Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology

职业发展核心（CDC）的使命是为下一代环境健康科学家提供职业培训，发展年轻教师的职业生涯，使他们能够成为独立的科学家，并吸引高级研究人员进入环境健康科学。疾病预防控制中心的理念是，职业培训是一个连续体，从终端学位开始，通过博士后培训和教育进行，并对初级教师;注意到研究生和博士后培训应准备个人作为环境卫生科学专业人员在更广泛的背景下。 特别强调的是临床科学家的职业培训，他们往往不确定自己的利益是在环境卫生。将强烈鼓励妇女和代表性不足的少数族裔参与。这一使命是通过将CEET旨在实现这些目标的所有活动置于一个单一的核心来完成的。这些活动是：（a）进一步发展环境健康科学的研究生训练课程;（B）提供环境健康科学的医学博士证书课程;（c）发展环境健康科学的机构临床医生-科学家训练课程;（d）提交环境健康科学的机构训练赠款，使基础和临床医生-科学家受训人员都能受惠;（e）招聘初级教员担任环境教育和培训研究员;（f）维持一个所有从事环境健康科学研究的初级调查员的数据库;（g）成立一个指导委员会，并为初级调查员制定一个正式的职业发展计划;（h）确定可申请新的调查员奖和CEET试验项目资助以及校外资助的候选人;以及（i）首次吸引高级研究人员进入环境卫生科学领域。这些组件中的每一个都有成功的指标。CDC成功地实现了这些目标。疾病预防控制中心主任西蒙斯博士还指导新研究者奖和试点项目计划。这些计划的资金由CEET执行委员会提供，并由行政核心管理。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the Career Development Core (CDC) is to provide career training for the next generation of environmental health scientists, to develop the careers of rising young faculty so that they can become independent scientists, and to attract senior investigators into environmental health sciences. The philosophy of the CDC is that career training is a continuum that begins with the terminal degree, proceeds through postdoctoral training and education, and on to junior faculty; mindful that graduate and postdoctoral training should prepare individuals as environmental health science professionals in the broader context. Special emphasis is placed on the career training of clinician-scientists who often do not identify their interests as being in environmental health. Women and underrepresented minorities will be strongly encouraged to participate. This mission is accomplished by placing all the activities of the CEET aimed at achieving these goals in to a single core. These activities are: (a) to further develop a graduate training program in Environmental Health Sciences; (b) to provide an MD Certificate Program in Environmental Health Sciences; (c) to develop an Institutional Clinician-Scientist Training Program in Environmental Health Sciences; (d) to submit Institutional Training Grants in environmental health sciences to benefit both basic and clinician-scientist trainees; (e) to recruit junior faculty as CEET investigators; (f) maintain a data-base of all junior investigators conducting research in environmental health science; (g) to form a mentoring committee and develop a formalized career development plan for junior investigators; (h) identify candidates that could apply for new Investigator awards and Pilot Project funding from the CEET, as well as extramural funding; and (i) attract senior investigators into environmental health science for the first time. Each of these components has metrics of success. The CDC has been successful in accomplishing these goals. The Director of the CDC, Dr. Simmons, also directs the New Investigator Award and Pilot Project Program. Funds for these programs are awarded by the Executive Committee of the CEET and are administered by the Administrative Core.