# Research Experience and Training Coordination Core

> **NIH ES P42** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2026 · $166,050

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY (Research Experience and Training Coordination Core: Maier, Ramírez- 
Andreotta, Ding) 
The overarching goal of the University of Arizona Superfund Research Center (UA SRC) is to improve human 
health impacted by mining activities. This requires understanding of how chronic exposure to dust generated 
by metal-mining activities contributes to the development of nonmalignant lung disease combined with the 
development of risk assessment tools to predict exposures and associated health outcomes and inform public 
health prevention and interventions. Achieving this goal requires the development of transdisciplinary, 
research-based, paradigm-shifting solutions to the multifactorial problems associated with the increased 
demand for metals. The UA SRC Research Experience and Training Coordination Core (RETCC) supports 
development of such solutions by preparing interdisciplinary graduates who are equipped to address and 
mitigate complex 21st century hazardous waste challenges. The success of the UA SRC Trainee experience is 
evidenced by the number of awards they receive and by their successful placement upon graduation into 
sought after academic, regulatory, and industry positions. We will continue this success by investing in and 
designing novel pedagogical experiences to ensure students are exposed to transdisciplinarity, collaboration, 
knowledge integration, and stakeholder engagement. Our RETCC will surpass conventional approaches to 
graduate student training by immediately immersing Trainees in community engagement (CE), research 
translation (RT) and data management and analysis (DMA) activities, and emphasizing and developing a wide 
variety of science communication skills. We will continue to build on the successful approach developed over 
the past 34 years to guide our RETCC, which includes: (1) Career enhancement stipends, (2) Intensive and 
extensive training opportunities in UA SRC projects and cores, (3) exposure to multiple scientifi

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11375961
- **Project number:** 5P42ES004940-37
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** Monica  Ramirez-Andreotta
- **Activity code:** P42 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ES
- **Fiscal year:** 2026
- **Award amount:** $166,050
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01T00:00:00 → 2030-01-31T00:00:00

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11375961

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11375961, Research Experience and Training Coordination Core (5P42ES004940-37). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11375961. Licensed CC0.

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