Core--Training

该提案是为参加生物医学和非生物医学研究项目以及超级基金基础研究计划核心实验室的学生和研究员提供环境科学跨学科项目的博士和博士后培训。这个核心的目的是在一系列的教育充实活动中一起思考受训者，使他们能够了解彼此的学科以及解决环境问题。教育充实活动将包括：（1）一系列跨学科培训研讨会;（2）个案研究小组项目;（3）大学外轮换;（4）选定的短期课程。跨学科培训研讨会系列将每月举行一次，并将利用该计划的教师，额外的哥伦比亚教师和外部发言人，以涵盖广泛的主题相关的环境专业人士。对于案例研究团队项目，学员将在一个学期的课程中作为一个多学科小组共同研究特定的环境项目，使他们能够从不同的角度分析环境问题，并提交一份书面报告，其中包括他们的结论和建议。通过与政府和非政府组织，国际机构，公司，社区和公共利益团体的大学以外的程序的接触，学员将有望选择每年最多一个月的轮换，在那里他们可以接触到环境问题解决应用，现实世界的设置。额外的课程工作将包括：研究的道德行为，地理信息系统，在线信息资源管理，风险评估，通信和管理讲习班;有关环境科学主题的额外选修课。通过这个核心，我们将产生一种新型的博士级环境专业人员，他们可以用多维的视角来解决环境问题，并且可以在环境科学中从事传统的，学术的以及非传统的，非学术的职业。

This proposal is for doctoral and post-doctoral training in an interdisciplinary program in environmental sciences for the students and fellows participating in the biomedical and non-biomedical research projects and core laboratories of the Superfund Basic Research Program. The purpose of this Core is to brain the trainees together in a series of educational enrichment activities so that they can learn about each other's disciplines as well as about environmental problem solving. The educational enrichment activities will consist of: (1) an interdisciplinary training seminar series; (2) case-study team projects; (3) rotations outside the university; and (4) selected short course. The interdisciplinary training seminar series will meet monthly and will draw on the program faculty additional Columbia faculty and outside speakers to cover a wide range of topics relevant to environmental professionals. For the case-study team projects the trainees will work together as a multi-disciplinary group on specific environmental projects over the course of a semester that allows them to analyze an environmental problem from various perspectives and submit a written report with their conclusions and recommendations. Through contacts of the program outside the university with governmental and non-governmental organizations, international agencies, corporations, and community and public interest groups, trainees will be expected to select a rotation of up to one month per year where they can gain exposure to environmental problem solving in applied, real-world settings. Additional course work will cover: ethical conduct of research, workshops on Geographic Information Systems, Online Information Resources Management, and Risk Assessment, Communication and Management; additional electives on topics relevant to environmental sciences. Through this Core, we will produce a new type of doctoral-level environmental professional who can address environmental issues with a multi-dimensional perspective and who can pursue traditional, academic as well as non-traditional, non-academic careers in environmental sciences.