NIOSH Training Project Grant (TPG): Industrial Hygiene – University of Toledo

Details

• Personal Author:
  Akbar-Khanzadeh F
• Description:
  This training project grant (TPG) has been an essential financial support for training and educating occupational safety and health specialists through the Master of Science in Occupational Health Degree - Industrial Hygiene Program (MSOH-IH). MSOH-IH is offered at the Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (DPHPM), University of Toledo Health Science Campus (UT-HSC). The program has been a National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) TPG recipient for a three cycles covering a total of 13 years; this report is for the last cycle, which includes the period 2009- 2014. NIOSH has extended this current cycle for an additional year (2014-2015) as no-cost time approval. The primary goal of the MSOH-IH program is to provide training and education to students and members of the public for the purpose of increasing their knowledge, comprehension, skills and attitudes essential to the advancement of industrial hygiene (an occupational health and safety discipline). The program educates full-time and part-time graduate students mainly from Northwest Ohio as well as from other parts of Ohio and Michigan. In turn, graduates are employed as health and safety specialists in the region. The program also accepts students from outside the region and several alumni are employed in other locations throughout the USA. Applicants are accepted to the MSOH-IH program with no regards to their gender or ethnicity. During the 6 years (2009-2014; & 2014-2015 no cost extension) grant activity, 25 students (4.2/yr) were graduated from the program. Twenty (20) of these graduates work as occupational health and safety professionals, 1 is being considered for IH job, 2 are between jobs and 1 attended Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences. During this period, 20 students (3.3/year; female 10, male 11) received NIOSH funding and 16 (2.7/year; 9 female, 7 male) of those graduated from the program. Of the 6 underrepresented minority (URM; African-American 13%; Oriental 6%) trainees in the program, 5 have been graduated and gained occupational health and safety jobs and one left to the medical school. Of the16 students that received NIOSH funding and graduated from the program with MSOH-IH degree: All, but one, have secured health, safety and environmental positions: 4 work for Federal Government, 2 work for Ohio State Government; 1 works for a college, 8 work for private industries and 1 is in between jobs. Two (2) have Certification in Industrial Hygiene (CIH). 2 are Certified Safety Professional (CSP), 1 has Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) certificate, 2 are Registered Sanitarian (RS), 1 is Certified Hazardous Material Management (CHMM). During the period 2009-2015, MSOH-IH Students (and their mentors) have had 4 peer-reviewed, scientific publications and 21 technical and scientific abstracts/presentations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Industrial Hygiene Programs Occupational Health Programs Occupational Safety Programs Training Effectiveness Training Grants
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054431
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100561
• 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, T01-OH-008605, 2015 Nov; :1-12
• Contact Point Address:
  Farhang Akbar-Khanzadeh, Ph.D., Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43614
• Email:
  farhang.akbar@utoledo.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:777dd0cb77962787e1722736a86be696f16ae7fa3351b87ca88b1f62b72a654ac581e2801878dc2604f16bea3069453daa4c78797ff4cdca45d37b78a5a9b2e1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218813/cdc_218813_DS1.pdf
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