CENTER CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH

描述(由申请者提供)：NEI PSO中心视觉研究核心助学金为四个高质量和富有成效的视觉研究服务模块提供持续稳定的资金：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，他们在支持和推进休斯顿大学的视觉研究方面拥有长期经验。这些模块为目前来自休斯顿大学四个系(生物医学工程、机械工程、临床科学和视觉科学)的核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。我们的核心中心调查人员总共有11笔合格的NEI资助的赠款，以及其他NEI资助的资金。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资助的过去五年中，核心资助创造了一个良好的视觉研究环境，直接为138篇发表的论文做出了贡献，并最终招募了八名额外的研究人员加入核心视觉科学家小组，其中四人获得了NEI的资助。核心补助金对于临床医生(OD)成功地为临床医生科学家获得新的NEI资金也是至关重要的。这些成就反映了我们的愿景研究核心公司以前和现在的目标，即专注于促进合作和创新的基础、临床和转化性研究，以提高知识和预防或治疗疾病。对于这些目标，核心拨款提供稳定的资金、高质量的研究服务、新的愿景研究人员以及转化为NIH和NEI支持的新项目。未来五年将特别强调创新研究、基础研究、临床和转化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其他 未来的职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This NEI PSO Center Core Grant for Vision Research 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 long-term experience in supporting and advancing vision research at the University of Houston. The Modules provide needed research services to the present group of Core vision scientists who come from four departments at the University of Houston (Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 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 Core Center investigators have 11 qualifying NEI-funded grants, as well as other NEI funding. The College of Optometry and University of Houston provide considerable additional commitments in support of vision research. During the past five years of P30 funding at this University, the Core Grant has created a favorable vision research environment that has contributed directly to 138 published papers and culminated in the recruitment of eight additional investigators to the group of Core vision scientists, four of whom brought NEI funding. The Core Grant also was crucial to the success of a clinician (OD) in obtaining new NEI funding for mentored clinician scientists. These accomplishments reflect our vision research Core's previous and current aims that focus on advancing collaborative and innovative basic, clinical and translational research to advance knowledge and prevent or cure disease. For these aims the Core grant provides stable funding, quality research services, new vision researchers, and new projects converting into NIH and NEI support. Especially emphasized in the coming five 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.