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Case Visual Sciences Training Program
There are few health problems regarded with more significance than the loss of one's sight. The National Institutes of Health holds vision with such high regard that there is a dedicated institute, The National Eye Institute, for promotion and funding of research in the visual sciences. Vision research has a strong track record at Case Western Reserve University, leading to the formation of the National Eye Institute-supported Visual Sciences Research Center in 1996. On
the research strengths at CASE, we established the Visual Sciences Training
Program (VSTP).
The VSTP is comprised of faculty within a multi-disciplinary vision sciences research community at CASE. Our program faculty hold primary appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, Medicine, Molecular Biology & Microbiology,
Neurology, Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Pathology, and Pharmacology. Graduate
students in the VSTP work toward the Ph.D. degree in any one of the basic science
departments. Our trainees conduct research in any of the five major areas of
emphasis within the VSTP: (a) Visual System Development, (b) Extraocular Muscle
Biology, (c) Ocular Consequences of Aging and Diabetes, (d) Ocular Immunology
and Inflammation, and (e) Translational Research. Interactions between faculty,
postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students in the VSTP and the broader research
community at CASE and University Hospitals of Cleveland create an excellent
training opportunity in vision science.
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Strengths of training in vision science at CASE:
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- Exceptionally strong research environment at CASE and its hospital affiliates
- Training that is discipline-specific (departmental), thematic (within one of five major thematic groups in vision research), and laboratory-focused (with any of our 25 nationally recognized vision researchers)
- A training program that develops a students abilities to pose biologically and clinically relevant questions in the visual sciences
- An ability to conduct hypothesis driven research using the latest equipment and techniques
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Admissions
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The Visual Sciences Training Program is an inter-departmental
effort to provide integrated training in the visual sciences. Students
in the program can receive Ph.D. degrees from any of the
participating basic science departments (Anatomy, Biomedical
Engineering, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Microbiology,
Neurosciences, Pathology, or Pharmacology), with research
projects focused upon a wide array of problems in visual
science. Predoctoral students apply through the Biomedical
Scientist Training Program (BSTP) (http://www.Case.edu/med/BSTP/index.html)
in the fall or early winter for admission in the next academic
year. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree
with a competitive GPA and are required to take the Graduate
Record Examination, including one advanced subject examination.
Applicants must have a solid background in the sciences.
Applications received by February 1 will be given preference,
although late applications will be considered on the basis
of space available.
If you submit an application to the CASE BSTP either
online or by mail, please send an email with your name,
address, email address, and GRE scores to Dr. Susann
Brady-Kalnay (susann.brady-kalnay@case.edu)
so we can track the progress of your application through
the admissions process. In the subject line of
the email, please put “VSTP application.”
A handbook for all trainees is available for download.
VSTP
Handbook.pdf
A brochure is also available providing an overview of the program VSTPbrochure3
CASE has an outstanding M.D.-Ph.D. program. Applicants
interested in pursuing the combined degree can have are
search focus in the visual sciences. Many of the participating
faculty in the Visual Sciences Training Program have
on-going research projects with significant clinical
applications.
Applications must be initiated through the Medial
Scientist Training Program (http://MSTP.Case.edu).
Questions regarding the Visual Sciences Training Program should be addressed to:
Visual Sciences Training Program
Dr. Susann Brady-Kalnay, Director
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-4960
email: susann.brady-kalnay@case.edu
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