Summer Research in Environmental Health Sciences

摘要 这项提案的总体目标是制定和实施为期10周的暑期计划 (夏季本科生环境健康科学研究(Sures)将 让高水平本科生沉浸在环境健康科学研究中。该计划是 旨在向学生介绍高度跨学科和协作的 专注于解决关键的全球健康问题的环境健康科学研究。 另一个重点是为贫困和代表不足的学生培养成功的机会 相关领域的职业。Sures计划将利用大量和持续的 肯塔基大学的努力推动了本科生通过 相关教师导师的强有力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计划将以为期一周的会议开始， 向学生介绍研究、实验室安全和科学道德。然后，学生们将 通过在他们选择的实验室进行实验来体验实践研究 导师。职业发展和对环境健康的归属感 科学社区将通过学生每周参与早餐、午餐、网络- 工作机会、参观研究设施和包括“电影之夜”在内的社交活动 在那里将观看和讨论描述环境问题的电影。Sures计划 将在一次海报会议上达到高潮，参加会议的教职员工和学生都会参加 各部门。传播本方案中使用的方法及其结果将 在扩展传统环境健康科学研究培训的基础上 将研究生和博士后水平提高到国家一级的本科生。

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.