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，生物统计和临床研究以及生物成像。这些模块由在我们的核心视觉研究中心拥有7到20年经验的非常有才华的员工运营。这些模块为目前由23名核心中心视觉科学家组成的团队提供所需的研究服务，这些科学家来自休斯顿大学的5个部门（化学、物理、电气工程、临床科学和视光视觉科学）。这些核心视觉科学家有不同的培训和研究兴趣；他们彼此之间以及与该大学或其他机构的100多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14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。在过去5年的P30资助中，该大学的核心中心创造了一个良好的视觉研究环境，直接发表了186篇论文，并最终招募了5名新的视觉研究者，其中2名目前获得了NEI资助。核心中心对两位临床医生（ODs）为指导临床科学家获得新的NEI资金的成功也至关重要。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，协作和创新的基础，临床和转化研究，新的视觉研究人员，以及转化为NIH和NEI支持的新项目。未来5年将特别强调创新研究、基础研究、临床和转化研究以及招聘视觉研究人员来填补我们目前的空缺职位，以及未来的其他职位。休斯顿大学视光学院的视觉研究核心中心通过支持研究人员对视力和视力障碍进行基础、临床和转化研究来改善视觉健康。

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 Clinical Research, and Biological Imaging. These Modules are run by an exceptionally talented staff that has from 7 to 20 years of experience in our Core Center for Vision Research. The Modules provide needed research services to the present group of 23 Core Center vision scientists who come from 5 departments of the University of Houston (Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Clinical Sciences and Vision 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, our 23 Core Center investigators have 14 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 a favorable vision research environment that has contributed directly to 186 published papers and culminated in the recruitment of 5 new vision investigators, 2 of whom currently have NEI funding. The Core Center also was crucial to the success of two clinicians (ODs) in obtaining new NEI funding for mentored clinician scientists. These accomplishments reflect our Core Center's previous and current aims that focus on stable funding, quality research services, collaborative and innovative basic, clinical and translational research, new vision researchers, and new projects converting into NIH and NEI support. Especially emphasized in the coming 5 years will be innovative research basic, clinical and translational research and recruitment of vision researchers to fill our current open positions, as well as other positions in the future. The Core Center for Vision Research in the College of Optometry at the University of Houston improves visual health by supporting investigators doing basic, clinical and translational research on vision and vision disorders.