CORE-VISION RESEARCH

描述(由申请人提供)：NEI P30奖项为四个高质量和多产的视觉研究服务模块提供持续和稳定的资金：仪器设计、研究计算机编程、生物统计和临床研究以及生物成像。这些模块由一群才华横溢的员工运营，他们在我们的核心视力研究中心拥有7到20年的经验。这些模块为目前来自休斯顿大学5个系(化学、物理、电气工程、临床科学和视光科学)的23名核心中心视觉科学家提供所需的研究服务。这些核心视觉科学家有不同的培训和研究兴趣；他们彼此之间以及与该大学或其他机构的100多名其他视觉研究人员有效地合作。我们的23名核心中心调查人员总共获得了14笔合格的NEI资助的赠款。视光学院和休斯顿大学为支持视觉研究提供了相当多的额外承诺。在该大学P30资助的过去5年中，核心中心创造了良好的VISION研究环境，直接促成了186篇已发表的论文，并最终招募了5名新的VISION调查人员，其中2人目前获得了NEI的资助。核心中心也对两名临床医生(OD)成功获得新的NEI资金，以指导临床医生科学家也是至关重要的。这些成就反映了我们核心中心过去和现在的目标，即专注于稳定的资金、高质量的研究服务、协作和创新的基础、临床和翻译研究、新视野研究人员以及转化为NIH和NEI支持的新项目。未来5年将特别强调创新研究、基础研究、临床和转化性研究以及招聘视觉研究人员，以填补我们目前的空缺职位，以及未来的其他职位。休斯顿大学验光学院的核心视觉研究中心通过支持研究人员对视力和视力障碍进行基础、临床和翻译研究，改善视觉健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This NEI P30 award provides ongoing and stable funding for four high quality and productive vision research service Modules: Instrument Design, Research Computer Programming, Biostatistics and Clinical Research, and Biological Imaging. These Modules are run by an exceptionally talented staff that has from 7 to 20 years of experience in our Core Center for Vision Research. The Modules provide needed research services to the present group of 23 Core Center vision scientists who come from 5 departments of the University of Houston (Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Clinical Sciences and Vision Sciences in Optometry). These Core vision scientists have diverse training and research interests; they collaborate effectively with one another, as well as with more than 100 other vision researchers at this University or other institutions. Together, our 23 Core Center investigators have 14 qualifying NEI-funded grants. The College of Optometry and University of Houston provide considerable additional commitments in support of vision research. During the past 5 years of P30 funding at this University, the Core Center has created a favorable vision research environment that has contributed directly to 186 published papers and culminated in the recruitment of 5 new vision investigators, 2 of whom currently have NEI funding. The Core Center also was crucial to the success of two clinicians (ODs) in obtaining new NEI funding for mentored clinician scientists. These accomplishments reflect our Core Center's previous and current aims that focus on stable funding, quality research services, collaborative and innovative basic, clinical and translational research, new vision researchers, and new projects converting into NIH and NEI support. Especially emphasized in the coming 5 years will be innovative research basic, clinical and translational research and recruitment of vision researchers to fill our current open positions, as well as other positions in the future. The Core Center for Vision Research in the College of Optometry at the University of Houston improves visual health by supporting investigators doing basic, clinical and translational research on vision and vision disorders.