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Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago



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  • Personal Author:
    Conroy LM
  • Description:
    The Illinois Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health exists to improve, promote, and maintain the health of workers and communities by applying innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to: 1) prepare professionals to be leaders in occupational and environmental safety and health who will direct and manage occupational and environmental safety and health programs, teach other occupational and environmental health professionals, and research issues pertinent to occupational and environmental safety and health; 2) provide continuing education to occupational and environmental health and safety professionals and outreach to workers and communities to improve their knowledge, skills, and awareness of key issues in occupational and environmental safety and health, devoting special attention to the problems and needs of at risk and underserved workers and communities; 3) contribute to the knowledge base in occupational and environmental safety and health by preparing doctoral students, performing faculty and student research on problems of regional, national, and global significance, and disseminating the results of their research; and 4) serve as a regional information resource. The Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center (Illinois ERC) is comprised of 12 programs which are summarized in this report. During the reporting period there were 6 academic programs: Industrial Hygiene (IH), Hazardous Substances (HSAT), Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago (OM-UIC), Occupational Medicine at Stroger Hospital of Cook County (OM-CCH), Occupational Health Nursing (OHN), and Agricultural Safety and Health (ASH-A). There were three continuing education and outreach programs: Continuing Education in industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, occupational health nursing, and occupational safety (CE); Hazardous Substances (HST); Agricultural Safety and Health (ASH-CE), and an Outreach program. The ERC also had a Center Administrative Core as well as a Pilot Projects Research Training program (PPRT) and NORA Research Support program (NRS). [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Keywords:
  • Series:
    Grant Final Reports
  • Publisher:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Final Grant Report
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Division:
    OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-262
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20037177
  • NTIS Accession Number:
    PB2010-113228
  • Citation:
    Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, T42-OH-008672, 2008 Sep; :1-262
  • Contact Point Address:
    Lorraine M. Conroy, ScD, CIH, Center Director, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Chicago, IL 60612
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2008
  • NORA Priority Area:
    Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • End Date:
    20290630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:187fce0df1e98662d32897eca0de8473def811a7d43e488ec360c6e5b63b415c0067fc02764623d2391f63f986d6a72406a0f6e4e6a39cd7a1605ced8ad1e6d3
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    Filetype[PDF - 2.11 MB ]
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