Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings

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。我们将每年招募四名博士前学员，对十二名学员进行稳定状态普查， 从代表性不足的群体中招聘受训人员的良好记录。EECS学员通常 在前三年获得培训补助金的支持，然后过渡到外部研究 授予受训者的赠款（例如，NIH F奖，EPA星星奖学金）或教师顾问（例如， NIH R01奖）。一名顾问在进入该计划时被指派协助选择课程， 确定研究轮换，并制定论文计划。核心课程提供以下培训： 环境健康，流行病学，生物统计学，社区参与的研究方法，毒理学， physiology.高级课程的集群是针对正在进行的研究领域，如流行病学， 方法、暴露科学和环境健康差异。学员参加三次研究轮换 积极的项目在他们的第一年，这有利于融入计划和完善 研究兴趣。此外，该计划还提供定期的口头陈述，教学， 资助申请书撰写和研究翻译，包括所需的研究结果的“通俗摘要” 相关的社区利益相关者。在一个新的赠款写作讲习班的支持下，学员们准备了一份 以奖学金形式提交给资助机构的论文提案（例如，NIEHS） 在第五学期结束时，在资格考试之前。通过考试后，学员们将撰写一篇论文， 从事全职研究工作。主要的充实活动包括每周一次的部门 研究研讨会，每两周一次的研讨会，每月一次的期刊俱乐部，每年一次的研究务虚会，以及明确的 指导负责任地进行研究并提高可重复性。培训计划 指导委员会（TPSC）通过以下方式审查每个学员在计划里程碑方面的进展情况 课程成绩和进度报告。EECS计划通过学员在培训结束时的反馈进行评估。 每学期，TPSC对成功和失败进行严格审查， 社区组织，并监测毕业生，以跟踪职业道路和生产力。

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 twelve 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 three years and then transition to external research grants awarded either to the trainee (e.g., NIH F awards, EPA STAR fellowships) or to faculty advisors (e.g., NIH R01 awards). An advisor is assigned upon entering the program to assist with selecting courses, identifying research rotations, and developing dissertation plans. A core curriculum provides training in environmental health, epidemiology, biostatistics, community-engaged research methods, toxicology, and physiology. Clusters of advanced courses are tailored to areas of ongoing research such as epidemiologic methods, exposure science, and environmental health disparities. Trainees engage in three research rotations on active projects during their first year, which facilitates integration into the program and refinement of research interests. Additionally, the program provides regular opportunities for oral presentation, teaching, grant proposal writing, and research translation, including a required "lay summary" of their research findings to relevant community stakeholders. With the support of a new grant writing workshop, trainees prepare a dissertation proposal in the form of a fellowship grant to be submitted to a funding agency (e.g., NIEHS) by the end of their fifth semester, before qualifying exams. Upon passing their exams, trainees establish a dissertation committee and engage in full-time research activities. Key enrichment activities include a weekly departmental research seminar, a biweekly proseminar, a monthly journal club, an annual research retreat, and explicit instruction in the responsible conduct of research and enhancing reproducibility. The Training Program Steering Committee (TPSC) reviews the progress of each trainee with respect to program milestones via course grades and progress reports. 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 partnering community organizations, and monitoring of graduates to track career paths and productivity.