CENTER CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH

休斯顿大学NEI P3O中心视觉研究核心助学金提供 持续稳定地为四个高质量和富有成效的远景研究资源/服务提供资金 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资助的知名视觉科学家指导， 由一群才华横溢的员工管理，他们在支持方面有相当长的经验 以及推进休斯顿大学的创新视觉研究。这些模块提供 目前所需的研究资源和服务，并优先和公平地获得 由22名核心视觉科学家组成的小组，他们来自大学的三个系(生物医学 视光工程、视觉科学和临床科学)。这些核心视觉科学家 有不同的培训和研究兴趣；他们也相互有效地合作 与这所大学或其他机构的100多名其他视觉研究人员一样。一起， 我们的核心调查人员中有11人持有10项有效的NEI R01拨款，其他一些核心调查人员为 CO-IS以及其他NEI资金、NIH和非联邦视力研究资金。麻省理工学院 视光和休斯顿大学提供大量额外承诺，以支持 视觉研究。在这所大学过去五年的P30资助期间，核心助学金 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，在230篇已发表的论文中，有137篇是由 核心调查员，并支持增加8名调查员，包括现有调查员和新任调查员 核心视觉科学家小组，其中四人带来或迅速获得NEI资金。《核心》 模块对于为多中心临床试验获得新的NEI资金也很重要。这些 所取得的成就反映了本核心以往和目前的目标，并因监督 管理核心，专注于推进协作和创新的基础、翻译和 临床研究，以增加知识，预防或治愈疾病。通过这些目标， 核心基金提供稳定的资金、高质量的研究服务、新的愿景研究人员和新的 吸引NIH和NEI支持的项目。未来五年特别强调的是 创新研究基础、翻译和临床研究及VISION招聘 来填补我们目前的空缺职位，以及将来的其他职位。

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.