First SUNY Eye Institute Meeting

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First SUNY Eye Institute Meeting SUNY College of
Optometry Nov 21- 23 2009
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
Short History of The Concept -- Faculty
Initiative -- Ground Up Approach Drs Brunken,
Barlow and Hoepner Meet in Syracuse Nov 07 Drs
Barlow, Brunken and Lazzaro Meet in Brooklyn
May 08 Dean Taylor Supports Project Concept
and Recommends Inclusion of the
College of Optometry May 08 AMC Planning Council
Empanels a Task Force on SEI Oct
08 Barlow, Brunken and Fliesler Meet Dec 08
SEI Task Force Meet Jan 09
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
SEI Leadership Structure Co-Chairs Douglas
Lazzaro, Downstate Robert Barlow,
Upstate Members Buffalo Downstate
Optometry Stony Brook Upstate
Steven Fliesler William Brunken
Barry Lee Craig Evinger
Robert Barlow James Reynolds Douglas Lazzaro
David Troilo Patrick Sibony
John Hoepner
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SEI Leadership Structure Co-Chairs Douglas
Lazzaro, Downstate Robert Barlow, Upstate
David Troilo, Optometry Members Buffalo
Downstate Optometry
Stony Brook Upstate Steven Fliesler
William Brunken Barry Lee Craig
Evinger Robert Barlow James Reynolds
Douglas Lazzaro David Troilo Patrick
Sibony John Hoepner
Mitchell Dul Leslie Hyman
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Short History of The Concept -- Faculty
Initiative -- Ground Up Approach Drs Brunken,
Barlow and Hoepner Meet in Syracuse Nov 07 Drs
Barlow, Brunken and Lazzaro Meet in Brooklyn
May 08 Dean Taylor Supports Project Concept
and Recommends Inclusion of the
College of Optometry May 08 AMC Planning Council
Empanels a Task Force on SEI Oct 08 Barlow,
Brunken and Fliesler Meet Dec 08 SEI Task
Force Meet Jan 09 Brunken/Lazzaro Report
Feb 09 ARVO Mtg of the SEI Faculty May
09 Adoption of the SEI Concept for Broader
Impacts - REACH Jun 09 Official Creation of the
SEI Jul/Aug 09 Executive Committee Mtg
(phone) Sep 09 AHC Meeting and Report on
Progress of SEI (Goodman presented) Oct 09 SEI
Workshop Nov 09
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting

• Mission
• To integrate the complementary strengths of the
  SUNY Medical Centers College of Optometry into
  a single SUNY Eye Institute (SEI) to enhance
  research and training in clinical and basic
  visual sciences in New York State.
• Goals
• Promote and Foster Collaborative,
  Multidisciplinary Research Interactions
• Establish State-of-the-art Core Facilities at
  Each of the Campuses to Augment and Enhance
  Intercampus Collaboration in Eye Research
• Recruit Basic and Clinical Investigators Into Eye
  Research
• Develop Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Programs
  in Eye Research Across the Five Schools

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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
Combinatorial Strength In Creating a Single
Institute Currently Five Centers with Five
Separate Identities and Some National
Recognition Upstate and College of Optometry
Strongest Research Units Downstate Strongest
Clinical Unit (Patient Visits - Residency).
Single Institute Would Have National -
International Recognition Five Centers -
Currently 31 NEI Research
Grants 3 Individual Training
Grants 2 U10 Clinical Center
Grants 1 Infrastructure Grant
(R24) Three Metro NY Centers Currently Have
250,000 Patient Visits
Includes New Hires at Upstate and Downstate
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
Combinatorial Strength In Creating a Single
Institute Potential For Research Funding
First Result NYStem Consortium Planning
Grant -- Downstate, Upstate and UMDNJ -- awarded
11/08 Future Funding Possibilities P30 --
Core Center Grant -- 8-19 grants gtgt 2.0 million
Total Direct over
20 grants gtgt 2.5 million Total Direct R24
-- Multidisciplinary Research -- 1.25 million
per year/5 yrs Direct Training Grants --
Long Term T32 -- pre and post-doctoral
Short Term T35 -- short term for medical
students Clinical Scientist K12 --
re-issued in May 09 U10 -- Collaborative
Clinical Research Grants
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
Combinatorial Strength In Creating a Single
Institute Faculty Development Mentoring
Larger Pool of Intramural Colleagues
Provide Mentors for K Award Process Grant
In-house Review Process
Collaborative Potential Recrui
tment More Attractive Environment
Targeted or Joint Recruitment
Possibilities Resource Development Higher
Visibility and Identity for Donors
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
First Step Creating the SEI - Short Term --
This Year Task Force Meeting on 1/19/09
Enthusiastically Endorsed Concept and Desire to
Move Forward Exchange of Seminar Speakers -
Among institutions started between Downstate
and Upstate with more to come between Downstate
SB and Optometry. Web Presence and Connectivity
Web server needs to be developed for the shared
enterprise to be used for data sharing joint
advertising etc. Annual SEI Retreat Meeting
of all investigators and staff to exchange ideas
and look for synergies this should happen soon
(3 to 6 mos). Development of Collaborative
Projects Brunken-Barlow already collaborating
other collaborations will emerge as group
forms fostering these collaborations will need
SUNY Central support. R24 is a
tangible goal -- for Jan 25 2010. P30 is a
tangible goal -- for Sep 25 2010.
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting

• Develop Shared Core Facilities
• These Will Be Built on Existing Strengths at
  Component Universities
• Bioinformatics Core Buffalo
• Genetics Core Upstate
• Clinical Trials/Epidemiology Core Downstate/SB/Op
  tometry
• Translational Research Core Downstate
• Proteomics SB
• Retinal Imaging Core Optometry

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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
Clinical Treatment Study Core Clinical Trial
Potential -- 3 Metro NY Centers -- 250,000
Patient Visits Downstate -- 140,000 PV and 25
Residents/Fellows Optometry -- 70,000 PV and
U10 Stony Brook - 40,000 PV and U10 Single IRB
Program for Enrollment for Patients Clinical
Coordinators Distributed Among Sites Data
sharing and pooling Collaborative/Multi-site
Training
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
Expanding and Stabilizing the SEI 5 year
Plan Recruitment of Faculty -- Internal --
Targeted Pilot Projects External -- Empire Eye
Scholar Establish Training Programs
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Report of the Eye Institute Task Force 2/05/09
Report of the Eye Institute Task Force
2/05/09 Lazzaro/Brunken Reporting
Next Step Albany ???
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Albanys Response Creation of the
REACH Program based on SEI Principles Allocation
of Budget for the Development of
Institutes 100,000 from each AHC and RF
600,000 180,000 --- Clinical and
Translation Center
150,000 --- SEI 90,000 --- 3
Neuroscience Center Substance Abuse
Degeneration and Stem Therapies Receptors
and Brain Disease
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Goals for This Meeting are Important Logistically
-- We Need to Put Up. Leadership Position
Among the SUNY Wide Institutes R24 --
Multidisciplinary Research To Develop Nove
Therapies -- Translational PPGs Identify
Potential Visual Diseases -- More than one R24 is
possible Identify Teams Write Aims Pragmatic
Decisions -- Jan 25, 2010 or Jan 25, 2011 P30 --
Core Center Grant -- What Cores
Where Will They Be How will they
Be Shared Training Grants -- Long Term T32 --
pre and post-doctoral Short Term T35 -- short
term for medical students Howard Hughes -- FFB
1 Year research support -- Jan 11,
2010 Clinical Scientist K12 -- re-issued in May
09
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The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts