Industrial Hygiene Training

描述(由申请者提供)：这项培训计划拨款的目标是维持和加强俄克拉荷马大学健康科学中心职业和环境健康(OEH)系的创新和技术实力雄厚的工业卫生(IH)和工业卫生/环境健康科学(IH/EHS)双轨计划。培训计划赠款的具体目标是(1)吸引高素质和积极进取的学生，包括代表人数不足的少数群体成员，进入工业卫生专业；(2)招收有不同技术背景、有兴趣进入工业卫生领域的学生。该项目是美国中南部仅有的四个获得教唆认证的硕士级别工业卫生项目之一。这笔补助金将为全日制理科硕士学生提供津贴和学费支持。申请者群体在全国范围内，但集中在俄克拉何马州及其周边地区。该项目有三名IH核心教员，并由另外四名具有环境健康、环境管理和生物防御专业知识的系教员以及公共卫生学院的其他教员提供支持。公共卫生学院与俄克拉何马州的美洲原住民社区有着长期的工作关系，为招生和研究提供了特殊的机会。该项目将为职业健康和安全方面的专业实践和研究招聘和培训合格的人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this training program grant is to sustain and enhance the innovative and technically strong Industrial Hygiene (IH) and "dual-track" Industrial Hygiene/Environmental Health Sciences (IH/EHS) programs in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The specific aims of the training program grant are (1) to attract highly qualified and motivated students, including members of under-represented minorities, into the industrial hygiene profession and (2) to recruit students with diverse technical backgrounds who are interested in entering the industrial hygiene field. The program is one of only four ABET-accredited masters level industrial hygiene programs in the south central United States. The grant will provide stipend and tuition support for full-time Master of Science students. The applicant pool is national in range but concentrated in Oklahoma and the surrounding region. The program has three core IH faculty and is supported by four other departmental faculty with expertise in Environmental Health, Environmental Management, and Biodefense, and by other faculty in the College of Public Health. The College of Public Health has long-term working relationships with the Native American communities in Oklahoma, providing special opportunities for recruitment of students and for research. This project will recruit and train well-qualified individuals for professional practice and research in occupational health and safety.