Founded in 1947 as the Institute of Industrial Medicine, the Nelson Institute and Department of Environmental Medicine at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine (NYUGSOM) was supported by a National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) Center Grant for over 56 years. Nelson Institute researchers generated 75 years of impactful research in environmental and occupational health, radiation effects, toxicology, and cancer. Environmental health research is continuing at NYUGSOM in its departments of medicine and population health. The objective of this historical commentary is to highlight the major achievements of the Nelson Institute and the department in the context of its history at facilities in Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, NY and Manhattan, NY. Aspects of our discussion include leadership, physical facilities, and research in many areas, including air pollution, health effects of environmental radiation exposures, inhalation toxicology methodology, carcinogenesis by chemicals, metals, and hormones, cancer chemoprevention, human microbiome, ecotoxicology, epidemiology, biostatistics, and community health concerns. The research of the institute and department benefited from unique facilities, strong leadership focused on team-based science, and outstanding investigators, students, and staff. A major lasting contribution has been the training of hundreds of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, many of whom have been and are training the next generation of environmental and occupational health researchers at various institutions.

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纽约大学纳尔逊环境医学研究所 75 年有影响力的环境和职业健康研究


纳尔逊研究所和纽约大学 （NYU） 格罗斯曼医学院 （NYUGSOM） 环境医学系成立于 1947 年，前身为工业医学研究所，由美国国家环境健康科学研究所 （NIEHS） 中心资助超过 56 年。纳尔逊研究所的研究人员在环境和职业健康、辐射效应、毒理学和癌症方面进行了 75 年的有影响力的研究。NYUGSOM 的医学和人口健康系的环境健康研究仍在继续。本历史评论的目的是在纽约州 Tuxedo 的 Sterling Forest 和纽约州曼哈顿的设施中突出纳尔逊研究所和该系在其历史背景下取得的重大成就。我们讨论的方面包括领导力、物理设施和许多领域的研究，包括空气污染、环境辐射暴露对健康的影响、吸入毒理学方法、化学品、金属和激素的致癌作用、癌症化学预防、人类微生物组、生态毒理学、流行病学、生物统计学和社区健康问题。该研究所和部门的研究得益于独特的设施、专注于团队科学的强大领导以及杰出的研究人员、学生和工作人员。一项重大的持久贡献是培训了数百名研究生和博士后研究员，其中许多人已经并正在各个机构培训下一代环境和职业健康研究人员。