Johns Hopkins ERC - Occupational Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (OEIP)

职业伤害流行病学和预防的跨学科博士培训计划旨在使毕业学员能够为工伤，流行病学，预防计划和政策的研究做出重大贡献，并制定和评估减轻职业伤害和残疾负担的措施。我们为期四年的培训计划的目标是培养独立的调查人员，他们接受过与职业安全和伤害预防相关的广泛学科的培训，包括流行病学，职业健康，人体工程学和健康政策以及特定于职业伤害及其控制的知识。培训涉及以下内容：职业伤害和相关伤害后遗症和残疾问题的规模和性质;与工作场所接触和条件有关的伤害的原因、机制和人口分布;产生潜在危险物质和条件的环境、行为和工业过程;衡量职业伤害和残疾对个人和雇主的身体、精神和经济影响;设计方案并评估其成本和效益，包括评估法律的和监管办法;制定和实施与伤害有关的职业政策倡议的研究基础;工作场所环境的设计;以及对个人和雇主在伤害风险方面的动机和行为模式的理解。我们的毕业生已经成功地在大学，公共机构和私人组织中获得就业，并为职业伤害流行病学和预防领域做出了重大贡献。学员的顾问是国家认可的教师，他们在职业伤害、伤害预防和控制以及残疾研究方面做出了重大贡献。拟议的培训计划包括：根据学员个人的需求和兴趣量身定制的必修课和选修课;解决相关和及时问题的研究生研讨会;由具有类似兴趣的教师指导;跨学科研究的机会;以及对论文和外部研究资金申请的指导监督。 相关性：如医学研究所报告所述。安全工作在21世纪世纪，在职业安全最迫切需要的是在职业伤害预防博士毕业生谁准备提供必要的领导和研究技能，以推进该领域。这个拟议的计划，在NIOSH第三区唯一的一个，将产生博士培训的专业人员配备，以减少工伤的负担。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The interdisciplinary PhD training program in Occupational Injury Epidemiology and Prevention is designed to enable graduate trainees to contribute significantly to research on worker injury, epidemiology, prevention programs and policy, and to the formulation and evaluation of measures to reduce the burden of occupational injury and disability. The goal of our four-year training program is to create independent investigators trained in a broad range of disciplines relevant to occupational safety and injury prevention, including epidemiology, occupational health, ergonomics, and health policy as well as knowledge specific to occupational injury and its control. Training addresses the following components: the size and nature of the problem of occupational injury and related-injury sequelae and disability; the causes, mechanisms and population distribution of injuries related to workplace exposures and conditions; the environmental, behavioral and industrial processes that produce potentially hazardous agents and conditions; measuring the physical, mental and economic effects of occupational injury and disability on individuals and employers; designing programs and evaluating their costs and effectiveness, including evaluation of legal and regulatory approaches; developing and implementing a research base for occupational policy initiatives pertinent to injury; the design of workplace environments; and an understanding of motivations and behavioral patterns of individuals and employers with regard to injury risk. Our graduates have successfully obtained employment in universities, public agencies, and private organizations, and have made significant contributions to the field of occupational injury epidemiology and prevention. Advisors to the trainees are nationally recognized faculty members who have made major contributions relevant to occupational injury, injury prevention and control, and disability research. The proposed training program includes: required coursework and electives tailored to the individual trainee's needs and interests; graduate seminars addressing relevant and timely issues; mentoring by faculty members with similar interests; opportunities for interdisciplinary research; and guided supervision of dissertations and applications for external research funding. RELEVANCE: As identified by the Institute of Medicine report. Safe Work in the 21st Century, the most urgent need in occupational safety is for doctoral graduates in occupational injury prevention who are prepared to provide the leadership and research skills necessary to advance the field. This proposed program, the only one in NIOSH Region III, will produce PhD-trained professionals equipped to reduce the burden of workplace injury.