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The Research Experience Training and Coordination Core works to coordinate and enhance the training experience of students and postdoctoral scholars engaged in research and outreach projects supported by the BCM/Rice P42 Superfund Research Center.

Our activities include:

• Meetings in which trainees and mentors share their research activities and results across projects and institutions, and trainees gain experience in research presentation and communication.
• Cross-disciplinary coursework in environmental health research, organized in conjunction with the Gulf Coast Consortium Training in Precision Environmental Health Sciences program (T32-ES027801). These include offerings at ���������Թ� of Medicine, Rice University, and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston (UT Health), and a new course developed by the TPEH, “Integrative Concepts in Precision Environmental Health.”
• Seminars on environmental science, toxicology, environmental health research, societal impacts and mitigation technologies.
• Support for trainee attendance at national conferences on superfund-related research organized by NIEHS, and guidance in presentation preparation.
• Research Mentor Training workshops for P.I.s and postdocs, facilitated by Master Trainers certified by the National Research Mentoring Network (U24-GM132176).
• Coursework and workshops in Responsible Conduct of Research offered by ���������Թ� of Medicine and Rice University.
• Workshops in Rigor and Reproducibility, organized by the Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences Training of the Gulf Coast Consortium.
• An annual conference for all local participants in Superfund-related research and community outreach efforts.
• Access to the resources of the Career Development Centers for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at ���������Թ� of Medicine and Rice University, and to Career Development fairs, workshops and seminars offered by the institutions of the Gulf Coast Consortia.
• Training evaluation and career outcome tracking of trainees.

Project 1

Trainee: Catherine Arndt
Mentor: Naomi Halas
Institution: Rice University
Title: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow

Trainee: Ben Cerjan
Mentor: Naomi Halas
Institution: Rice University
Title: Postdoctoral Research Association

Trainee: Mary Bajomo
Mentor: Naomi Halas
Institution: Rice University
Title: Graduate Student

Trainee: Oara Neumann
Mentor: Naomi Halas
Institution: Rice University
Title: Research Fellow

Project 2

Trainee: Sohini Banerjee
Mentor: Kjersti Aagaard
Institution: ���������Թ� of Medicine
Title: Postdoctoral Associate

Trainee: Erin Bolte
Mentor: Kjersti Aagaard
Institution: ���������Թ� of Medicine
Title: M.D./P.hD. Student - Graduate Student

Project 3

Trainee: Guobin Xia
Mentor: Bhagavatula Moorthy
Institution: ���������Թ� of Medicine
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D.

Trainee: Danielle Gonzale
Mentor: Bhagavatula Moorthys
Institution: ���������Թ� of Medicine
Title: Fellow Physician PGY5

Trainee: Deven Narke
Mentor: Bhagavatula Moorthy
Institution: ���������Թ� of Medicine
Title: Graduate Student

Project 4

Trainee: Sara Denison
Mentor: Pedro Alvarez
Institution: Rice University
Title: Graduate Student

Trainee: Priscilla Dias Da Silva
Mentor: Kyriacos Zygourakis
Institution: Rice University
Title: Graduate Student

Research Support Core

Trainee: Chandra Sekhar Amara
Mentor: Nagireddy Putluri
Institution: ���������Թ� of Medicine
Title: Postdoctoral Associate

Trainee: Karthik Reddy Kami Reddy
Mentor: Nagireddy Putluri
Institution: ���������Թ� of Medicine
Title: Postdoctoral Associate

Trainee: Xuan Wang
Mentor: Shixia Huang
Institution: ���������Թ� of Medicine
Title: Postdoctoral Associate