Training Program in Vision Science

视觉科学培训计划

• 批准号: 8463747
• 负责人: JOHN S WERNER
• 金额: $ 29.72万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-30 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8463747
• 关键词: Training Programs; vision science

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Continued support is requested for interdisciplinary training in the vision sciences at the University of California, Davis. Training is provided by 45 vision scientists (31 preceptors and 14 associate preceptors) across 14 departments that will provide a strong foundation in one or more basic sciences. The goal of the training program is to produce vision scientists who will be capable of establishing independent research programs that will address significant problems in vision science. It will operate under the auspices of existing graduate programs at UC Davis as they offer the broad flexibility needed to achieve our training objectives. Among our 300 pre- and postdoctoral vision science trainees in the past ten years (38 of whom were partially supported by this T32), 90% are active in research through continuing training or in career positions. Among those who have completed all training, 82% are active in research and/or teaching positions at some 71 different colleges, university basic science departments and schools of medicine or veterinary medicine. The training program requests support for 4 predoctoral students (for two years each; 8 slots) and 1 postdoctoral trainee (for one year) to be selected by an Advisory Committee. Internal support mechanisms and extramural grants will be used for the other years of training. The trainees will participate i one or more of five overlapping areas in which our preceptors are clustered: (1) molecular & cellular biology, retinal electrophysiology, and genetics, (2) anterior segment anatomy and physiology, (3) molecular and cellular retinal imaging, (4) systems visual neuroscience, and (5) functional imaging, computational modeling and perception. Each of the 31 preceptors has an active program of vision science research, a strong commitment to training, and extramural funding. Program resources are augmented by a strong institutional commitment, the Center for Visual Sciences and an NEI Core grant. The training program draws on the rigorous research training of the admitting programs, but also requires a one-year course that covers the broader vision sciences and clinical vision science. Graduate trainees will be supported only after their first year of graduate training and will thus be a highly selective group that has completed much of their basic science curriculum. All trainees will participate in an active colloquium series in he vision sciences, Center for Visual Sciences symposia, journal clubs and training in the ethical conduct of research. All trainees will be engaged in vision science research that will be presented at national meetings and submitted to peer-reviewed journals.

描述（由申请人提供）：请求继续支持加州大学戴维斯分校视觉科学的跨学科培训。培训由 14 个部门的 45 名视觉科学家（31 名导师和 14 名副导师）提供，将为一门或多门基础科学奠定坚实的基础。该培训计划的目标是培养视觉科学家，他们将能够建立独立的研究计划，解决视觉科学中的重大问题。它将在加州大学戴维斯分校现有研究生项目的支持下运作，因为它们提供了实现我们的培训目标所需的广泛灵活性。在过去十年中，我们的 300 名博士前和博士后视觉科学培训生中（其中 38 名获得了 T32 的部分支持），90% 通过继续培训或在职业岗位上积极从事研究。在完成所有培训的人员中，82% 的人活跃在约 71 个不同学院、大学基础科学系以及医学或兽医学院的研究和/或教学岗位。该培训计划要求支持由咨询委员会选出的 4 名博士前学生（每人两年；8 个名额）和 1 名博士后实习生（一年）。内部支持机制和外部赠款将用于其他年份的培训。学员将参与我们的导师聚集的五个重叠领域中的一个或多个：(1) 分子和细胞生物学、视网膜电生理学和遗传学，(2) 眼前节解剖和生理学，(3) 分子和细胞视网膜成像，（4）系统视觉神经科学，（5）功能成像、计算建模和感知。 31 名导师中的每一位都拥有积极的视觉科学研究计划、对培训的坚定承诺以及校外资助。强有力的机构承诺、视觉科学中心和 NEI 核心拨款增强了项目资源。该培训计划借鉴了招生计划的严格研究培训，但也需要为期一年的课程，涵盖更广泛的视觉科学和临床视觉科学。研究生学员只有在完成第一年的研究生培训后才会得到支持，因此将是一个经过严格筛选的群体，他们已经完成了大部分基础科学课程。所有学员都将参加一系列活跃的视觉科学研讨会、视觉科学中心研讨会、期刊俱乐部以及研究道德行为培训。所有学员都将参与视觉科学研究，这些研究将在全国会议上展示并提交给同行评审期刊。