Industrial Hygiene Training

描述（由申请人提供）：这项培训计划的目标是维持和加强俄克拉荷马大学健康科学中心职业与环境健康（OEH）系的创新和技术强大的工业卫生（IH）和“双轨”工业卫生/环境健康科学（IH/EHS）项目。培训计划补助金的具体目的是(1)吸引高素质和积极进取的学生，包括少数族裔人士，进入工业卫生专业；(2)招收有不同技术背景的学生，他们有兴趣进入工业卫生领域。该项目是美国中南部仅有的四个abet认证的硕士级工业卫生项目之一。该助学金将为全日制理学硕士学生提供津贴和学费支持。申请人在全国范围内，但集中在俄克拉何马州和周边地区。该项目有三名核心IH教师，并得到其他四名具有环境卫生、环境管理和生物防御专业知识的院系教师以及公共卫生学院的其他教师的支持。公共卫生学院与俄克拉何马州的美洲土著社区建立了长期的工作关系，为招收学生和进行研究提供了特殊的机会。该项目将招募和培训合格的个人从事职业健康和安全方面的专业实践和研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this training program grant is to sustain and enhance the innovative and technically strong Industrial Hygiene (IH) and "dual-track" Industrial Hygiene/Environmental Health Sciences (IH/EHS) programs in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The specific aims of the training program grant are (1) to attract highly qualified and motivated students, including members of under-represented minorities, into the industrial hygiene profession and (2) to recruit students with diverse technical backgrounds who are interested in entering the industrial hygiene field. The program is one of only four ABET-accredited masters level industrial hygiene programs in the south central United States. The grant will provide stipend and tuition support for full-time Master of Science students. The applicant pool is national in range but concentrated in Oklahoma and the surrounding region. The program has three core IH faculty and is supported by four other departmental faculty with expertise in Environmental Health, Environmental Management, and Biodefense, and by other faculty in the College of Public Health. The College of Public Health has long-term working relationships with the Native American communities in Oklahoma, providing special opportunities for recruitment of students and for research. This project will recruit and train well-qualified individuals for professional practice and research in occupational health and safety.