Training Program in Translational Vision Sciences

转化视觉科学培训项目

• 批准号: 9762109
• 负责人: LINDA K. MCLOON
• 金额: $ 8.93万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9762109
• 关键词: Training Programs; vision science

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application for a training program focused on translational vision science from an established group of vision scientists. We request funds for six predoctoral students with a training focus in translational vision science to reflect the current strengths of the vision faculty as well as current NEI research priorities. Thi is an exciting time to pursue a career in vision research, as molecular biology and imaging advances have allowed visual outcomes to be monitored in real time. Our vision community has become increasingly focused on translational research with well-known senior faculty who are highly respected investigators in vision research as well as younger investigators clearly on a trajectory for long term success. The training faculty consists of a core group of 6 NEI funded vision scientists and an additional 10 vision scientists who have actively funded research programs in translational vision research. With the arrival of our new chairperson in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, we have greatly increased the collaborations between vision scientists at the University of Minnesota and the clinical faculty in the medical school. Several key elements of our training program in Translational Vision Research include a course designed for trainees, Basic and Clinical Vision Sciences, co-taught by the training faculty in this proposal, and an annual Vision Symposium, where nationally known and in-house experts in vision science present their most recent research along with our trainees and faculty. Trainees will come from one of 4 programs: the Graduate Programs in Neuroscience; Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics; Psychology; Biomedical Engineering, or Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology. Trainees will be eligible for support once they have completed their first year of graduate school and have begun focused research under the mentorship of a grant preceptor, culminating in their thesis research. They will earn a Ph.D. or an M.D./Ph.D. and will be able to receive support from two to a maximum of four years. The diverse research interests of the vision scientists at the University of Minnesota, and the broad-based and collaborative nature in which they study the visual system - from molecular biology to visual perception - makes this an excellent environment for vision research with translatable components. Each trainer directs a successful research program and has demonstrated commitment to teaching and training. In addition, all trainees will be connected to a practicing Ophthalmologist in their research area, as well as expected to attend related grand rounds. An impressive array of scientific and institutional resources is available to the trainees, but their choice of vision research laboratories will be greatly facilitated by access to support from this training grant. As we move toward increasingly collaborative research between our basic and clinically trained faculty members, we believe this approach will maximize our ability to prepare vision scientists with a multi-disciplinary education needed to meet the "audacious goals" of the NEI - focused on preventing, treating, and rehabilitating blinding eye disease.

 描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个由视觉科学家组成的既定小组针对转化视觉科学培训项目的修订申请，我们请求为六名博士前学生提供资金，重点培训转化视觉科学。 反映了视觉学院当前的优势以及当前的 NEI 研究重点，这是从事视觉研究职业的激动人心的时刻，因为分子生物学和成像的进步使得我们的视觉社区能够实时监控视觉结果。越来越多地专注于转化研究，其中包括在视觉研究领域备受尊敬的知名高级教员以及显然走在长期成功轨道上的年轻研究人员。培训教员由 6 名 NEI 资助的视觉科学家和 1 名核心团队组成。另外 10 名视觉科学家积极资助以下领域的研究项目：随着眼科和视觉神经科学系新任主席的上任，我们大大加强了明尼苏达大学视觉科学家与临床教师之间的合作。 我们的转化视觉研究培训计划的几个关键要素包括为学员设计的基础和临床视觉科学课程，由本提案中的培训教师共同讲授，以及一年一度的视觉研讨会，该研讨会在全国范围内享有盛誉。 - 视觉科学领域的专家与我们的学员和教师一起展示他们的最新研究成果，学员将来自以下四个项目之一：神经科学、分子、细胞、发育心理学和生物医学工程；微生物学、免疫学和癌症生物学。学员完成研究生第一年学业并在导师的指导下开始重点研究，最终获得博士学位。或医学博士/博士学位，并将能够获得两年到最长四年的支持。明尼苏达大学视觉科学家的研究兴趣广泛，并且具有广泛的合作性质。视觉系统- 从分子生物学到视觉感知 - 使其成为具有可翻译组件的视觉研究的绝佳环境。每位培训师都指导着成功的研究计划，并表现出对教学和培训的承诺。此外，所有学员都将与执业眼科医生联系。受训者可以获得一系列令人印象深刻的科学和机构资源，并且有望参加相关的大型研究领域，但随着我们的发展，他们对视觉研究实验室的选择将得到极大的便利。朝着我们之间日益加强的合作研究我们相信这种方法将最大限度地提高我们培养视觉科学家接受多学科教育的能力 需要实现 NEI 的“大胆目标”——专注于预防、治疗和康复致盲眼病。