Deep South Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center

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。该中心行政核心位于阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB）公共卫生学院，包括一个执行委员会、顾问委员会、外展、多样性、试点项目研究培训计划和跨学科协调。该中心为UAB公共卫生学院的工业卫生（IH）、UAB护理学院的职业健康护理（OHN）、职业安全和人体工程学（OSE）领域的硕士和博士学术研究提供机会，并为奥本大学工程学院的职业伤害预防研究培训（OPIRT）专业提供机会。我们正在提议一个有针对性的研究培训（TRT）计划，该计划将包括UAB工程学院的现有培训计划，少数民族健康计划和医学院的肺部医学。在这个项目的第一年，我们要求支持IH的8名全日制学生，OHN的12名，OSE的14名，OPIRT的3名，TRT的2名。我们的继续教育和有害物质培训项目也位于UAB公共卫生学院，预计在项目期间每年为约900名与会者提供60多门课程。我们建立良好的学术课程，由国家认可的教师授课，向学生灌输对职业安全和健康专业跨学科性质的欣赏。

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 Administrative Core is located at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health, and includes an Executive Committee, Board of Advisors, Outreach, Diversity, Pilot Project Research Training programs, and interdisciplinary coordination. The Center provides opportunities for masters and doctoral academic studies in the fields of industrial hygiene (IH) at the UAB School of Public Health, occupational health nursing (OHN) at the UAB School of Nursing, and occupational safety and ergonomics (OSE) and a specialty in occupational injury prevention research training (OPIRT) at the Auburn University College of Engineering. We are proposing a targeted research training (TRT) program that will include existing training programs in the UAB School of Engineering, the Minority Health Program and the Pulmonary Medicine in the School of Medicine. In the first year of this project, we are requesting support for eight full time students in IH, twelve in OHN, fourteen in OSE, three in OPIRT, and two in TRT. Our Continuing Education and Hazardous Substance Training programs, also located in the UAB School of Public Health, anticipate offering over 60 courses to about 900 attendees in each year of the project period. Our 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. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The regional impact of our academic programs is indicated by 65% of our graduates still practicing in the occupational safety and health professions in the southeast. We are also involved in research applicable to the industries in our region, and our continuing education and outreach programs have enhanced the knowledge and skills of practitioners through relevant training courses and seminars.