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项目，重点是 环境部社区环境流行病学(EECS方案) 波士顿大学公共卫生学院(BUSPH)。EECS计划由特定的 在成熟的博士课程中设置的培训方案，旨在为博士前准备 学生使用最先进的方法来提高知识水平，开发新的知识 方法以社区为导向的环境流行病学研究。我们的计划在智力上致力于 跨学科工作，建立在BUSPH内部和外部强大的协作研究计划基础上 研究伙伴，旨在提供跨学科的研究培训，在精神、实质和 结果。我们将每年招募四名博士前实习生，对12名实习生进行稳定的人口普查，并 建立在从代表性不足的群体中招聘实习生的证明记录的基础上。EECS实习生通常 在头三年接受培训补助金的支持，然后过渡到外部研究 授予受训人员(例如，NIH F奖，EPA明星奖学金)或教师顾问(例如， NIH R01奖)。在进入该计划时指派一名顾问来帮助选择课程， 确定研究轮换，并制定论文计划。核心课程提供以下方面的培训 环境健康、流行病学、生物统计学、社区参与的研究方法、毒理学和 生理学。高级课程群是根据正在进行的研究领域(如流行病学)量身定做的 方法、暴露科学和环境健康差异。学员进行三次研究轮换 在第一年进行中的项目，这有助于整合到计划中并完善 研究兴趣。此外，该计划还提供定期的口头陈述、教学、 资助提案写作和研究翻译，包括对他们的研究结果进行必要的“通俗的总结” 给相关的社区利益攸关方。在一个新的赠款撰写工作坊的支持下，学员们准备了一个 以奖学金的形式提交给资助机构(例如，NIEHS)的论文提案 第五学期结束，在资格考试之前。在通过考试后，受训者会建立一篇论文 委员会和从事全职研究活动。关键的充实活动包括每周一次的部门 研究研讨会，两周一次的研讨会，月刊俱乐部，一年一度的研究静修，和明确的 指导负责任的研究和提高可再现性。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 课程成绩和进度报告。EECS计划通过学员在年末的反馈进行评估 每学期，TPSC对成功和失败的关键审查，由Partnering进行审查 社区组织，以及对毕业生的监测，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.