Industrial Hygiene Training

描述（由申请人提供）：该培训计划资助的目标是维持和加强俄克拉荷马州大学健康科学中心职业与环境卫生部（OEH）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）计划。培训方案赠款的具体目标是：（1）吸引高素质和积极性高的学生，包括代表性不足的少数民族成员，进入工业卫生专业;（2）招募有兴趣进入工业卫生领域的具有不同技术背景的学生。该计划是美国中南部仅有的四个ABET认证的硕士级工业卫生计划之一。该补助金将为全日制理学硕士学生提供助学金和学费支持。申请人的范围是全国性的，但集中在俄克拉荷马州和周边地区。该计划有三个核心IH教师，并由其他四个部门的教师在环境健康，环境管理和生物防御的专业知识，并在公共卫生学院的其他教师的支持。公共卫生学院与俄克拉荷马州的美洲原住民社区建立了长期的工作关系，为学生的招聘和研究提供了特殊的机会。该项目将招聘和培训合格人员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.