1/2 - Planning a Regional China GEOHEALTH HUB: U.S.

描述(申请人提供)：上海市疾控中心作为一个广泛的中国合作伙伴关系的协调人，以及红杉基金会(SF)和加州公共卫生部(CDPH)作为一个广泛的技术支持团队的协调人，申请资金来规划一个地区性的中国全球环境与职业健康中心。该中心将建设与气候变化、水质以及工人健康和安全相关的环境和职业健康研究、培训和政策制定的能力。它将在全球枢纽网络中发挥领导作用，致力于 广泛了解环境和职业健康以及世界各地不断改善的条件。规划团队将：1)讨论成功中心的愿景、领导力发展和政策转换的总体需求；2)对中国的环境和职业问题、政策环境以及解决这些问题的可用资源进行需求和机会评估；3)规划和构建区域中国地球物理健康中心；4)为三个重点领域开发研究假设和数据源；5)确定将建设可持续研究能力的活动；以及6)在制定评估计划的同时对规划过程进行评估。 中国地区地球物理健康中心将成为流行病学、生物统计学、遗传学、环境科学、工业卫生、职业卫生、系统科学、毒理学、行为科学、实施科学、研究和政策领导发展、循证设计和社区规划和发展方面的广泛专家的中心。将选出专家处理三个重点领域(气候变化、水质和工人健康)，并将能够与加州和世界各地其他机构的丰富同事网络进行合作。预期的结果将是对中国环境和职业健康研究的更大投资，更多和更高质量的出版物所反映的更强的学术能力，受中心影响的健全的地区和国家政策，以及将这些成果带到未来的领导能力。 公共卫生相关性：中国准备开发强大的研究项目。在中国创建GEO健康中心将建设环境和职业健康研究的能力，这是其他地方无法完成的。它将在政策制定方面产生领导力和共享知识，这将使这一伙伴关系和世界其他地区受益。拟议的规划进程将确保该中心得到支持、有效和持续。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control (SCDC), as coordinator of a broad Chinese partnership, and Sequoia Foundation (SF) along with CA Department of Public Health (CDPH), as coordinators of a broad technical support team, request funds to plan a Regional China Global Environmental and Occupational (GEO) Health Hub. The Hub will build capacity for environmental and occupation health research, training and policy development associated with climate change, water quality and worker health and safety. It will play a leadership role in a global network of hubs devoted to increasing knowledge broadly of environmental and occupational health and improving conditions around the world. The planning team will: 1) discuss overarching needs of vision, leadership development and policy translation for a successful hub; 2) conduct a needs and opportunities assessment of China's environmental and occupational problems and policy environment and the resources available to address them; 3) plan and structure a Regional China GEO Health Hub; 4) develop research hypotheses and data sources for the three focal areas; 5) identify activities that will build sustainable research capacity; and 6) evaluate the planning process while developing an evaluation plan. The Regional China GEO Health Hub will be a center for a wide range of experts in epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics, environmental science, industrial hygiene, occupational health, systems science, toxicology, behavioral science, implementation science, research and policy leadership development, evidence-based design and community planning and development. Experts will be selected to address the three focal areas (climate change, water quality and worker health) and will be able to collaborate with a rich network of colleagues from California and other institutions from around the world. The anticipated results will be greater investment in Chinese environmental and occupational health research, stronger scholarship as reflected in more and higher quality publications, sound regional and national policies that are influenced by the Hub, and leadership capacity to carry these results into the future. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: China is ready to develop strong research programs. Creating a GEO Health Hub in China will build capacity for environmental and occupational health research that cannot be done elsewhere. It will result in leadership and shared knowledge in policy development that will benefit this partnership and the rest of the world. The proposed planning process will assure that the Hub will be supported, effective and sustained.