Research Experience and Training Coordination Core

RETCC摘要 哥伦比亚大学北部平原超级基金研究计划(CUNP-SRP)S的使命是推进 改善部落社区水质和减轻与金属有关的健康影响的科学技术 在北部平原和其他受地下水污染影响的农村和郊区社区， 包括超级基金遗址和废弃矿山附近的那些。国家方案-战略报告方案的研究项目和核心使用 系统科学、当地社区知识和交叉技术，为 跨学科研究和培训。利用这些CUNP-SRP机会、研究经验 培训协调核心(RETCC)将培训一群不同的未来领导者，他们可以横跨生物医学 和地球科学研究，以加快创新，吸收社区投入，并改善公共健康 通过以下目标。(1)提供严谨的学科、跨学科、参与性和 通过共享课程进行翻译研究，其中包括土著研究伦理、接触科学、 数据科学和团队合作。学员将使用数据管理和分析核心(DMAC)和 项目科学家使用当代统计方法分析高维数据如下 参与性研究道德的全面培训。(2)培养强调现实世界的动手技能 学员通过参与社区参与来应用实地和实验室研究 核心和研究翻译活动，包括与部落组织和社区合作的机会 以减轻水污染和相关的健康影响。(3)培养领导技能，为学员做好准备 成功和多样化的职业生涯，使他们能够拥有CUNP-SRP的几个方面，包括 研讨会演讲者选择，期刊俱乐部组织，指导来自北部平原的高中生， 以及发展他们自己的科学和创造性的倡议。(4)促进环境健康的多样性； 地球科学和工程学，通过招聘和支持不同专业的毕业生和研究生实习生 对RETCC的背景和看法，包括美洲原住民候选人。RETCC 领导和CUNP-SRP调查人员将参与部门招生委员会审查考生 以及招聘工作，包括与北方平原大学建立网络联系，以鼓励和支持 符合条件的学生可以申请参加我们的项目。RETCC旨在联合受训人员(通常为15名受训人员 给时间，包括研究生和博士后学者)来自哥伦比亚大学的邮递员 公共卫生学院和拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球天文台提供公共跨学科培训 健康、医学、地球科学和工程学。成功地实现拟议的目标将产生 精通所选学科和跨学科研究的校友，具有现实世界 洞察力、强大的实践技能、对社区的尊重和领导品质，这些将使 他们将开始他们的职业生涯，成为成功的环境健康和地球科学家和工程师。

RETCC Summary The Columbia University Northern Plains Superfund Research Program (CUNP-SRP)’s mission is to advance science and technology to improve water quality and mitigate metal-related health effects in tribal communities in the Northern Plains and other rural and suburban communities affected by groundwater contaminants, including those near Superfund sites and abandoned mines. The CUNP-SRP research Projects and Cores use systems science, local community knowledge, and cross-cutting technologies to provide an ideal framework for interdisciplinary research and training. Leveraging these CUNP-SRP opportunities, the Research Experience and Training Coordination Core (RETCC) will train a diverse group of future leaders who can traverse biomedical and earth sciences research to accelerate innovation, incorporate community input, and improve public health through the following aims. (1) Provide rigorous training in disciplinary, interdisciplinary, participatory, and translational research through a shared curriculum that includes Indigenous research ethics, exposure science, data science, and teamwork. Trainees will work with the Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) and Project scientists to analyze high-dimensional data using contemporary statistical approaches following comprehensive training in participatory research ethics. (2) Enable hands-on skills that underscore real-world applications of the trainees’ field and laboratory research through their participation in Community Engagement Core and research translation activities, including opportunities to work with tribal organizations and communities to mitigate water contaminants and related health effects. (3) Develop leadership skills to prepare trainees for successful and diverse careers, enabling them to take ownership of several CUNP-SRP aspects including seminar speaker selection, journal club organization, mentoring high school students from the Northern Plains, and development of their own scientific and creative initiatives. (4) Promote diversity in environmental health, earth sciences, and engineering by recruiting and supporting graduate and postgraduate trainees of diverse backgrounds and perspectives into the RETCC, including candidates who are Native Americans. RETCC Leaders and CUNP-SRP investigators will engage in departmental admission committees to review candidates as well as in recruitment efforts, including networking with Northern Plains colleges, to encourage and support eligible students to apply to our programs. The RETCC is designed to unite trainees (typically 15 trainees at any given time, including graduate students and postdoctoral scholars) from across Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to provide interdisciplinary training in public health, medicine, earth sciences, and engineering. Successful accomplishment of the proposed aims will yield alumni who are proficient in their chosen disciplines and in interdisciplinary research, with real-world perspectives, a strong set of practical skills, respect for communities, and leadership qualities that will enable them to launch their careers as successful environmental health and earth scientists and engineers.