Training for Industrial Hygiene Professionals and Researchers

项目概要/摘要 俄克拉荷马州健康大学职业与环境健康系 科学中心（OUHSC）公共卫生哈德逊学院提供研究生教育，导致硕士 工业卫生和环境健康科学（IH/EHS）理学硕士（MS）学位和 职业与环境健康哲学（PhD）学位。 在IH/EHS在OUHSC MS是仅有的四个ABET认证的硕士级工业卫生之一 美国中南部的项目。在IH/EHS MS的目标是准备专业 实践者应用科学知识来预测，识别，评估和控制 影响人类健康的环境危害或压力。MS课程，强调两者 定量技能和有效沟通，包括48个学期的课程，包括 硕士论文研究和实地实践经验，并可在22-24个月内完成全职 study.在OEH博士学位的目标是准备毕业生传授和/或增加知识， 职业健康通过在学术界或研究的职业生涯。博士课程包括先进的教学 环境科学，流行病学，生物统计学以及与环境相关的研究方法 职业健康，并在职业和环境的广泛领域的博士论文 健康 建议延长NIOSH培训项目补助金（TPG）的具体目标是：（1）吸引 高素质和积极性的学生，包括与文化或语言流利有关的个人， （2）招收具有不同技术背景的学生; 有兴趣进入工业卫生领域的背景;和（3）招聘和培训非常 在工业卫生研究方面有前途的研究型学生。TPG资金将用于支持六个 每年培训名额，由全职硕士级别培训生和最多2名全职博士级别培训生填补 实习生MS计划的学员可以在TPG上获得长达24个月的支持。学员 PhD课程可以支持长达5年。 俄克拉荷马州的学院有相对较高的美国印第安人入学率，反映了该州独特的种族 混合，提供了一个优秀的人才库，来自代表性不足的少数民族的合格的潜在学员。 MS项目的招聘也将针对在卫生专业有工作经验的个人， 希望向工业卫生领域过渡的工程、化学和环境科学专业 实践招聘博士将针对高素质的个人与学士或硕士学位的科学或 为工业卫生研究提供了坚实的基础。

Project Summary/Abstract The Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) Hudson College of Public Health provides graduate education leading to the Master of Science (MS) degree in Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health Sciences (IH/EHS) and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Occupational and Environmental Health. The MS in IH/EHS at OUHSC is one of only four ABET-accredited masters level industrial hygiene programs in the south central United States. The goal of the MS in IH/EHS is to prepare professional practitioners to apply scientific knowledge to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental hazards or stresses affecting human health. The MS curriculum, which emphasizes both quantitative skills and effective communication, consists of 48 semester hours of coursework, including masters thesis research and a field practice experience, and can be completed in 22-24 months of full-time study. The goal of the PhD degree in OEH is to prepare graduates to impart and/or add to knowledge in occupational health through careers in academia or research. The PhD curriculum includes advanced didactic coursework in environmental sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methods related to occupational health, and a doctoral dissertation within the broad field of occupational and environmental health. The specific aims of the proposed renewal of the NIOSH training project grant (TPG) are: (1) to attract highly qualified and motivated students, including individuals with cultural or linguistic fluency related to underserved populations, into the industrial hygiene profession; (2) to recruit students with diverse technical backgrounds who are interested in entering the industrial hygiene field; and (3) to recruit and train very promising research-oriented students in industrial hygiene research. TPG funds will be used to support six traineeship slots per year, to be filled by full-time masters-level trainees and up to 2 full-time doctoral-level trainees. Trainees in the MS program may be supported on the TPG for up to 24 months. Trainees in the PhD program may be supported for up to 5 years. Oklahoma colleges have relatively high American Indian enrollments reflecting the state's unique ethnic mix, presenting an excellent pool of well qualified prospective trainees from under-represented minorities. Recruitment for the MS program will also target individuals with work experience in the health professions, engineering, chemistry, and environmental science who wish to make the transition into industrial hygiene practice. Recruitment for the PhD will target highly qualified individuals with BS or MS degrees in science or engineering that provide a solid foundation for industrial hygiene research.