INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM

描述(由申请人提供) 德克萨斯大学(UT)ITREOH项目自1995年以来一直得到资助，培训了5名硕士和7名博士生，1名博士后研究员，举办了90多个短期课程，并资助了5个国家的14个试点研究项目。该计划的总体目标是解决拉丁美洲职业和环境(OEM)领域训练有素的专业人员和机构资源的严重短缺问题。该计划的具体目标是：1)培训外国在OEH领域的科学家和专业人员，以有效应对工作场所和社区暴露的不良健康影响；2)在OEH的科学、学术和实践方面的合作机构中发展人力、物质和智力资本；3)制定国家和地区预防计划；以及4)发展受过培训的OEH专业人员的国际网络，以合作开展旨在识别和控制暴露及其相关健康影响的培训和研究计划。UT ITREOH计划的地理区域是拉丁美洲，采用两级区域方法。第一级合作国家包括：尼加拉瓜、哥斯达黎加和哥伦比亚。这些国家的活动包括为公立和私立大学的学术研究项目提供机构支持。来自这些国家的主要外国合作者与德克萨斯大学的教职员工一起指导项目倡议和活动的发展。第二级合作国家包括：墨西哥、委内瑞拉和厄瓜多尔。这些国家的合作机构将在以前项目成就和影响的基础上提供一个扩大的区域网络。这些国家的活动将包括继续教育，以及竞争试点项目研究资金的资格。拟议的培训和研究计划有五个主要组成部分：1)德克萨斯大学的博士学位培训，以及一线国家现有学术项目的硕士学位培训；2)针对初级调查人员的试点项目研究培训；3)与合作机构和公共卫生机构合作的公共卫生干预项目；4)基于当地需求评估的有针对性的短期课程；以及5)通过同行评审的西班牙语OEH文献传播科学信息。这些活动的核心将是将回国的和合作国家现有的项目毕业生融合在一起。该应用程序包括一个区域资源中心，该中心将支持信息传播和继续教育。公共卫生方面的意义在于在拉丁美洲开发大量资源用于培训和研究环境卫生。迄今取得的相关成果包括：更好地了解工作场所伤害和疾病的原因和状况，采取干预措施改善工伤率和国家报告制度，制订环境卫生公共政策，并在培训和研究方面投入大量国家资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The University of Texas (UT) ITREOH program has been funded continuously since 1995, trained 5 masters and 7 doctoral students, 1 postdoctoral fellow, conducted over 90 short courses, and funded 14 pilot research projects in five countries. The overall goal of this program is to address the critical shortage of trained professionals and institutional resources in occupational and environmental (OEM) in Latin America. The specific aims of the program are to: 1) train foreign scientists and professionals in OEH to deal effectively with the adverse health effects of workplace and community exposures; 2) develop human, material, and intellectual capital in collaborating institutions in the science, scholarship and practice of OEH; 3) develop national and regional prevention programs; and 4) develop an international network of trained professionals in OEH to collaborate in training and research programs aimed at the identification and control of exposures and their associated health effects. The geographic area of the UT ITREOH program is Latin America, with a two-tier regional approach. The first tier of collaborating countries include: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Colombia. Activities in these countries include institutional support for academic research programs in public and private universities. Main Foreign Collaborators from these countries, together with UT faculty, guide the development of program initiatives and activities. The second tier of collaborating countries include: Mexico, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Collaborating institutions in these countries will provide an expanded regional network that builds on prior program accomplishments and impact. Activities in these countries will include continuing education, and eligibility to compete for pilot project research funds. The proposed training and research program has five main components: 1) doctoral degree training at UT, and masters degree training in established academic programs in first-tier countries; 2) pilot project research training aimed at junior investigators; 3) public health intervention projects that partner collaborating institutions and public health institutions; 4) targeted short courses based on local needs assessment; and 5) dissemination of scientific information through peer-reviewed OEH literature in Spanish. Central to these activities will be the integration of returning and existing program graduates in collaborating countries. This application includes a Regional Resource Center that will support dissemination of information and continuing education. The public health relevance lies in the development of significant resources in training and research in OEH in Latin America. Relevant outcomes to date include: a better understanding of the causes and conditions of workplace injury and illness, interventions to improve injury rates and national reporting systems, the development of public policy in OEH and substantial national resources in training and research.