The University of Michigan Education and Research Center

描述（申请人提供）：密歇根大学职业健康与安全工程中心（COHSE）提供工业卫生（IH）、职业健康护理（OHN）、职业安全工程与人体工程学（OSE）、有害物质学术培训（HSAT）、职业流行病学（OE）和试点项目研究培训（PPRT）方面的全面专业和研究培训。我们还有一个备受推崇的继续教育项目，为职业健康安全专业人员提供短期课程，以及广泛的外展活动。自1982年以来，我们一直作为ERC运作，并且已经达到了一个成熟的阶段，其特点是：1)卓越的学术生产力和效率，2)稳定的，主要是终身教职的敏锐，3)所有核心学科的广泛课程，4)在广泛的OHS领域的杰出研究生产力和资金，5)密歇根大学的优秀制度支持，以及6)大量的校友是各自领域的领导者。过去三年资助期（2005-2007）的亮点包括：聘用了9名新的中心教员，包括一名新的环境健康科学主席，启动了对新的OHN主任的外部搜索，引入了10门新课程，包括涵盖所有中心项目的OHS管理课程，以及由所有中心项目的学生组成的跨学科团队开展的以项目为导向的课程，完成了在职/在校非住宿硕士课程的课程更新，采用远程学习和面对面教学相结合的方式；启动新的诺拉博士预科奖学金，并对中心校友进行正式的需求评估。2005-2007年，中心共招收研究生126人，硕士研究生77人，博士研究生16人。在56个不同的项目中有3010名继续教育学生。资助了9个试点研究项目。未来5年的目标包括：1)保持所有学术项目的卓越性；2)为学员开发新的财政支持来源；3)继续完善和改进课程；4)IH和OHN的在职/校园项目的增长；6)通过开设新课程和改善与专业组织的联系，保持CE项目的卓越性和规模；7)建立两个新的针对性研究培训项目。博士前研究和研究到实践。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE) provides comprehensive professional and research training in Industrial Hygiene (IH), Occupational Health Nursing (OHN), Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics (OSE), Hazardous Substances Academic Training (HSAT), Occupational Epidemiology (OE), and Pilot Project Research Training (PPRT). We also have a highly respected Continuing Education program that provides short courses to OHS professionals, and extensive Outreach activities. We have functioned as an ERC since 1982, and have reached a stage of maturity characterized by: 1) outstanding academic productivity and efficiency, 2) a stable, mostly tenured acuity, 3) extensive curricula in all core disciplines, 4) outstanding research productivity and funding in a broad spectrum of OHS areas, 5) excellent institutional support from the University of Michigan, and 6) a large number of alumni who are leaders in their fields. Highlights of the past 3-year grant period (2005-2007) include: hiring of 9 new Center faculty including a new Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, initiation of an external search for a new OHN Director, introduction of 10 new courses including an OHS Management course across all Center programs and a project-oriented course carried out by interdisciplinary teams of students from all Center programs, complete updating of the curriculum of the On Job/On Campus nonresidential Masters program to use combined distance learning and face-to-face modalities; launching of a new Nora Pre-Doctoral Scholarship, and conduct of a formal needs assessment among Center alumni. During the 2005-2007 period, the academic programs within the Center enrolled 126 students and graduate 77 Masters and 16 Doctoral students. There were 3010 Continuing Education students in 56 different programs. Nine pilot research (PPRT) projects were funded. Goals for the next 5-year period include: 1) maintaining excellence in all academic programs, 2) development of new sources of financial support for trainees, 3) continuing curriculum refinement and improvement, 4) growth in our On Job/On Campus programs in IH and OHN, 6) maintaining the excellence and size of our CE programs through new courses and improved linkages with professional organizations and, 7) establishment of two new Targeted Research Training programs: Pre-Doctoral Research and Research to Practice.