Southern California Education and Research Center

Details

• Personal Author:
  Krause N
• Description:
  The Region IX NIOSH Education and Research Center for Southern California (SCERC) is composed of three academic programs: one each in Occupational Medicine (OM), Industrial Hygiene (IH), and Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (OEHN). These programs typically have about 4, 12, and 13 trainees, respectively. The Occupational Medicine program is located at University of California Irvine (UCI); all other programs are at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Additional programs are Center Administration, Pilot Project Research Training (PPRT), Targeted Research Training (TRT) a Hazardous Substances Academic Training (HSAT until June 30, 2010), a Continuing Education (CE) and an Outreach Program. These programs represent a coordinated, interdisciplinary set of professional education, continuing education, research and outreach activities that have a positive impact on the Region's and Nation's occupational health and safety practice. The primary goals of our Region IX Center are: 1) to educate professionals in the various disciplines of occupational health and safety; 2) to provide continuing education for professionals and others in occupational safety and health field positions; 3) to proliferate occupational health and safety activity through outreach to regional institutions and organizations; and 4) to foster research on issues important to occupational health and safety. The ERC operates in concert with the UCLA and UCI Centers for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH). These are state supported centers for research and teaching in occupational safety and health. Together the ERC and COEH represent a unique and effective partnership between state and federal funding. The programs of the Southern California ERC impact Occupational Safety and Health in three ways. Our graduates contribute directly to worker safety and health through their employment as professionals in the field and many go on to assume leadership positions. Our research contributes to longer term improvements in worker health through improved understanding of workplace exposures, health effects, and their control. Finally our continuing education programs convey up-to-date scientific advances to occupational health and safety professionals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Education And Research Centers ERCs Industrial Hygiene Programs Occupational Health Nursing Occupational Medicine Programs Training Worker Health
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  1-37
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058564
• 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-008412, 2012 Oct; :1-37
• Contact Point Address:
  Niklas Krause, MD, PhD, MPH, Center Director, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles 650 Charles E. Young Dr. South, CHS 56-071, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218947/cdc_218947_DS1.pdf
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