Duke University Program in Environmental Health

描述（由申请人提供） 杜克大学环境健康项目（UPEH）是一个拟议的博士前培训计划，将为学生在环境健康方面的研究生涯做好准备。UPEH是一个跨部门，多学科的计划，其中博士。学位由该部门和该计划共同授予。培训包括1）核心领域的课堂教学（药理学，环境毒理学或哺乳动物毒理学，环境健康的基本知识），和定量方法适合学生的研究，包括统计学，毒理学和环境健康的重点课题; 2）研讨会和专题讨论会，包括文献分析和主要研究的介绍; 3）介绍和正在进行的指导负责任的研究行为;（4）实验室研究。 杜克大学在环境健康方面的研究优势包括：1）人类环境健康与疾病，在心肺健康与疾病、发育与儿童健康、神经健康与疾病、癌症与环境、全球健康等方面具有特定优势; 2）接触科学，重点是内分泌干扰物、药物、碳氢化合物和阻燃剂，纳米材料和无机污染物，包括微量金属和类金属，以及3）环境毒理学，侧重于阐明毒素和其他环境对人类健康影响的分子作用机制。 由杜克医学中心，环境的尼古拉斯学院，工程普拉特学院和艺术与科学Trinity学院支持的优秀的研究环境提供了实验室和共享设施的核心教育环境，为学生的研究提供了前沿方法的培训。 UPEH的核心杜克教师担任博士前学生的主要顾问。该计划进一步丰富了来自研究三角园区的机构，如NIEHS，美国环保署和Hamner健康研究所以及其他三角大学（北卡罗来纳州中央大学，NC州立大学和北查佩尔山）的兼职教师。这些教师提供研讨会，讲座，担任学生委员会，并提供技术专长，研究设施和职业指导。UPEH的成功将取决于研究人员吸引优秀学生进入该计划的能力。 与UPEH的前身（综合毒理学和环境健康计划）的招聘和招生工作一直为他们提供优秀的学员，他们渴望从事环境健康和相关子学科的职业。这一征聘工作包括采取各种积极战略，征聘代表性不足的少数群体。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The Duke University Program in Environmental Health (UPEH) is a proposed predoctoral training program which will prepare students for research careers in environmental health. The UPEH is an interdepartmental, multidisciplinary program in which Ph.D. degrees are awarded jointly by the Department and the Program. Training includes 1) classroom instruction in core areas (Essentials of Pharmacology, Environmental Toxicology or Mammalian Toxicology, Environmental Health), and quantitative approaches appropriate for student research including Statistics, Focused Topics in Toxicology and Environmental Health; 2) Seminars and symposia that include literature analysis and presentation of primary research; 3) Introductory and ongoing instruction in Responsible Conduct of Research; 4) Laboratory research. Research strengths in environmental health at Duke University include: 1) Human environmental health and disease with specific strengths in cardiopulmonary health and disease, development and children's health, neurological health and disease, cancer and the environment, and global health; 2) Exposure science with a focus on endocrine disrupters, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons and flame retardants, nanomaterial's and inorganic pollutants including trace metals and metalloids, and 3) Environmental toxicology, focused on elucidating molecular mechanisms of action for toxins and other environmental influences on human health. The outstanding research environment supported by Duke's Medical Center, the Nicholas School of the Environment, Pratt School of Engineering, and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences provides the core educational environment with laboratories and shared facilities supplying training in leading-edge approaches to the students' research. Core Duke faculty members in the UPEH serve as primary advisors for pre-doctoral students. The Program is further enriched by adjunct faculty from the Research Triangle Park-based institutions such as NIEHS, US EPA, and Hamner Institute for Health Research, and other triangle universities (North Carolina Central University, NC State University, and UNC Chapel Hill). These faculty members provide seminars, lectures, serve on student committees, and provide technical expertise, research facilities and career guidance. The success of the UPEH will depend on the investigators ability to attract excellent students into the Program. The recruiting and admissions efforts with the UPEH's predecessor (Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program) have consistently provided them with outstanding trainees who are eager to embark upon careers in environmental health and related sub-disciplines. This recruiting effort includes a variety of active strategies to recruit underrepresented minorities.