Deep South ERC Industrial Hygiene and HSAT Programs

描述（由申请人提供）：深南中心的使命是通过跨学科的教育、研究和推广项目来培养保护和促进工人健康与安全的专业人员，自1982年以来，深南中心一直是东南地区的职业安全与健康资源。该中心为工业卫生（IH）领域的硕士和博士学术研究以及阿拉巴马大学伯明翰公共卫生学院的有害物质学术培训（HSAT）专业提供机会。这份申请将把这些项目延续到2012年预算年度。这些建立良好的学术课程，由国家认可的教师教授，向我们的学生灌输了对职业安全和健康专业跨学科性质的欣赏。我们需要六名全日制IH学生和三名HSAT学生的支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): By meeting its mission of developing professionals who protect and promote the health and safety of workers through interdisciplinary education, research, and outreach programs, the Deep South Center has been an occupational safety and health resource to the southeast since 1982. The Center provides opportunities for master's and doctoral academic studies in the fields of industrial hygiene (IH) and a specialty in hazardous substances academic training (HSAT) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. This application is to renew those programs until the 2012 budget year. These well established academic programs, taught by nationally-recognized faculty members, instill in our students an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the occupational safety and health professions. We are requesting support for six full time students in IH and three in HSAT. RELEVANCE: The relevance of the IH and HSAT programs is indicated by over 80% of the graduates still practicing in the occupational safety and health professions, and about 65% are located in the southeast U.S, and we are involved in research applicable to the industries in our region.