Education and Outreach Resources
SOT Education Summit
The Education Summit was hosted by SOT in October 2011 to identify critical gaps in toxicology education and generate strategic initiatives for SOT to advance toxicology education and training to meet the future needs of the discipline and profession. The website includes the speaker presentations and summary reports.
Resources for Undergraduate Faculty and for Presenters to Undergraduates
NEW!! SOT Undergraduate Internship Funding—Consistent with SOT’s goal of enhancing recruitment of students into the field of toxicology, the SOT Education Committee announces a pilot program to provide funding to undergraduate intern hosts to enable additional internships in toxicology during Summer 2013. Funding was awarded to support five summer internship positions (with 50% matching from the host institution or other funding sources). For this pilot program, the intent is to expand the capacity of current programs and capitalize on existing infrastructure. Priority was given to institutions with existing organizational structure for carrying out successful internship programs. Selection of interns will follow the institution’s own process. Preference was given to programs aimed at student groups typically underrepresented in the sciences.
The SOT Student Research Internships listing provides students easy access to opportunities in the categories below. To have your program added, send information to Betty Eidemiller.
SOT Undergraduate Curriculum Resources—Submit your teaching materials for consideration for this collection of resources (syllabi, lecture slides, laboratory activities, etc.) for the teaching of toxicology to undergraduates. The Undergraduate Education Subcommittee of the SOT Education Committee is developing this resource to provide.
Undergraduate Educator Network—SOT Members may join this open ToXchange community to receive the Undergraduate Educator Network e-letter, announcements of importance to undergraduate faculty, and to participate in discussions of topics of interest.
Introduction to Toxicology Slide Sets—These PowerPoint slides provide a general introduction to toxicology concepts and a career in toxicology. Designed for presentations to undergraduate audiences, they can be adapted for educational presentations for other groups.
ToxScholar Program—Funding available from the Education Committee for speakers to visit undergraduate institutions to make toxicology and career presentations. The Committee on Diversity Initiatives funds visits to institutions that have a high proportion of students who are from groups underrepresented in the sciences.
International Toxicology Scholar Program—Funding visits of toxicologists to developing nations to expand awareness of toxicology and promote toxicology careers through interaction of toxicologists with undergraduate and graduate students.
Global Senior Scholar Exchange Program—This program provides support for a senior toxicologist from a developing country to attend the SOT meeting and visit a Host US toxicologist in an academic, government, or industry setting. The Host is also funded to visit the Scholar’s institution.
Resources for Undergraduate Students—SOT provides travel awards for the Annual Meeting and other links on this page lead to internship listings, the SOT Undergraduate Student Affiliate registration form, and other items of importance for undergraduate students interested in toxicology.
Find out about toxicology clubs and other activities of toxicology undergraduate students in the newsletter re:ADME produced by undergraduates. The opinions expressed are the opinions of the authors and do not represent positions of SOT, nor is the newsletter an official activity of SOT.
Scientists and K–12 Outreach
K–12 Outreach for Scientists includes links to resources for use in formal and informal education outreach, tips for volunteering and mentoring, and summaries of SOT K–12 outreach activities.
Resources for Learners—College and Beyond
CEd-Tox Online Courses include many courses from the SOT Annual Meeting which are available by registration. The Bioinformatics Continuing Education course is available at no charge.
ToxLearn Module I: “Introduction to Toxicology and Dose-Response” is a new National Library of Medicine resource developed in conjunction with the SOT Education Committee. ToxLearn is a multimodule online learning tool that provides an introduction to toxicology for users who have some familiarity with biology and chemistry. It can be used as an ancillary curriculum to a first-level undergraduate toxicology course, and can provide users of NLM toxicology databases with a working knowledge of basic toxicology principles. Additional units will be made available as they are completed.
ToxLearn is an update of NLM ToxTutor, which was designed to provide a basic understanding of toxicology as an aide for users of toxicology literature contained in the National Library of Medicine toxicological and chemical databases.
Colgate-Palmolive In Vitro Toxicology Lectures for Students presentation slides are available. These lectures are held every year at the Annual Meeting to focus on questions related to or to feature important research involving the use of in vitro and alternative techniques to study basic mechanisms and to illustrate how these test methods benefit animal welfare by refining, reducing, and replacing animal use whenever it is feasible.
Career Materials
How About a Career in Toxicology?—A brochure for students 
Undergraduate Student Opportunities in Toxicology—Information card for students
Toxicology Career Poster
Resource Guide to Careers in Toxicology—These webpages provide an overview of careers in toxicology and information about academic programs in toxicology.
Education-Career Development Sessions—Access to sessions at SOT Annual Meetings that provide insight into many aspects related to careers in toxicology
Toxicology Career Surveys—What do toxicologists make? What training and skills are important for professionals in toxicology? The results of various surveys are linked from this site.
Career Webinars—The SOT Postdoctoral Assembly has produced a number of webinars of special interest to early career toxicologists on topics from grant writing to career progression in academia and other fields
References Related to Animals in Research
The Importance of Animals in Research—SOT brochure explaining the position of SOT and animals in research
Issues Related to Animals in Toxicology Research
Resources, Links, and Policy Statements of Other Professional Societies
Messaging Guide for Scientists Discussing Humane, Responsible Animal Research
Other Resources
What Toxicologists Say—Comments from SOT past presidents about toxicology
Toxicology Studies—Helpful Tips for Determining Relevance for Humans—Talking points useful in outreach
SOT Issues Statements
SOT Position Papers
Congressional Briefings—Nanotoxicology and Biomonitoring
Toxicology Topics
50th Anniversary Publications includes stories about the 50 years of SOT and the history of toxicology training programs
Risk Assessment—SOT Article from the 1998 Communiqué
EnviroHealth Links—Education, Careers, Outreach (National Library of Medicine)
Is It Safe?—Toxicology Education Video promoting the role of the individual in issues related to chemical use
Toxicology Terms from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and Human Health Division Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology, 2nd Edition
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