Core--Training

这项建议是为参加超级基金基础研究计划的生物医学和非生物医学研究项目和核心实验室的学生和研究员提供环境科学跨学科计划中的博士和博士后培训。这个核心的目的是让学员在一系列的教育充实活动中一起思考，以便他们能够相互了解对方的学科以及解决环境问题。教育充实活动将包括：(1)跨学科培训研讨会系列；(2)案例研究小组项目；(3)大学外轮换；(4)选定的短期课程。跨学科培训研讨会系列将每月举行一次，并将利用该计划的教职员工、哥伦比亚大学的教职员工和外部演讲者来涵盖与环境专业人员相关的广泛主题。对于案例研究小组项目，受训者将作为一个多学科小组，在一个学期的课程中就具体的环境项目进行合作，使他们能够从不同的角度分析环境问题，并提交一份书面报告，其中包括他们的结论和建议。通过该计划在大学之外与政府和非政府组织、国际机构、公司以及社区和公共利益团体的联系，学员将被期望选择每年最多一个月的轮换，在那里他们可以接触到在应用的、真实的世界环境中解决环境问题的机会。其他课程工作将包括：研究的伦理行为、地理信息系统、在线信息资源管理和风险评估、传播和管理的研讨会；与环境科学有关的主题的额外选修课。通过这个核心，我们将培养出一种新型的博士级环境专业人员，他们能够以多维的视角解决环境问题，并能够在环境科学领域从事传统的、学术的以及非传统的学术事业。

This proposal is for doctoral and post-doctoral training in an interdisciplinary program in environmental sciences for the students and fellows participating in the biomedical and non-biomedical research projects and core laboratories of the Superfund Basic Research Program. The purpose of this Core is to brain the trainees together in a series of educational enrichment activities so that they can learn about each other's disciplines as well as about environmental problem solving. The educational enrichment activities will consist of: (1) an interdisciplinary training seminar series; (2) case-study team projects; (3) rotations outside the university; and (4) selected short course. The interdisciplinary training seminar series will meet monthly and will draw on the program faculty additional Columbia faculty and outside speakers to cover a wide range of topics relevant to environmental professionals. For the case-study team projects the trainees will work together as a multi-disciplinary group on specific environmental projects over the course of a semester that allows them to analyze an environmental problem from various perspectives and submit a written report with their conclusions and recommendations. Through contacts of the program outside the university with governmental and non-governmental organizations, international agencies, corporations, and community and public interest groups, trainees will be expected to select a rotation of up to one month per year where they can gain exposure to environmental problem solving in applied, real-world settings. Additional course work will cover: ethical conduct of research, workshops on Geographic Information Systems, Online Information Resources Management, and Risk Assessment, Communication and Management; additional electives on topics relevant to environmental sciences. Through this Core, we will produce a new type of doctoral-level environmental professional who can address environmental issues with a multi-dimensional perspective and who can pursue traditional, academic as well as non-traditional, non-academic careers in environmental sciences.