Environmental Health Research Experience Program

环境健康研究体验计划

• 批准号: 8309771
• 负责人: CHRISTOPHER D SIMPSON
• 金额: $ 5.93万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8309771
• 关键词: Awareness; Communication; Disadvantaged; Ensure; Environmental Health; Faculty; Familiarity; Fostering; Future; Graduate Education; Health Sciences; Instruction; Internships; Laboratories; Learning; Occupational Health; Positioning Attribute; Public Health; Public Health Schools; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Design; Research Ethics; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Science; Scientist; Students; Time; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Washington; base; career; environmental justice; experience; programs; public health relevance; undergraduate education; undergraduate research; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) in the University of Washington, School of Public Health proposes a 10 week summer research training experience for undergraduate science students (seven trainees per year) under the NIH Summer Research Program initiative. The intent of this program will be to increase the number and diversity of researchers and research leaders pursuing graduate education and careers in the fields of Environmental Health Sciences. The proposed program will emphasize the undergraduate research experiences in environmental health sciences, instruction and interactive learning in related environmental health topics as well as those preparatory to entering graduate programs. The specific aims of the program are: 1) Provide research training and exposure in environmental health sciences for undergraduate students. 2) Increase the diversity of the pool of students progressing to graduate study in environmental Health Sciences, and 3) Encourage trainees to pursue graduate education in environmental health sciences. To achieve the program aims, trainees will undertake a 10 week full-time summer internship, during which they participate in on-going research projects sponsored by DEOHS faculty. The research experience will be supplemented with classroom instruction and interactive learning opportunities covering topics related to environmental health sciences including research ethics, environmental justice, research design, and technical communication. In addition, the investigators will provide trainees with support in identifying and utilizing opportunities pertinet to graduate study, professional study and careers in environmental health. In order to ensure a diverse group of trainees, they will actively recruit underrepresented and/or disadvantaged undergraduates to participate in this program. The Department is well positioned to provide this program, building on a rich portfolio of appropriate laboratory and field-based research in environmental health sciences, and on past and current programs that focus on undergraduate education and research. Public Health Relevance: There is a present and growing need to increase the number of researchers and research leaders entering the fields of environmental health sciences. By helping to foster awareness of and familiarity with research in environmental health sciences among undergraduate science majors, this project will increase the pool of future applicants for graduate study in this field, leading to more outstanding scientists selecting Environmental Health Sciences as a career focus. This will build capacity to identify, understand and respond to new and emerging issues in public health.

描述(由申请人提供) 华盛顿大学公共卫生学院环境与职业健康科学系(DEOHS)根据NIH暑期研究计划倡议，为理科本科生(每年7名实习生)提供为期10周的暑期研究培训体验。该计划的目的将是增加在环境健康科学领域寻求研究生教育和职业生涯的研究人员和研究领导者的数量和多样性。拟议的计划将强调本科生在环境健康科学方面的研究经验，相关环境健康主题的指导和互动学习，以及那些为进入研究生课程做准备的人。该项目的具体目标是：1)为本科生提供环境健康科学方面的研究、培训和接触。2)增加进入环境健康科学研究生学习的学生队伍的多样性；3)鼓励学员继续环境健康科学研究生教育。 为了实现该计划的目标，实习生将进行为期10周的全职暑期实习，在此期间，他们将参与由DEOHS教职员工赞助的正在进行的研究项目。研究经验将与课堂教学和互动学习机会相辅相成，涵盖与环境健康科学有关的主题，包括研究伦理、环境正义、研究设计和技术交流。此外，调查员将为学员提供支持，帮助他们寻找和利用与环境健康方面的研究生学习、专业学习和职业相关的机会。为了确保学员群体的多样性，他们将积极招募代表性不足和/或处境不利的本科生参加这一计划。在环境健康科学的适当实验室和实地研究的丰富组合的基础上，以及以本科教育和研究为重点的过去和当前的项目基础上，该部门处于有利地位，能够提供这一项目。 公共卫生相关性：目前有越来越多的需要增加进入环境健康科学领域的研究人员和研究带头人的数量。通过帮助培养本科生对环境健康科学研究的认识和熟悉，该项目将增加该领域未来研究生学习的申请者库，导致更多杰出的科学家选择环境健康科学作为职业重点。这将建设识别、理解和应对公共卫生领域新出现的问题的能力。