Research Training Program in Environmental Pediatrics

环境儿科研究培训计划

• 批准号: 7623478
• 负责人: PHILIP J LANDRIGAN
• 金额: $ 27.95万
• 依托单位: ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-05-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7623478
• 关键词: Pediatrics; Research Training; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Children today are at risk of exposure to multiple environmental hazards - toxic chemicals, social stressors and the hazards of the built environment. Evidence is mounting that exposures in the environment contribute to causation of many common pediatric diseases, and also that they may increase risk for disease in adult life. Yet despite the potential importance of the environment to human health, few pediatricians are trained to study, diagnose, treat or prevent disease of environmental origin, and few academic health centers have programs in environmental pediatrics or research leaders trained to direct such programs. The IOM states that there is national need to expand the scientific workforce in environmental medicine. To train the next generation of physician-researchers and academic leaders in environmental pediatrics, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine seeks support for a 3-year, post-residency interdisciplinary research training program targeted to clinically trained pediatricians. Epidemiological research in environmental pediatrics will be the core training theme. Diseases of principal focus will be neurodevelopmental disorders; diabetes and obesity; and asthma and allergy. We intend to provide our fellows with a robust methodological base and to equip them with a versatile set of tools that they can apply to study a wide range of scientific questions in environmental pediatrics. Selection of fellows will be competitive, and emphasis will be placed on recruitment of underrepresented minorities. In year 1, fellows will receive didactic training in epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental medicine, study design and research methodology. A seminar series in molecular epidemiology and a course on grant writing will complement the core curriculum. In years 2 and 3, emphasis will be placed on a mentored research project. Fellows will gain clinical experience in environmental pediatrics in the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit. A mentor and 1-2 additional faculty members will guide each fellow. Each fellow's progress will be evaluated semi-annually. Expected outcomes include: authorship of at least 1-2 manuscripts based on original research; authorship of at least 2- 3 posters and/or abstracts for presentation at regional or national meetings; successful completion of an MPH degree focusing on environmental health; development in year 3 of a K08 or R01 grant proposal; and evidence of transition toward independent investigator status. An Executive Faculty Committee and an External Advisory Board have been established to guide the program. This program builds on a fellowship in Pediatric Environmental Health supported at Mount Sinai since 2002 by the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. It links to a Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research; a Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit; and a recently established Vanguard Center for the National Children's Study.

描述（由申请人提供）：当今的儿童面临着暴露于多种环境危害的风险——有毒化学品、社会压力源和建筑环境的危害。越来越多的证据表明，环境中的暴露会导致许多常见的儿科疾病，并且可能会增加成人生活中患病的风险。然而，尽管环境对人类健康具有潜在的重要性，但很少有儿科医生接受过研究、诊断、治疗或预防环境引起的疾病的培训，也很少有学术健康中心拥有环境儿科项目或受过培训来指导此类项目的研究领导者。国际移民组织指出，国家需要扩大环境医学领域的科学队伍。为了培养环境儿科领域的下一代医师研究员和学术领袖，西奈山医学院寻求支持一项为期 3 年的住院医师培训后跨学科研究培训计划，该计划针对经过临床培训的儿科医生。环境儿科流行病学研究将是核心培训主题。主要关注的疾病是神经发育障碍；糖尿病和肥胖症；以及哮喘和过敏。我们打算为我们的研究员提供强大的方法论基础，并为他们配备一套多功能工具，他们可以利用这些工具来研究环境儿科的广泛科学问题。研究员的选拔将具有竞争性，重点将放在招募代表性不足的少数群体上。第一年，研究员将接受流行病学、生物统计学、环境医学、研究设计和研究方法方面的教学培训。分子流行病学系列研讨会和拨款写作课程将补充核心课程。在第二年和第三年，重点将放在指导研究项目上。研究员将在儿科环境健康专业科获得环境儿科的临床经验。一名导师和 1-2 名其他教职人员将指导每位研究员。每个研究员的进展将每半年进行一次评估。预期成果包括： 至少 1-2 篇基于原创研究的手稿；撰写至少 2-3 张海报和/或摘要，供在区域或国家会议上展示；成功完成专注于环境健康的公共卫生硕士学位； K08 或 R01 拨款提案第 3 年的制定；以及向独立调查员地位过渡的证据。已成立执行教师委员会和外部顾问委员会来指导该计划。该计划以自 2002 年以来西奈山门诊儿科协会支持的儿科环境健康奖学金为基础。它与儿童环境健康和疾病预防研究中心有联系；儿科环境健康专业科室；以及最近成立的国家儿童研究先锋中心。