CORE-VISION RESEARCH

描述（由申请人提供）：该NEI P30奖为四个高质量和富有成效的视觉研究服务模块提供持续和稳定的资金：仪器设计，研究计算机编程，生物统计学和生物成像。这些模块由在我们的核心视觉研究中心拥有2到15年经验的非常有才华的员工运营。这些模块为来自休斯顿大学5个系（生物化学、生物学、药理学、电子工程和验光）的23名核心中心视觉科学家提供所需的研究服务。这些核心视觉科学家拥有不同的培训和研究兴趣，他们彼此之间以及与该大学和其他机构的约100名其他视觉研究人员有效合作。我们的23名核心中心研究人员总共获得了13项合格的nei资助的资助。视光学院和休斯顿大学在支持视觉研究方面提供了相当多的额外承诺。在这所大学过去5年的P30资助中，核心中心创造了一个非常有利的视觉研究环境，直接贡献了138篇发表论文，并最终招募了9名新的视觉研究人员，其中7人目前获得了NIH的资助，其中3人获得了新的NEI资助。这些成就反映了我们核心中心以前和现在的目标，即专注于稳定的资金，优质的研究服务，合作研究，创新研究，新的视觉研究人员以及转化为NIH和NEI支持的新项目。在未来5年，我们将特别强调创新研究（如自适应光学）和招聘视觉研究人员来填补我们目前的3个开放的基础科学职位，以及未来的其他职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This NEI P30 award provides ongoing and stable funding for four high quality and productive vision research service Modules: Instrument Design, Research Computer Programming, Biostatistics and Biological Imaging. These Modules are run by an exceptionally talented staff that has from 2 to 15 years of experience in our Core Center for Vision Research. The Modules provide needed research services to a present group of 23 Core Center vision scientists from 5 departments of the University of Houston (Biochemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Electrical Engineering, and Optometry). These Core vision scientists have diverse training and research interests, they collaborate effectively with each other, as well as with some 100 other vision researchers at this University and at other institutions. Together, our 23 Core Center investigators have 13 qualifying NEI-funded grants. The College of Optometry and University of Houston provide considerable additional commitments in support of vision research. During the past 5 years of P30 funding at this University, the Core Center has created an unusually favorable vision-research environment that has directly contributed to 138 published papers and culminated in the recruitment of 9 new vision investigators, 7 of whom currently have NIH funding, including 3 who have new NEI funding. These accomplishments reflect our Core Center's previous and current aims that focus on stable funding, quality research services, collaborative research, innovative research, new vision researchers, and new projects converting into NIH and NEI support. Especially emphasized in the coming 5 years will be innovative research (e. g., adaptive optics) and recruitment of vision researchers to fill our current 3 open basic science positions, as well as other positions in the future.