Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental healh

描述（由申请人提供）：这是德克萨斯大学公共卫生学院（UTSPH）西南职业与环境健康中心（SWCOEH）继续教育计划的补充申请。该中心的总体目标是通过提供研究生水平的学术和研究培训以及继续教育，满足对训练有素的职业和环境卫生专家的迫切需求。UTSPH拥有独特的多校区系统，主校区位于休斯顿的德克萨斯医疗中心，五个区域校区分别位于奥斯汀、布朗斯维尔、达拉斯、埃尔帕索和圣安东尼奥。ERC项目、教师和学生位于休斯敦和圣安东尼奥的环境和职业健康科学项目。所有校区都是电子连接的，促进了高质量的教学和研究，扩大了课程设置，跨学科合作，并获得了区域利益相关者，以及扩大了少数民族学生群体。伦理委员会成立于1977年。从那时起，它一直得到资助，并吸收了来自与职业和环境卫生有关的各个学科的教师和学生。目前，ERC提供工业卫生硕士（2-3年）培训，职业流行病学和伤害预防博士（3-4年）培训，以及职业医学博士后实习。除了学术研究生学位课程外，ERC还有一个积极的继续教育计划，提供全方位的培训机会。科技大学研究中心每年为新研究人员和过渡研究人员提供试点项目研究培训，进一步加强研究中心的工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a supplemental application for the Continuing Education Program for the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at the University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH).The overall goal of the SWCOEH is to respond to the critical need for well-trained occupational and environmental health specialists by providing graduate level academic and research training and continuing education. The UTSPH has a unique, multi-campus system, with the main campus located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston and five regional campuses in Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, and San Antonio. The ERC programs, faculty, and students are located in Houston and San Antonio in the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Program. All campuses are linked electronically, facilitating quality teaching and research, expanded course offerings, interdisciplinary collaboration, and access to regional stakeholders, as well as to expanded minority student populations. The ERC was established in 1977. It has been continuously funded since and incorporates faculty and students from various disciplines related to occupational and environmental health. The ERC currently provides master level training (2-3 years) in Industrial Hygiene, doctoral level training (3-4 years) in Occupational Epidemiology and Injury Prevention, and postdoctoral residencies in Occupational Medicine. In addition to the academic graduate degree programs, the ERC has an active Continuing Education Program that provides a full spectrum of training opportunities. The UT ERC is further enhanced by annual support of pilot projects research training for new and transitional investigators. PUBLICH HEALTH RELEVANCE: The UT ERC provides advanced degree training in occupational health and safety to meet the critical need for trained professionals in federal Region VI. A full spectrum of degree programs, advanced research training, and continuing education courses help meet the needs of Region VI for well-trained professionals to protect the health and safety of the nation's workforce.