Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings

社区环境流行病学

• 批准号: 8692784
• 负责人: Michael D McClean
• 金额: $ 27.19万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8692784
• 关键词: Environmental Epidemiology; community setting

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The investigators are applying to continue a successful interdisciplinary pre-doctoral training program focused on Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings (EECS program) within the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). The EECS program consists of a specific training regimen that is located within a mature doctoral program and designed to prepare pre-doctoral students to use the most sophisticated methods currently available to advance the state of knowledge and develop new methods in community-oriented environmental epidemiology. The program has an intellectual commitment to interdisciplinary work, built on a robust collaborative research program within BUSPH and with outside research partners and designed to provide research training that is interdisciplinary in spirit, substance and outcome. The investigators will recruit two pre-doctora trainees each year for a steady state census of six trainees and build on a demonstrated record of recruiting trainees from underrepresented groups. EECS trainees typically receive support from the training grant during their first three years and then transition to external research grants awarded either to the trainee (e.g. NIH F-series awards, EPA STAR fellowships) or to faculty mentors (e.g. NIH R01 awards, EPA STAR grants). An advisor is assigned upon entering the program to assist with selecting courses, identifying research rotations, and developing dissertation plans. The investigators offer a core curriculum that provides multidisciplinary training in environmental health, epidemiology, toxicology, biostatistics, and physiology. Clusters of advanced specialty courses are tailored to particular areas of ongoing research such as epidemiologic methods, social epidemiology, and exposure assessment. Trainees engage in three research rotations on active projects during their first year (fall, sprin, summer), which facilitates integration into the program and refinement of research interests. Additionally, the program provides regular opportunities for oral presentation, teaching, and proposal writing. Trainees are required to prepare a dissertation proposal by the end of their fift semester before scheduling their written and oral qualifying exams. Upon passing their exams, trainees establish a dissertation committee and engage in full-time research activities. Key enrichment activities of the training program include a weekly departmental research seminar, a biweekly proseminar and journal club, an annual research retreat, and explicit instruction in the responsible conduct of research. The Training Program Steering Committee (TPSC) reviews the progress of each trainee with respect to program milestones via course grades and progress reports submitted by the trainee and faculty mentor. The progress of the EECS program is evaluated via feedback from trainees at the end of each semester, reviews conducted by the External Advisory Committee, critical examination of successes and failures by the TPSC, and monitoring of graduates to track career paths and publications. Public Health Relevance: The investigators are applying to continue a successful interdisciplinary pre-doctoral training program focused on Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings within the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. They will recruit two pre-doctoral trainees each year for a steady state census of six trainees. This proposal describes a specific training regimen that is designed to prepare pre- doctoral students to use the most sophisticated methods currently available to advance the state of knowledge and develop new methods in community-oriented environmental epidemiology.

描述(由申请人提供) 研究人员正在申请继续波士顿大学公共卫生学院(BUSPH)环境卫生系内成功的以社区环境流行病学为重点的跨学科博士前培训计划(EECS计划)。EECS计划包括一个特定的培训方案，该方案位于一个成熟的博士项目中，旨在为博士生预科学生准备使用目前可用的最复杂的方法来提高知识水平和开发面向社区的环境流行病学的新方法。该项目致力于跨学科工作，建立在北京理工大学内部以及与外部研究合作伙伴的强大合作研究计划的基础上，旨在提供在精神、实质和结果方面跨学科的研究培训。调查人员将每年招募两名博士前实习生，对六名实习生进行稳定的人口普查，并建立在从代表性不足的群体中招募实习生的已证明记录的基础上。EECS学员通常在头三年获得培训补助金的支持，然后过渡到外部研究补助金，颁发给学员(例如NIH F系列奖、EPA STAR奖学金)或教师导师(例如NIH R01奖、EPA STAR补助金)。一旦进入该项目，就会指派一名导师来帮助选择课程、确定研究轮换和制定论文计划。研究人员提供核心课程，提供环境健康、流行病学、毒理学、生物统计学和生理学方面的多学科培训。高级专业课程群是为正在进行的研究的特定领域量身定做的，例如流行病学方法、社会流行病学和暴露评估。学员在第一年(秋季、春季、夏季)就活跃的项目进行三次研究轮换，这有助于融入项目并提高研究兴趣。此外，该计划还提供定期的口头陈述、教学和提案写作机会。学员被要求在第五学期结束前准备一份论文提案，然后才能安排他们的笔试和口试。学员通过考试后，成立毕业论文委员会，从事全职研究活动。培训计划的主要充实活动包括每周一次的部门研究研讨会，两周一次的研讨会和期刊俱乐部，年度研究静修，以及明确指导负责任的研究行为。培训项目指导委员会(TPSC)通过学员和教师导师提交的课程评分和进度报告，审查每个学员在项目里程碑方面的进展情况。通过每个学期结束时学员的反馈、外部咨询委员会进行的审查、TPSC对成功和失败的批判性审查以及对毕业生的监测来评估EECS计划的进展情况，以跟踪职业道路和出版物。 公共卫生相关性：研究人员正在申请继续波士顿大学公共卫生学院环境卫生系内成功的跨学科博士前培训计划，重点是社区环境流行病学。他们将每年招募两名博士前实习生，对六名实习生进行稳定的人口普查。这项建议描述了一种专门的培训方案，旨在使博士生预科学生能够使用目前可用的最复杂的方法来提高社区环境流行病学的知识水平并开发新的方法。