21st Century Environmental Health Scholars: Increasing Diversity in Environmental Health Sciences Through Mentored Research Experiences (21EH Scholars)

21 世纪环境健康学者：通过指导研究经验增加环境健康科学的多样性（21EH 学者）

• 批准号: 10163847
• 负责人: Antonio Thomas Baines
• 金额: $ 10.33万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-13 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10163847
• 关键词: Address; African American; Alaska Native; American Indians; Area; Behavioral Sciences; Biological; Clinical Sciences; Communication; Communities; Development; Disabled Persons; Discipline; Droughts; Education; Educational Curriculum; Employment; Engineering; Environment; Environmental Health; Environmental Medicine; Ethnic group; Evidence based practice; Faculty; Fostering; Goals; Health; Health Personnel; Health Professional; Hispanics; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Hour; Human; Individual; Institutes; Knowledge; Mentors; Mentorship; Monitor; NCI Scholars Program; Natural Disasters; North Carolina; Participant; Pathway interactions; Planets; Population; Problem Solving; Race; Research; Research Personnel; STEM career; STEM field; Science; Scientist; Sex Bias; Students; System; Time; Toxicology; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Woman; Work; career; cohort; community college; community engagement; cultural competence; educational atmosphere; environmental stressor; environmental toxicology; experience; graduate student; health science research; implicit bias; medical schools; member; next generation; peer; posters; programs; racial bias; recruit; skill acquisition; skills; social; success; summer research; symposium; transfer student; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student; university student

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The need for a diverse environmental health workforce has growing urgency as the population of the planet nears eight billion people and the environmental health impacts of natural disasters and drought become evident on every continent. In addition to understanding how environmental stressors impact human health, scientists of the next generation will need to work across disciplines to develop viable solutions to environmental and social challenges. Yet the disciplines that underpin environmental health sciences—biomedical, clinical and behavioral sciences—lack the diversity that bolsters effective problem solving (Ferrini-Mundy, 2013). More broadly, women, persons with disabilities, and three racial and ethnic groups—people of African American, Hispanic, and/or American Indian and Alaska Native descent—remain underrepresented in science and engineering education programs and employment (NAS, 2011; NSF, 2019). Pursuit of STEM careers requires additional support for all students, especially underrepresented minority and women students who contend with systemic racial and gender bias. For these students, the likelihood of persisting in STEM majors is influenced by opportunities to meaningfully participate in the academic community and develop supportive relationships with faculty and peers (Figueroa et al., 2015; PCAST, 2012; Tsui, 2007). Within this context, the Curriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine (CiTEM) in the UNC- Chapel Hill School of Medicine, together with the UNC Institute for the Environment (UNC-IE) and the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at NC Central University (NCCU), propose an environmental health-focused undergraduate research program to expand and diversify the pool of students entering the environmental health workforce. The 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars program will provide mentored research experiences and professional development for students from diverse backgrounds, with a goal of preparing these students for further studies or research careers in environmental health sciences. We will accomplish this goal through the following aims. Aim 1. Facilitate summer undergraduate research opportunities in environmental health sciences. Aim 2. Facilitate academic-year undergraduate research experiences and broaden professional development to include environmental health sciences careers, science communication, and community engagement. Aim 3. Implement robust mentorship training that incorporates evidence-based practices in mentoring diverse students and cohort building opportunities. Over five years, this program will prepare 25 diverse undergraduates for careers in environmental health sciences, introducing them to cutting-edge research topics and facilitating essential skills development. At the same time, participating mentors will enhance their ability to create and sustain inclusive learning environments. Together, these activities will encourage the participation of individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue environmental health sciences research and careers.

项目概要/摘要 随着人口的增长，对多元化环境卫生劳动力的需求日益紧迫 地球人口接近 80 亿，自然灾害对环境健康的影响 除了了解环境如何外，干旱在各大洲也变得越来越明显。 压力源影响人类健康，下一代科学家需要跨界努力 制定应对环境和社会挑战的可行解决方案的学科。 缺乏支持环境健康科学的生物医学、临床和行为科学 支持有效解决问题的多样性（Ferrini-Mundy，2013）。 残疾人以及三​​个种族和族裔群体——非裔美国人、 西班牙裔和/或美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民血统——在人口中的代表性仍然不足 科学与工程教育计划和就业（NAS，2011；NSF，2019）。 的 STEM 职业需要为所有学生提供额外支持，尤其是代表性不足的少数族裔 以及与系统性种族和性别偏见作斗争的女学生。 坚持选择 STEM 专业的可能性受到有意义参与机会的影响 在学术界，并与教师和同行建立支持关系（菲格罗亚 等，2015；PCAST​​，2012；Tsui，2007）。 在此背景下，北卡罗来纳大学的毒理学和环境医学课程（CiTEM） 教堂山医学院与北卡罗来纳大学环境研究所 (UNC-IE) 和 北卡罗来纳中央大学（NCCU）生物与生物医学科学系，建议 以环境健康为重点的本科研究项目，旨在扩大研究范围并使其多样化 进入环境卫生劳动力队伍的学生群体。 健康学者计划将提供指导性研究经验和专业 为来自不同背景的学生提供发展，目标是让这些学生为 我们将在环境健康科学方面进一步学习或研究职业。 通过以下目标。 目标 1. 促进暑期本科生在环境健康方面的研究机会 科学。 目标 2. 促进学年本科生研究经验并拓宽 专业发展包括环境健康科学职业、科学 沟通和社区参与。 目标 3. 实施强有力的指导培训，将循证实践纳入 指导不同的学生和群体建设机会。 该项目将在五年内为 25 名不同的本科生在环境领域的职业生涯做好准备 健康科学，向他们介绍前沿研究课题并促进基本技能 同时，参与导师的创造能力和能力也会得到提升。 这些活动将共同维持包容性的学习环境。 来自不同背景的个人从事环境健康科学研究和 职业生涯。