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Our FIC program has achieved some noteworthy successes in its first 7 years of existence. We are especially proud of the role of our trainees in the development of a regional network of collaborating investigators and public health stakeholders that are addressing important environmental and public health issues. Our initial focus on methodology (ELISA) as a training focus is bearing fruit: Regional and local problems are being addressed using this methodology, with some notable successes. More importantly, perhaps, governmental agencies and non-government organizations are actively promoting ELISA methods for environmental monitoring and disease surveillance, and they are becoming a permanent addition to the efforts to measure and maintain environmental quality in the region.
In addition, there have been “targets of opportunity” where the expertise and visibility of our trainees and MFCs, sometimes with the help of experts from the USA who have participated in workshops and other public presentations, has allowed them to contribute to important public policy discussions that have also had significant impacts on public health, as also indicated in the Table. Our trainees and MFCs are also contributing to improved curricula related to environmental toxicology, public health, and environmental engineering in the region, especially at the graduate student level.
Achievement Participants *Contribution to Removal of Lead from Gasoline in Uruguay Uruguayan Government, UdelaR, NGOs, Michael P. Walsh, Refinery Engineers *Standardization of Serological Test for Hydatid Cyst Disease UdelaR, Uruguay, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, PAHO, WHO, FAO *First Systematic Monitoring of Pesticides and Herbicides in Groundwater in South America UdelaR, UC Davis, Province of Montevideo *Monitoring of Cyanobacteria Toxins in Rio de la Plata UdelaR, Uruguay, Argentina, FREPLATA Development of the First Course in Spanish for New Graduate Level Curricula in Environmental Toxicology and Public Health UNSa, Salta, Argentina, University of Chile, UC Davis *Advanced Training of Management and Research Staff for Establishment and Ongoing Program of the Technology Pole at UdelaR UdelaR, UC Davis Improvements in, and Patent Applied for, use of Phage Display Libraries for ELISA Development UdelaR, UC Davis Monitoring for Evidence of Environmental Endocrine Disruptors in the Amazon Basin by ELISA UdelaR, University of Rio de Janiero, Rondonia University, PROSUL, Mt. Sinai Fogarty Center *Industry Monitoring for Tricothecene toxins in grain (eg, DON) by ELISA UdelaR, Uruguayan Grain Processing Industry *Monitoring of dioxins in sediments and soil of local slum areas in Montevideo Province of Montevideo (IMM), National Environmental Agency Affordable ELISAs for dioxin were validated and instrumented in the IMM lab for regular monitoring. Infant Diarrhea from Contaminated Drinking Water. Transfer and development of sensitive PCR methods to improve the capacity to monitor drinking water safety in Salta Province. Disinfection of water using ultrafiltration. University of Salta, Argentina, INIQUI-CONICET Postgraduate Programs in Environment, Toxicology, Health, etc. National University at Salta, Argentina, INIQUI-CONICET Regional Distance learning *Programs marked with an asterisk are now technically and financially self-sustaining; these programs will continue indefinitely without additional FIC support, and are currently recognized as important components of local public health efforts.
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