Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Grant

目前的预测表明职业健康和安全专业人员严重短缺，包括 工业卫生员，由于经过适当培训和培训的供需之间不平衡 受过教育的专业人士。此外，少数族裔代表性不足的比例也存在差异 职业安全与健康领域的专业人员。杜兰大学工业卫生培训 该计划通过为工业卫生研究生提供支持的目标来解决这些问题 在公共卫生与热带医学院 MSPH-IH 学位课程中。 MSPH 工业卫生 该计划始于 1980 年，20 世纪 90 年代初增加了远程学习选项，该计划已 ABET 自 1996 年起获得认证，包括传统的校园学习和远程学习选项。 杜兰大学还提供工业卫生研究生证书和环境健康科学博士学位 注重工业卫生。工业卫生研究生课程内容全面且 包括各个公共卫生学科的核心课程和工业卫生专业课程。 课程包括流行病学、生物统计学、毒理学和风险评估、放射卫生、工业 通风和危害控制、物理因素、空气采样和分析、职业健康、原理 工业卫生和工业安全。此外，实践经验、应用研究论文和 完成学位需要进行综合考试。该计划自启动以来，已 已毕业 208 名硕士生，其中 37 名是代表性不足的少数族裔。大约三分之一 我们的校友获得了美国工业卫生委员会的专业认证。当前 项目学生由三名核心工业卫生教师在大型机构的支持下进行培训和指导 具有相关和辅助学科专业知识（包括环境学）的常规和兼职教师骨干队伍 健康、职业医学、环境流行病学和安全科学。 NIOSH 资助的培训 杜兰大学 MSPH-IH 学生于 2005 年开始学习。2020 学年，7 名学员正在接受支持，其中 2 名学员接受了支持 校园和5个远程学习。我们目前的两名学员是少数族裔。招收少数民族学生 通过与路易斯安那州泽维尔大学的持续合作，将有助于进入杜兰大学项目， HBCU。在我们 37 名少数民族毕业生中，19 人获得了泽维尔大学的本科学位。杜兰大学培训 计划将继续为 MSPH-IH 学生提供校内和远程学习选择的支持。 将为选定的全日制在校学生提供学费/杂费和津贴支持以及学费/杂费 为选定的远程学习学生提供支持。支持学员参加专业会议的旅行 还将提供出席或演示的机会。该计划的目标是为四到六人提供支持 每学年的学生实习生。

Current projections indicate a significant shortage of occupational health and safety professionals, including industrial hygienists, because of an imbalance between the supply and demand of suitably trained and educated professionals. Additionally, there is a disparity in the percentage of under-represented minority professionals in the occupational safety and health fields. The Tulane University industrial hygiene training program addresses these issues through its goal of providing support for industrial hygiene graduate students in the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine MSPH-IH degree program. The MSPH industrial hygiene program began in 1980, a distance learning option was added in the early 1990s, and the program has been ABET accredited since 1996 including both the traditional on-campus and the distance learning options. Tulane also offers a graduate certificate in industrial hygiene and a PhD in environmental health science with a focus on industrial hygiene. The Industrial Hygiene graduate program curriculum is comprehensive and includes core courses from various public health disciplines and specialty courses in industrial hygiene. Courses include epidemiology, biostatistics, toxicology and risk assessment, radiological health, industrial ventilation and hazard control, physical agents, air sampling and analysis, occupational health, principles of industrial hygiene, and industrial safety. In addition, practice experience, applied research thesis, and comprehensive exam are required for completion of the degree. Since its inception, the program has graduated 208 masters students, of whom 37 were under-represented minorities. Approximately one-third of our alumni have obtained professional certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Current program students are trained and mentored by three core industrial hygiene faculty with the support of a large cadre of regular and adjunct faculty with expertise in related and ancillary disciplines including environmental health, occupational medicine, environmental epidemiology and safety science. NIOSH funded traineeships for Tulane MSPH-IH students began in 2005. In academic year 2020, 7 trainees are receiving support, 2 on campus and 5 in distance learning. Two of our current trainees are minorities. Recruitment of minority students into the Tulane program will be facilitated through continuing collaboration with Xavier University of Louisiana, an HBCU. Of our 37 minority graduates, 19 received undergraduate degrees from Xavier. The Tulane training program will continue to provide support for MSPH-IH students in on-campus and distance learning options. Tuition/fee and stipend support will be provided for selected full-time on-campus students and tuition/fee support provided for selected distance learning students. Support for trainee travel to professional conferences for attendance or presentation will also be provided. The program target is to provide support for four to six student trainees per academic year.