EMPOWER: Engaging Multi-Disciplinary Professional Opportunities for Women in Environmental Research

赋权：为女性参与环境研究提供多学科专业机会

• 批准号: 10306338
• 负责人: Adrienne Lester King
• 金额: $ 10.56万
• 依托单位: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-12-01 至 2023-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10306338
• 关键词: Address; Air; Air Pollution; Area; Bacteria; Biological; Biological Assay; Biology; Career Choice; Cell Culture Techniques; College Preparation; Communities; Competence; Critical Thinking; Deposition; Development; Dose; E-learning; Ecology; Ecosystem; Education; Educational Activities; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Health; Environmental Pollutants; Environmental Pollution; Environmental Science; Ethics; Exercise; Exposure to; Failure; Federal Aid; Fostering; Funding; Future; Future Teacher; Goals; Hazard Assessment; Hazard Identification; Health; Health Professional; Heavy Metals; High School Faculty; High School Student; Human; Instruction; Laboratories; Learning; Learning Module; Life; Mathematics; Measurement; Mentorship; Microbiology; Modeling; Monitor; Neighborhoods; Participant; Particulate Matter; Performance; Plague; Preparation; Problem Solving; Procedures; Process; Process Assessment; Public Health; Public Health Schools; Relationship-Building; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Training; Resources; Risk; Risk Assessment; Route; Safety; Sampling; Sanitation; Schools; Science; Scientific Inquiry; Seasons; Source; Students; Surveys; System; Techniques; Technology; Testing; Toxic effect; Toxicology; Training; Training Activity; Underrepresented Populations; Universities; Water; Woman; Work; air sampling; ambient particle; analytical tool; built environment; career; college; contaminated water; curriculum enhancement; detection assay; detection method; disadvantaged background; eleventh grade; environmental disparity; experience; faculty mentor; hazard; high school; innovation; insight; interest; laboratory experience; multidisciplinary; programs; response; screening; skills; student mentoring; summer program; summer research; teacher; teacher mentor; toxicant; undergraduate student; water quality; women of color

Project Summary The overarching goal of this program is to enhance the diversity of the environmental health research workforce by building relationships with underserved schools in the Metro Atlanta area that have historically performed poorly in the areas of science, technology, and math. These schools possess an untapped workforce capable of addressing today’s societal issues involving environmental health with the proper training and mentorship. By fostering a better understanding of environmental pollutants in a manner that addresses the challenges the communities in which these students and teachers live in, we hope to cultivate life-long learners prepared to address current and developing environmental health and safety issues. Through this transformative 8-week high school research program, we will develop well-prepared, ethical researchers committed to scientific inquiry, intensive fieldwork, and collaborative problem- solving to address environmental health challenges. Following the 4-step risk assessment process, students, teachers, and faculty mentors will work collaboratively to identify toxicants, potential hazards and risks, and environmental disparities in urban neighborhoods. Providing motivated, upper-level high school students with an 8-week intensive, research experience can be a transformative experience that could initiate a career path in environmental and public health. Within our program, students will be considered Environmental Health Scholars who engage in air and water research, test experimental hypotheses, and define potential health risks for select Atlanta communities. The comprehensive approach our program provides will develop interest in college-level study in environmental health and formulate critical thinking skills for use in academic or non-academic careers. Participating high school teachers or Teaching Fellows will be provided additional educational training in environmental health issues at Georgia State School of Public Health Center of Teaching Excellence and Learning and participate in summer research training along with the environmental health scholars.

项目摘要 该计划的总体目标是增强环境健康的多样性 通过与亚特兰大大都会地区服务不足的学校建立关系的研究员工 历史上在科学，技术和数学领域表现较差。 学校拥有一个未开发的劳动力，能够解决当今所涉及的社会问题 环境健康，具有适当的培训和心态。通过促进更好的理解 环境污染物以一种应对社区的挑战的方式 这些学生和老师居住，我们希望培养准备解决的终身学习者 当前和发展环境健康与安全问题。 通过这个为期8周的高中研究计划，我们将制定充分的准备， 道德研究人员致力于科学探究，密集的野外工作和协作问题 - 解决环境健康挑战。遵循四步风险评估 流程，学生，老师和教师导师将共同努力以识别有毒者， 潜在的危害和风险以及城市社区的环境差异。提供 具有8周密集的研究经验的有动力的高级高中学生可以 成为一种变革性的体验，可以启动环境和公共卫生的职业道路。 在我们的计划中，学生将被视为环境健康学者 空气和水研究，测试实验假设，并定义了选择的潜在健康风险 亚特兰大社区。我们的计划提供的全面方法将引起人们的兴趣 大学级研究环境健康研究和制定批判性思维技能的使用 学术或非学术职业。参加高中老师或教学研究员将 在佐治亚州立学校提供其他有关环境健康问题的教育培训 公共卫生卓越教学中心，学习和参加夏季研究 与环境健康学者一起培训。