Graduate and Postdoctoral Training in Environmental Health Science and Toxicology

环境健康科学和毒理学研究生和博士后培训

• 批准号: 10170346
• 负责人: Carmen Joseph Marsit
• 金额: $ 47.98万
• 依托单位: EMORY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10170346
• 关键词: Environmental Health; Toxicology; post-doctoral training

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This competitive renewal of our successful T32 training program in the Environmental Health Sciences and Toxicology is focused on training the next generation of leaders in the field by assuring a multidisciplinary training experience needed by trainees to develop as successful independent environmental health researchers and practitioners. The program is built on our growing and successful PhD training program in the environmental health sciences, and the complimentary postdoctoral training opportunities afforded by the growing base of environmental health research at Emory. The breadth and depth of our faculty, and our expanding focus on exposome research incorporating environmental data sciences makes Emory uniquely suited to continue our successful training efforts. Our trainees take rigorous coursework in their first two years to gain a comprehensive base of knowledge in three key disciplines of the environmental health sciences: (1) exposure science, (2) biological mechanisms of susceptibility and disease, and (3) environmental determinants of population health. This is supplemented by training in the responsible conduct of research and ethics, communication and grant-writing skills, teaching, and numerous opportunities for professional development and management training. Mentored research sits at the center of this training program, allowing students to gain an in-depth understanding of a specific topic through their chosen mentor and project, and trainees have developed projects in molecular and neurotoxicology, environmental epidemiology, exposure science, predictive toxicology, genomics, and metabolomics. A total of 33 experienced training faculty with broad research foci are available, and these faculty are supported by over 160 research grants and projects, an NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health Center, our NIEHS P30 Core Center, as well as collaboration with numerous other centers and programs throughout the University. We propose to continue the support of six predoctoral and three postdoctoral trainees. Predoctoral trainees hold bachelor’s and often master’s degrees in basic science, public health, or engineering disciplines, and postdoctoral trainees must hold a doctoral degree in environmental health, epidemiology, toxicology, environmental engineering, or related basic or public health science disciplines. All trainees must demonstrate a commitment to research and a career in the environmental health sciences and/or toxicology. Our program has had success in recruiting and retaining under-represented minorities in science, and we have numerous programs in place to continue and increase these opportunities. The vast majority of trainees completing this program are entering research intensive positions in the academic or government setting, and a number of our trainees have received individual training support in the form of F30/F31 or K99/R00 awards. We aim to continue the tradition of excellence in providing trainees a comprehensive training experience to allow them to make impactful contributions to public health and successfully pursue complex problems in the environmental health sciences and toxicology.

摘要/摘要 我们在环境健康科学领域成功的 T32 培训计划的竞争性更新 毒理学的重点是通过确保多学科的知识来培训该领域的下一代领导者 学员成功独立环境健康所需的培训经验 研究人员和实践者。该计划建立在我们不断发展和成功的博士培训计划的基础上 环境健康科学，以及由该机构提供的免费博士后培训机会 埃默里大学环境健康研究基地不断壮大。我们师资队伍的广度和深度，以及我们的 日益关注与环境数据科学相结合的暴露组研究使埃默里大学独一无二 适合继续我们成功的培训工作。我们的学员在头两年接受严格的课程作业 获得环境健康科学三个关键学科的全面知识基础：(1) 暴露科学，(2) 易感性和疾病的生物机制，以及 (3) 环境决定因素 人口健康。这是通过负责任的研究行为和道德规范的培训来补充的， 沟通和资助写作技能、教学以及众多的专业发展机会 和管理培训。指导性研究是该培训计划的核心，让学生能够 通过他们选择的导师和项目深入了解特定主题，并且学员已经 开发了分子和神经毒理学、环境流行病学、暴露科学、 预测毒理学、基因组学和代谢组学。共有 33 名经验丰富且拥有广泛知识的培训教师 研究重点可用，这些教师得到 160 多项研究资助和项目的支持， NIEHS/EPA 儿童环境健康中心、我们的 NIEHS P30 核心中心以及合作 与整个大学的许多其他中心和项目一起。我们建议继续支持 六名博士前培训生和三名博士后培训生。博士前培训生拥有学士和硕士学位 基础科学、公共卫生或工程学科的学位，博士后学员必须持有 环境健康、流行病学、毒理学、环境工程或相关基础专业博士学位 或公共卫生科学学科。所有学员必须表现出对研究和职业生涯的承诺 环境健康科学和/或毒理学。我们的计划在招聘和留住人才方面取得了成功 科学领域代表性不足的少数群体，我们制定了许多计划来继续和增加 这些机会。完成该计划的绝大多数学员正在进入研究密集型阶段 在学术或政府机构中担任职位，并且我们的一些学员接受了个人培训 以F30/F31或K99/R00奖励的形式提供支持。我们的目标是延续卓越的传统，提供 学员获得全面的培训经验，使他们能够为公共卫生做出有影响力的贡献 并成功地解决环境健康科学和毒理学中的复杂问题。