ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

通过NIEHS中心核心资助计划，亚利桑那大学 毒理学中心将开发西南环境健康 科学中心（SWEHSC），在亚利桑那大学。EHSC将在 亚利桑那大学毒理学中心的一个主要组成部分， 由亚利桑那州董事会于1987年成立。的 EHSC的使命是整合、协调和扩大互动 在一群成熟的调查人员中， 环境卫生科学领域的研究。这次使命 通过促进跨学科的方法来理解 环境化学品影响人类健康的机制， 找出影响这些机制的因素。32 SWEHSC 研究人员已经形成了四个跨学科的研究计划， 代表目前的研究活动，并提供新的基础 研究倡议。 这些程序是生物转化，金属，细胞 伤害和环境遗传学。 提高生产力， 在这些研究中进行的研究的质量 三大服务核心（合成化学、分析服务、 实验病理学（Experimental Pathology）。这些核心将提供某些 日常服务，并协助调查人员介绍新的 方法论到他们的研究。除了三个服务 核心，转基因动物设施将在 环境遗传学研究计划。行政核心将 通过研讨会为SWEHSC研究人员提供丰富课程， 研讨会，从内部和外部招募新的SWEHSC研究员 亚利桑那大学，促进创新研究的机会 通过试点项目计划的想法，并监督所有活动。 社区推广和教育计划将鼓励学生， 特别是少数民族学生考虑在环境事业 健康;建立合作研究和教育计划， 墨西哥;并提供环境科学方案，以健康相关 专业人士SWEHSC将是NIEHS的区域代表 为西南地区的市民服务。因为这片区域很近 墨西哥和合作互动，以发展环境卫生 在这个国家的科学计划，SWEHSC将有一个积极的健康 对边境两侧的居民造成影响。

Through the NIEHS Center Core Grant Program the University of Arizona Center for Toxicology will develop the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC), at the University of Arizona. The EHSC will be a major component of the University of Arizona Center for Toxicology, which was established by the Arizona Board of Regents in 1987. The mission of the EHSC is to integrate, coordinate and expand interactions among a group of established investigators conducting high quality research in the area of environmental health sciences. This mission will be fulfilled by fostering interdisciplinary approaches to understanding mechanisms by which environmental chemicals impact human health and to identifying factors that affect these mechanisms. Thirty-two SWEHSC Investigators have formed four interdisciplinary Research Programs that represent current research activities and provide the basis for new research initiatives. These Programs are Biotransformation, Metals, Cell Injury and Environmental Genetics. To increase productivity and enhance the quality of research being conducted in each of these Research Programs, three Service Cores (Synthetic Chemistry, Analytical Services, Experimental Pathology) have been formed. These cores will offer certain routine services and assist investigators in introducing new methodologies into their research. In addition to the three Service Cores, a Transgenic Animal Facility will be developed within the Environmental Genetics Research Program. The Administrative Core will provide enrichment programs for SWEHSC investigators through seminars and workshops, recruit new SWEHSC Investigators both from within and outside the University of Arizona, promote opportunities for innovative research ideas through the Pilot Projects Program, and oversee all activities. The Community Outreach and Education Program will encourage students, particularly minority students to consider careers in environmental health; establish collaborative research and education programs in Mexico; and offer programs in environmental sciences to health related professionals. The SWEHSC will be a regional representative of NIEHS serving citizens in the Southwest. Because of the proximity of this area to Mexico and collaborative interactions to develop environmental health science programs in that country, SWEHSC will have a positive health impact on citizens on both sides of the border.