Research Opportunities for Undergraduates: Training in Environmental Health Sciences (ROUTES)

本科生研究机会：环境健康科学培训（ROUTES）

• 批准号: 10359841
• 负责人: Thomas Clair Sheahan
• 金额: $ 10.71万
• 依托单位: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-02 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10359841
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Area; Award; Basic Science; Career Choice; Communities; Complex; Cost Sharing; Data Science; Development; Discipline; Ecosystem; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Employment; Engineering; Ensure; Environmental Health; Environmental Policy; Environmental Science; Faculty; Financial Support; Funding; Goals; Government; Grant; Health Sciences; Industry; Institutes; Learning; Life; Mentors; Methods; Modeling; Nature; Nonprofit Organizations; Participant; Pathway interactions; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Process; Program Evaluation; Program Sustainability; Puerto Rico; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Support; Science; Scientist; Services; Social Sciences; Structure; Students; Superfund; Time; Training; Training Activity; Training Programs; Translational Research; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Wages; Work; base; career; community engagement; design; environmental justice; experience; faculty mentor; faculty research; hands on research; interest; lectures; meetings; member; minority communities; minority undergraduate; multidisciplinary; outreach; programs; recruit; skills; student participation; success; symposium; synthetic biology; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

SUMMARY. Objective: The objective of “Research Opportunities for Undergraduates: Training in Environmental Health Sciences (ROUTES)” renewal is to continue to inspire and develop scientists, engineers and other related researchers from underrepresented backgrounds to be engaged in the increasingly complex field of environmental health (EH) research. ROUTES will achieve this by providing underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduate students with basic and translational research experiences in diverse topics in EH fields. Our focus on EH is driven by the importance and relevance of this topic to disproportionately affected URM communities, the lack of representation of URMs in EH fields, and the complex, collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of EH research. Approach: We will establish a multidisciplinary, undergraduate, program centered around basic and translational research in EH disciplines that draws from and leverages Northeastern’s (NEU) strong cooperative education curriculum and support structure. We will provide meaningful research experiences through established partnerships in industry, government and non-profit sectors, as well as through on-campus, funded research in EH-related programs in health sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, and environmental justice and policy fields. Our program provides mentoring and research expertise in EH fields by building on an existing, highly successful ROUTES program model that has included (1) engagement and recruitment opportunities through URM undergraduate outreach at NEU, (2) full-time co-op research experiences for six months for URM students, (3) targeted mentoring and support services to assist URM student participants in pursing graduate studies and research careers, and (4) professional development for URM students through engagement with larger research communities. In the proposed renewal, by expanding ROUTES co-op experiences from the current full-time research experiences in NEU research labs to include translational research opportunities in industry, government and non-profit organizations, we will diversify the number and types of experiences available to students, and increase the number of students impacted by the ROUTES program through leveraging of funds. ROUTES will build upon a network of existing NEU programs that recruit and support URM students in STEM and other fields, including existing P42 (center) and T32 (training) programs at NEU, for more robust pathway connections for students. The program evaluation plan includes well-designed assessment and review that will provide continuous improvement to maximize efficacy. Expected Results: ROUTES will enlarge the pool of undergraduate URM students that are interested in exploring EH research careers and create opportunities for up to 50 students over five years to participate in paid hands-on research experiences, mentoring, and complementary activities. Through these methods, ROUTES will continue to encourage URMs to pursue research careers in EH, thus addressing a critical national need.

概括。目的：“本科生研究机会的目的：培训 环境健康科学（路线）”更新将继续激发和发展科学家，工程师 以及来自代表性不足背景的其他相关研究人员参与日益复杂的 环境健康领域（EH）研究。路线将通过提供代表性不足的少数民族来实现这一目标 （URM）在EH领域的潜水员主题中具有基本和翻译的研究经验的本科生。 我们对EH的重点是该主题对不成比例影响URM的重要性和相关性的驱动 社区，在EH领域缺乏URM的代表以及复杂，协作和 EH研究的跨学科性质。方法：我们将建立一个多学科的本科生 计划围绕EH学科的基本和翻译研究，并从杠杆和杠杆作用 东北（NEU）强大的合作教育课程和支持结构。我们将提供 有意义的研究经验通过工业，政府和非营利组织建立的伙伴关系 部门以及通过校园内资助了与EH有关的健康科学计划的研究， 工程，环境科学以及环境正义与政策领域。我们的计划提供 通过建立现有的，非常成功的路线计划，在EH领域的指导和研究专业知识 包括（1）通过URM大学外展活动包括（1）参与和招聘机会的模型 在NEU，（2）URM学生六个月的全日制合作研究经验，（3）针对性的心理和 支持服务以帮助URM学生参与者购买研究生学习和研究职业，以及 （4）通过与较大的研究社区的参与，为URM学生提供专业发展。在 拟议的续约，通过从当前的全日制研究经验中扩展合作经验 在NEU研究实验室中，包括行业，政府和非营利组织的转化研究机会 组织，我们将使学生可用的经验数量和类型多样化，并增加 通过利用资金影响的路线计划影响的学生人数。路线将建立在 现有的NEU计划网络，这些计划招募和支持STEM和其他领域的URM学生，包括 NEU的现有P42（中心）和T32（培训）计划，为学生提供更强的途径连接。 计划评估计划包括精心设计的评估和审核，这些评估将提供连续 改进以最大化效率。预期结果：路线将增加本科URM的池 有兴趣探索EH研究职业并为多达50名学生创造机会的学生 在五年的时间里，可以参加付费的动手研究经验，心理和互补活动。 通过这些方法，路线将继续鼓励URM在EH中从事研究职业，因此 解决关键的国家需求。