Climate Change and Lung Health Training Program

气候变化与肺部健康培训计划

• 批准号: 10556149
• 负责人: DAVID A STOLTZ
• 金额: $ 28.85万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10556149
• 关键词: Training Programs; climate change; lung health

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most important global problems of our time. The consequences for human health are already being felt, and pulmonary morbidity and mortality are increasingly impacted by wildfires, urban and rural air pollution, altered aero-allergen exposures, the repercussions of severe storms and flooding, the changing patterns and severity of pulmonary infections, and other factors. The harms disproportionately affect children, older people, the socioeconomically disadvantaged, and people with underlying lung disease. Although we have known this for some time, efforts to understand the diverse pulmonary responses and injuries from climate change and to alter their course have been woefully inadequate. There are multiple explanations for why we have not made more progress, but one contributor is that we have not been training the next generation to tackle the lung health consequences of climate change. Thus, our goal is to train students and postdoctoral fellows for cutting edge research in the pulmonary impact of climate change and strategies to mitigate the effects. We have outstanding leadership with complementary and synergistic skills; Dr. David Stoltz in the College of Medicine in basic and translational lung biology, and Dr. Peter Thorne in the College of Public Health in pulmonary toxicology and environmental epidemiology. We have creative and innovative mentors in four areas of emphasis: air pollution; allergens, airway biology, and environmental challenges; extreme weather, disasters, and global warming; and lung infections. In addition to accepting post-doctoral fellows, we take a forward-looking approach by accepting predoctoral graduate students and offering a summer program for medical students. We strive to recruit, train, and retain a racially, gender, geographically (including rural), and socioeconomically diverse group of trainees who are prepared to tackle the health consequences of climate change, especially because those are the groups most vulnerable. Our existing expertise, programs and interests position us exceedingly well for this direction, and our trainees will benefit from multidisciplinary research teams and programs including the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, Iowa Superfund Research Program, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research, and a Collaboratory on Illuminating the Nexus Between Climate Change and Public Health. Our program is focused on comprehensive training in research to understand and mitigate the impact of climate change on lung health via multiple modalities that include active mentored research, didactic courses, activities that enhance writing and presentation skills, community engagement, and endeavors that facilitate career development. We encourage collaboration, networking, and creative partnerships with multiple scientists, healthcare providers, and community members to advance solutions to the pulmonary harms of the accelerating climate crisis. The program also benefits from the perspective and advice of an External Advisory Committee composed of world leaders in the health risks of climate change and lung biology.

项目总结/摘要 气候变化是我们这个时代最重要的全球问题之一。对人类健康的影响 已经感受到，肺部发病率和死亡率越来越多地受到野火、城市和 农村空气污染、空气过敏原暴露的改变、严重风暴和洪水的影响、 改变肺部感染的模式和严重程度，以及其他因素。这些伤害不成比例地影响着 儿童、老年人、社会经济弱势群体和患有潜在肺部疾病的人。虽然 我们知道这一点已经有一段时间了，我们努力了解不同的肺部反应和损伤 气候变化和改变其进程的努力远远不够。有多种解释 为什么我们没有取得更大的进展，但一个原因是我们没有培训下一代， 来应对气候变化对肺部健康的影响。因此，我们的目标是培养学生， 气候变化对肺部的影响和战略的前沿研究博士后研究员 以减轻影响。我们拥有出色的领导能力，具有互补和协同的技能;大卫博士 Stoltz博士在医学院的基础和转化肺生物学，和彼得索恩博士在医学院的 肺毒理学和环境流行病学公共卫生。我们有创造性和创新性 四个重点领域的导师：空气污染;过敏原，气道生物学和环境挑战; 极端天气、灾害和全球变暖;以及肺部感染。除了接受博士后 各位，我们采取前瞻性的方法，接受博士前研究生并提供暑期课程 医学生的计划。我们努力招聘，培训，并保留一个种族，性别，地理（包括 农村）和社会经济多样化的受训者群体，他们准备应对 气候变化，特别是因为这些群体最脆弱。我们现有的专业知识、项目和 我们的兴趣使我们非常适合这个方向，我们的学员将受益于多学科 研究团队和项目，包括爱荷华州环境健康科学研究中心 研究计划，新兴传染病中心，全球和区域环境中心 研究和合作实验室阐明气候变化和公共卫生之间的联系。我们 该计划的重点是在研究方面进行全面培训，以了解和减轻气候的影响 通过多种方式改变肺部健康，包括积极的指导研究，教学课程，活动 提高写作和表达技能，社区参与，以及促进职业生涯的努力 发展我们鼓励与多位科学家合作，建立网络和创造性的伙伴关系， 医疗保健提供者和社区成员，以推进解决加速肺损伤的方案， 气候危机该计划还受益于外部咨询委员会的观点和建议 由气候变化和肺部生物学健康风险领域的世界领导人组成。