Summary
ABSTRACT This is a first renewal application for continued funding for the Cole Eye Institute Vision Science Training Program (CEIVSTP) which is specifically designed to train pre-doctoral Ph.D. students, medical students and post-doctoral fellows to become future leaders in ophthalmology research. With T32 funds that provided training for 3 predoctoral students and one post-doctoral fellow per year, we have supported 12 predoctoral students and 4 post-doctoral fellows over the past 4 years. One of our major long-term goals at the Cole Eye Institute is to use CEIVSTP to limit and eventually me