Interdisciplinary Vision Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议在布朗大学建立一个跨学科的博士前视觉培训计划。该培训计划将构成布朗新视觉研究中心的关键组成部分，在跨学科脑科学计划的主持下。该视觉训练计划（VTP）的中心目标是为已经进入神经科学或认知和语言科学研究生课程的研究生提供视觉专业培训。我们建议每年支持3名学生;学生将在第二个研究生学年开始获得VTP支持。TTP将补充和补充学生个人就读的研究生课程的基本课程要求。我们将在各个层面提供广泛的多学科培训，为核心概念，技能，方法和科学文献的高级理解奠定坚实的基础。在一般情况下，我们培养一个不受传统学科界限约束的环境，并鼓励研究生在这些学科的接口工作。在教学的各个阶段，我们将整合被认为是视觉研究中成功，独立的研究生涯所必需的技能。这些包括批判性思维和推理，有效的科学写作和口头陈述，科学审查过程的知识，以及道德培训。学生将参与新的举措，以确保研究生接触临床和疾病的概念;这些经验将帮助学生确定最相关的科学问题，以改善人类健康。拟议的培训计划有10名参与教师，来自5个部门。这些教师目前指导22名从事视觉研究的研究生。总体而言，布朗大学的视觉研究包括9个部门的27名教职员工;研究兴趣包括生物视觉，机器视觉和计算。为了确保培训计划的成功，我们选择了一个核心培训教师从事生物视觉的研究与强大的培训记录。然而，学员将受益于与布朗整个视觉社区的互动。相关性：根据最近的估计，2680万40岁及以上的美国人患有眼疾，随着人口老龄化，这一数字还将增加。在理解人类视觉系统的生物学和设计新的策略来预防，治疗或补偿视力丧失方面的创新将来自新一代的研究人员，他们经过培训，可以综合从各种方法和学科中收集的信息。我们的目标是培养这种研究人员，并进一步凝聚布朗大学的多元化视觉研究社区。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose the establishment of an Interdisciplinary Pre-doctoral Training Program in Vision at Brown University. This training program will constitute a key component of the Brown's new Center for Vision Research, under the auspices of the interdisciplinary Brain Science Program. The central objective of this Vision Training Program (VTP) is to provide specialized training in vision to graduate students already matriculating in the Neuroscience or Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences graduate programs. We propose supporting 3 students per year; students will receive VTP support starting in their 2nd graduate year. The VTP will complement and supplement the basic course requirements of the graduate programs from which individual students come. We will provide broad, multi-disciplinary training at all levels with a strong foundation in core concepts, skills, methodologies, and advanced comprehension of the scientific literature. In general, we foster an environment unconstrained by traditional discipline boundaries and where graduate students are encouraged to work at the interfaces of these disciplines. At all stages of instruction, we will integrate skills considered essential for successful, independent research careers in vision research. These include critical thinking and reasoning, effective science writing and oral presentation, knowledge of scientific review processes, and training in ethics. Students will participate in new initiatives to ensure exposure of graduate students to clinical and disease concepts; these experiences will help students identify the scientific problems that are most relevant to improving human health. The proposed training program has 10 participating faculty members, drawn from 5 departments. These faculty members currently mentor 22 graduate students engaged in vision research. Overall, vision research at Brown includes 27 faculty members in 9 departments; research interests include biological vision, machine vision, and computation. To ensure a successful training program, we have selected a core training faculty engaged in the study of biological vision with a strong training record. However, trainees will benefit from interactions with the entire vision community at Brown. Relevance: Eye diseases afflict 26.8 million Americans age 40 and older, according to recent estimates, and that number will grow as the population ages. Innovations in understanding the biology of the human visual system and devising novel strategies to prevent, treat, or compensate for vision loss will come from a new generation of researchers trained to synthesize information gleaned from a variety of approaches and disciplines. We aim to train this kind of researcher and bring further cohesion to the diverse vision research community at Brown.