Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental healh

西南职业与环境卫生中心

• 批准号: 8529710
• 负责人: ELAINE SYMANSKI
• 金额: $ 10.26万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-07-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8529710
• 关键词: Southwest; Center; Occupational; Environmental; healh

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.

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份补充申请，用于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）的继续教育计划。SWCOEH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健康专家的迫切需求。UTSPH有一个独特的多校区系统，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计划，教师和学生位于休斯顿和圣安东尼奥的环境和职业健康科学计划。所有校园都以电子方式连接，促进高质量的教学和研究，扩大课程设置，跨学科合作，接触区域利益攸关方以及扩大少数民族学生群体。ERC成立于1977年。它一直不断资助，因为并纳入教师和学生从有关职业和环境健康的各个学科。ERC目前提供工业卫生硕士级培训（2-3年），职业流行病学和伤害预防博士级培训（3-4年），以及职业医学博士后住院医师。除了学术研究生学位课程，ERC还有一个积极的继续教育计划，提供全方位的培训机会。UT ERC通过每年为新的和过渡的调查员提供试点项目研究培训的支持而得到进一步加强。 公共卫生相关性： UT ERC提供职业健康和安全方面的高级学位培训，以满足联邦第六区对训练有素的专业人员的迫切需求。全方位的学位课程，高级研究培训和继续教育课程有助于满足第六区对训练有素的专业人员的需求，以保护国家劳动力的健康和安全。