Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core (IHSFC)

综合健康科学设施核心（IHSFC）支持环境保护中心的主题 健康与易感性（CEHS）：将环境易感性的跨学科研究转化为 改善北卡罗来纳州的公共卫生，其四个目标强调：IHSFC提供科学的 为新的和现有的临床和转化人类受试者提供咨询和项目管理支持， 环境癌症、心脏病和发育性疾病的研究（目标1）。IHSFC 支持最先进的生物标本采集、处理、分析和储存（目标2）。IHFSC 通过建立环境卫生网络，促进现有的人类合作研究 为环境健康科学家和初级研究人员提供研究资源， 支持新的人类研究开发（目标3）。IHSFC以综合能力与 分子分析和统计支持设施核心（MASS）和社区参与核心（CEC）， 支持现有的研究，新的试点项目，社区参与和赠款申请（目标4）。的 IHSFC通过两个子核心实现这些目标：生物样本处理实验室（BSP）， 支持生物样本的处理和储存，开发新的协议并优化质量保证;以及 人口参与研究合作单位（PERC），提供全面的人类研究支持服务 从IRB申请和方案制定到通过NC Central Cancer快速确定病例 登记和基于医院的招募。IHSFC通过以下方式为CCEHS的总体使命做出贡献： 为中心成员提供综合和具有成本效益的翻译研究支持。

The Integrated Health Sciences Facility Core (IHSFC) supports the theme of the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS): translating interdisciplinary research on environmental susceptibility to improve public health in North Carolina as highlighted by its four aims: The IHSFC provides scientific consultation and project management support for new and existing clinical and translational human subjects’ studies in Environmental Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Disease, and Developmental Disease (Aim 1). The IHSFC supports state of the art collection, processing, analysis, and storage of biospecimens (Aim 2). The IHFSC facilitates access to existing collaborative human studies by establishing a network of environmental health research study resources for established environmental health scientists and junior investigators and also supports new human study development (Aim 3). The IHSFC functions in an integrative capacity with the Molecular Analysis and Statistical Support Facility Core (MASS) and Community Engagement Core (CEC) to support existing research, novel pilot projects, community engagement, and grant applications (Aim 4). The IHSFC achieves these aims through two subcores: the UNC Biospecimen Processing Laboratory (BSP), which supports biospecimen handling and storage, develops new protocols and optimizes quality assurance; and the Population Engagement Research Collaboration unit (PERC), which provides full service human studies support from IRB applications and protocol development to rapid case ascertainment through the NC Central Cancer Registry and hospital-based recruitment. The IHSFC contributes to the overall mission of the UNC CEHS by providing consolidated and cost-effective translational research support for Center members.