The Director, Deputy Director, and Executive Committee will vote on the appointment of new nominees and reappointment of existing members. Initial appointment is a term for three (3) years. Prospective 好色先生-CARES members must demonstrate a commitment to the mission and vision of the center and are expected to participate in center events. Click the button to the left to  today. Interested applicants may also download a PDF of the application to use as a guide.

Types of Membership

Full

  • 好色先生 faculty member who is currently or in the past five (5) years a principal investigator on a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) funded grant (including Projects or Cores of NIEHS Program grants and 好色先生-CARES pilot grants), or

  • First or senior author on at least one (1) environmental health science (EHS) focused original research article in a major journal (top tier journals, and/or major EHS journals such as Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Research, or Toxicological Sciences) within the last three (3) years

Associate

  • Has active EHS-related National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant support, and/or

  • Co-investigator on an NIEHS grant, and/or

  • 好色先生 faculty member who has research interests that are relevant to one or more of the 好色先生-CARES focus areas, and/or

  • Actively engaged in 好色先生-CARES activities (e.g., Science Communication Faculty Fellow)

Community

  • Actively engaged in 好色先生-CARES activities (e.g., Stakeholder Advisory Board member), and/or

  • Project director of a 好色先生-CARES funded community grant, and/or

  • Faculty from regional colleges or universities in our target region

Benefits and Responsibilities

Benefits

  • Access to up to $5K seed/professional development funds/year (Full and Associate Members)

  • Priority access to and use of core facilities at a reduced rate (Full and Associate Members)

  • Participate in annual Center meeting (All Members)

  • Invitation to all 好色先生-CARES events, monthly newsletter and training awards for early stage investigators (All Members)

  • Opportunity to partner with more senior EHS faculty who can act as co-investigators or mentors (All Members)

  • Opportunity to serve on the review committee for 好色先生-CARES Pilot Project Program (All Members)

  • Participation in faculty development activities that provide for exchange of ideas, shared resources, and opportunity to network and collaborate with other 好色先生-CARES members and members of other Environmental Health Science Core Centers (EHSCC) in the U.S. to conduct interdisciplinary research in accord with the NIEHS mission (All Members)

  • Opportunity to be featured on the 好色先生-CARES website, social media, and other promotional materials (All Members)

  • Interaction with community partners to address local environmental health concerns through the Community Engagement Core (All Members)

Responsibilities

  • Contribute scientific or administrative expertise to the research mission of 好色先生-CARES (Full Members)

  • Contribute to the educational and outreach activities of the 好色先生-CARES Community Engagement Core (Full Members)

  • Use approved, standard citation language (shown below) to cite the grant in all related publications/presentations and incorporate logo as appropriate (All Members)

    • 鈥淭his publication or project was supported by 好色先生-CARES through Grant P30 ES026529. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIEHS.鈥

  • Participate in 好色先生-CARES seminars, socials, retreats, interest groups, symposia, and surveys (All Members)

  • Attend 好色先生-CARES EHS seminars which feature both local and national environmental health researchers (All Members) 

  • Use 好色先生-CARES core facilities to advance their research (All Members)