OUR TRAINING

By joining the OptiVisT Innovative Training Network (ITN), the ESRs will become part of the first pan-European research training program in Translational Vision Science. OptiVisT brings together experts in the field of vision science, technology and healthcare.

The students will follow OptiVisT’s multidisciplinary 3-year PhD training consisting of a number of high-level training courses and workshops throughout Europe. They will learn how to integrate deep knowledge on the foundations of vision with expertise in applying both established and cutting-edge technologies (eye-tracking, EEG, psychophysics, machine learning, perimetry, and virtual reality) in conjunction with specialized ophthalmic and neurological knowledge.

Besides working at their primary employer, they will get the option to carry out secondments at other academic and technology partners. Therefore, they will be able to experience working in industrial, health care and academic environments, and have the opportunity to develop both their hard skills (research & technology) and soft skills (e.g., academic, entrepreneurial, working with people). In addition to that, they will receive training at the institute in which they enroll for their PhD.

Through this training program, the ESRS will be equipped with a wide range of training skills so that they become become experts in the fundamental, medical and technological pillars of Translational Vision Science. This will allow them top leap beyond the state-of-the-art in their research, and make a real difference for patients. The set of training skills acquired are listed below.

Curious to see and hear more about what it means to be part of an international training network? Check out these two short movies about our previous ITNs NextGenVis and EGRET+.

Throughout the course of the program, out news pages will be updated with the latest network-wide training activities