Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings

社区环境流行病学

• 批准号: 9278604
• 负责人: Michael D McClean
• 金额: $ 46.61万
• 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 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9278604
• 关键词: Environmental Epidemiology; community setting

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT We 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 available to advance the state of knowledge and develop new methods in community-oriented environmental epidemiology. Our 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. We will recruit four pre-doctoral trainees each year for a steady state census of ten trainees and build on a demonstrated record of recruiting trainees from underrepresented groups. EECS trainees typically receive support from the training grant during the first two to three years (average of 2.5 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, BU Superfund Research Program). An advisor is assigned upon entering the program to assist with selecting courses, identifying research rotations, and developing dissertation plans. We 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, spring, 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 fifth 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, 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, critical examination of successes and failures by the TPSC, reviews conducted by the External Advisory Committee, and monitoring of graduates to track career paths and productivity.

项目总结/摘要 我们正在申请继续一个成功的跨学科博士前培训计划，重点是 环境部的社区环境流行病学（EECS计划） 波士顿大学公共卫生学院（BUSPH）。EECS计划包括一个特定的 培训方案，位于一个成熟的博士课程，旨在准备博士前 学生使用最先进的方法，以提高知识的状态和发展新的 以社区为导向的环境流行病学方法。我们的计划有一个智力承诺， 跨学科的工作，建立在一个强大的合作研究计划内BUSPH和外部 研究合作伙伴，旨在提供研究培训，是跨学科的精神，物质和 结果。我们将每年招收四名博士前培训生，以稳定状态普查十名培训生，并建立 从代表性不足的群体中招募受训人员的记录。EECS学员通常会收到 在最初的两到三年（平均2.5年）内由培训补助金提供支助，然后过渡到 外部研究赠款金授予受训者（如NIH F系列奖，EPA星星奖学金）或 教师导师（如NIH R 01奖，BU超级基金研究计划）。一名顾问被指派到 进入该计划，以协助选择课程，确定研究轮换，并制定 论文计划我们提供一个核心课程，提供环境卫生多学科培训， 流行病学、毒理学、生物统计学和生理学。高级专业课程集群量身定制， 正在进行的研究的特定领域，如流行病学方法，社会流行病学和暴露 考核学员在第一年（秋季，春季， 夏季），这有利于融入计划和研究兴趣的完善。另夕h 该计划提供口头报告，教学和提案写作的定期机会。学员 要求在第五学期结束前准备论文提案，然后再安排他们的书面和 口语资格考试。通过考试后，学员成立论文委员会并参与 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培训， 研究研讨会、每两周一次的研讨会、年度研究务虚会以及负责人的明确指示 进行研究。培训计划指导委员会（TPSC）审查每个受训者的进度 通过学员提交的课程成绩和进度报告， 教师导师EECS计划的进展通过学员在每个课程结束时的反馈进行评估。 学期，TPSC对成功和失败的批判性检查，外部进行的审查 咨询委员会，并监测毕业生，以跟踪职业道路和生产力。