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T32 Grant

Accelerates vision research training at UW

first T32 Training Grant AWARDED for a vision research training program (vrtp-t32) from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

 

Students will engage in a robust program focused on the understanding and exploration of the visual system and its diseases. They will participate in discussions and lectures ranging from the molecular and cell biology of the photo-transduction pathway (the process that converts light into a neurological signal), to the networks of neuronal connections in the retina and the brain, to the clinical management of major ophthalmic diseases. As part of this curriculum, students will complete a comprehensive course titled, “Ocular Diseases of the Mammalian Visual System.” This competitive grant within the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences supports the training of two graduate students and one postdoctoral student every one to two years, over the next five years.

 Read More about the T32 Grant

Meet the Trainees

Raymond DoudlahVision Research Training Curriculum

Raymond Doudlah

T32 Vision Research Trainee

doudlah@wisc.edu

Kim EdwardsVision Research Training Curriculum

Kim Edwards

T32 Vision Research Trainee

kedwards22@wisc.edu

Michael J. LandowskiVision Research Training Curriculum, PhD

Michael J. Landowski, PhD

T32 Vision Research Trainee

landowski@wisc.edu

Past Trainees

  • Ryan Donahue (2019-2020) – Trainer: Robert Nickells, PhD
  • Sarah Rempel (2019-2020) –  Trainer: Timothy Gomez, PhD
  • Kara Vogel (2019) – Trainer: Gillian McLellan, PhD, BVMS

Training graduate and postdoctoral students lies at the core of research programs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Program Leadership

Curtis R. BrandtVision Research Training Curriculum, PhD

Curtis R. Brandt, PhD

UW Medical Foundation Professor; Vice Chair of Research

David M. GammVision Research Training Curriculum, MD, PhD

David M. Gamm, MD, PhD

Professor, Director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute

Ronald E. GangnonVision Research Training Curriculum, PhD

Ronald E. Gangnon, PhD

Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences and the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics

ronald@biostat.wisc.edu

Robert W. NickellsVision Research Training Curriculum, PhD

Robert W. Nickells, PhD

Frederick A. Davis Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Professor

Donna PetersVision Research Training Curriculum, PhD

Donna Peters, PhD

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

dmpeter2@wisc.edu

Nader SheibaniVision Research Training Curriculum, PhD

Nader Sheibani, PhD

Professor, Retina Research Foundation Alice R. McPherson Research Chair

Terri L. YoungVision Research Training Curriculum, MD, MBA, FARVO

Terri L. Young, MD, MBA, FARVO

Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Peter A. Duehr Professor of Ophthalmology, Pediatrics and Medical Genetics

Inna V. LarsenVision Research Training Curriculum

Inna V. Larsen

Research Administrator, Vision Core & T32 Administrator

ivlarsen@wisc.edu

(608) 265-2572

TRAINING AREAS AND TRAINERS

Development and Diseases of the Anterior Segment:

Hongrui Jiangg
Colleen McDowell
Donna Neumann

Robert Nickells

Donna Peters

 

Development and Diseases of the Posterior Segment:

David Gamm

Timothy Gomez
Mrinalini Hoon

Akihiro Ikeda
Colleen McDowell

Gillian McLellan

Bikash Pattnaik

Nader Sheibani
Raunak Sinha

 

 

 

 

Ocular Epidemiology and Genetics:

Karen Cruickshanks

Ronald Gangnon

Julie Mares
Terri Young

 

Higher Order Processing Cognition:

Paul Campagnola

Elizabeth Meyerand

Bilge Mutlu

Bradley Postle
Ari Rosenberg


 

“We are looking forward to students conducting their own projects in the tradition of ‘bench-to-bedside’ that has been a mainstay of the outstanding research training that makes the University of Wisconsin–Madison famous,” says Dr. Nickells, professor and principal investigator for the T32 grant.

The Vision Research Update Seminar is a forum for trainees to present their research and learn about diverse vision research projects at UW. The seminars happen on the first Tuesday on the month at 10 AM (currently virtually).  Please check the DOVS events calendar for details.

Thu 25

EQUITY ALLIANCE // LIFTING VOICES SERIES

February 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Fri 26

2021 Ophthalmology Grand Rounds (Virtual)

February 26 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 am
Sat 27

AAPOS 6th Annual Kushner Webinar

February 27 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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