1/2 - Planning for a Global Environmental Health Hub based in Chile: - Chile

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案是由智利大学、埃默里大学和佐治亚大学协调提交的申请。这三个机构的公共卫生学院的研究人员通过我们以前的福格蒂环境和职业健康国际培训和研究（ITREOH）补助金进行了长期的合作。智利大学公共卫生学院在环境研究方面有许多强有力的研究人员，可以形成发展区域中心的核心。智利在学术和政府层面都有良好的环境卫生基础设施。我们的提案将空气污染（室内和室外）、水污染和气候变化作为我们感兴趣的三个领域。我们选择这三个重点领域是因为我们在这些领域的专业知识，以及这些主题的专家的可用性和对这些主题的兴趣

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is a coordinated application between Universidad de Chile, Emory University, and University of Georgia. Investigators at the Schools of Public Health at these three institutions have a long track record of working together through our previous Fogarty International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) grant. The Univ. Chile School of Public Health has a number of strong researchers in environmental research that can form a nucleus to develop a regional hub. Chile has good infrastructure in environmental health at both academic and governmental levels. Our proposal focuses on air pollution (indoor and outdoor), water pollution and climate change as our three areas of interest. We have chosen these three areas of focus because of our expertise in these areas, as well as the availability of experts on these topics and interest in these topics in Chile. This planning grant will allow us to bring together a wide range of academic and government scientists, policy makers, and educators to carry out needs assessment, hub development, research planning, capacity building planning, and evaluation activities. We have the support of many key partners at the Univ. Chile, at other Chilean universities, and in government and international agencies who have expressed interest in working with us and the University of Chile on the planning grant.