NSERC CREATE Atmospheric Aerosol Training Program (AAP)

大气气溶胶及其与气候、空气质量和健康的关系构成了一项挑战，需要采用多学科方法进行研究和培训。 然而，研究大气气溶胶的学生目前正在接受传统学科（如化学、物理或工程学）的培训，很少有跨学科的培训或接触。 学生没有接受应对这些新挑战所需的广泛培训或接触，因此他们没有做好充分准备来应对我们目前面临的一些最重要的环境和健康挑战。 为了解决这个问题，我们将建立关于大气气溶胶及其对气候、空气质量和健康影响的统一培训计划和协作研究环境。该计划将属于 NSERC 指定的第一个优先领域（环境科学和技术），并将为其他三个优先领域中的两个（健康科学和技术；自然资源和能源）做出贡献。 UBC 拥有许多杰出的研究人员，研究大气气溶胶的各个方面及其对气候、空气质量和健康的影响，以及进行大气气溶胶研究的优秀基础设施。 这组研究人员和教育工作者将齐聚一堂，提供有关大气气溶胶的统一培训计划 (CREATE-AAP)。该计划将包括新课程、每两周一次的研讨会系列以及一系列内部和外部实习。 CREATE-AAP 每年将资助 10 名研究生、5 名本科生和一名博士后。 另外 40-55 名由其他来源资助的研究生也将利用 CREATE-AAP。 此外，学员还将从事对加拿大高度重要的研究。 研究项目的例子包括：加拿大西部人口接触气溶胶、气溶胶颗粒对健康的影响、气溶胶/云/气候相互作用以及运输燃料对气溶胶气候相关特性的影响。

Atmospheric aerosols and their relationship to climate, air quality and health constitute a challenge that requires both research and training in a multi-disciplinary approach. Yet, students studying atmospheric aerosols are currently being trained in traditional disciplines (such as chemistry, physics or engineering), with very little interdisciplinary training or exposure. Students do not receive the broadly-based training or exposure that is necessary for these new challenges, and hence they are not well prepared to answer some of the most important environmental and health challenges we are currently facing. To address this problem, we will establish a unified training program and collaborative research environment on atmospheric aerosols and their effects on climate, air quality and heath. This program will fall within NSERC's first designated priority area (environmental science and technologies) and will make contributions to two of the other three priority areas (health sciences and technologies; natural resources and energy). UBC has many outstanding researchers investigating various aspects of atmospheric aerosols and their effects on climate, air quality and health as well as outstanding infrastructure to carry out atmospheric aerosol research. This group of researchers and educators will be brought together to offer this unified training program (CREATE-AAP) on atmospheric aerosols. This program will include new course offerings, a bi-weekly seminar series and a series of internal and external internships. Ten graduate students, five undergraduate students and one postdoctoral fellow will be funded annually by CREATE-AAP. Another 40-55 graduate students, funded by other sources, will also take advantage of CREATE-AAP. In addition, trainees will be engaged in research of high importance to Canada. Examples of research projects will include: Population Exposure to Aerosols in Western Canada, Health Impacts of Aerosol Particles, Aerosol/Cloud/Climate Interactions, and Effect of Transportation Fuel on Climate-Relevant Properties of Aerosols.