalmologist in their research area, as well as expected to attend related grand rounds. An impressive array of scientific and institutional resources is available to the trainees, but their choice of vision research laboratories will be greatly facilitated by access to support from this training grant. As we move toward increasingly collaborative research between our basic and clinically trained faculty members, we believe this approach will maximize our ability to prepare vision scientists with a multi-disciplinary education needed to meet the "audacious goals" of the NEI - focused on preventing, treating, and rehabilitating blinding eye disease.

 描述(由申请者提供)：这是一组已建立的视觉科学家修改后的以翻译视觉科学为重点的培训计划的申请。我们申请资助六名博士前学生，他们的培训重点是翻译视觉科学 反映VISION教员的当前优势以及当前NEI的研究重点。这是从事视觉研究事业的一个令人兴奋的时刻，因为分子生物学和成像技术的进步使人们能够实时监测视觉结果。我们的视觉社区越来越专注于翻译研究，知名资深教员是视觉研究领域备受尊敬的研究人员，年轻的研究人员显然正走上长期成功的轨道。培训教师由6名NEI资助的视觉科学家和另外10名积极资助翻译视觉研究项目的视觉科学家组成。随着我们眼科和视觉神经科学系的新主席的到来，我们大大增加了明尼苏达大学视觉科学家和临床教师之间的合作。 医学院。我们翻译视觉研究培训计划的几个关键要素包括为学员设计的课程，基础和临床视觉科学，在本提案中由培训教师共同教授，以及一年一度的视觉研讨会，全国知名和内部视觉科学专家与我们的学员和教职员工一起展示他们的最新研究。学员将来自4个专业之一：神经科学研究生课程；分子、细胞、发育生物学和遗传学；心理学；生物医学工程，或微生物学、免疫学和癌症生物学。学员一旦完成第一年的研究生院学业，并在助学金导师的指导下开始重点研究，最终完成论文研究，就有资格获得支持。他们将获得博士学位或医学博士/博士学位，并将能够获得两年至最长四年的支持。明尼苏达大学视觉科学家的不同研究兴趣，以及他们研究视觉系统--从分子生物学到视觉感知--的广泛和协作性质，使这一环境成为使用可翻译组件进行视觉研究的绝佳环境。每一位培训师都指导着一项成功的研究计划，并表现出对教学和培训的承诺。此外，所有受训人员将与其研究领域的执业眼科医生联系，并预计将参加相关的大型轮回。受训者可以获得大量的科学和机构资源，但获得这笔培训补助金的支持将极大地促进他们选择视力研究实验室。随着我们的基础和临床培训的教职员工之间越来越多地合作研究，我们相信这种方法将最大限度地提高我们培养多学科教育的视觉科学家的能力。 需要达到NEI的“大胆目标”--专注于预防、治疗和康复致盲眼病。