Training Program in Environmental Toxicology

摘要 环境因子在人类发展中起着重要作用 疾病识别这些有毒物质并了解其因果作用 可以迅速用于风险评估和管理， 在预防、治疗和临床方面都有巨大的前景。 此申请要求资金继续纽约大学的培训计划， 健康评估以及环境和分子毒理学。我们特别 申请资金，以支持6名博士预科生和3名 博士后学员每年在纽约大学研究生课程环境 健康科学。培训将涉及一系列问题， 环境健康，从癌症的致病分子机制， 心肺疾病和其他环境相关疾病 开发可用于预测不良反应的动物模型 环境因素对人类健康的影响。的主要优势 提出的毒理学培训计划是优秀的品质， 培训教师的跨学科多样性，这将提供博士前 学员有极好的机会进行环境和分子 毒理学研究在实验室的研究人员与杰出的国际 名声该培训计划的使命是培养创造性和 独立的研究科学家谁可以解决的问题， 环境污染物的复杂暴露与压力相结合 一个快速变化的物理环境。

Abstract Environmental agents play a significant role in the development of human disease. The identification of such toxicants and understanding their causal role in disease can rapidly be used in risk assessment and management and holds enormous promise in terms of preventive, therapeutic and clinical scenarios. This application requests funds to continue NYU’s training program in human health assessment and environmental and molecular toxicology. Specifically, we request funding to support the stipends and tuition of 6 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees annually in the NYU Graduate Program in Environmental Health Sciences. The training will address a broad spectrum of problems in environmental health, from the causative molecular mechanisms of cancer, cardiopulmonary diseases, and other environmentally-related disorders to the development of animal models which may be used for predicting the adverse effects of environmental agents on human health. The major strength of the proposed toxicology training program is the outstanding quality and interdisciplinary diversity of the training faculty, which will provide the predoctoral trainees an excellent opportunity to conduct environmental and molecular toxicology research in laboratories of investigators with outstanding international reputations. The mission of this training program is to develop creative and independent research scientists who can address the problems presented by complex exposures to environmental pollutants in combination with the stresses of a rapidly changing physical environment.