Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings

社区环境流行病学

• 批准号: 7885472
• 负责人: Michael D McClean
• 金额: $ 21.98万
• 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 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7885472
• 关键词: Environmental Epidemiology; community setting

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Boston University School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health is one of a small number of academic units nationally that has a specialty in the application of environmental epidemiology in community settings. This proposal describes a training regimen, located within a mature doctoral program, whose ultimate objective is to prepare pre-doctoral students to use the most sophisticated methods currently available to advance the state of knowledge and develop new methods in community-oriented environmental epidemiology. While the department is primarily committed to advancing the research agenda by use of cutting edge tools (such as functional magnetic resonance imaging), development of new methods (such as dynamical systems models or lattice formulations) and integration of other disciplines (mathematics, urban studies, economics, toxicology and anthropology, among others), it also recognizes that even the most arcane scientific research takes place within a specific social context. In the case of environmental epidemiology this includes a complex mix of federal, state and local agencies, individual and organized community members and elements of the private sector. Students must be prepared to function in this difficult professional landscape. Accordingly, instruction about the social context is an integral part of the program. The program is designed to admit two students per year for a steady-state census of six predoctoral trainees. It consists of a stipulated core curriculum that includes instruction in epidemiology, toxicology, and biostatistics, followed by a suite of more advanced courses to accommodate various research interests and strategies. It also includes activities to enrich the experience of the trainees and promote social and professional cohesion.

描述（由申请人提供） 波士顿大学公共卫生学院环境卫生部是全国范围内少数学术部门之一，在社区环境中应用环境流行病学方面具有专业。该提案描述了一个位于成熟的博士计划中的培训方案，其最终目标是准备博士前的学生，以使用目前可用的最复杂方法来推进知识状态并开发针对社区面向环境的环境流行病学的新方法。虽然该部门主要致力于通过使用前沿工具（例如功能磁共振成像）来推进研究议程，但开发新方法（例如动态系统模型或晶格公式）以及其他学科的整合（数学，城市研究，经济学，毒理学，毒理学和人类学和人类学），它也可以识别出大多数社交的态度，这也是如此。就环境流行病学而言，这包括联邦，州和地方机构，个人和有组织的社区成员以及私营部门的要素的复杂组合。学生必须准备在这种困难的专业景观中发挥作用。因此，有关社会环境的指导是该计划不可或缺的一部分。该计划旨在接受每年两名学生的稳态人口普查，由六名培训前学员进行。它由规定的核心课程组成，其中包括流行病学，毒理学和生物统计学的指导，然后是一套更先进的课程，以适应各种研究兴趣和策略。它还包括丰富学员的经验并促进社会和专业凝聚力的活动。