Occupational Safety and Health, ERC, University of Illinois at Chicago

描述（由申请人提供）：伊利诺斯州职业与环境安全与健康中心的存在是为了通过应用创新和跨学科的方法来改善、促进和维护工人和社区的健康：1)准备专业人员成为职业和环境安全与健康的领导者，他们将指导和管理职业和环境安全与健康计划，教授其他职业和环境健康专业人员，并研究与职业和环境安全与健康相关的问题；2)向职业和环境健康与安全专业人员提供继续教育，并向工人和社区提供外联服务，以提高他们对职业和环境安全与健康关键问题的知识、技能和认识，特别关注面临风险和服务不足的工人和社区的问题和需求；3)通过培养博士生，对地区、国家和全球意义的问题进行教师和学生的研究，并传播他们的研究成果，为职业和环境安全与健康方面的知识库做出贡献；4)作为区域信息资源。职业与环境健康与安全教育与研究中心（伊利诺伊州ERG）由14个项目组成。有5个持续的学术项目：工业卫生（IH），有害物质（HSAT），伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校的职业医学（OM-UIC），职业健康护理（OHN），农业安全与健康（ASH-A）。本申请提出了两个新的学术项目：职业安全（OS）和职业流行病学（OE）。有三个继续教育和推广项目：工业卫生、职业医学、职业健康护理和职业安全（CE）继续教育；有害物质；农业安全与卫生（ASH-CE）。ERG还有中心范围的活动，包括中心行政核心、外联、多元化招聘和跨学科协调（CWA），以及试点项目研究培训计划（PPRT）和目标研究培训计划（TRT）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Illinois Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health exists to improve, promote, and maintain the health of workers and communities by applying innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to: 1) prepare professionals to be leaders in occupational and environmental safety and health who will direct and manage occupational and environmental safety and health programs, teach other occupational and environmental health professionals, and research issues pertinent to occupational and environmental safety and health; 2) provide continuing education to occupational and environmental health and safety professionals and outreach to workers and communities to improve their knowledge, skills, and awareness of key issues in occupational and environmental safety and health, devoting special attention to the problems and needs of at risk and underserved workers and communities; 3) contribute to the knowledge base in occupational and environmental safety and health by preparing doctoral students, performing faculty and student research on problems of regional, national, and global significance, and disseminating the results of their research; and 4) serve as a regional information resource. The Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center (Illinois ERG) is comprised of 14 programs. There are 5 continuing academic programs: Industrial Hygiene (IH), Hazardous Substances (HSAT), Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago (OM-UIC), Occupational Health Nursing (OHN), Agricultural Safety and Health (ASH-A). Two new academic programs are proposed with this application: Occupational Safety (OS) and Occupational Epidemiology (OE) There are three continuing education and outreach programs: Continuing Education in industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, occupational health nursing, and occupational safety (CE); Hazardous Substances (HST); and Agricultural Safety and Health (ASH-CE). The ERG also has Center Wide Activities including a Center Administrative Core, Outreach, Diversity Recruitment, and Interdisciplinary Coordination (CWA), as well as a Pilot Projects Research Training program (PPRT) and Targeted Research Training program (TRT).