21st Century Environmental Health Scholars: Increasing Diversity in Environmental Health Sciences Through Mentored Research Experiences (21EH Scholars)

21 世纪环境健康学者：通过指导研究经验增加环境健康科学的多样性（21EH 学者）

• 批准号: 10580805
• 负责人: Antonio Thomas Baines
• 金额: $ 10.33万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-13 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10580805
• 关键词: Address; African American population; Alaska Native; American Indians; Area; Behavioral Sciences; Biological; Clinical Sciences; Communication; Communities; Development; Disabled Persons; Discipline; Droughts; Education; Educational Curriculum; Employment; Engineering; Environment; Environmental Health; Environmental Medicine; Ethnic Population; Evidence based practice; Faculty; Fostering; Goals; Health; Health Personnel; Health Professional; Hispanic; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Hour; Human; Individual; Knowledge; Mentors; Mentorship; Monitor; Natural Disasters; North Carolina; Participant; Pathway interactions; Persons; Planets; Population; Postdoctoral Fellow; Problem Solving; Research; Research Personnel; STEM career; STEM field; Scholars Program; Science; Scientist; Sex Bias; Students; System; Time; Toxicology; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Woman; Work; career; cohort; community college; community engagement; cultural competence; educational atmosphere; environmental stressor; experience; graduate student; health science research; implicit bias; medical schools; member; next generation; peer; posters; programs; racial bias; racial population; recruit; skill acquisition; skills; social; student participation; success; summer research; symposium; transfer student; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student; university student

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The need for a diverse environmental health workforce has growing urgency as the population of the planet nears eight billion people and the environmental health impacts of natural disasters and drought become evident on every continent. In addition to understanding how environmental stressors impact human health, scientists of the next generation will need to work across disciplines to develop viable solutions to environmental and social challenges. Yet the disciplines that underpin environmental health sciences—biomedical, clinical and behavioral sciences—lack the diversity that bolsters effective problem solving (Ferrini-Mundy, 2013). More broadly, women, persons with disabilities, and three racial and ethnic groups—people of African American, Hispanic, and/or American Indian and Alaska Native descent—remain underrepresented in science and engineering education programs and employment (NAS, 2011; NSF, 2019). Pursuit of STEM careers requires additional support for all students, especially underrepresented minority and women students who contend with systemic racial and gender bias. For these students, the likelihood of persisting in STEM majors is influenced by opportunities to meaningfully participate in the academic community and develop supportive relationships with faculty and peers (Figueroa et al., 2015; PCAST, 2012; Tsui, 2007). Within this context, the Curriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine (CiTEM) in the UNC- Chapel Hill School of Medicine, together with the UNC Institute for the Environment (UNC-IE) and the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at NC Central University (NCCU), propose an environmental health-focused undergraduate research program to expand and diversify the pool of students entering the environmental health workforce. The 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars program will provide mentored research experiences and professional development for students from diverse backgrounds, with a goal of preparing these students for further studies or research careers in environmental health sciences. We will accomplish this goal through the following aims. Aim 1. Facilitate summer undergraduate research opportunities in environmental health sciences. Aim 2. Facilitate academic-year undergraduate research experiences and broaden professional development to include environmental health sciences careers, science communication, and community engagement. Aim 3. Implement robust mentorship training that incorporates evidence-based practices in mentoring diverse students and cohort building opportunities. Over five years, this program will prepare 25 diverse undergraduates for careers in environmental health sciences, introducing them to cutting-edge research topics and facilitating essential skills development. At the same time, participating mentors will enhance their ability to create and sustain inclusive learning environments. Together, these activities will encourage the participation of individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue environmental health sciences research and careers.

项目摘要/摘要 随着人口的人口 这个星球接近80亿人，自然灾害的环境健康影响 干旱成为每个大陆的证据。除了了解环境如何 影响人类健康，下一代的科学家将需要跨越 学科为环境和社会挑战开发可行的解决方案。但是学科 基本的环境健康科学（生物医学，临床和行为科学）很少 有效解决问题的多样性（Ferrini-Mundy，2013年）。更广泛地说，妇女， 患有疾病的人以及三个种族和族裔 - 非裔美国人的人 西班牙裔和/或美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加的本地血统 - 人数不足 科学与工程教育计划与就业（NAS，2011; NSF，2019）。追求 STEM职业需要为所有学生提供额外的支持，尤其是代表性不足的少数民族 以及与系统性种族和性别偏见抗衡的女学生。对于这些学生， 坚持在STEM专业的可能性受到有意义参与的机会的影响 在学术界，与教师和同龄人建立支持性关系（figueroa） 等，2015； Pcast，2012年； TSUI，2007年）。 在这种情况下，UNC的毒理学与环境医学（CITEM）的课程 教堂山医学院，以及UNC环境研究所（UNC-IE）和 北卡罗来纳州中央大学（NCCU）的生物与生物医学科学系提案 以环境健康为重点的本科研究计划，以扩展和多样化 进入环境健康劳动力的学生池。 21世纪的环境 卫生学者计划将为修订研究经验和专业人士提供 来自潜水员背景的学生的发展，目的是为这些学生做好准备 在环境健康科学方面的进一步研究或研究职业。我们将实现这个目标 通过以下目标。 目标1。促进环境健康的夏季本科研究机会 科学。 目标2。促进学年本科研究经验并扩大 专业发展，包括环境健康科学职业，科学 沟通和社区参与。 目标3。实施强大的训练培训，将基于证据的实践纳入 指导潜水员的学生和队列建立机会。 在五年的时间里，该计划将为环境中的职业准备25名潜水员的本科生 健康科学，向他们介绍尖端的研究主题并促进基本技能 发展。同时，参与导师将增强他们创建和 维持包容性的学习环境。这些活动将鼓励参与 从潜水员背景到纯环境健康科学研究的个人和 职业。