The University of Michigan Education and Research Center

密歇根大学职业健康与安全工程中心（COHSE）提供工业卫生（IH），职业健康护理（OHN），职业安全工程和人体工程学（OSE），有害物质学术培训（HSAT），职业流行病学（OE）和试点项目研究培训（PPRT）的全面专业和研究培训。我们还有一个备受推崇的继续教育计划，为OHS专业人员提供短期课程和广泛的推广活动。自1982年以来，我们一直担任ERC，并已达到成熟阶段，其特点是：1）杰出的学术生产力和效率，2）稳定的，大部分是终身的敏锐度，3）所有核心学科的广泛课程，4）杰出的研究生产力和广泛的OHS领域的资金，5）来自密歇根大学的优秀机构支持，（6）一大批在各自领域具有领先地位的校友。过去三年资助期的重点（2005-2007年）包括：招聘9名新的中心教师，包括一名新的环境健康科学主席，开始外部寻找新的OHN主任，引入10门新课程，包括所有中心课程的OHS管理课程和由所有中心课程的学生跨学科团队开展的项目导向课程，完成在职/在校园非住宅硕士课程的课程更新，使用远程学习和面对面的方式相结合;推出一个新的诺拉博士前奖学金，并在中心校友之间进行正式的需求评估。在2005-2007年期间，该中心的学术课程招收了126名学生，毕业生77名硕士和16名博士。有3010名继续教育学生在56个不同的方案。资助了9个试点研究项目。下一个五年期的目标包括：1）保持卓越的所有学术课程，2）为学员提供财政支持的新来源的发展，3）持续的课程完善和改进，4）在IH和OHN我们的在职/校园计划的增长，6）通过新的课程和与专业组织的联系，保持我们的CE计划的卓越和规模，7）建立两个新的有针对性的研究培训计划：博士前研究和研究实践。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE) provides comprehensive professional and research training in Industrial Hygiene (IH), Occupational Health Nursing (OHN), Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics (OSE), Hazardous Substances Academic Training (HSAT), Occupational Epidemiology (OE), and Pilot Project Research Training (PPRT). We also have a highly respected Continuing Education program that provides short courses to OHS professionals, and extensive Outreach activities. We have functioned as an ERC since 1982, and have reached a stage of maturity characterized by: 1) outstanding academic productivity and efficiency, 2) a stable, mostly tenured acuity, 3) extensive curricula in all core disciplines, 4) outstanding research productivity and funding in a broad spectrum of OHS areas, 5) excellent institutional support from the University of Michigan, and 6) a large number of alumni who are leaders in their fields. Highlights of the past 3-year grant period (2005-2007) include: hiring of 9 new Center faculty including a new Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, initiation of an external search for a new OHN Director, introduction of 10 new courses including an OHS Management course across all Center programs and a project-oriented course carried out by interdisciplinary teams of students from all Center programs, complete updating of the curriculum of the On Job/On Campus nonresidential Masters program to use combined distance learning and face-to-face modalities; launching of a new Nora Pre-Doctoral Scholarship, and conduct of a formal needs assessment among Center alumni. During the 2005-2007 period, the academic programs within the Center enrolled 126 students and graduate 77 Masters and 16 Doctoral students. There were 3010 Continuing Education students in 56 different programs. Nine pilot research (PPRT) projects were funded. Goals for the next 5-year period include: 1) maintaining excellence in all academic programs, 2) development of new sources of financial support for trainees, 3) continuing curriculum refinement and improvement, 4) growth in our On Job/On Campus programs in IH and OHN, 6) maintaining the excellence and size of our CE programs through new courses and improved linkages with professional organizations and, 7) establishment of two new Targeted Research Training programs: Pre-Doctoral Research and Research to Practice.