Short Term Training: Students in Health Professional Schools

 描述(由申请者提供)：俄亥俄州立大学验光学院的六名视光专业学生参加为期三个月的研究培训计划，现申请资助。该培训计划的目标是鼓励专业学生在眼科研究领域开始职业生涯。该项目的学生主要在导师的实验室学习视觉研究，但他们也参加期刊俱乐部，参加视觉科学研讨会， 并在非正式的午餐会上讨论从研究生入学到研究伦理学的各种话题。培训将在24名老牌眼科和视力研究人员的实验室进行(每年6名)，他们主要是验光学院的成员，但有神经科学、心理学、生物医学工程和眼科的代表。导师的具体研究领域包括但不限于屈光不正、眼胚胎发育、颜色感知、儿科、白内障发生、视力康复、视网膜脱离、自适应光学和角巩膜生物力学。学生将获得研究经验和知识，以激发对视觉研究的知识和兴趣。为此，在之前参加T35计划的116名验光学院毕业生中，59人(51%)获得了硕士学位，3人获得了博士学位，5人(4%)目前正在攻读博士学位，4人获得了国家眼科研究所颁发的K08或K23奖项。这些学生也是195篇科学摘要和54篇同行评议出版物的合著者。因此，对俄亥俄州立大学视光学院T35计划的持续支持将有助于科学文献，并吸引未来在视觉相关主题上进行独立研究的独立临床科学家。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support is requested for six optometry students to participate in a three-month research training program at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. The goal of the training program is to encourage professional students to embark on a career in eye research. Students in the program primarily learn about vision research in their mentors' laboratories, but they also participate in a journal club, attend vision science seminars, and discuss topics in an informal luncheon setting that range from enrolling in the graduate program to research ethics. The training will be conducted in the laboratories of 24 established eye and vision researchers (six per year), primarily members of the College of Optometry but with representation from the Neuroscience, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, and Ophthalmology. The mentors' specific areas of research include, but are certainly not limited to refractive error, ocular embryonic development, color perception, pediatrics, cataractogenesis, vision rehabilitation, retinal detachments, adaptive optics, and corneoscleral biomechanics. Students will gain research experience and knowledge in order to stimulate knowledge of and interest in vision research. To that end, of the 116 College of Optometry graduates who previously participated in the T35 program, 59 (51%) received Master's degrees, three received PhD degrees, five (4%) are currently enrolled in PhD programs, and four received K08 or K23 awards from the National Eye Institute. These students have also been co-authors on 195 scientific abstracts and 54 peer-reviewed publications. Continued support of the OSU College of Optometry T35 program will therefore contribute to the scientific literature and engage future independent clinician scientists who perform independent research on vision- related topics.