Increasing capacity for environmental engineering in Salta, Argentina1. Issue 1 (29th March 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rajal, Verónica B.; Cid, Alicia G.; Cruz, Mercedes C.; Poma, Hugo R.; Cacciabue, Dolores Gutierrez; Romano, Neli; Moraga, Norma B.; Last, Jerold A.; Claudio, Luz; Robins, Thomas
• Is Part Of: American journal of industrial medicine. Volume 56:Issue 1(2013:Jan.)
• Page Start: 11
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2012-03-29
• Subjects: Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Médecine du travail -- Périodiques; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22044
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-3586

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="abs1-1" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the United States National Institutes of Health includes the International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) Program. The "International Training Program in Environmental Toxicology and Public Health" Center, funded in 2002 is based at the University of California, Davis, and is part of the ITREOH group of Centers. It has major efforts focused at the public universities in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Salta, Argentina.</p> </sec> <sec id="abs1-2" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Training and research efforts in Salta begun in 2005 in the College of Engineering. A donated used real‐time PCR machine was the starting point and the initial FIC support was instrumental to face other problems including physical space, research projects and grants, trainees, training, networking, and distractions/opportunities in order to develop local capacities in Environmental Engineering using modern methodology. After 6 years of successful work, the Salta center has become a reference Center in the field, and is still growing and consolidating.</p> </sec> <sec id="abs1-3" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>This program has had a significant impact locally and regionally. The model used in Argentina could be easily adapted to other fields or types of projects in Argentina and in other developing countries. Am. J. Ind. Med. 56:11–19, 2013. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</p> </sec> </abstract>