Summer Research in Environmental Health Sciences

项目总结 加州大学环境健康科学(SURS)夏季本科生研究项目 肯塔基州旨在向学生介绍高度跨学科和协作的本质 专注于解决关键的全球健康问题的环境健康科学(EHS)研究。一个 另一个重点是为贫困和代表性不足的学生在相关领域取得成功做好准备 菲尔兹。这是一份竞争性续订申请，寻求支持以继续我们为期10周的暑期计划，并 支持10名学生的奖学金。Sures计划充分利用了 肯塔基大学推动以稳健的环境提升本科生的研究体验 相关教师导师的健康科学研究计划。具体目标是：1)提高学生 了解并对EHS感兴趣；2)提高学生的科学和职业技能。为此，学生们 将从肯塔基州联邦招募，重点是来自阿巴拉契亚地区的人 以及来自各种本科生机构的代表，以便创建代表 不同的人群。Sures项目将从为期一周的课程开始，向学生介绍 研究、实验室安全和科学道德。然后，学生将通过以下方式体验实践研究 在他们选择的导师的实验室里进行实验。职业发展和自我意识 将通过学生每周与EHS研究人员共进午餐来建立属于EHS社区的 和专业人士，网络机会和研究设施之旅。此外，学生们将被配对 与一位近乎同行的导师一起，并参与每周的活动，其中包括一个“公民科学”铅收集小组 练习、戏剧即兴工作坊、关于指导的社区建设圈、“画他们的项目”以及 观看一部关于气候变化的讨论电影。每个参与者都将创建一个与EHS相关的播客。这个 Sures计划将在全校范围内的海报会议上达到高潮，教职员工、学生和 学生家庭成员。该计划的成功取决于先前参与者在职业生涯中的参与度 大学研究(13%)、工业(16%)、政府/非营利组织(11%)和正在攻读研究生(16%) /职业教育(37%)。传播本方案中使用的方法及其结果将 在研究生基础上拓展传统环境健康科学研究训练 并将博士后水平提升到国家本科生水平。

PROJECT SUMMARY The Summer Undergraduate Research in Environmental Health Sciences (SURES) program at the University of Kentucky is designed to introduce students to the highly interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of environmental health science (EHS) research that is focused on solving key global health problems. An additional focus is to prepare underprivileged and under-represented students for successful careers in relevant fields. This is a competitive renewal application seeks support to continue our 10-week summer program and support fellowships for 10 students. The SURES program leverages the substantial and ongoing efforts at the University of Kentucky driven to enhance the undergraduate research experience with the robust environmental health science research programs of involved faculty mentors. The specific aims are to 1) enhance student understanding and interest in EHS and 2) improve student scientific and career skills. Towards this end, students will be recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky with an emphasis on those from the Appalachian region as well as from a variety of undergraduate institutions in order to create a cohort of participants representing diverse populations. The SURES program will commence with a week-long session that introduces students to research, laboratory safety and scientific ethics. The students will then experience hands-on research by performing experiments in the laboratories of their chosen mentors. Professional development and a sense of belonging to the EHS community will be built via student participation in weekly lunches with EHS researchers and professionals, net-working opportunities and tours of research facilities. In addition, students will be paired with a near-peer mentor and engage in weekly activities that include a “citizen science” lead collection group exercise, a theatre improvisation workshop, community-building circle on mentoring, “painting their projects” and viewing a discussing a film on climate change. Each participant will create an EHS-relevant podcast. The SURES program will culminate in a campus-wide poster session attended by the faculty, staff, students and student family members. Success of the program is indicated by the engagement of prior participants in careers in university research (13%), industry (16%), government/nonprofits (11%) and pursuing graduate (16%) /professional (37%) education. Dissemination of the approaches used in this program and their outcomes will build upon the expansion of the traditional environmental health sciences research training from the graduate and post-doctoral level to the undergraduates at a national level.