Duke University Program in Environmental Health

杜克大学环境健康项目

• 批准号: 8475204
• 负责人: Richard Di Giulio
• 金额: $ 13.4万
• 依托单位: DUKE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8475204
• 关键词: Environmental Health; Universities; programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The Duke University Program in Environmental Health (UPEH) is a proposed predoctoral training program which will prepare students for research careers in environmental health. The UPEH is an interdepartmental, multidisciplinary program in which Ph.D. degrees are awarded jointly by the Department and the Program. Training includes 1) classroom instruction in core areas (Essentials of Pharmacology, Environmental Toxicology or Mammalian Toxicology, Environmental Health), and quantitative approaches appropriate for student research including Statistics, Focused Topics in Toxicology and Environmental Health; 2) Seminars and symposia that include literature analysis and presentation of primary research; 3) Introductory and ongoing instruction in Responsible Conduct of Research; 4) Laboratory research. Research strengths in environmental health at Duke University include: 1) Human environmental health and disease with specific strengths in cardiopulmonary health and disease, development and children's health, neurological health and disease, cancer and the environment, and global health; 2) Exposure science with a focus on endocrine disrupters, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons and flame retardants, nanomaterial's and inorganic pollutants including trace metals and metalloids, and 3) Environmental toxicology, focused on elucidating molecular mechanisms of action for toxins and other environmental influences on human health. The outstanding research environment supported by Duke's Medical Center, the Nicholas School of the Environment, Pratt School of Engineering, and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences provides the core educational environment with laboratories and shared facilities supplying training in leading-edge approaches to the students' research. Core Duke faculty members in the UPEH serve as primary advisors for pre-doctoral students. The Program is further enriched by adjunct faculty from the Research Triangle Park-based institutions such as NIEHS, US EPA, and Hamner Institute for Health Research, and other triangle universities (North Carolina Central University, NC State University, and UNC Chapel Hill). These faculty members provide seminars, lectures, serve on student committees, and provide technical expertise, research facilities and career guidance. The success of the UPEH will depend on the investigators ability to attract excellent students into the Program. The recruiting and admissions efforts with the UPEH's predecessor (Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program) have consistently provided them with outstanding trainees who are eager to embark upon careers in environmental health and related sub-disciplines. This recruiting effort includes a variety of active strategies to recruit underrepresented minorities.

描述（由申请人提供） 杜克大学环境卫生计划（UPEH）是一项拟议的培训前培训计划，该计划将使学生为环境健康研究生涯做好准备。 UPEH是一个跨部门的多学科计划，其中博士学位。学位由该部门和计划共同授予。培训包括1）核心领域的课堂教学（药理学，环境毒理学或哺乳动物毒理学，环境健康的要素）以及适合学生研究的定量方法，包括统计数据，毒理学和环境健康的重点主题； 2）研讨会和研讨会，包括文献分析和主要研究的介绍； 3）负责任的研究的介绍和持续的指导； 4）实验室研究。 杜克大学环境健康的研究优势包括：1）人类环境健康和疾病，在心肺健康和疾病，发展与儿童健康，神经健康与疾病，癌症与环境以及全球健康方面具有特定的优势； 2）接触科学，重点关注内分泌剂，药物，碳氢化合物和阻燃剂，纳米材料和无机污染物，包括痕量金属和金属固醇，以及3）环境毒理学，侧重于阐明对毒素和其他环境对人类健康影响的分子机制的阐明分子机制。 杜克医学中心，尼古拉斯环境学院，普拉特工程学院和三一学院艺术与科学学院支持的杰出研究环境为核心教育环境提供了实验室和共享设施，以提供对学生研究的领先方法的培训。 UPEH的核心杜克大学教师是博士前学生的主要顾问。该计划的进一步由基于研究三角公园的研究机构（例如NIEHS，US EPA和Hamner Health Research研究所）以及其他三角大学（北卡罗来纳州中央大学，北卡罗来纳州立大学和UNC Chapel Hill）进一步丰富。这些教职员工提供研讨会，讲座，在学生委员会任职，并提供技术专业知识，研究设施和职业指导。 UPEH的成功将取决于调查人员吸引优秀学生加入该计划的能力。 UPEH的前任（综合毒理学和环境健康计划）的招聘和招生工作一直为他们提供了渴望从事环境健康和相关子学科的职业的杰出学员。这项招聘工作包括各种积极的策略来招募代表性不足的少数民族。