Summer Research Experience in Environmental Health (SREEH)

摘要 环境健康挑战需要一支训练有素的劳动力，拥有技能和分析能力 敏锐地面对新出现的威胁。因此，我们培训下一代环境保护人员是至关重要的 健康科学家。为了满足这一需求，本科生应该意识到 以及在涉及环境健康研究或政策的职业生涯中等待他们的职业机会 发展。我们建议建立R25夏季环境健康研究经验 (SREEH)计划将向康涅狄格州(CT)的不同本科生群体介绍 涉及五个创新主题的研究：气候和能源对健康的影响， 人类疾病，绿色化学解决方案，理解和克服健康差距，以及新的 评估环境暴露和影响的早期标记的方法。让学生接触到这些 令人兴奋和具有挑战性的领域将使他们有机会超越典型的本科生 动态暑期体验中的课程，将向他们展示他们如何成为批判性研究的一部分 环境健康科学(EHS)。这一经历将激励他们继续接受高等教育，并 激励他们并为他们在EHS的职业生涯做好准备。该计划将利用大学教师的独特专业知识 耶鲁大学，并提供为期10周的有指导的、动手的入门研究体验，其中有5个 主要目标：1)在假设指导的研究中提供引人入胜和密集的学习体验 在EHS；2)提供侧重于EHS研究中新出现的主题和工具的课堂教学；3) 提高科学沟通能力；4)培养和支持继续高等教育和 在EHS的职业生涯；以及5)在 科学界鼓励更多的学生从事EHS职业。该程序将利用 耶鲁大学公共卫生学院独特的资源、基础设施和专业知识， 林业与环境研究、医学、工程与应用科学。学生也将受益 来自与州政府官员的会议，他们将带来实际的风险评估和政策观点 为夏日体验干杯。将从CT大学招收学生，重点是吸引学生 来自不被充分代表的背景。该计划将包括每周与指定教职员工的会议。 导师接受一对一培训、每周研讨会、关于广泛技能建设和 职业发展主题、实地考察和日常研究活动。该计划的最终结果将是学生 口头介绍他们的研究成果。项目毕业生将被耶鲁大学SREEH校友录取 为研究生申请和职业发展提供便利的网络。方案成果的实现 将由独立的教育评估员持续监测，以确保该计划符合其 目标，保持高水平的卓越，并在随后的几年中继续改进。

Abstract Environmental health challenges require a well-trained workforce that possesses the skills and analytical acumen to confront emerging threats. As such, it is crucial that we train the next generation of environmental health scientists. To fulfill this need, undergraduate students should be made aware of the rewarding personal and professional opportunities that await them in a career involving environmental health research or policy development. We propose to establish an R25 Summer Research Experience in Environmental Health (SREEH) program that will introduce a diverse group of undergraduate students in Connecticut (CT) to research involving five innovative topics: climate and energy impacts on health, the developmental origins of human disease, green chemistry solutions, understanding and overcoming health disparities, and novel approaches to assessing environmental exposures and early markers of effect. Exposing students to these exciting and challenging areas will give them the opportunity to go beyond the typical undergraduate curriculum in a dynamic summer experience that will show them how they can be a part of critical research in the environmental health sciences (EHS). This experience will motivate them to pursue higher education, and inspire and prepare them for careers in EHS. The program will leverage the unique expertise of the faculty of Yale University, and provide a 10-week mentored, hands-on introductory research experience that has five main objectives: 1) to provide an engaging and intensive learning experience in hypothesis-directed research in EHS; 2) to provide classroom instruction focused on emerging topics and tools in EHS research; 3) to enhance scientific communication skills; 4) to nurture and provide support for pursuing higher education and careers in the EHS; and 5) to disseminate student accomplishments and assessment metrics within the scientific community to encourage more students to pursue a career in EHS. The program will draw upon the unique resources, infrastructure, and expertise of faculty members from the Yale Schools of Public Health, Forestry & Environmental Studies, Medicine, and Engineering & Applied Science. Students will also benefit from meetings with state government officials who will bring practical risk assessment and policy perspectives to the summer experience. Students will be recruited from CT universities, with a focus on attracting students from under-represented backgrounds. The program will involve weekly meetings with an assigned faculty mentor to receive one-on-one training, weekly seminars, workshops on a broad range of skill-building and career development topics, field visits, and daily research activities. The program will culminate with student oral presentations of their research efforts. Program graduates will be enrolled in the Yale SREEH alumni network to facilitate graduate school applications and career development. Achievement of program outcomes will be monitored continuously by an independent educational evaluator to ensure that the program meets its objectives, maintains a high level of excellence and continues to improve in subsequent years.