Training Program in the Molecular Bases of Eye Disease

描述（申请人提供）：眼病分子基础是哈佛医学院眼科博士后培训项目。该项目结合了广泛的视觉研究学科，由33个具有长期成功指导经验的院系代表。该计划旨在为学员提供分子方法和模型的专业知识，以及对眼科突出问题的理解。该项目的大部分教师都有眼科学方面的预约。他们隶属于Schepens眼科研究所，马萨诸塞州眼耳医院，哈佛大学，儿童医院，布莱根妇女医院，乔斯林糖尿病研究中心和贝斯以色列女执事医疗中心。所有导师都有充足的资金，采用当前的分子方法和模型，具有丰富的培训经验，并位于优秀的研究环境中，拥有一流的设施。该项目自1997年启动以来，已资助29名学员。受训人员得到该计划一年的支持，总共至少花两年，通常是三年的时间接受培训。我们寻求将每位学员的资助从一年延长到一年半，以便为成功申请个人奖学金提供足够的时间。该项目涵盖了培养一名独立和成功的视力研究员所需的所有方面的培训，包括：全日制研究、课程和研讨会，旨在教育受训者基本和临床原则，以识别和研究重要的眼科问题，指导拨款和手稿写作以及演讲技巧，以及负责任的研究行为培训。我们的目标是培养下一代科学家，他们将通过发现诊断、预防和治疗的新方法来解决眼病问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Molecular Basis of Eye Diseases is an ongoing postdoctoral training program in the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. The program combines a wide range research discipline in vision research represented by 33 faculties who have long experience of successful mentoring. The program is designed to provide trainees with expertise in molecular approaches and model as well as an understanding of the outstanding problems in ophthalmology. A majority of the program faculty hold appointments in Ophthalmology. They are affiliated with The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, The Joslin Diabetes Research Center and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. All mentors are well funded, employ current molecular methods and models, have significant training experience and are located in outstanding research environments with access to excellent facilities. Since the initiation of the Program in 1997, the program has funded 29 trainees. The trainees have been supported by the Program for one year and spend at least two and usually three years total in training. We seek to expand the funding of each trainee from one to one-and-a-half years to provide sufficient time for successful application for an individual fellowship. The program encompasses all aspects of training required to produce an independent and successful vision researcher including: full-time research, courses and seminars aimed at educating the trainee in both basic and clinical principles central to identifying and studying important ophthalmic problems, instruction in grant and manuscript writing as well as presentation skills, and training in the responsible conduct of research. Our goal is to train the next generation of scientists who will address the problems of eye disease by identifying new means of diagnosis, prevention and treatment.