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Vision science fellowship training is laboratory based and offers
both predoctoral and postdoctoral opportunities to trainees in specific
areas of vision science, or over a wide range of topics. Trainees
work under the supervision of Institute faculty members who are
engaged in basic science research and have active laboratories.
They may work on individual projects or contribute to faculty projects.
The scope and nature of each vision science fellowship is developed
by the trainee and his/her faculty mentor.
Directors
| Suraj
P. Bhat, PhD |
Michael
O. Hall, PhD |
| Dean
Bok, PhD |
Joseph
Horwitz, PhD |
| Debora
B. Farber, PhD, DPhhc |
Wayne
L. Hubbell, PhD |
| Lynn
K. Gordon, MD, PhD |
Bartly
J. Mondino, MD |
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Xianjie
Yang, PhD |
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Predoctoral
Fellowships
Predoctoral fellowships are offered in neurobiology, neurosciences,
pharmacology, chemistry, biochemistry and visual physiology. They
provide the means for graduate students to obtain their doctorates
while working with Institute faculty in highly specialized laboratory
environments.
Postdoctoral
Research Fellowships
Postdoctoral research fellowships are offered for one to three years
in all of the vision sciences at the Institute. Each fellowship
is unique, and conducted according to mutual agreements between
trainees and their mentors. Research areas for postdoctoral fellowships
include molecular biology, genetics, biophysics, biomechanics, cell
biology, eye development, and biochemistry. Upon completion of their
fellowships, trainees usually pursue careers in academia or industry.
National
Eye Institute Vision Science Training Grant
Director: Debora B. Farber, PhD, DPhhc
In addition to individually supported research fellowships, a special
integrated program is offered under the auspices of a National Eye
Institute Vision Science Training grant for predoctoral and postdoctoral
fellows. The grant provides trainees with coordinated and organized
exposure to a wide range of techniques and current knowledge in
the vision sciences. All fellows are required to take a defined
program of core courses and become rapidly acquainted with the fundamentals
of vision research within a broad spectrum of the basic sciences.
The training gives each fellow the broadest possible background
in ophthalmology and the basic sciences, and enables him/her to
pursue individual interests with clearly designed experiments. Fellows
are required to present their research at informal and formal seminars
and encouraged to participate in the publication of scientific papers.
To gain a broad background in the vision sciences, fellows utilize
the expertise of several laboratories and collaborate with fellows
and faculty members other than their own preceptors.
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