Cross-Disciplinary Training "Without Borders" Training Core

项目摘要 世纪带来了化学革命和大规模生产的稳步增长， 化学品只是到了后来，这些新的有用的化学物质在环境中的持久性问题才开始引起人们的注意。 直到最近，我们才发现这些对健康的负面影响的严重性。 持久性污染物，从参与脑部疾病和代谢综合征的增加， 癌症，生育问题，免疫系统功能下降，甚至听力损失和自闭症。 此外，这些污染物可能挥发，污染室内和室外空气，并长距离传播 跨越国界和大陆。与此同时，社会必须处理这些遗留污染物，告知受影响的人 保护人类和环境，防止正在发生和未来的污染。是 成功的环境卫生和工程专业人员必须处理这些问题化学品， 多个维度传统的培训方法旨在培养个别的专门专家， 狭窄的学科显然不适合培养学员在环境卫生方面的领导作用， 技术.相反，未来的科学家和工程师需要在他们的特定领域，基本的 对社会经济、法律的、工程和科学方面的知识，以及 能够与其他学科的专家和各种 利益攸关方和受影响群体。爱荷华州超级基金研究计划培训中心的目标 （isrp）是通过全面的，跨学科的培训“无国界”为学生准备这些挑战。 为了实现这些目标，培训中心努力：1）招募优秀，积极性高的学员， 超级基金研究，2）促进跨学科教学教育，3）支持现有和发展 新的跨学科研究的学员，和4）为学员提供超出课程的经验 和研究，为他们成功过渡到职业生活和有效互动的能力做好准备 不同的观众。在上一个资助周期（2010年至今），52名研究生和20名博士后获得 此类培训（其中26项仍在进行中）。这是可能的，因为建立了成功的， 代表不同专业领域的isrp教员之间的支持性合作， 毒理学、职业与环境卫生、自由基生物学、药物药理学、环境 工程和城市及区域规划。此外，培训中心还得到了大量支持， 来自爱荷华州大学研究生院。我们的学生的杰出成就和 博士后在这几年以来，isrp成立和isrp学员的特殊多样性，包括 这表明，核心正在实现其使命， 培养21世纪的科学家和工程师，他们跨越国界，解决以下问题： 危险化学品

PROJECT SUMMARY The 20th century brought the chemical revolution and the steady increase of large scale production of chemicals. Only later did the problem of environmental persistence of some of these new and useful chemicals become evident, and only recently did we discover the magnitude of the negative health effects of these persistent pollutants, ranging from an involvement in the increase in brain diseases and metabolic syndrome, to cancer, fertility problems, reduced function of the immune system, and even hearing loss and autism. Moreover, these pollutants may volatilize, contaminate indoor and outdoor air, and travel large distances across borders and continents. Meanwhile, society must deal with these legacy contaminants, inform affected populations, protect humans and the environment, and prevent ongoing and future contamination. To be successful, environmental health and engineering professionals have to deal with these problem chemicals in multiple dimensions. The traditional training approach designed to produce specialized experts in individual, narrow disciplines is clearly inappropriate to prepare trainees for leadership roles in environmental health and technology. Instead, future scientists and engineers need thorough training in their specific fields, basic knowledge about socioeconomic, legal, engineering and science aspects outside their fields, and an ability to communicate and cooperate with specialists in other disciplines and with various stakeholders and affected groups. The goal of the Training Core of the Iowa Superfund Research Program (isrp) is to prepare students through holistic, cross-disciplinary training "Without Borders" for these challenges. To achieve these goals, the Training Core strives to: 1) recruit excellent, highly motivated trainees into Superfund research, 2) promote cross disciplinary didactic education, 3) support existing and the development of new interdisciplinary research by trainees, and 4) provide trainees with experiences beyond the curriculum and research to prepare them for a successful transition into professional life and ability to effectively interact with diverse audiences. In the last funding circle (2010-now), 52 graduate students and 20 postdocs obtained such training (26 of these are still ongoing). This was possible because of the established, successful and supportive collaborations among the isrp faculty members who represent diverse areas of expertise such as toxicology, occupational & environmental health, free radical biology, medicinal pharmacology, environmental engineering and urban & regional planning. In addition, the Training Core is blessed with significant support from the Graduate College of the University of Iowa. The outstanding achievements of our students and postdocs in the years since this isrp was founded and the exceptional diversity of isrp trainees, including minorities and a multitude of ethnicities and nationalities, demonstrate that the Core is achieving its mission of training the scientists and engineers for the 21st century who work across all borders to solve the problems of hazardous chemicals.