Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology Pre/Post Doctoral Research Training

环境毒理学和流行病学博士前/后研究培训

• 批准号: 8296299
• 负责人: Rita K Loch-Caruso
• 金额: $ 37.91万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1979
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1979-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8296299
• 关键词: Environmental Epidemiology; Postdoctoral Fellow; Research Training; environmental toxicology

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The objective of this program is to train future leaders in environmental health sciences (EHS) by providing transdisciplinary research training that bridges environmental mechanistic toxicology and environmental molecular epidemiology with applications to human disease prevention. The program is based on the premise that modern EHS scientists specializing in toxicology or epidemiology require training in multiple disciplinary approaches in order to conduct translational research, including the evolving technologies of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics. The proposed program is an evolution of the investigators' current program which has provided training in mechanistic toxicology for 25 years. The changes allow them to capitalize on a recent expansion in faculty conducting cutting-edge transdisciplinary research. Pre-doctoral trainees will specialize in environmental epidemiology or mechanistic toxicology, and will take a foundation course and an advanced course in the non-specialization area (i.e., epidemiology trainees take toxicology courses and visa versa). In addition, there is a common core curriculum of translational research and bioinformatics courses. To accommodate the program's expansion, the investigators request 8 pre-doctoral and 4 postdoctoral positions (at levels 0,1 and 2) in this submission, increased from 6 pre-doctoral and 2 postdoctoral positions in the last cycle. The expected duration of trainee support on this training grant is two years, though the expected total duration of pre-doctoral training is 4-5 years. Postdoctoral trainees will be encouraged to submit an F32 Individual NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship application in their first year of training. Qualified applicants must demonstrate motivation for careers in EHS mechanistic toxicology or mechanistically-oriented epidemiology research. Pre-doctoral trainees must have a baccalaureate degree with relevant scientific coursework preparation and will be enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the Department of EHS, which has a distinguished history of graduate training in toxicology. Postdoctoral fellows must have the PhD, MD, DVM, or other appropriate doctoral degree. Although the investigators expect that most postdoctoral trainees will hold Ph.D. degrees, they also anticipate offering 1-2 postdoctoral fellowships to candidates holding clinical degrees. Relevance: This program will provide transdisciplinary training of environmental health scientists in emerging research approaches and technologies to increase the tempo of research findings that promote human disease prevention from environmental exposures.

描述(由申请人提供) 该计划的目标是通过提供跨学科的研究培训，将环境机械毒理学和环境分子流行病学与人类疾病预防的应用联系起来，培养未来的环境健康科学(EHS)领导者。该计划的前提是，专门从事毒理学或流行病学的现代EHS科学家需要接受多学科方法的培训，以进行翻译研究，包括基因组学、蛋白质组学和生物信息学的不断发展的技术。拟议的计划是调查人员目前计划的演变，该计划提供了25年的机械毒理学培训。这些变化使他们能够利用最近扩大的从事尖端跨学科研究的教师队伍。博士前实习生将专攻环境流行病学或机械毒理学，并将参加非专业领域的基础课程和高级课程(即流行病学实习生学习毒理学课程，反之亦然)。此外，还有翻译研究和生物信息学课程的共同核心课程。为了适应项目的扩大，调查人员在本报告中要求提供8个博士后和4个博士后职位(级别分别为0、1和2)，比上一个周期的6个博士后和2个博士后职位有所增加。虽然博士前培训的预计总期限为4-5年，但这笔培训补助金的学员支持期限预计为两年。博士后实习生将被鼓励在他们第一年的培训中提交F32个人的NRSA博士后奖学金申请。合格的申请者必须表现出从事EHS机械性毒理学或机械性流行病学研究的动机。博士前实习生必须拥有相关科学课程准备的学士学位，并将参加EHS系的博士项目，该系在毒理学研究生培训方面有着杰出的历史。博士后研究员必须拥有博士、医学博士、医学博士学位或其他适当的博士学位。尽管调查人员预计大多数博士后实习生将拥有博士学位，但他们也预计将为拥有临床学位的候选人提供1-2个博士后奖学金。 相关性：该计划将为环境卫生科学家提供关于新兴研究方法和技术的跨学科培训，以加快研究结果的速度，从而促进环境暴露对人类疾病的预防。