Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology

描述(申请人提供)：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，发展正在崛起的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。疾控中心的理念是，职业培训是一个连续的过程，从毕业学位开始，经过博士后培训和教育，再到初级教员；记住，研究生和博士后培训应该为个人在更广泛的背景下成为环境健康科学专业人员做好准备。特别强调临床医生-科学家的职业培训，他们往往不确定自己对环境健康的兴趣。将大力鼓励妇女和代表不足的少数群体参加。这一使命是通过将CEET旨在实现这些目标的所有活动集中在一个核心中来完成的。这些活动是：(A)进一步发展环境健康科学研究生培训方案；(B)提供环境健康科学医学博士证书方案；(C)制定环境健康科学机构临床医生-科学家培训方案；(D)提交环境健康科学机构培训补助金，以惠及基础和临床医生-科学家培训生；(E)招聘初级教员作为CEET调查员；(F)维持所有从事环境健康科学研究的初级调查员的数据库；(G)组成一个指导委员会，并为初级调查员制定正式的职业发展计划；(H)确定可向环境教育与技术中心申请新的调查员奖和试点项目资金以及外部资金的候选人；和(I)首次吸引高级研究人员进入环境健康科学领域。这些组件中的每一个都有衡量成功的标准。美国疾病控制与预防中心已经成功地实现了这些目标。疾控中心主任西蒙斯博士也是新研究员奖和试点项目计划的负责人。这些方案的资金由CEET执行委员会分配，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.