UAB-International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health

描述(由申请人提供) 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(DAB)ITREOH是与巴基斯坦卡拉奇的阿加汗大学(AKU)合作开展的研究培训活动，旨在扩大其在南亚的培训和研究合作。包括巴基斯坦在内的南亚国家正在从农业经济向工业化经济转型，面临着无数新的环境和职业健康问题。该地区没有专门为培训应对这些挑战所需的专业人员而设计的基于大学的培训计划。UAB-AKU伙伴关系的结果是在AKU建立了一个核心研究人员/培训人员小组，他们发展了环境流行病学技能，在国家一级提供投入，并在AKU实施了EOH证书计划。我们的新建议包括在我们的区域培训工作中确定的另外两个主要伙伴机构，即印度的马尼帕尔高等教育学院(Mahe)和斯里兰卡的卫生部(MOH)。拟议的培训方案将侧重于应用于减轻环境和职业危害的预防和干预研究。合作的一个主要亮点将是在AKU开发EOH研究生学位课程。这项研究培训计划的具体目标是：(1)培训--在伙伴机构建立和维持EOH培训基础设施；(2)研究--进一步提高研究技能和扩大研究能力；(3)资源--开发额外资源，支持正在进行和未来的培训和研究；(4)学员跟踪--跟踪和记录研究培训的长期影响。培训部分将包括短期地区性培训，包括以原则和问题为基础的短期课程；在联合大学或选定地点进行的中级培训，以提高研究技能，为试点研究提供指导和资金。硕士和博士学位将作为特殊候选人的一种选择。我们的目标是培养一支训练有素的独立研究人员的核心团队，他们被公认为在EOH问题上拥有专业知识，并为国家层面的EOH政策提供投入。进一步发展AKU的独立性以提供区域领导，并扩大有潜力转化为实践的南亚EOH研究和培训，应该是对Fogarty资源的一种极好的长期投资。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The University of Alabama at Birmingham (DAB) ITREOH, a collaborative research training effort with the Aga Khan University (AKU) of Karachi, Pakistan, seeks to expand its training and research collaboration in South Asia. South Asian countries, including Pakistan, are transitioning from an agrarian to an industrialized economy with a myriad of new environmental and occupational health (EOH) concerns. There are no university-based training programs in this region specifically designed to train the necessary professionals to take on these challenges. The UAB-AKU partnership has resulted in the establishment of a core group of researchers/trainers at AKU who have developed skills in environmental epidemiology, who provide input at the nation level, and have implemented an EOH certificate program at AKU. Our new proposal includes two other principal partner institutions that were identified during our regional training efforts, the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) in India and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Sri Lanka. The proposed training program will focus on prevention and intervention research as applied to the mitigation of environmental and occupational hazards. A major highlight of the collaboration will be the development of an EOH graduate degree program at AKU. The specific aims of this research training program are: (1) Training - To establish and sustain EOH training infrastructure at partner institutions; (2) Research - To further enhance research skills and expand research capacity; (3) Resources - To develop additional resources to support ongoing and future training and research; and (4) Trainee Tracking - To track and document the long-term impact of research training. Training components will include short-term regional training that will consist of principle- and problem-based short courses; intermediate training at UAB or selected sites to enhance research skills, provide mentorship and funds for pilot research. A masters and doctoral degree will be offered as an option to exceptional candidates. Our goal is to develop a core group of trained, independent researchers who are recognized as having expertise in EOH issues and provide input into EOH policies at the national level. Further developing AKU's independence to provide regional leadership and expanding EOH research and training in South Asia that has the potential to translate into practice should be an excellent long-term investment of Fogarty resources.