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| Principal Investigator: Wills-Karp, Marsha | |
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| Institute Receiving Award | Johns Hopkins University |
| Location | Baltimore, MD |
| Grant Number | T32ES007141 |
| Funding Organization | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| Award Funding Period | 01 Jul 1983 to 30 Jun 2029 |
| DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): | This is a renewal application for continued support of the longstanding (41th year), Johns Hopkins University NIEHS Training Program in Environmental Health Sciences (EHETG), which has supported 57 current and former predoctoral students and 19 current and former postdoctoral trainees over the last 10 years. The former trainees are in research career positions in academia, government, and private health-related industry, while 15 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees are currently in training. Current and former trainees have published over 168 peer-reviewed scientific papers during their training. To achieve the mission of the NIEHS of discovering how the environmental affects people in order to promote healthier lives, there is a critical need to prepare future scientists to address the complex current and future pressing environmental health challenges. Thus, the goal of this T32 is to provide the research foundation for predoctoral and postdoctoral scientists to become future leaders of multidisciplinary research projects that seek to understand the role that environmental exposures play in the etiology and exacerbation of human disease and apply this knowledge to develop prevention and intervention strategies. The EHETG training program is uniquely situated to make important contributions by being anchored within the dynamic, collaborative atmosphere at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) and has received significant institutional support for the program, that has greatly enhanced the training mission. Our multi-disciplinary mentoring team (27) derived from multiple departments across BSPH (3) and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2) has substantial funding that provides a wealth of opportunities for original research by both pre- and postdoctoral trainees. Our predoctoral trainees will participate in: 1) a rigorous, core curriculum in environmental health sciences that provides the academic foundation for environmental health scientists (epidemiologic methods, exposure sciences, toxicology, biostatistics and advanced data science skills); 2) specialized innovative coursework in one of 3 focus areas (environmental exposures and environmental epidemiology (ESSE); toxicology, physiology, molecular mechanisms (TPMM), and environmental sustainability, resilience and health (ESRH) that support dissertation research; and 3) dissertation research. All trainees receive instruction in the use of cutting-edge technologies, advanced data sciences, Responsible Conduct of Research, grant writing, Research Communications, and have access to career development activities. The research being conducted by the mentor-trainee teams address one or more of the following topics: (a) Defining the environmental exposures linked to human disease; (b) Mechanisms of disease pathobiology; (c) Development and application of biomarkers of pathobiology; (d) Determination of the health impacts and vulnerability of populations to climate change; and (e) Development of intervention and mitigation strategies to create healthy sustainable communities. In this renewal application, we request critical support for 3-4 pre-doctoral students/year and 4 post-doctoral trainees/year for the Training Program in Environmental Health Sciences. |
| Science Code(s)/Area of Science(s) |
Primary: 87 - Institutional Training/Institutional Career Development Grants Secondary: - |
| Publications | No publications associated with this grant |
| Program Officer | Carol Shreffler |