Occupational Health and Safety Training Grant

项目概要/摘要 此更新申请（2020-2025）要求支持在大学的工作环境计划 马萨诸塞州洛厄尔继续其目前的培训计划赠款与两个资助的职业安全和 健康培训计划：a）工程学院的职业安全/人类工程学（OS/E）;以及B） 职业流行病学（Occ Epi）在健康科学学院。这些项目由 自1991年以来，NIOSH。他们一直住在工作环境部，直到2016年， 这个部门与另一个部门合并成公共卫生部。2018年，布赫霍尔茨博士和 Punnett，这两个项目的项目总监，搬到了生物医学系， 工程. 该计划的使命是培训工作环境专业人员，并对识别进行研究 评估安全和健康危害，设计安全有效的替代品， 促进健康和可持续工作场所的发展，并没有改变。在这次使命中，我们 在一个总体愿景的指导下：设计和促进无害环境的生产系统， 对工人、社区和消费者来说是安全、健康和有益的。我们对健康和健康的综合方法 安全致力于回答基本问题，“什么是健康工作场所的最佳设计，以及如何实现 实现“？ 学员，无论学科，将被要求完成三门课程的核心：工作环境政策和 实践;人机工程学与工作和流行病学与生物统计学。此外，所有学生都需要完成 职业健康与安全项目。该计划的综合课程有三个广泛的学术 目标：（1）职业安全健康危害识别与评价;（2）控制与预防 职业安全和健康危害;（3）制定和实施工作场所干预措施 包括安全和健康计划以及其他社会和经济政策。 工作环境计划的毕业生包括许多成功的实践者和研究人员， 职业安全和健康方面的职业表明在实现这些目标方面取得了总体成功。提案要求 五年的资助，以支持总共六名毕业学员：OS/E和OCC Epi各三名学员。是 预计我们将在一般情况下支持硕士学员两年，但也会偶尔支持 博士生。

Project Summary/Abstract This renewal application (2020-2025) requests support for the Work Environment program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell to continue its current training program grant with two funded occupational safety and health training programs: a) Occupational Safety/Ergonomics (OS/E) in the College of Engineering; and b) Occupational Epidemiology (Occ Epi) in the College of Health Sciences. These programs have been funded by NIOSH since 1991. They had been housed in the Department of Work Environment until 2016 when that department was merged with another to form the Department of Public Health. In 2018, Drs. Buchholz and Punnett, the Program Directors for each of these two programs, moved to the Department of Biomedical Engineering. The mission of the program, to train work environment professionals and conduct research on the identification and evaluation of safety and health hazards and the design of safe and efficient alternatives, thereby promoting the development of healthy and sustainable workplaces, has not changed. In this mission, we are guided by an overarching vision to: design and promote systems of production that are environmentally-sound, safe, healthy and rewarding for workers, communities, and consumers. Our integrated approach to health and safety strives to answer the basic question, “What is the optimal design of a healthy workplace, and how can it be achieved?” Trainees, regardless of discipline, will be required to complete a three-course core: Work Environment Policy & Practice; Ergonomics & Work and Epidemiology & Biostatistics. In addition, all students will need to complete an occupational health & safety based project. The program’s integrated curriculum has three broad academic objectives: (1) recognition and evaluation of occupational safety and health hazards; (2) control and prevention of occupational safety and health hazards; and (3) development and implementation of workplace interventions including safety and health programs, as well as other social and economic policies. Graduates of the Work Environment program include many successful practitioners and researchers whose careers in occupational safety and health indicate overall success towards these goals. The proposal requests five years of funding to support a total of six graduate trainees: three trainees each in OS/E and Occ Epi. It is expected that we will, in general, support masters trainees for two years, but will also occasionally support doctoral students.