Climate Change and Lung Health Training Program

气候变化与肺部健康培训计划

• 批准号: 10556149
• 负责人: DAVID A STOLTZ
• 金额: $ 28.85万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10556149
• 关键词: Training Programs; climate change; lung health

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most important global problems of our time. The consequences for human health are already being felt, and pulmonary morbidity and mortality are increasingly impacted by wildfires, urban and rural air pollution, altered aero-allergen exposures, the repercussions of severe storms and flooding, the changing patterns and severity of pulmonary infections, and other factors. The harms disproportionately affect children, older people, the socioeconomically disadvantaged, and people with underlying lung disease. Although we have known this for some time, efforts to understand the diverse pulmonary responses and injuries from climate change and to alter their course have been woefully inadequate. There are multiple explanations for why we have not made more progress, but one contributor is that we have not been training the next generation to tackle the lung health consequences of climate change. Thus, our goal is to train students and postdoctoral fellows for cutting edge research in the pulmonary impact of climate change and strategies to mitigate the effects. We have outstanding leadership with complementary and synergistic skills; Dr. David Stoltz in the College of Medicine in basic and translational lung biology, and Dr. Peter Thorne in the College of Public Health in pulmonary toxicology and environmental epidemiology. We have creative and innovative mentors in four areas of emphasis: air pollution; allergens, airway biology, and environmental challenges; extreme weather, disasters, and global warming; and lung infections. In addition to accepting post-doctoral fellows, we take a forward-looking approach by accepting predoctoral graduate students and offering a summer program for medical students. We strive to recruit, train, and retain a racially, gender, geographically (including rural), and socioeconomically diverse group of trainees who are prepared to tackle the health consequences of climate change, especially because those are the groups most vulnerable. Our existing expertise, programs and interests position us exceedingly well for this direction, and our trainees will benefit from multidisciplinary research teams and programs including the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, Iowa Superfund Research Program, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research, and a Collaboratory on Illuminating the Nexus Between Climate Change and Public Health. Our program is focused on comprehensive training in research to understand and mitigate the impact of climate change on lung health via multiple modalities that include active mentored research, didactic courses, activities that enhance writing and presentation skills, community engagement, and endeavors that facilitate career development. We encourage collaboration, networking, and creative partnerships with multiple scientists, healthcare providers, and community members to advance solutions to the pulmonary harms of the accelerating climate crisis. The program also benefits from the perspective and advice of an External Advisory Committee composed of world leaders in the health risks of climate change and lung biology.

项目摘要/摘要 气候变化是我们时代最重要的全球问题之一。对人类健康的后果 已经感觉到了，肺部发病率和死亡率越来越受到野火，城市和 农村空气污染，空气过敏原的改变，严重风暴和洪水的影响， 改变肺部感染的模式和严重程度以及其他因素。危害不成比例的影响 儿童，老年人，社会经济上的处境不利，患有潜在肺部疾病的人。虽然 我们已经知道了一段时间，努力了解各种肺反应和伤害 气候变化和改变他们的课程的不足是不足的。有多种解释 为什么我们没有取得更大的进步，但一个贡献者是我们没有训练下一代 解决气候变化的肺部健康后果。因此，我们的目标是培训学生和 在气候变化和策略的肺部影响中，用于尖端研究的博士后研究员 减轻效果。我们在互补和协同技能方面具有出色的领导力；大卫博士 基础和转化肺生物学医学院的Stoltz和Peter Thorne博士 肺毒理学和环境流行病学的公共卫生。我们有创意和创新 重点四个领域的导师：空气污染；过敏原，气道生物学和环境挑战； 极端天气，灾难和全球变暖；和肺部感染。除了接受博士后 研究员，我们通过接受专业研究生并提供夏天来采取前瞻性方法 医学生计划。我们努力在地理上招募，训练和保留种族，性别，包括 乡村）和社会经济多样化的学员群体，他们准备应对健康后果 气候变化，尤其是因为这些群体最脆弱。我们现有的专业知识，计划和 利益在这个方向方面非常好，我们的学员将受益于多学科 研究团队和计划，包括爱荷华州超级基金的环境健康科学研究中心 研究计划，新兴传染病中心，全球和区域环境中心 研究，以及有关阐明气候变化与公共卫生之间联系的合作。我们的 计划专注于研究的全面培训，以了解和减轻气候的影响 通过多种方式改变肺部健康，包括主动的指导研究，教学课程，活动 增强了写作和演讲技巧，社区参与以及促进职业的努力 发展。我们鼓励与多个科学家的合作，网络和创造性伙伴关系， 医疗保健提供者和社区成员，以推动解决加速的肺部危害的解决方案 气候危机。该计划还从外部咨询委员会的角度和建议中受益 由世界领导人组成的气候变化和肺部生物学的健康风险。