SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

通过NIEHS中心核心助学金计划，亚利桑那大学 毒理中心将发展西南环境健康 亚利桑那大学科学中心(SWEHSC)。EHSC将是 亚利桑那大学毒物学中心的主要组成部分， 它是亚利桑那州董事会于1987年成立的。这个 EHSC的使命是整合、协调和扩大互动 在一群公认的调查人员中进行高质量的 环境健康科学领域的研究。这项任务将 通过培养跨学科的理解方法来实现 环境化学品影响人类健康和 确定影响这些机制的因素。32个SWEHSC 研究人员已经形成了四个跨学科研究计划， 代表当前的研究活动并为新的研究活动提供基础 研究计划。这些项目是生物转化、金属、细胞 伤害与环境遗传学。提高工作效率和增强 每项研究中进行的研究的质量 计划，三个服务核心(合成化学、分析服务、 实验病理学)已经形成。这些核心将提供某些 常规服务并协助调查人员介绍新的 在他们的研究中引入方法论。除了三项服务之外 Cores，一个转基因动物设施将在 环境遗传学研究计划。行政核心意志 通过研讨会和研讨会为SWEHSC调查人员提供丰富的项目 研讨会，从内部和外部招聘新的SWEHSC调查人员 亚利桑那大学，促进创新研究的机会 通过试点项目计划提出想法，并监督所有活动。 社区推广和教育计划将鼓励学生， 特别是少数族裔学生考虑在环境领域就业 健康；建立合作研究和教育计划 墨西哥；并为健康相关的人提供环境科学方面的课程 专业人士。SWEHSC将成为NIEHS的区域代表 为西南部的市民服务。因为这个地区离我们很近 到墨西哥和协作互动，发展环境健康 在那个国家的科学计划，SWEHSC将有一个积极的健康 对边境两侧公民的影响。

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.