Open AccessEnvironmental Biosciences Program Fourth Quarter Report
Author(s) -
M.D. Lawrence C. Mohr
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/810457
Subject(s) - expansive , multidisciplinary approach , resource (disambiguation) , credibility , research program , national laboratory , institution , environmental research , engineering management , political science , medical education , engineering , environmental health , medicine , computer science , environmental planning , geography , epistemology , engineering physics , law , computer network , philosophy , materials science , compressive strength , composite material
In May 2002, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) signed Assistance Instrument Number DE-FC09-02CH11109 with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to support the Environmental Biosciences Program (EBP). This funding instrument replaces DOE Assistance Instrument Number DE-FC02-98CH10902. EBP is an integrated, multidisciplinary scientific program, employing a range of research initiatives to identify, study and resolve environmental health risk issues. These initiatives are consistent with the Medical University's role as a comprehensive state-supported health sciences institution and the nation's need for new and better approaches to the solution of a complex and expansive array of environment-related health problems. The intrinsic capabilities of a comprehensive health sciences institution enable the Medical University to be a national resource for the scientific investigation of environmental health issues. EBP's success in convening worldwide scientific expertise is due in part to the inherent credibility the Medical University brings to the process of addressing these complex issues