Research Priorities--Earth Science and Medicine

研究重点--地球科学与医学

• 批准号: 0324240
• 负责人: David Feary
• 金额: $ 30.3万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2007-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0324240&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Priorities; Earth; Science; Medicine

A National Research Council ad hoc committee will assess the present status of researchat the interface between medicine and earth science, and will advise on the high priorityresearch activities that should be undertaken for optimum societal benefit. Thecommittee will report on the most profitable areas for communication and collaborationbetween the earth science and medical communities, recognizing both the infectiousdisease and environmental components.The proposed activity will span the earth science and public health fields, seeking toprovide much broader awareness and understanding of research endeavors at the interfaceof these fields as well as raising awareness of environmental contributions to diseases andhuman health. The study will provide a focus for this emerging scientific discipline toidentify the most promising and important research priorities.The proposed activity will:Enhance the infrastructure for research and education, by recommendingstrategies for enhanced collaboration and cooperation between the earth scienceand medical/public health communities;Enhance scientific and technological understanding, by preparing a report forbroad dissemination that will describe the connections between earth science andpublic health, addressing both positive and negative societal impacts over the fullrange from large-scale interactions to micro-scale biogeochemical processes;Provide benefits to society, by identifying basic research needs in bioscience andgeoscience required to support medical geology research, and by suggesting howfuture efforts should be directed to anticipate and respond to public health needsand threats.

一个国家研究理事会特设委员会将评估医学与地球科学之间相互作用的研究现状，并将就为最佳社会效益而应开展的高优先级研究活动提出建议。该委员会将报告地球科学和医学界之间交流与合作的最有利可图的领域，同时认识到传染病和环境因素。拟议的活动将跨越地球科学和公共卫生领域，寻求在这些领域的接口提供更广泛的认识和理解的研究努力，以及提高对疾病和人类健康的环境贡献的认识。这项研究将为这一新兴科学学科提供一个重点，以确定最有前途和最重要的研究优先事项。拟议的活动将：通过编写一份描述地球科学与公共卫生之间联系的报告，广泛传播，解决从大规模相互作用到微规模生物地球化学过程的全方位积极和消极的社会影响;通过确定支持医学地质学研究所需的生物科学和地球科学基础研究需求，并建议未来应如何努力预测和应对公共卫生需求和威胁，为社会带来好处。