CENTER CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH

休斯顿大学的NEI P3 O中心视觉研究核心拨款提供了 为四个高质量和富有成效的视觉研究资源/服务提供持续和稳定的资金 模块：仪器设计，研究计算机编程，生物统计学支持，和 生物成像。这些模块由NEI资助的视觉科学家指导， 并由一个非常有才华的工作人员在支持方面具有相当长的长期经验， 并在休斯顿大学推进创新视觉研究。模块提供 所需的研究资源和服务，优先和公平地获得， 一组22核心视觉科学家谁来自三个部门在大学（生物医学） 工程、视觉科学和验光临床科学）。这些核心视觉科学家 有不同的培训和研究兴趣;他们有效地相互合作，以及 就像这所大学或其他机构的100多名视觉研究人员一样。在一起， 我们的11名核心研究人员持有10项有效的NEI R 01赠款，其他一些核心研究人员 Co-Is，以及其他NEI资金，NIH和非联邦视觉研究资金。学院 视光学和休斯顿大学提供了大量的额外承诺，以支持 视觉研究在过去五年的P30资金在这所大学，核心补助金 创造了良好的视觉研究环境，包括新的仪器和核心 合作安排，直接促成了137 230发表的论文，由 核心调查员，并支持增加8名常设和新设调查员， 视觉科学家的核心小组，其中四人带来或迅速获得NEI资金。核心 模块也是重要的，以获得新的NEI基金的多中心临床试验。这些 成就反映了核心的先前和当前的目标，并通过监督 行政核心，重点是推进协作和创新的基础，转化和 临床研究，以增加知识和预防或治疗疾病。通过这些目标， 核心补助金提供稳定的资金，优质的研究服务，新的视觉研究人员， 项目吸引了NIH和NEI的支持。在今后五年中， 创新研究基础、转化和临床研究以及招募愿景 研究人员填补我们目前的空缺职位，以及未来的其他职位。

The NEI P3O Center Core Grant for Vision Research at the University of Houston provides ongoing and stable funding for four high quality and productive vision research resource/service Modules: Instrument Design, Research Computer Programming, Biostatistics Support, and Biological Imaging. These Modules are directed by established vision scientists with NEI funding, and run by an exceptionally talented staff with considerable long-term experience in supporting and advancing innovative vision research at the University of Houston. The Modules provide needed research resources and services, with prioritized and equitable access, to the present group of 22 Core vision scientists who come from three departments at the University (Biomedical Engineering, Vision Sciences and Clinical 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, 11 of our Core investigators hold 10 active NEI R01 grants, with some other core investigators as Co-Is, as well as other NEI funding, NIH and nonfederal vision research funding. The College of Optometry and University of Houston provide substantial 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, including new instrumentation and core collaborative arrangements, that have contributed directly to 137 out of 230 published papers by Core investigators and supported the addition of eight investigators, established and new, to the Core group of vision scientists, four of whom brought or quickly secured NEI funding. The Core modules also were important to obtaining new NEI funding for a multicenter clinical trial. These accomplishments reflect the Core's previous and current aims reinforced by the oversight of the Administrative Core, that focus on advancing collaborative and innovative basic, translational and clinical research to increase knowledge and prevent or cure disease. Through these aims the Core grant provides stable funding, quality research services, new vision researchers, and new projects attracting NIH and NEI support. Especially emphasized in the coming five years will be innovative research basic, translational and clinical research and recruitment of vision researchers to fill our current open positions, as well as other positions in the future.