The Wilmer Institute Mentored Clinician Scientist Scholar Program

项目总结/摘要 在其更新申请中，威尔默K12计划寻求继续其成功的招聘， 在高度相关的临床和实验室视觉研究领域培养新的研究人员。我们的过去 跟踪记录表明，对进入全职学术研究的年轻科学家进行指导培训取得了成功 职业生涯和有效地竞争个人和合作赠款支持。由于我们的声誉， 临床科学家培训和视觉科学主要研究领域的多样性， 学者，我们每年都吸引了威尔默K12计划多个极具吸引力的候选人。我们 一个结构化的计划仍然留有相当大的灵活性，可以利用多个导师小组进行培训 结合教学和实践活动。设立一个部门执行委员会， 对每个K获奖者（K12，K 08和K23）的持续监督确保每个学者都将获得最新信息 审查其方案并纠正运作不理想的领域。具体时间表和 每个K奖学金项目的指导方针都是严格执行的。我们的进度报告显示， 威尔默K12毕业生的独立研究生涯和R级资助远远高于 国家标准公布。正如37名科学家的参与所示，其中许多人是K 获奖者本身，机构的专业知识和承诺，这一计划是一个高度优先的 威尔默研究所。K12参与教师的综合研究赠款包括直接成本总额 今年超过3000万美元。这确保了有足够的资金来支持受辅导的学生的费用。 K奖本身不包括的培训。威尔默培养了更多的全职学者， 部门主席比任何其他眼科研究所或部门在美国此外，每个 威尔默的K12/K 08/K23学者受益于导师团队，其中不仅包括眼科教师，还包括 来自约翰霍普金斯大学约翰霍普金斯医学院其他部门的科学家， 应用物理实验室和彭博公共卫生学院。这些合作相互促进 学者培训和研究所的研究环境，并包括成员 神经科学、医学、生物医学工程、流行病学、国际卫生、 和计算机科学执行委员会保持警惕，以确保导师和学员都是 履行其职责，定期进行书面评估。执行委员会由以下人员组成： 经验丰富，多元化的视觉科学家，其中一些人最近在K培训和其他人谁拥有超过 多年来，他指导了多名K学者。联合项目主任奎格利博士指导了50多名 临床科学家，包括十几个机构的系主任和部门主任 在国内和国际上。另一位联合项目主任，汉达博士，是一位杰出的临床科学家 在持续的实验室资助下，最近担任了美国国立卫生研究院视觉科学研究部门的主席， 获奖者，并与多个过去的K学员。威尔默的临床和实验室研究设施是 无与伦比，包括20万平方英尺的史密斯大厦。

Project Summary/Abstract In its renewal application, the Wilmer K12 Program seeks to continue its successful recruitment and development of new investigators in highly relevant areas of clinical and laboratory vision research. Our past track record indicates success in mentored training of young scientists who enter full-time academic research careers and compete effectively for individual and collaborative grant support. Due to our reputation for clinician—scientist training and the diversity of major research areas in vision science that are available to scholars, we have every year attracted multiple highly attractive candidates for the Wilmer K12 program. Our structured program still leaves considerable flexibility to take advantage of multiple—mentor groups for training in a combination of didactic and practical activities. The existence of a Departmental executive committee for ongoing oversight of every K awardee (K12, K08 and K23) assures that each scholar will be given updated review of their program and correction of areas that are not functioning ideally. Specific timelines and guidelines for following of each K scholar program are strictly enforced. Our progress report shows that the progression to independent research careers and R level funding for Wilmer K12 graduates is far above the national standard as published. As shown by the faculty involvement of 37 scientists, many of whom were K awardees themselves, the institutional expertise and commitment to this program is a high priority of the Wilmer Institute. The combined research grants of the K12 participating faculty comprises a total direct cost this year of over $30 million. This ensures that adequate funding is available to support the costs of mentored training that are not covered by the K awards themselves. Wilmer has produced more full time academics and Department Chairpersons than any other eye institute or department in the U.S. Furthermore, each K12/K08/K23 scholar at Wilmer benefits from a mentor team than includes not only Ophthalmology faculty, but scientists from other departments at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. These collaborations cross-fertilize both scholar training and the research environment of the Institute, and have included members of Departments such as Neuroscience, Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology, International Health, and Computer Science. The Executive Committee is vigilant to assure that the mentors and mentees are both fulfilling their roles, with written evaluations at regular intervals. The Executive Committee consists of experienced and diverse vision scientists, some of whom recently were in K training and others who have over many years mentored multiple K scholars. The co-Program Director, Dr. Quigley, has mentored over 50 clinician—scientists, including Department Chairs and Division Directors in more than a dozen institutions nationally and internationally. The other co-Program Director, Dr. Handa, is a distinguished clinician—scientist with continuous laboratory funding, recently the Chair of a visual sciences NIH study section, past K11 awardee, and with multiple past K mentees.The facilities of Wilmer's clinical and lab research are unsurpassed, including the 200,000 square foot Smith Building.