Occupational Health and Safety Training Grant

 描述(由申请人提供)：此续约申请书(2015-2020)请求支持马萨诸塞州洛厄尔大学工作环境系(DWE)继续其当前的培训计划拨款，并资助四个职业健康和安全培训计划：a)职业和环境卫生-工业卫生(OEH-IH)；b)职业安全/人体工程学(OS/E)；c)工作环境政策(WE政策)；以及d)职业流行病学(OCC Epi)。这四个项目自1991年以来一直由NIOSH资助，可获得硕士(理学硕士或公共卫生硕士)和博士(理学博士)学位。DWE的使命是培训工作环境专业人员，并就识别和评估健康和环境危害以及设计安全和高效的替代方案进行研究，从而促进健康和可持续工作场所的发展。在这一使命中，我们以该部角色的总体愿景为指导：设计和促进对环境无害、安全、健康并为工人、社区和消费者带来回报的生产系统。我们对健康和安全的综合方法努力回答这样一个基本问题：健康工作场所的最佳设计是什么，以及如何实现？我们的前提是，特定的问题，如化学物质暴露、姿势要求和心理社会压力，最好作为一个系统而不是单个问题来解决。我们试图通过了解环境、工作和其他影响之间的相互关系，缩小职业和环境健康科学与政治之间的差距，无论是在国内还是在国际上。该部门的综合课程有三个广泛的学术目标：(1)识别和评估职业健康和安全危害；(2)控制和预防职业和环境健康与安全危害；(3)制定和实施工作场所干预措施，包括健康和安全计划以及其他社会和经济政策。DWE毕业生包括许多成功的从业者和研究人员，他们在职业安全和健康领域的职业生涯表明，他们在实现这些目标方面总体上取得了成功。该提案要求提供五年的资金，以支持总共12名研究生学员：OEH-IH、OS/E、WE政策和OCC Epi各三名学员。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal application (2015-2020) requests support for the Department of Work Environment (DWE), University of Massachusetts Lowell to continue its current training program grant with four funded occupational health and safety training programs: a) Occupational and Environmental Hygiene-Industrial Hygiene (OEH-IH); b) Occupational Safety/Ergonomics (OS/E); c) Work Environment Policy (WE Policy); and d) Occupational Epidemiology (Occ Epi). These four programs, which have been funded by NIOSH since 1991, lead to master's (Masters of Science or Masters of Public Health) and doctoral (Doctor of Science) degrees. The mission of the DWE is to train work environment professionals and conduct research on the identification and evaluation of health and environmental hazards and the design of safe and efficient alternatives, thereby promoting the development of healthy and sustainable workplaces. In this mission, we are guided by an overarching vision of the Department's role: design and promote systems of production that are environmentally-sound, safe, healthy and rewarding for workers, communities, and consumers. Our integrated approach to health and safety strives to answer the basic question, "What is the optimal design of a healthy workplace, and how can it be achieved?" It is our premise that specific problems, such as chemical exposures, postural demands, and psychosocial stress are best addressed as a system rather than individually. We seek to close the gap between occupational and environmental health sciences and politics by understanding the inter-relationships between environment, work, and other influences, both nationally and internationally. The department's integrated curriculum has three broad academic objectives: (1) recognition and evaluation of occupational health and safety hazards; (2) control and prevention of occupational and environmental health and safety hazards; and (3) development and implementation of workplace interventions including health and safety programs as well as other social and economic policies. DWE graduates include many successful practitioners and researchers who careers in occupational safety and health indicate overall success towards these goals. The proposal requests five years of funding to support a total of 12 graduate trainees: three trainees each in OEH-IH, OS/E, WE Policy, and Occ Epi.