Southern California Education and Research Center

描述（由申请人提供）：南加州（SCERC）的区域IX NIOSH ERC由三个学术课程组成：职业医学（CM），工业卫生（IH）和职业与环境健康护理（OEHN）。这些方案通常分别有大约4名、12名和13名受训人员。职业医学课程位于加州尔湾大学（UCI）;所有其他课程都在加州大学，洛杉矶（UCLA）。其他拟议的方案包括继续教育、外联、中心管理、有害物质学术培训方案（HSAT）、试点/小型项目方案（P/SPP）、有害物质培训方案（HST）和有针对性的研究培训方案（TRT）。这些项目代表了一系列协调的、跨学科的专业教育、继续教育、研究和外展活动，对该地区和国家的职业健康和安全实践产生了积极影响。我们第九区中心的主要目标是1）教育职业健康和安全各个学科的专业人员，2）为职业安全和健康领域职位的专业人员和其他人员提供继续教育，3）通过与区域机构和组织的联系，扩大职业健康和安全活动，（4）促进对职业健康和安全重要问题的研究。ERC与UCLA和UCI职业和环境健康中心（COEH）合作。这些是国家支持的职业安全和健康研究和教学中心。ERC和COEH共同代表了州和联邦资金之间独特而有效的伙伴关系。 公众健康的依赖：南加州ERC的项目从三个方面影响职业安全和健康。我们的毕业生直接有助于工人的安全和健康，通过他们在该领域的专业人士就业，许多人继续担任领导职务。我们的研究有助于通过更好地了解工作场所暴露，健康影响及其控制来长期改善工人健康。最后，我们的继续教育计划向O&SH专业人员传达最新的科学进步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Region IX NIOSH ERC for Southern California (SCERC) is composed of three academic programs: one each in occupational medicine (CM), industrial hygiene (IH), and Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (OEHN). These programs typically have about 4, 12, and 13 trainees, respectively. The occupational medicine program is located at University of California Irvine (UCI); ail other programs are at University o California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Other proposed programs are a Continuing Education, Outreach, Center Administration, a Hazardous Substances Academic Training Program (HSAT), a Pilot/Small Project Program (P/SPP), and a Hazardous Substances Training (HST) Program and a Targeted Research Training Program (TRT). These programs represent a coordinated, interdisciplinary set of professional education, continuing education, research and outreach activities that have a positive impact on the region's and nation's occupational health and safety practice. The primary goals of our Region IX Center are 1) to educate professionals in the various disciplines of occupational health and safety, 2) to provide continuing education for professionals and others in occupational safety and health fields positions, 3) to proliferate occupational health and safety activity through outreach to regional institutions and organizations, and 4) to foster research on issues important to occupational health and safety. The ERC operates in concert with the UCLA and UCI Centers for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH). These are state supported centers for research and teaching in occupational safety and health. Together the ERC and COEH represent a unique and effective partnership between state and federal funding. PUBLIC HEALTH RELVANCE: The programs of the Southern California ERC impact Occupational Safety and Health in three ways. Our graduates contribute directly to worker safety and health through their employment as professionals in the field and many go on to assume leadership positions. Our research contributes to longer term improvements in worker health through improved understanding of workplace exposures, health effects, and their control. Finally our continuing education programs convey up-to-date scientific advances to O&SH professionals.