• Faculty mentorship
• Campus seminars
• Lectures on ophthalmology and vision research
• Research reproducibility workshop
• Lectures on bioethics and biostatistics
• Understand research with older, underserved populations
• Communication workshops for effective writing, presentation skills, and publication strategies

How to Apply:

Eligibility Questions:

For any questions regarding the application process or eligibility requirements, please contact UC San Diego program coordinator Victoria Patronilo at vpatronilo@health.ucsd.edu

Eligibility:

• Per NIH funding guidelines, this program is only open to US citizens or permanent residents.
• Completed at least an undergraduate degree, but applicants can be post-baccalaureate students, predoctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, medical trainees, or other allied health professionals.
• The program requires full-time effort, and the applicant cannot be doing medical school rotations or other jobs concurrently.
• Applicants must provide a personal statement of career goals and their interest in the training program (word limit: 750 words).
• Applicants must provide two letters of recommendation from a faculty member from their undergraduate school and/or medical school. Both letters need to be submitted by the application due date.
• Provide academic transcripts (unofficial is acceptable).
• The application requires contact information and a history of the individual’s education, previous honors/rewards, activities, and experience in ophthalmology and research (in any area, not just limited to ophthalmology/vision science).

Faculty:

Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute

• Sally Baxter, MD, MSc (Principal Investigator / Program Director)
• Linda Zangwill, PhD (Co-Principal Investigator / Program Director)
• Natalie Afshari, MD, MA
• Radha Ayyagari, PhD
• Dirk Bartsch, PhD
• Shyamanga Borooah, MD, PhD
• Jiun Do, MD, PhD
• Napoleone Ferrara, MD, PhD
• William Freeman, MD
• Won-Kyu Ju, PhD
• Don Kikkawa, MD
• Nathan L. Scott, MD, MPP
• Christopher B. Toomey, MD, PhD
• Karl Wahlin, PhD
• Robert N. Weinreb, MD

Department of Biomedical Informatics

• Shamim Nemati, PhD

Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Care

• Alison Moore, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF

Geriatric Medicine and Psychiatry

• Dilip Jeste, MD

Scripps Department of Molecular Medicine

• Martin Friedlander, MD, PhD