T35 NEI Medical Student Summer Research Training

项目总结/摘要 本申请旨在建立一个T35 NEI夏季研究计划，以提高医疗 在UT西南医学中心的视觉科学的学生研究培训。的 拟议的计划将为医学生提供短期培训机会， 和临床生物医学研究，重点是NEI支持的领域。 根据我们从其他NIH研究培训赠款中获得的丰富经验，我们将 为就读于以下学校的医学生制定一项视觉研究的短期培训计划： UT西南以及来自全国各地医学院的优秀申请人。 根据我们在识别和配对学生和导师方面的集体经验， 我们预计，这些经验将继续丰富的研究背景， 对眼科学和视觉科学感兴趣的医学生参加。此外 除了在实验室和诊所内以导师为基础的教学外， 与NEI特定期刊俱乐部协调的研究方法学综合课程 并由PD/PI指导，并参与正在进行的视觉科学研讨会 系列. 本申请中所描述的项目将聘请优秀的教师和资源 已经在UT西南的地方，是在NEI感兴趣的领域集中。此程序将 作为进一步丰富医学生视觉科学研究活动的焦点 在UT西南，并将加强NEI资助的校园研究的现有元素。

Project Summary/Abstract This application seeks to establish a T35 NEI Summer Research Program to enhance medical student research training in the vision sciences at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The proposed program will provide short-term training opportunities for medical students in basic and clinical biomedical research focused in areas supported by the NEI. Based on our extensive experience gained from other NIH Research Training grants, we will develop a short-term training program in vision research for those medical students enrolled at UT Southwestern as well as outstanding applicants from medical schools across the country. Building upon our collective experience in the identification and pairing of students and mentors, we anticipate that these experiences will continue to enrich the research background of participating medical students with an interest in ophthalmology and vision science. In addition to the mentor-based teaching within the laboratories and clinics, trainees will also receive a comprehensive course in Research Methodology with NEI-specific journal clubs coordinated and directed by the PD/PI and participation in a works-in-progress vision science seminar series. The program described in this application will employ the outstanding faculty and resources already in place at UT Southwestern that are focused in areas of NEI interest. This program will serve as a focal point to further enrich medical student research activities in the vision sciences at UT Southwestern and will enhance existing elements of NEI-funded research on campus.