Abstract

The interest in and need for increased environmental health research has steadily grown during the past decade. To address this need, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has established goals for increased numbers of tomorrow's environmental health scientists. To this end, the focus of the Short Term Educational Experience for Research summer program at the University of Pennsylvania will help to expose selected undergraduate and high school students to the field of environmental health science through mentorship, coursework, and field experience. This program represents a collaboration of faculty and staff from the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, a cross disciplinary research initiative, the Penn Summer Mentorship Program for High School Students sponsored by the Office of the Provost, and faculty from the School of Medicine, Nursing, and Arts &Sciences. The program will provide didactic experiences in environmental and public health and provide mentorship opportunities in the defined areas of environmental exposures and health effects associated with lung and airway disease, endocrine and reproduction disruption, gene-environment interactions and oxidative stress.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
5R25ES016146-02
Application #
7551990
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZES1-LKB-A (R5))
Program Officer
Humble, Michael C
Project Start
2008-01-01
Project End
2012-11-30
Budget Start
2008-12-01
Budget End
2009-11-30
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$59,390
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Pennsylvania
Department
Other Health Professions
Type
Schools of Nursing
DUNS #
042250712
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19104

  Publications

Abedin, Zahidur; Louis-Juste, Melissa; Stangl, Melissa et al. (2013) The role of base excision repair genes OGG1, APN1 and APN2 in benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dione induced p53 mutagenesis. Mutat Res 750:121-8
Abedin, Zahidur; Sen, Sushmita; Field, Jeffrey (2012) Aldo-keto reductases protect lung adenocarcinoma cells from the acute toxicity of B[a]P-7,8-trans-dihydrodiol. Chem Res Toxicol 25:113-21
Dukes, Floyd; Kanterakis, Stathis; Lee, James et al. (2012) Gene expression profiling of flaxseed in mouse lung tissues-modulation of toxicologically relevant genes. BMC Complement Altern Med 12:47
Sen, Sushmita; Bhojnagarwala, Pratik; Francey, Lauren et al. (2012) p53 Mutagenesis by benzo[a]pyrene derived radical cations. Chem Res Toxicol 25:2117-26
Field, Anjalie; Field, Jeffrey (2010) Melamine and Cyanuric Acid do not interfere with Bradford and Ninhydrin assays for protein determination. Food Chem 121:912-917