Frontiers in Environmental Science and Health (FrESH

项目概要 这项新申请为我们的创新高级计划寻求 NIEHS RISE (R25) 赞助，该计划名为 “环境科学与人类健康前沿（FrESH）”培训和指导有前途的毕业生， 来自以下地区代表性不足的社区的医学生、博士后研究员和初级教师 环境健康科学研究中的尖端技术。该提案响应 RFA-ES-20-015 的主要目标是为研究生、医学生、 与 NIEHS 相关的环境健康科学研究领域的博士后研究员和初级教师， 同时促进这些学生和研究员的职业发展。 FrESH 的一个主要优势是它吸引 来自代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 申请者群体；亚特兰大大学中心 (AUC)，其中包括 莫尔豪斯学院、斯佩尔曼学院和克拉克亚特兰大大学是最大的黑人联盟 美国的高等教育机构以及西班牙裔和美洲原住民服务机构。 莫尔豪斯医学院 (MSM) 通过正式的管道系统与这些机构直接相连 程序。此外，我们计划从其他机构抽取 URM，无论其 URM 人口规模如何。 我们的目标人群是多元化的，都是最有前途的具有全国竞争力的学员。 FrESH 优惠 通过一系列关于新兴概念、扩展讨论、实验室的日常讲师进行动态培训 为期一周的夏季课程的研究、讲习班和非正式研讨会。首要目标是发展 每年为 16 名参与者提供基于实验室的强化培训，向他们提供环境健康方面的教育 科学，并帮助启动和维持他们的职业生涯。我们提出一个为期五年的计划，总共招收八十名 (80) 名学员（每年 16 名学员）在 MSM 接受培训。总之，FrESH 将提供动态且复杂的 培训课程，包括顶尖专家的日常讲座、主动学习课程和扩展课程 讨论重要和新兴的主题，然后进行实验室实践会议。主题示例 FrESH 中包括：空气污染物、水污染物和常见持久性污染物的不同影响 例如阻燃剂和杀虫剂；基因 x 环境相互作用对健康结果的影响；暴露体 以及终生接触对人类健康的影响； COVID-19 大流行对人类暴露的影响 环境毒物；传播和实施战略，让卫生保健提供者参与 在诊断和治疗中考虑环境污染物，特别是对于 URM 患者。

Project Summary This new application seeks NIEHS RISE (R25) sponsorship for our innovative advanced program entitled “Frontiers in Environmental Science and Human Health (FrESH)” to train and mentor promising graduates, medical students, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty from predominantly underrepresented communities in sophisticated technologies in Environmental Health Science Research research. This proposal is responsive to RFA-ES-20-015 as its main goal is to create educational opportunities for graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty in areas of environmental health science research pertinent to the NIEHS, while fostering the career development of these students and fellows. A major strength of FrESH is that it draws from underrepresented minority (URM) applicant pools; The Atlanta University Center (AUC) which includes Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University, which is the largest consortium of black institutions of higher education in the USA as well as Hispanic and Native American Serving Institutions. Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is linked directly to these institutions through a formal system of pipeline programs. In addition, we plan to draw URM’s from other institutions regardless of their URM population size. Our target population is diverse and among the most promising nationally competitive trainees. FrESH offers dynamic training through a series of daily lecturers on emerging concepts, extended discussion, laboratory research, workshops and informal seminars for a week-long summer course. The primary aim is the development of an intense laboratory-based training for 16 participants per year to educate them in Environmental Health Science, and to help launch and sustain their careers. We propose a five-year program to enroll a total of eighty (80) trainees (16 trainees per year) for training at MSM. In summary, FrESH will offer dynamic and sophisticated training courses that consist of daily lectures from leading experts, active learning sessions, and extended discussions on important and emerging topics followed by hands-on laboratory sessions. Examples of topics within FrESH include: disparate impacts of air pollutants, water pollutants, and common persistent pollutants such as flame retardants and pesticides; gene x environment interactions in driving health outcomes; exposome and lifetime exposure impacts on human health; impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human exposures to environmental toxicants; and dissemination and implementation strategies to engage health care providers to consider environmental contaminants in diagnoses and treatments, especially with regard to URM patients.