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Final Progress Reports: University of Kentucky: Research Experience and Training Coordination Core

Superfund Research Program

Research Experience and Training Coordination Core

Project Leader: James Zach Hilt
Co-Investigator: Kevin J. Pearson
Grant Number: P42ES007380
Funding Period: 2000-2025
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Final Progress Reports

Year:   2019  2013  2007  2004 

The Training Core project addresses the need for a cross-disciplinary graduate education and training program in environmental sciences.  The goals of the Superfund Cross-Disciplinary Training Project are (i) to provide thorough training of students in their specific field, (ii) to instill basic knowledge about socioeconomic, law, engineering and science aspects outside the students’ major field of study, and (iii) to enhance the ability of students to communicate and cooperate with specialists in other disciplines.  This training project is built on successful collaborations among the Superfund faculty, and it enhances/establishes new activities that promote cross-disciplinary education.  The trainees are expected to fulfill 3 major requirements: specialist training in one of the Superfund laboratories, broad scientific & engineering training within the Superfund group, and interdisciplinary science/engineering and non-science training in Environmental Systems courses and seminars. 

During the current SBRP funding period the core has been successful in recruiting to the Training Core highly motivated students, as well as students from underrepresented groups in sciences.  The Training Core provided support to seven students during this calendar year and to three in the summer.  Among the students supported, three were women and one of them was a minority student.  In addition, several students were awarded partial or complete travel funds to attend conferences and the PCB Workshop in Urbana Champagne, IL.  The team also supported travel of postdoctoral fellows to present their research at the annual SBRP meeting in Seattle, WA.  Two students supported through the Training Core received the Best Analytical and the Best Toxicological Poster awards at the recent PCB Workshop in Urbana Champagne, IL.  In addition, numerous publications and presentations have resulted through the work of the Superfund trainees.  Three of the trainees will be receiving their doctoral degrees this year, and several of these trainees received a Certificate in Environmental Systems.

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