Summer Research in Environmental Health Sciences

摘要 本提案的总体目标是制定和实施为期10周的暑期项目 （夏季本科研究环境健康科学（SURES），将 使高年级本科生沉浸在环境卫生科学研究中。该计划是 旨在向学生介绍高度跨学科和协作的性质， 环境健康科学研究的重点是解决关键的全球健康问题。 另一个重点是为贫困和代表性不足的学生做好成功的准备。 相关领域的职业。SURES计划将利用大量和正在进行的 努力在肯塔基州大学驱动，以提高本科生的经验， 参与教师导师的强大的环境健康科学研究计划。学生 将从肯塔基州联邦招募，重点是来自 阿巴拉契亚地区。SURES计划将开始为期一周的会议， 向学生介绍研究，实验室安全和科学道德。学生们将 通过在他们选择的实验室进行实验来体验动手研究 导师专业发展和对环境健康的归属感 科学社区将通过学生参与每周早餐，午餐，网络， 工作机会、研究设施图尔斯参观和包括“电影之夜”在内的社会活动 在那里将观看和讨论描绘环境问题的电影。SURES计划 将在海报会议达到高潮，与会的教职员工和学生参加 部门传播该方案中使用的方法及其成果将 在传统环境健康科学研究培训的基础上， 从研究生和博士后到国家级本科生。

Abstract The overall goal of this proposal is to develop and implement a 10-week summer program (Summer Undergraduate Research in Environmental Health Sciences (SURES) that will immerse upper-level undergraduates in environmental health science research. The program is designed to introduce students to the highly interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of environmental health science research that is focused on solving key global health problems. An additional focus is preparing underprivileged and under-represented students for successful careers in relevant fields. The SURES program will leverage the substantial and ongoing efforts at the University of Kentucky driven to enhance the undergraduate experience with the robust environmental health science research programs of involved faculty mentors. Students will be recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky with an emphasis on those from the Appalachian region. The SURES program will commence with a week-long session that introduces students to research, laboratory safety and scientific ethics. The students will then experience hands-on research by performing experiments in the laboratories of their chosen mentors. Professional development and a sense of belonging to the environmental health sciences community will be built via student participation in weekly breakfasts, lunches, net- working opportunities, tours of research facilities and social activities including “movie nights” where films depicting environmental issues will be viewed and discussed. The SURES program will culminate in a poster session attended by the faculty, staff and students of the participating departments. Dissemination of the approaches used in this program and their outcomes will build upon the expansion of the traditional environmental health sciences research training from the graduate and post-doctoral level to the undergraduates at a national level.