Workshop: - Integrating Environment and Health: 2017 National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment; Arlington, VA

美国国家科学与环境委员会（NCSE）将于2017年1月24日至26日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行第17届科学、政策与环境全国会议暨全球论坛，会议主题为“环境与健康一体化”。这将是STEM研究人员、教育工作者和高等教育、K-12和非正式教育的学生与来自商业、工业、政府和民间社会在环境和健康领域工作的领导人聚集在一起的机会，以制定共同的愿景，分享最佳实践，并发展新的伙伴关系，以推进环境和健康科学与工程的融合。人的健康和地球的健康本质上是错综复杂的，密切相关的，但不同的学科和专业发展了各自的方案和术语，甚至不同地使用类似的术语，如环境健康或环境健康科学。2017年的会议旨在推动融合，使科学家、教育工作者和从业者能够探索和理解这些联系，并将其应用于他们的专业活动。会议将是：1；一个供学者、教育工作者、学生、专业人士和政策制定者分享新科学、最佳实践和发展新的伙伴关系的论坛。2. 学者们有机会与来自商业、工业、政府和民间社会的领导人聚集在一起，提高知名度，扩大将健康与环境联系起来的学术研究的有效性。3. 这是一个帮助科学家和决策者考虑研究如何为政策和实践提供信息并将其转化为实践的舞台。4. 一个旨在促进新倡议和伙伴关系的平台。会议的主要目的之一是帮助建立一个环境与卫生的跨学科领域。期望的结果包括：1；帮助建立环境和卫生领域的实践社区，利用协作方法确定关键的科学和技术需求、学习成果和关键领域的有效做法。2. 基于对健康及其与各种环境问题（气候变化、污染、国际安全、环境资本和与健康影响有关的自然价值（成本）以及现代社会的其他挑战）的关系的批判性思考，为所有学科的学生提供提高STEM素养的途径。3. 环境与健康教学的新途径。4. 加强研究项目，更有效地将科学技术创新带到示范和部署阶段。该项目将有助于推动一个定义广泛的、跨学科的环境与健康领域，其中包括科学、技术、政策、伦理、环境、健康和生物医学科学等要素。环境与健康科学的更广泛整合将有助于阐明环境保护对健康的益处，扩展STEM教育的相关性和实用性，并与健康和环境研究建立关键联系。将通过在会议期间和会议结束时进行电子调查、在会议六个月后进行后续调查以及在会议结束后与会议规划委员会进行讨论来评价该项目的影响。

1703140BlocksteinThe National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) will hold the 17th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment, January 24-26, 2017 in Arlington, VA. The conference theme is Integrating Environment and Health. It will be an opportunity for STEM researchers, educators, and students in higher education, K-12, and informal education to gather with leaders from business, industry, government, and civil society working in the fields of environment and health to develop a common vision, share best practices, and develop new partnerships in order to advance the convergence of environmental and health sciences and engineering.The health of people and the health of the planet are intrinsically, intricately, and intimately interconnected, but separate disciplines and professions have developed each with their own programs and terminology that even use similar terms such as environmental health or environmental health sciences differently. The 2017 conference seeks to advance convergence towards an approach to prepare scientists, educators, and practitioners to explore and understand the connections and apply them in their professional activities. The conference will be: 1. A forum for scholars, educators, students, professionals and policymakers to share new science, best practices, and develop new partnerships. 2. An opportunity for academics to gather with leaders from business, industry, government, and civil society to raise the profile and expand the effectiveness of scholarship that connects health and environment. 3. An arena to help scientists and policymakers consider how research can inform and be translated into policy and practices. 4. A platform designed to catalyze new initiatives and partnerships. One of the conference's primary purposes is to help build a convergent interdisciplinary field of environment and health. Desired outcomes include: 1. Helping to build communities of practice in environment and health utilizing collaborative approaches to identify critical scientific and technological needs, learning outcomes, and effective practices in key areas. 2. An avenue for enhanced STEM literacy for students in all disciplines based on critical thinking about health and its relationships with various environmental issues (climate change, pollution, international security, environmental capital and the value (cost) of nature as it relates to health impacts, and other challenges of modern society). 3. New pathways for teaching about environment and health. 4. Stronger research programs that more effectively take innovations in science and technology to the demonstration and deployment stages. The project will help advance a broadly-defined, interdisciplinary field of environment and health that includes elements of science, technology, policy, ethics, environmental, health and biomedical sciences. A broader integration of environment and health science will serve society helping to elucidate the health benefits of environmental protection, extend the relevance and practicality of STEM education, and forge critical connections with research on health and the environment. The impacts of the project will be evaluated through electronic surveys during and at the conclusion of the conference and a follow-up survey six months after the conference as well as a post-conference discussion with the conference planning committee.