CORE--TRAINING

培训中心将挑选和招募高素质的博士后和博士后实习生，维持课程设置和充实计划，以填补他们在知识方面的空白，并监督他们在Superfund研究方面的进展。核心中心将由一个由六名培训教师组成的委员会领导，他们在研究生教育方面经验丰富，涵盖了超级基金项目的学科范围，并与其他毒理学项目和校园内的各种研究生团体密切相关。23名培训教师代表了21个不同的毕业生群体，学生将从他们中挑选出来。除了我们强大的毒理学招生计划外，我们还将特别重视招募和挑选非生物项目的受训人员，加州大学戴维斯分校优秀的化学、工程、水文地质和土壤科学研究生项目是这些项目的重要资产。由于超级基金计划和个别项目的跨学科性质，学生的预备课程将受到特别关注。此外，他们的教育将通过以下方式得到丰富：(I)参加由超级基金资助的一系列校园研讨会，由领先的毒理学家和相关科学家授课；(Ii)通过外展活动和大学扩建的危险材料管理计划，在监管环境中的实践经验；(Iii)在全国会议、超级基金调查人员每月会议、超级基金受训人员与NIEHS环境毒理学培训基金学员的每月会议、超级基金三大年度会议以及与其他以毒理学为导向的校园计划共同主办的年度务虚会/研讨会上介绍他们自己的研究成果；以及(4)由分析核心、DNA微阵列和同源建模核心以及其任务包括促进跨学科研究的特殊设施提供的专门实践培训。作为大学贡献提供的四个实习生名额的候选人将根据学术资历和研究计划书进行挑选。学员的进度将通过定期审查课程作业、研究总结、参加超级基金会议以及及时满足主要研究生群体的要求来监测。这种跨学科的教育经验将培养出具有博士水平的工程师和科学家，他们拥有解决危险废物场地带来的复杂研究问题所需的广泛专业知识。

The Training Core will select and recruit highly qualified pre- and postdoctoral trainees, maintain course offerings and enrichment programs to fill the gaps in their knowledge, and monitor their progress in Superfund research. The Core will be directed by a committee of six training faculty who are experienced in graduate education, who span the disciplinary scope of the Superfund program, and who are closely connected with other toxicology programs and a variety of graduate groups on campus. The 23 training faculty represent 21 different graduate groups from whom students will be drawn. In addition to our strong recruitment program in toxicological sciences, special emphasis will be placed on recruiting and selecting trainees for the non-biological projects, for which the excellent UC Davis graduate programs in chemistry, engineering, hydrogeology and soil science are a considerable asset. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the Superfund program and individual projects, special attention will be given to the students' preparatory coursework. In addition, their education will be enriched by (i) attendance at Superfund-supported series of campus seminars to be given by leading toxicologists and related scientists; (ii) practical experience in the regulatory environment through outreach activities and the Hazardous Material Management program of the University Extension; (iii) presentations of their own research results at national meetings, at monthly meetings of Superfund investigators, at monthly meetings of Superfund trainees with the trainees of the NIEHS Environmental Toxicology Training Grant, at the annual Superfund Tri-University meeting and at an annual retreat/symposium co-sponsored with other toxicologically oriented campus programs; and (iv) special hands-on training offered by the Analytical Core, the DNA Microarray and Homology Modeling Core and special facilities whose missions include promotion of interdisciplinary research. Selection of candidates for four trainee slots provided as a University contribution will be on the basis of academic credentials and a research proposal. Trainee progress will be monitored by a periodic review of coursework, research summaries, participation in Superfund meetings, and timely fulfillment of major graduate group requirements. This interdisciplinary educational experience will produce doctoral level engineers and scientists with the breadth of expertise necessary to address the complex research problems posed by hazardous waste sites.