# Graduate and Postdoctoral Training in Environmental Health Science and Toxicology

> **NIH NIH T32** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $283,665

## Abstract

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
This competitive renewal of our successful T32 training program in the Environmental Health Sciences and
Toxicology is focused on training the next generation of leaders in the field by assuring a multidisciplinary
training experience needed by trainees to develop as successful independent environmental health
researchers and practitioners. The program is built on our growing and successful PhD training program in the
environmental health sciences, and the complimentary postdoctoral training opportunities afforded by the
growing base of environmental health research at Emory. The breadth and depth of our faculty, and our
expanding focus on exposome research incorporating environmental data sciences makes Emory uniquely
suited to continue our successful training efforts. Our trainees take rigorous coursework in their first two years
to gain a comprehensive base of knowledge in three key disciplines of the environmental health sciences: (1)
exposure science, (2) biological mechanisms of susceptibility and disease, and (3) environmental determinants
of population health. This is supplemented by training in the responsible conduct of research and ethics,
communication and grant-writing skills, teaching, and numerous opportunities for professional development
and management training. Mentored research sits at the center of this training program, allowing students to
gain an in-depth understanding of a specific topic through their chosen mentor and project, and trainees have
developed projects in molecular and neurotoxicology, environmental epidemiology, exposure science,
predictive toxicology, genomics, and metabolomics. A total of 33 experienced training faculty with broad
research foci are available, and these faculty are supported by over 160 research grants and projects, an
NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health Center, our NIEHS P30 Core Center, as well as collaboration
with numerous other centers and programs throughout the University. We propose to continue the support of
six predoctoral and three postdoctoral trainees. Predoctoral trainees hold bachelor’s and often master’s
degrees in basic science, public health, or engineering disciplines, and postdoctoral trainees must hold a
doctoral degree in environmental health, epidemiology, toxicology, environmental engineering, or related basic
or public health science disciplines. All trainees must demonstrate a commitment to research and a career in
the environmental health sciences and/or toxicology. Our program has had success in recruiting and retaining
under-represented minorities in science, and we have numerous programs in place to continue and increase
these opportunities. The vast majority of trainees completing this program are entering research intensive
positions in the academic or government setting, and a number of our trainees have received individual training
support in the form of F30/F31 or K99/R00 awards. We aim to continue the tradition of excellence in provid...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9944553
- **Project number:** 5T32ES012870-17
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Carmen Joseph Marsit
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $283,665
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2004-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9944553

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9944553, Graduate and Postdoctoral Training in Environmental Health Science and Toxicology (5T32ES012870-17). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9944553. Licensed CC0.

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