Environmental Health Research Experience Program

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夏季研究计划倡议，为本科理科学生（每年7名学员）提供为期10周的夏季研究培训体验。该计划的目的是增加研究人员和研究领导者在环境健康科学领域追求研究生教育和职业生涯的数量和多样性。 拟议的计划将强调在环境健康科学，教学和互动学习相关的环境健康主题，以及那些准备进入研究生课程的本科研究经验。该计划的具体目标是：1）为本科生提供环境健康科学的研究培训和接触。 2)增加进入环境健康科学研究生学习的学生的多样性，以及3）鼓励受训人员继续环境健康科学的研究生教育。 为了实现该计划的目标，学员将进行为期10周的全职暑期实习，在此期间，他们参加由DEOHS教师赞助的正在进行的研究项目。研究经验将补充课堂教学和互动学习机会，涵盖与环境健康科学相关的主题，包括研究伦理，环境正义，研究设计和技术交流。 此外，调查人员将为受训人员提供支持，帮助他们确定和利用机会，进行环境卫生方面的研究生学习、专业学习和职业生涯。 为了确保学员群体的多样化，他们将积极招募代表性不足和/或弱势的本科生参加这个计划。 该部门处于有利地位，以提供这一计划，建立在适当的实验室和实地研究在环境健康科学丰富的投资组合，并在过去和目前的计划，侧重于本科教育和研究。

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.