The Environmental Health Science Program at Western Kentucky University

西肯塔基大学环境健康科学项目

• 批准号: 10246154
• 负责人: Ritchie D Taylor
• 金额: $ 19.93万
• 依托单位: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10246154
• 关键词: Environmental; Health; Science; Program; Western

Project Summary The Environmental Health Science (EHS) degree program at Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a comprehensive program built upon education and training in basic and applied sciences. The overall educational objective is to provide students the opportunity to develop a comprehensive understanding of the chemical, biological, physical and social factors or stressors in the occupational and natural environments that impact public health. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the program, the core EHS faculty collaborate on research within the program and with other academic disciplines, departments and programs both within the institution and externally. A core component of the program is engagement of faculty and students in research and/or practice experiences with an environmental and occupational health science focus. The courses offered are designed to meet the general requirements for evaluating workplace and environmental hazards by anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling stressors or factors that may affect the health, comfort or productivity of workers and the general public. This program responds to needs identified by our advisory committee members, area industries, consultants, and administrators, and is consistent with the existing inventory of classroom courses and laboratory courses offered at WKU. The success of graduates employed as occupational safety and health specialists, environmental health and safety specialists, industrial hygienists, and in closely related fields has established the credibility of the institution to offer this curriculum. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Training Project Grant (TPG) at WKU has specific objectives to enhance occupational safety and health, and related training through the EHS degree program. Primary long-term objectives are to support recruitment of students, provide training and professional development opportunities, advance the environmental and occupational health science field in Kentucky and beyond, and enhance the diversity of students in the program. Specifically, the program will provide stipends in the form of tuition scholarships to train six (6) students, or more, each project annum for the 5 year project period. Training though the EHS curriculum will allow students in the TPG to graduate with an environmental and occupational health degree. A broad goal of the TPG is to attract and retain minority students. The EHS program has seen an increase in minority student enrollments, both African American and Hispanic students; however, the relative percentage of minority students in the program is low. The administrators of WKU’s TPG believe that it is important to continue to be diligent and innovative in expanding opportunities for minorities to enter the EHS field. NIOSH TPG sponsorship of the WKU EHS Program will ensure opportunities and training that will promote expertise in the EHS field for the people of Kentucky and this region, so they may be adequately represented in local, state, and national jobs.

项目摘要 西肯塔基州大学（WKU）的环境健康科学（EHS）学位课程是一个 以基础科学和应用科学的教育和培训为基础的综合方案。整体 教育目标是为学生提供机会，以发展一个全面的了解 职业和自然环境中的化学、生物、物理和社会因素或压力源， 影响公共卫生。由于该计划的跨学科性质，核心EHS教师合作 在程序内的研究，并与其他学科，部门和方案都在 机构和外部。该计划的核心组成部分是教师和学生参与研究 和/或实践经验与环境和职业健康科学的重点。 所提供的课程旨在满足评估工作场所的一般要求， 通过预测、识别、评估和控制可能导致环境危害的压力源或因素， 影响工人和公众的健康、舒适或生产力。该计划响应需求 由我们的咨询委员会成员、地区行业、顾问和管理人员确定， 与WKU提供的课堂课程和实验室课程的现有清单一致。的 成功的毕业生就业作为职业安全和健康专家，环境健康和安全 专家，工业企业家，并在密切相关的领域建立了该机构的信誉， 提供这个课程。 WKU的国家职业安全与健康研究所（NIOSH）培训项目补助金（TPG） 通过EHS学位加强职业安全和健康以及相关培训的具体目标 程序.主要的长期目标是支持招生，提供培训， 专业发展机会，推进环境和职业健康科学领域， 肯塔基州及其他地区，并提高学生在该计划的多样性。 具体来说，该计划将提供助学金的学费奖学金的形式，以培养六（6）名学生，或 此外，每个项目每年为5年项目期。培训虽然EHS课程将允许学生 在TPG与环境和职业健康学位毕业。TPG的主要目标是 吸引和留住少数民族学生。EHS项目的少数民族学生入学人数有所增加， 非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔学生;然而，少数民族学生的相对百分比 节目很低。WKU的TPG的管理人员认为，重要的是要继续勤奋， 在扩大少数民族进入EHS领域的机会方面具有创新性。NIOSH TPG赞助 WKU EHS计划将确保提供机会和培训，以促进EHS领域的专业知识， 肯塔基州和这个地区的人民，所以他们可能在地方，州和国家的工作中有足够的代表。