Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings

社区环境流行病学

• 批准号: 9278604
• 负责人: Michael D McClean
• 金额: $ 46.61万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9278604
• 关键词: Environmental Epidemiology; community setting

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT We are applying to continue a successful interdisciplinary pre-doctoral training program focused on Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings (EECS program) within the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). The EECS program consists of a specific training regimen that is located within a mature doctoral program and designed to prepare pre-doctoral students to use the most sophisticated methods available to advance the state of knowledge and develop new methods in community-oriented environmental epidemiology. Our program has an intellectual commitment to interdisciplinary work, built on a robust collaborative research program within BUSPH and with outside research partners and designed to provide research training that is interdisciplinary in spirit, substance and outcome. We will recruit four pre-doctoral trainees each year for a steady state census of ten trainees and build on a demonstrated record of recruiting trainees from underrepresented groups. EECS trainees typically receive support from the training grant during the first two to three years (average of 2.5 years) and then transition to external research grants awarded either to the trainee (e.g. NIH F-series awards, EPA STAR fellowships) or to faculty mentors (e.g. NIH R01 awards, BU Superfund Research Program). An advisor is assigned upon entering the program to assist with selecting courses, identifying research rotations, and developing dissertation plans. We offer a core curriculum that provides multidisciplinary training in environmental health, epidemiology, toxicology, biostatistics, and physiology. Clusters of advanced specialty courses are tailored to particular areas of ongoing research such as epidemiologic methods, social epidemiology, and exposure assessment. Trainees engage in three research rotations on active projects during their first year (fall, spring, summer), which facilitates integration into the program and refinement of research interests. Additionally, the program provides regular opportunities for oral presentation, teaching, and proposal writing. Trainees are required to prepare a dissertation proposal by the end of their fifth semester before scheduling their written and oral qualifying exams. Upon passing their exams, trainees establish a dissertation committee and engage in full-time research activities. Key enrichment activities of the training program include a weekly departmental research seminar, a biweekly proseminar, an annual research retreat, and explicit instruction in the responsible conduct of research. The Training Program Steering Committee (TPSC) reviews the progress of each trainee with respect to program milestones via course grades and progress reports submitted by the trainee and faculty mentor. The progress of the EECS program is evaluated via feedback from trainees at the end of each semester, critical examination of successes and failures by the TPSC, reviews conducted by the External Advisory Committee, and monitoring of graduates to track career paths and productivity.

项目摘要 /摘要 我们正在申请继续一项成功的跨学科培训计划 环境部的社区环境（EECS计划）环境流行病学 波士顿大学公共卫生学院（BUSPH）的健康。 EEC计划由特定 位于成熟博士课程中的培训方案，旨在准备博士前的博士学位 学生使用最复杂的方法来推进知识状态并发展新的 面向社区的环境流行病学方法。我们的计划具有智力的承诺 跨学科工作，建立在Busph内部和外部的强大协作研究计划上 研究合作伙伴，旨在提供精神，物质和物质跨学科的研究培训 结果。我们每年将招募四名博士前学员，以进行十名学员的稳态人口普查并建造 在证明是从代表性不足的群体中招募学员的记录。 EECS学员通常会收到 在前两到三年（平均2。5年）的培训补助金的支持，然后过渡到 授予学员的外部研究补助金（例如NIH F系列奖，EPA星级奖学金）或 教师导师（例如NIH R01奖，BU超级基金研究计划）。分配顾问 输入该计划，以协助选择课程，识别研究轮换和开发 论文计划。我们提供了一个核心课程，可为环境健康提供多学科培训， 流行病学，毒理学，生物统计学和生理学。一组高级专业课程量身定制 正在进行的研究的特定领域，例如流行病学方法，社会流行病学和接触 评估。学员在第一年（秋季，春季， 夏季），这有助于整合到该计划和研究兴趣。另外， 计划为口头介绍，教学和建议写作提供定期机会。学员是 要求在安排书面和 口头合格考试。通过考试后，学员建立了一个论文委员会并参与 全日制研究活动。培训计划的主要丰富活动包括每周部门 研究研讨会，每两周一次的事务所，年度研究务虚会，以及负责任的明确指导 进行研究。培训计划指导委员会（TPSC）回顾了每个学员的进度 关于课程成绩和进度报告的计划里程碑，由实习生提交和 教师导师。 EEC计划的进度是通过受训者的反馈评估的 学期，对TPSC对成功和失败的批判性检查，外部进行的评论 咨询委员会，并监视毕业生以跟踪职业道路和生产力。