Addressing Tetrachloroethylene Exposure in an Impacted Community

项目摘要 这项行政补充申请将为一名高中生的暑期研究实习提供资金 接受环境健康科学方面的培训，并参与社区参与的研究行动 NIEHS资助的项目。为实习计划提出的活动直接面向研究 母公司R01资助的目标，并包括环境健康科学(EHS)培训计划 为高中生量身定做的项目和一个学生可以从头到尾都能看到的“独立的”项目 那个夏天。这种设计很重要，因为它会让学生对他们的项目有一种主人翁意识， 使他们了解社区参与的EHS调查背后的基本概念。因此， 这一请求的目的是鼓励有前途的学生追求未来的教育和研究机会。 学生将首先学习环境健康科学和相关的基本原理和概念 并在暑期参与家长津贴的研究活动；第二，试行使用 他们社区中的公民科学工具，也就是父母资助的学习地点，收集相关的环境 采样数据，并制定关于数据收集和转换共享的协议。这些活动将使 通过加快发展步伐，对母基金的目标做出直接和重大的贡献 公民科学部分，并在早期启动公民科学工具的测试和实地部署 父项目的第2年。拟议的实习计划将作为主要参与之一 推动家长助学金与当地高中和桥梁建立合作关系的活动 通过公民科学和发展高中来促进社区参与的努力 环境健康科学计划。这次实习机会将使学生能够全职致力于 努力(每周40小时)八周学习和开展研究活动，培养 学生的EHS素养和从事EHS研究的热情。预计学生将讨论 以口头或海报形式在学校、研究团队会议(包括社区)上展示项目成果 合作伙伴)，并在一次科学会议上。

Project Summary This administrative supplement request will fund a summer research internship for one high school student to receive training in environmental health science and participate in a community-engaged Research to Action project funded by the NIEHS. The activities proposed for the internship program directly work towards research objectives of the parent R01 grant and comprise an environmental health science (EHS) training program tailored to high school students and a “self-contained” project that the student can see from start to finish over the summer. This design is important as it will allow the student to have a sense of ownership of their project, allowing them to understand the basic concepts underlying a community engaged EHS investigation. Thus, the goal of this request is to encourage a promising student to pursue future education and research opportunities. The student will first, learn basic principles and concepts in environmental health science and related disciplines and participate in research activities of the parent grant in the summer; and second, pilot use of a citizen science tool in their community, which is the study site of the parent grant, collect related environmental sampling data, and develop protocols on data collection and translational sharing. These activities will make a direct and significant contribution to the objectives of the parent grant, by quickening the pace of developing the citizen science component and initiating the testing and field deployment of the citizen science tool early in year 2 of the parent project. The proposed internship program will serve as one of the major engagement activities to advance the parent grant’s efforts in building a collaboration with the local high school and bridge the efforts promoting community engagement through citizen science and developing a high school environmental health science program. This internship opportunity will enable the student to devote full-time effort (40 hours/week) for eight weeks towards learning and conducting research activities, fostering the student’s EHS literacy and a passion for engaging in EHS research. The student is expected to discuss the project results as an oral or poster presentation at their school, a research team meeting (including community partners), and at a scientific conference.