Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Career Development K12 Program

 描述(由申请者提供)：加州大学圣迭戈分校NEI导师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，使他们能够在国家层面上成功竞争NIH拨款，并成为学术眼科领域的领导者。通过这个机构职业发展奖，我们将指导临床医生科学家在眼科领域获得独立的学术任命。自1991年以来，加州大学圣地亚哥分校Shiley眼科中心一直在指导所有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在世界各地领导着成功的研究和临床事业；他们包括科室主任、科长和有影响力的院士。我们将通过一个结构化的指导、研究和教育计划来扩大这些优势，以识别和指导下一代学术临床医生科学家，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族裔申请者中招募强有力的申请者，学者将在他们完成眼科住院医师后临床奖学金后每年进行遴选。该学者将在适合其科学重点的基础和/或临床科学领域开展这些活动，并与积极的临床医生科学家导师合作，以促进职业发展。每位奖学金获得者将接受临床相关研究、统计学、科学写作、拨款准备、伦理、领导力和负责任的研究行为方面的培训。每位奖学金获得者课程的其他方面将由项目主任(PI)、研究主管、教育主管、执行委员会、指导小组和首席导师根据奖学金获得者选定的主要研究轨道及其技能、背景和职业目标而个性化。每位学者将创建一个原创的研究项目，并通过这个奖项发展一个独立的学术生涯。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(和远程医学)，(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.