Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings

项目摘要/摘要 我们正在申请继续一个成功的跨学科博士前培训项目，重点是 环境部社区环境流行病学(EECS方案) 波士顿大学公共卫生学院(BUSPH)。EECS计划由特定的 在成熟的博士课程中设置的培训方案，旨在为博士前准备 学生使用最先进的方法来提高知识水平，开发新的知识 方法以社区为导向的环境流行病学研究。我们的计划在智力上致力于 跨学科工作，建立在BUSPH内部和外部强大的协作研究计划基础上 研究伙伴，旨在提供跨学科的研究培训，在精神、实质和 结果。我们将每年招募4名博士前实习生，对10名实习生进行稳定的人口普查，并建立 关于从代表性不足的群体招募实习生的证明记录。EECS学员通常会收到 在头两至三年(平均为2.5年)期间获得培训补助金的支持，然后过渡到 授予受训人员的外部研究补助金(例如，NIH F系列奖、美国环保署明星奖学金)或 教师导师(例如，NIH R01奖项、波士顿大学超级基金研究计划)。一名顾问被指派到 进入该计划，以帮助选择课程、确定研究轮换和开发 论文计划。我们提供核心课程，提供环境健康方面的多学科培训， 流行病学、毒理学、生物统计学和生理学。高级专业课程集群是为 正在进行的研究的特定领域，如流行病学方法、社会流行病学和暴露 评估。学员在第一年(秋季、春季、 夏季)，这有助于融入计划和完善研究兴趣。此外， 课程提供定期的口头报告、教学和提案写作的机会。实习生是 要求他们在第五学期结束前准备一份论文提案，然后安排他们的书面和 口试资格考试。通过考试后，学员们成立一个论文委员会，并从事 全日制研究活动。培训计划的主要充实活动包括每周一次的部门 研究研讨会，每两周一次的研讨会，每年一次的研究静修，以及对责任人的明确指导 进行研究。培训计划指导委员会(TPSC)审查每个学员的进度 关于通过受训者提交的课程成绩和进度报告的计划里程碑，以及 教职员工导师。EECS计划的进展通过受训者在每次结束时的反馈进行评估 学期，TPSC对成败的批判性审查，外部审查 咨询委员会，以及对毕业生的监测，以跟踪职业道路和生产力。

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT We are applying to continue a successful interdisciplinary pre-doctoral training program focused on Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings (EECS program) within the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). The EECS program consists of a specific training regimen that is located within a mature doctoral program and designed to prepare pre-doctoral students to use the most sophisticated methods available to advance the state of knowledge and develop new methods in community-oriented environmental epidemiology. Our program has an intellectual commitment to interdisciplinary work, built on a robust collaborative research program within BUSPH and with outside research partners and designed to provide research training that is interdisciplinary in spirit, substance and outcome. We will recruit four pre-doctoral trainees each year for a steady state census of ten trainees and build on a demonstrated record of recruiting trainees from underrepresented groups. EECS trainees typically receive support from the training grant during the first two to three years (average of 2.5 years) and then transition to external research grants awarded either to the trainee (e.g. NIH F-series awards, EPA STAR fellowships) or to faculty mentors (e.g. NIH R01 awards, BU Superfund Research Program). An advisor is assigned upon entering the program to assist with selecting courses, identifying research rotations, and developing dissertation plans. We offer a core curriculum that provides multidisciplinary training in environmental health, epidemiology, toxicology, biostatistics, and physiology. Clusters of advanced specialty courses are tailored to particular areas of ongoing research such as epidemiologic methods, social epidemiology, and exposure assessment. Trainees engage in three research rotations on active projects during their first year (fall, spring, summer), which facilitates integration into the program and refinement of research interests. Additionally, the program provides regular opportunities for oral presentation, teaching, and proposal writing. Trainees are required to prepare a dissertation proposal by the end of their fifth semester before scheduling their written and oral qualifying exams. Upon passing their exams, trainees establish a dissertation committee and engage in full-time research activities. Key enrichment activities of the training program include a weekly departmental research seminar, a biweekly proseminar, an annual research retreat, and explicit instruction in the responsible conduct of research. The Training Program Steering Committee (TPSC) reviews the progress of each trainee with respect to program milestones via course grades and progress reports submitted by the trainee and faculty mentor. The progress of the EECS program is evaluated via feedback from trainees at the end of each semester, critical examination of successes and failures by the TPSC, reviews conducted by the External Advisory Committee, and monitoring of graduates to track career paths and productivity.