Vision Research Training Program

我们斯坦福大学眼科和视力与预防失明中心 申请国家眼科研究所T32培训助学金，资助博士后项目 整合基础视力研究和临床眼科训练。我们的目标包括：1)密集的临床操作- 暴露于地中海，特别是针对未经临床培训的研究人员，以促进未来的病床到床边 基础视力研究的应用；2)促进医学博士和医学博士-博士-临床实习生的过渡 从实践到严谨的愿景研究，并培养其在职业发展中的成功应用(K) 奖励，一个重要的资助内科科学家的机制；和3)教育和培训基础和 来自分子、细胞、突触和系统水平视觉研究的不同背景的临床研究人员 为他们在临床和基础科室的学术生涯做好准备。 在你们的帮助下，我们计划每年培养4名医学博士、博士或医学博士研究生。关于基础知识的强化课程 视觉研究和眼科(眼科302a)，每周多学科斯坦福视觉和眼科中心 预防失明讲座和研讨会，以及其他视力课程和流行病学和统计学培训 将是为每个学员的背景和研究兴趣量身定做的教育计划之一，以及- 每年都有机会介绍他们的工作、讲课、写拨款申请和参加科学会议。 每个学员都将被分配一名基础科学和一名临床导师，他们是从斯坦福视力调查中挑选出来的- TORS总共拥有16项来自国家眼科研究所的ROL资助，并发表了100多篇同行- 回顾了过去两年的出版物。这些导师帮助每个学员发表基础和临床论文，为 作为严格的科学和临床研究的例子，并帮助开发一个全面的计划，以相互 编织基础领域的知识，如眼睛的发育模式和视觉回路，突触塑料- 视觉通路的真实性和处理，视觉对象识别和阅读，以及视觉-运动与 详细了解低视力和失明常见原因的诊断和治疗方法及工具 用来称呼他们。一个外部咨询委员会为该计划的OPERA提供独立的观点- 提顿。 相关性(请参阅说明)： 因为我们的计划旨在为每个学员提供对视觉研究的全面了解 以及它在预防视力丧失方面的应用，我们的学员准备在以下方面做出重大研究贡献 解决失明和低视力的不同原因，这影响到全球1.6亿人，并使 仅考虑到成人的主要视力疾病，美国每年就有354亿美元的经济负担- 德斯。

We at the Stanford Department of Ophthalmology and Center for Vision and Prevention of Blindness are applying for a T32 Training Grant from the National Eye Institute to fund a the post-doctoral program designed to Integrate basic vision research and clinical ophthalmologic training. Our goals include: 1) intensive clinical oph- thalmologic exposure, especially targeting non-clinically trained investigators, to facilitate future bench-to-bedside applications of basic vision research; 2) facilitation of the transition of M.D. and M.D.-Ph.D.-trainees from clinical practice to rigorous vision research and fostering their successful application to the Career Development (K) Award, an important funding mechanism for physician-scientists; and 3) the education and training of basic and clinical investigators from diverse backgrounds in molecular, cellular, synaptic, and systems level vision research to prepare them for academic careers in clinical and basic departments. With your help, we plan to train 4 M.D., Ph.D., or M.D.-Ph.D. fellows per year. An intensive course on basic vision research and ophthalmology (Ophthalmology 302A), weekly multi-disciplinary Stanford Center for Vision and Prevention of Blindness lectures and seminars, and other vision courses and training in epidemiology and statistics will be among the educational program tailored to each trainee's background and research interest, along with an- nual opportunities to present their work, teach, write grant applications, and attend scientific meetings. Each trainee will be assigned a basic science and a clinical mentor, chosen from Stanford vision investiga- tors which collectively hold 16 ROl grants from the National Eye Institute and have published over 100 peer- reviewed publications in the last 2 years. These mentors help each trainee publish basic and clinical papers, serve as examples of rigorous scientific and clinical Investigations, and help develop a well-rounded program to inter- weave knowledge in basic areas such as developmental patterning of the eye and visual circuitry, synaptic plastic- ity and processing of the visual pathway, visual object recognition and reading, and visual-motor integration with a detailed understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of common causes of low vision and blindness and tools used to address them. An External Advisory Committee offers independent perspectives on the Program's opera- tion. RELEVANCE (See Instructions): Because our program is designed to provide each trainee with a comprehensive understanding of vision research and its applications to prevent vision loss, our trainees are poised to make significant research contributions to tackle the different causes of blindness and low vision, which affects 160 million people worldwide and costs the United States annually 35.4 billion dollars in financial burden when considering just the major adult visual disor- ders.