Training in Environmental Toxicology

要求提供资金以支持罗切斯特毒理学培训计划。总体目标 该计划的目的是为下一代人才提供博士前和博士后培训， 独立毒理学家，他们将进行新的研究，并积极转化这些发现， 转化为科学家、公共卫生和医疗专业人员使用的新信息， 政府和其他机构，以及公众，以改善整体人类健康和福祉。 该计划的特点是先前的学员的成功，显着的合议， 教师和学员之间的广泛合作，广泛的研究支持基础，以及 强有力的领导和机构承诺。该计划致力于满足不同的 需要来自许多背景的学员，并支持学员谁寻求职业生涯， 学术界、政府和工业界。该计划的框架是基于这样的信念，即培训 需要：（1）多学科和跨学科的方法;（2）密切的关系， 培训生和指导团队;（3）支持职业发展，培训生自主， 和多样性。该计划利用了一系列的专业和资源 在一个主要的学术医疗中心， 部门在环境医学系内，33名教师 导师来自12个不同的基础科学和临床部门在学校的 罗切斯特大学医学和牙科。教师研究跨越整个频谱 从分子机制和细胞过程到整个动物和人类 人口数量。有5个主要重点领域（神经毒理学、心血管/肺 毒理学、发育/生殖毒理学、免疫毒理学、肌肉骨骼 毒理学），其中跨越四个当代主题：毒性的分子修饰剂， 疾病的发育基础、表观遗传调节系统和环境对 干细胞在本培训赠款周期内， 和教师已经发展，通过了教学课程的改进，新的 实施了征聘和留住来自不同背景的受训人员的战略，包括 同伴指导计划该计划还与其他研究生和 罗切斯特的博士后项目和研究支持中心。因此，所有受训人员都有机会 到新的机构范围内的职业发展，赠款写作，批判性思维和更多的计划。

Funds are requested to support the Rochester Toxicology Training Program. The overall objective of this program is to provide pre- and postdoctoral training for the next generation of talented, independent toxicologists, who will conduct novel research, and actively transform these finding into new information that will be used by scientists, public health and medical professionals, governmental and other agencies, and the public to improve overall human health and well-being. This program is distinguished by the success of prior trainees, remarkable collegiality and extensive collaborations among faculty and trainees, a broad base of research support, and strong leadership and institutional commitment. The program is dedicated to meeting diverse needs for trainees from many backgrounds, and supporting trainees who seek careers in academia, government and industry. The program’s framework is based on the belief that training requires: (1) multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches; (2) a close relationship between trainee and mentoring team; (3) a culture that supports career development, trainee autonomy, and diversity. The program takes advantage of the range of specialties and resources available at a major academic medical center by reaching beyond the immediate confines of a single department. While housed within the Department of Environmental Medicine, the 33 faculty mentors come from 12 different basic science and clinical departments within the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester. Faculty research spans the entire spectrum of toxicology, from molecular mechanisms and cellular processes to whole animals and human populations. There are 5 major focus areas (neurotoxicology, cardiovascular/pulmonary toxicology, developmental/reproductive toxicology, immunotoxicology, musculoskeletal toxicology), which cut across four contemporary themes: Molecular Modifiers of Toxicity, Developmental Basis of Disease, Epigenetic Regulatory Systems, and Environmental Effects on Stem Cells. During the current cycle of this training grant, new mentoring programs for trainees and faculty have been developed, refinements to the didactic curriculum were adopted, and new strategies to recruit and retain trainees from diverse backgrounds were implemented, including a peer mentoring program. The program is also tightly integrated with other graduate and postdoctoral programs and research support centers at Rochester. Thus, all trainees have access to new institution-wide programs in career development, grant writing, critical thinking and more.