Resident research associateships, postdoctoral and senior research awards, teneable at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1994.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the primary federal agency engaged in research to eliminate on-the-job hazards for America's working men and women. Originally established in the Department of Health, Education & Welfare (now Health & Human Services) by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, NIOSH was given additional responsibilities under the Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. NIOSH headquarters is located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is part of the United States Public Health Service. NIOSH investigates occupational health and safety hazards, develops specific control methods, and recommends federal hazard-reduction standards. NIOSH also provides education and training to help alleviate the critical shortage of occupational health and safety manpower. The Mine Safety and Health Act gives the Institute responsibility for performing research on occupational diseases of miners, conducting epidemiological studies of the mining industry, and recommending exposure limits for miners. The NIOSH philosophy is to formulate methodologies and to generate and test hypotheses that apply to specific problems in occupational health. This approach typically interweaves basic and applied research to gain fundamental knowledge while problems are being solved. Associates will increase the productivity and efficiency of NIOSH's research by introducing ideas and backgrounds that will stimulate, critique, and challenge ongoing experimental approaches and results. As a consequence, meritorious ideas may be incorporated into current research, or additional avenues of research may be followed. The NIOSH staff has expertise in biological and behavioral science, bioengineering, health, physics, statistics, and epidemiology. The expertise, knowledge, philosophy, ideas, and techniques available can contribute to the professional development of both Regular and Senior postdoctoral investigators. Completely equipped laboratories, adequate space, and in select instances, opportunities to do worksite studies give investigators flexibility in their approaches to problems. This research environment is intended to stimulate investigators to continue working in the field of occupational health when they leave NIOSH to pursue independent research elsewhere.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Radiation Radiation Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Biological-monitoring Carcinogens Cardiovascular-system Cell-biology Fungi Human-factors-engineering Mutagens Nervous-system Noise-exposure Pulmonary-system-disorders Vibration-exposure

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-72
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056156
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1994 Jan; :1-72
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:85927177ef93b6d380a4a0edd359800e734d208ef1f5036a2fde9c9da43dac6824cd5e78e5b7fb891e4c37d6c9925c62c9161439192dfedc7d114f8fa5bf3411
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181777/cdc_181777_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.05 MB ]