{"id":860,"date":"2018-03-28T22:20:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T02:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/?page_id=860"},"modified":"2023-05-15T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T18:20:50","slug":"next-generation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/steep-cores\/next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Research Experience and Training Coordination Core<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Co-leads: Angela Slitt, URI College of Pharmacy; Elsie Sunderland, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The major scientific theme of the University of Rhode Island (URI)-led STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFAS) SRP Center is to provide solutions to aid the NIH Superfund Research Program (SRP) in addressing emerging per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), reducing human exposure, training, and engaging affected communities. The STEEP Research Experience and Training Coordination Core (RETCC) provides pre- and post-doctoral level trainees with resources and opportunities to become skilled scientists\/engineers, equipped to address various aspects of emerging contaminants, specifically the scientific, remediation, community, and translational facets of PFAS.<\/p>\n

To do so, STEEP assembled a competent group of scientists, engineers, and professionals from URI, Harvard University, and Silent Spring Institute. The RETCC capitalizes on the multi-institutional strengths of the STEEP team, centered on emerging contaminants, and proposes innovative and interdisciplinary training activities.<\/p>\n

Trainees participate in at least one of four new trainee action centered teams focused on:<\/p>\n

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  • high-school pedagogy<\/li>\n
  • research translation<\/li>\n
  • science-policy support<\/li>\n
  • community engagement and outreach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The four STEEP research projects involve seven PIs\/senior investigators and the RETCC maintains 10-12 fully supported graduate students as primary STEEP predoctoral trainees. Additional graduate students are supported as secondary STEEP trainees for a total of 25 graduate trainees.<\/p>\n

    In addition, two STEEP fellowships supporting students from underrepresented groups are included through the URI Graduate School Minority Program. Overall, STEEP provides a rich interdisciplinary training experience that brings together trainees from diverse scientific fields, including oceanography, public health, pharmacy, engineering, biostatistics, and computer science, empowering them to be change makers and problem-solvers. STEEP trainees develop skills to become the next generation of scientists in hazardous substance research who can advance public policy, regulatory science, chemistry safety, and human health protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Research Experience and Training Coordination Core Co-leads: Angela Slitt, URI College of Pharmacy; Elsie Sunderland, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science The major scientific theme of the University of Rhode Island (URI)-led STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFAS) SRP Center is to provide solutions to aid the NIH Superfund […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002,"featured_media":0,"parent":850,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-860","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18216,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860\/revisions\/18216"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}