Health, Air Pollution, and Population Initiative in Education and Science Training (HAPPIEST)

项目概要 该项目的总体目标是培养来自犹他大学（UOU）的本科生 通过教师指导，在与空气污染相关的健康研究中种族/民族背景代表性不足 名为健康、空气污染和人口教育和科学培训倡议的夏季计划 （最快乐）。由于美国少数种族/族裔社区暴露于空气污染的程度更大，因此 必须吸引这些社区的成员，尤其是对 STEM 感兴趣的大学生 研究——解决由空气质量差和环境不平等引起的复杂问题。具体 目标是： 1. 实施全面战略，招收来自弱势群体的 UOU 学生 加入 HAPPIEST R25 计划。 2. 让本科生沉浸在一个以指导为基础的“实践社区”中 跨学科、基于团队的环境健康研究方法，特别是与 空气污染。 3. 利用形成性和终结性评价来提高HAPPIEST的质量和有效性 并为未来旨在提高本科生研究培训项目的参与度提供信息 NIEHS 相关研究中代表性不足的群体。 “实践社区”由四个研究团队组成，每个研究团队有两名本科生，一名 研究生培训协调员和至少一名教师导师。团队将研究当地相关的空气 污染和健康研究，具有跨团队跨学科整合的潜力。最幸福的意愿 该项目五年内总共为四十名本科生提供服务。项目负责人将实施 学生招募、研究培训、专业发展和指导的战略活动。使用 HAPPIEST 活动采用以资产为导向的方法，旨在增强学生的优势，帮助学生做好准备 进入环境健康科学领域具有竞争力的研究生课程。项目规模很大

PROJECT SUMMARY The overall goal of this project is to train University of Utah (UOU) undergraduate students from underrepresented racial/ethnic backgrounds in air pollution-related health research through a faculty-mentored summer program called Health, Air Pollution and Population Initiative in Education and Science Training (HAPPIEST). Since exposure to air pollution is magnified in racial/ethnic minority communities in the US, it is imperative to engage members of these communities—especially college students interested in STEM research—in addressing the complex problems caused by poor air quality and environmental inequity. Specific aims are to: 1. Implement a comprehensive strategy to recruit UOU students from underrepresented backgrounds into the HAPPIEST R25 program. 2. Immerse undergraduate students in a mentoring “community of practice” founded on an interdisciplinary, team-based approach to environmental health research, specifically as it relates to air pollution. 3. Utilize formative and summative evaluation to improve the quality and effectiveness of HAPPIEST as well as inform future undergraduate research training programs that aim to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in NIEHS-related research. The “community of practice” is comprised of four research teams, each with two undergraduate students, one graduate student training coordinator, and at least one faculty mentor. Teams will work on locally-relevant air pollution and health research, with the potential for interdisciplinary integration across teams. HAPPIEST will serve a total of forty undergraduates over the five years of the project. The program directors will implement strategic activities for student recruitment, research training, professional development, and mentoring. Using an asset-oriented approach designed to build on student strengths, HAPPIEST activities will prepare students for placement into competitive graduate programs in the environmental health sciences. The project is of great