Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Career Development K12 Program

 描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学圣地亚哥分校的NEI指导临床科学家发展计划奖的总体目标是培养优秀的临床科学家，以成功地在国家一级竞争NIH赠款，并成为学术眼科学的领导者。通过这个机构的职业发展奖，我们将指导临床科学家走向独立的眼科学术任命。自1991年以来，加州大学圣地亚哥分校Shiley眼科中心在指导各个领域的学术眼科医生的职业发展方面表现出色，特别是在青光眼领域。这些人中的许多人现在领导着世界各地成功的研究和临床事业;他们包括部门主席，部门负责人和有影响力的学者。我们将通过指导，研究和教育的结构化计划来增强这些优势，以识别和指导下一代学术临床科学家，将我们的重点扩大到眼科所有子专业领域的职业发展。重点是从女性和少数民族申请人中招募强有力的申请人，学者将在完成眼科住院后临床研究金后每年被选中。学者将在基础和/或临床科学领域开展这些活动，以适应他们的科学重点，并与活跃的临床科学家导师合作，以促进职业发展。每位学者将接受临床相关研究，统计，科学写作，拨款准备，道德，领导和负责任的研究行为的培训。每个学者的课程的其他方面将由项目总监（PI），研究总监，教育总监，执行委员会，指导小组和首席导师根据学者选择的主要研究轨道和他/她的技能，背景和职业目标进行个性化。每个学者将创建一个原创的研究计划，并通过这个奖项发展独立的学术生涯。我们提出了六个主要研究方向：（1）视觉神经科学，（2）基因组学和蛋白质组学，（3）生物工程，（4）干细胞生物学，（5）计算眼科学（和远程医疗），（6）临床（人类受试者）研究。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objective of the NEI Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award at UCSD is to develop outstanding clinician scientists to successfully compete at the national level for NIH grants and emerge as leaders within academic Ophthalmology. Through this institutional career development award, we will mentor clinician scientists toward independent academic appointments in ophthalmology. Since 1991, the University of California San Diego Shiley Eye Center has excelled in mentoring the career development of academic ophthalmologists in all fields, particularly in the field of glaucoma. Many of these individuals now lead successful research and clinical careers around the world; they include Department Chairs, Division Chiefs and impactful academicians. We will amplify these strengths through a structured program of mentoring, research and education to identify and mentor the next generation of academic clinician scientists, expand our emphasis to career development across all subspecialty areas of ophthalmology. With an emphasis on recruiting strong applications from women and minority applicants, Scholars will be selected each year after their completion of a post-residency clinical fellowship in ophthalmology. The Scholar will undertake these activities in the area of basic and/or clinical sciences appropriate to their scientific focus, and by partnering with active clinician scientist mentors to facilitate career development. Each Scholar will be trained in clinically relevant research, statistics, scientific writing, grant preparation, ethics, leadership and the responsible conduct of research. Additional aspects of the curriculum of each Scholar will be individualized by the Program Director (PI), Research Director, Education Director, Executive Committee, Mentoring Group, and lead mentor, based upon the Scholar's selected primary research track and his/her skills, background and career goals. Each Scholar will create an original research program and through this Award develop an independent academic career. We propose six primary research tracks: (1) Visual Neuroscience, (2) Genomics and Proteomics, (3) Bioengineering, (4) Stem cell biology, (5) Computational Ophthalmology (and Telemedicine), and (6) Clinical (human subjects) Research.