The University of Michigan Education and Research Center

描述(由申请人提供)：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)、职业安全工程和人体工学(OSE)、危险物质学术培训(HSAT)、职业流行病学(OE)和试点项目研究培训(PPRT)的综合专业和研究培训。我们也有一个备受推崇的继续教育计划，为职业健康和健康服务专业人员提供短期课程，并开展广泛的外联活动。自1982年以来，我们一直作为ERC发挥作用，并已达到成熟阶段，其特征是：1)杰出的学术生产力和效率，2)稳定的，主要是终身的敏锐，3)所有核心学科的广泛课程，4)广泛的OHS领域的杰出研究生产力和资金，5)来自密歇根大学的出色的机构支持，以及6)大量在各自领域处于领先地位的校友。过去3年资助期(2005-2007年)的亮点包括：招聘了9名新的中心教员，包括1名新的环境健康科学教席；开始从外部寻找新的OHN主任；推出了10门新课程，包括跨越所有中心项目的OHS管理课程和由来自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；全面更新了在岗/在校硕士课程的课程，以使用远程学习和面授相结合的方式；推出了新的NORA博士前奖学金，并在中心校友中进行了正式的需求评估。2005-2007年期间，该中心的学术项目招收了126名学生、77名硕士研究生和16名博士生。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(PPRT)项目。未来5年的目标包括：1)在所有学术项目中保持卓越，2)为受训人员开发新的财政支持来源，3)继续优化和改进课程，4)发展我们在IH和OHN的在岗/在校项目，6)通过新课程和改善与专业组织的联系来保持我们的CE项目的卓越和规模，7)建立两个新的有针对性的研究培训项目：博士前研究和研究实践。

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.