Molecular Epidemiology in Children's Enviromental Health

描述（申请人提供） 这个培训应用程序是一个跨部门和跨学科的 儿童环境健康分子流行病学（MECEH） 参与培训的教师来自三个互动部门， 包括环境卫生、儿科和分子生物学系 遗传学 该计划的重点是确定优秀的博士前， 博士后M.D. s和Ph. D. s，并为每个人提供知识基础， 进行流行病学和临床研究， 暴露、影响和易感性。 这些研究将审查 环境暴露对儿童健康中复杂疾病的影响。 程序 将提供三个层次的培训：博士前学生实现 博士学位，博士后实习生与博士学位，和医学博士博士后 儿科住院医生寻求MS流行病学学位。 进入pre- 博士生将具有相当于本科学位的专业 生物学、分子生物学、分子遗传学、数学或相关 取得上级学术成就和1800的GRE或 好多了 博士后候选人必须具有公认的学术成就， 拥有博士学位或者医学博士 医生应该完成三个 多年的儿科住院医师经验，并表现出奖学金。 所有 学员将有一个特定的兴趣，在使用尖端的分子 了解环境暴露对儿童健康影响的方法 健康 第一年要求2个博士前，1个博士后博士。 和两名博士后。实习生 物理设施都包含现代化的 设备齐全的实验室和计算机设施。 成为21个NIEHS之一 中心和第一个环境遗传学中心，学员是 提供最佳的实验室资源， 环境 在全国范围内，MECEH计划满足了培训研究人员的关键需求， 博士前和博士后水平，结合理解和 儿科流行病学、生物统计学、分子生物学研究技能 毒理学和遗传学。 从制度上讲，该计划将进一步 合作，并使受训者能够利用最佳科学方法 这些学科所提供的。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant) This training application is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary program in Molecular Epidemiology in Children's Environmental Health (MECEH). Participating training faculty are from three interactive departments and include the Departments of Environmental Health, Pediatrics, and Molecular Genetics. The program focus is to identify outstanding pre-doctoral, and postdoctoral M.D.s and Ph.D.s and equip each with the knowledge base to undertake epidemiological and clinical studies using molecular markers of exposure, effect and susceptibility. These studies will examine the impact of environmental exposures on complex diseases in children's health. The program will provide training at three levels: the pre-doctoral student achieving a Ph.D. degree, the postdoctoral trainee with a Ph.D., and the M.D. postdoctoral pediatric resident seeking a M.S. degree in epidemiology. Entering pre- doctoral trainees will have the equivalent of an undergraduate degree majoring in biology, molecular biology, molecular genetics, mathematics or a related field having obtained superior academic achievements and a GRE of 1800 or better. Postdoctoral candidates must have proven academic accomplishments and hold the degrees of Ph.D. or M.D. The physicians should have completed three years their pediatric residency and have demonstrated scholarship. All trainees will have a specific interest in the use of cutting-edge molecular methods to understand the impact of environmental exposures on children's health. Requested for the first year are 2 pre-doctoral, 1 postdoctoral Ph.D. and 2 postdoctoral M.D. trainees. The physical facilities all contain modern well-equipped laboratories and computer facilities. Being one of 21 NIEHS Centers and the first Center for Environmental Genetics, the trainees are provided with optimum laboratory resources in a highly collaborative environment. Nationally, the MECEH program fulfills a critical need to train researchers at the pre-doctoral and postdoctoral levels with combined understanding and research skills in pediatric epidemiology, biostatistics, molecular biology and toxicology, and genetics. Institutionally, this program will further collaborations and empower trainees to utilize the best scientific approaches that these disciplines offer.