Training in Environmental Toxicology

描述(由申请人提供) 毒理学联合研究生项目(JGPT)是罗格斯大学、新泽西州立大学和罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊医学院的共同努力，总部设在环境与职业健康科学研究所(EOSHI)。JGPT成立于1981年，已培养了140多名博士生、博士后研究员和内科科学家。JGPT的毕业生在学术、工业和政府毒理学研究方面成就了卓越的职业生涯。 NIEHS T32培训补助金是JGPT的推动力。这一竞争性续签申请要求在26-30年间提供资金，以支持6名博士后学生和3名博士后研究员，其中包括一名内科科学家。 JGPT的中心任务是为有才华的学生和博士后实习生提供当代机械毒理学方面的严格培训和各自研究领域的深入专业知识。该培训项目是高度跨学科的，学生与来自不同科学背景的科学家一起进行研究轮换。生化毒理学、细胞信号、炎症和神经毒理学的专门研究轨道反映了JGPT教职员工被公认为领导者的主题领域。所有博士前实习生都在EOSHI诊所内进行研究轮换，以获得以患者为基础的环境医学经验。培训得到了以EOHSI为中心的特殊研究环境的支持，包括最先进的仪器和强有力的机构支持，并与NIEHS毒理学卓越中心、新泽西州癌症研究所、新泽西州食品、营养和疾病研究所、先进生物技术和医学中心以及其他参与环境健康研究的单位协同工作。学员受益于出色的研讨会计划和与当地制药业的密切互动。紧锣密鼓地吸引优秀学生。培训计划大力招收代表人数不足的群体的学生。 相关性：JGPT和这一培训赠款的统一目标是使受训人员做好准备，使他们在竞争激烈和快速发展的环境健康科学领域脱颖而出。毒理学是了解化学品对人类健康影响的一门核心学科。在过去的25年里，这笔培训补助金使JGPT培养出了成为学术、工业和政府毒理学领袖的学者。 公共卫生相关性：毒理学联合研究生项目(JGPT)是一个培训项目，旨在指导博士生、博士后研究员和内科科学家了解暴露在环境中的化学物质导致人类疾病的机制，并制定预防或治疗这些疾病的方法。受训者接受关于实验室技术和新兴科学概念的广泛实验室培训。该计划的目标是培训毒物学家，以解决新出现的环境健康问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology (JGPT) is a combined effort of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and is based in the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOSHI). Founded in 1981, the JGPT has trained more than 140 doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and physician-scientists. Graduates of the JGPT have forged distinguished careers in academic, industrial and governmental toxicology research. The NIEHS T32 training grant is the driving force of the JGPT. This competitive renewal application requests funding for years 26-30 to support 6 pre-doctoral students and 3 postdoctoral fellows, including a physician-scientist. The central mission of the JGPT is to provide talented students and postdoctoral trainees with rigorous training in contemporary mechanistic toxicology and in-depth expertise in their individual field of research. The training program is highly interdisciplinary, with students performing research rotations with scientists from varied scientific backgrounds. Specialized research tracks in biochemical toxicology, cell signaling and inflammation and neurotoxicology reflect thematic areas in which JGPT faculty members are recognized as leaders. All pre-doctoral trainees perform research rotations within the EOSHI Clinic to gain experience in patient-based environmental medicine. The training is supported by an exceptional research environment centered at EOHSI that includes state-of-the-art instrumentation and strong institutional support, and that synergizes with the NIEHS Center of Excellence in Toxicology, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the New Jersey Institute of Food, Nutrition and Disease, the Center for Advance Biotechnology and Medicine and other units involved in environmental health research. Trainees benefit from an outstanding seminar program and close interactions with the local pharmaceutical industry. Intensive efforts are expended to attract students of outstanding quality. The training program vigorously recruits students from under-represented groups. Relevance: The unifying goal of the JGPT and this training grant is to prepare trainees to excel in the competitive and rapidly evolving arena of environmental health sciences. Toxicology is a core discipline in understanding the impact of chemicals on human health. For the last 25 years, this training grant has enabled the JGPT to develop scholars who have become leaders in academic, industrial, and governmental toxicology. Public Health Relevance: The Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology (JGPT) is a training program designed to instruct doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and physician-scientists in the mechanisms by which exposure to chemicals in the environment cause disease in people, and to devise methods to prevent or treat these diseases. Trainees receive extensive laboratory training in laboratory techniques and emerging scientific concepts. The goal of the program is to train toxicologists to address emerging environmental health issues.