CENTER CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH

描述（由申请人提供）：这项NEI PSO中心视觉研究核心拨款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。这些模块由一群非常有才华的员工运营，他们在支持和推进休斯顿大学的视觉研究方面有着长期的经验。这些模块为目前来自休斯顿大学四个系（生物医学工程、机械工程、临床科学和视光视觉科学）的核心视觉科学家提供所需的研究服务。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。我们核心中心的研究人员总共获得了11项合格的NEI资助，以及其他NEI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。在这所大学过去5年的P30资助中，Core Grant创造了一个良好的视觉研究环境，直接促成了138篇发表论文，并最终为核心视觉科学家小组招募了8名额外的研究人员，其中4人带来了NEI资助。核心赠款对于临床医生（OD）成功获得新的NEI资助指导临床科学家至关重要。这些成就反映了我们的视觉研究核心过去和现在的目标，即专注于推进协作和创新的基础、临床和转化研究，以推进知识和预防或治疗疾病。为了实现这些目标，核心拨款提供稳定的资金、高质量的研究服务、新的视觉研究人员以及转化为NIH和NEI支持的新项目。特别强调在未来五年将创新研究基础，临床和转化研究和招聘视觉研究人员来填补我们目前的空缺职位，以及其他

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This NEI PSO Center Core Grant for Vision Research 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 long-term experience in supporting and advancing vision research at the University of Houston. The Modules provide needed research services to the present group of Core vision scientists who come from four departments at the University of Houston (Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 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 Core Center investigators have 11 qualifying NEI-funded grants, as well as other NEI funding. The College of Optometry and University of Houston provide considerable 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 that has contributed directly to 138 published papers and culminated in the recruitment of eight additional investigators to the group of Core vision scientists, four of whom brought NEI funding. The Core Grant also was crucial to the success of a clinician (OD) in obtaining new NEI funding for mentored clinician scientists. These accomplishments reflect our vision research Core's previous and current aims that focus on advancing collaborative and innovative basic, clinical and translational research to advance knowledge and prevent or cure disease. For these aims the Core grant provides stable funding, quality research services, new vision researchers, and new projects converting into NIH and NEI support. Especially emphasized in the coming five 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.