NIOSH Graduate Training Program

Details

• Personal Author:
  Darrow L ; Steenland, Kyle ; Tolbert P
• Description:
  Epidemiologic methods have emerged as one of the most important tools in the evaluation of health effects of occupational and environmental exposures. For the stated priorities of each of the sector areas in the NIOSH National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA), epidemiologic research is an essential tool. The RSPH NIOSH training program combined training in epidemiologic skills and knowledge of the substantive area of occupational and environmental health to produce masters and doctoral-level graduates well prepared for research and public health practice careers in occupational epidemiology. In the most recent competing continuation (2007-2012), we continued the MSPH program in occupational and environmental epidemiology and added a new component, doctoral training in occupational and environmental epidemiology. The curriculum for both programs provides rigorous training in analytical epidemiology and biostatistics, and a strong foundation in occupational and environmental health, including exposure assessment and industrial hygiene, occupational health policy, injury and toxicology. Throughout the training period, the program supported trainees through advisement for course selection, development of practicum and thesis opportunities, and career planning, in addition to financial assistance for tuition and travel to present research at technical meetings. Post-graduation, advisement continued through serving as references for continuing education or employment opportunities and professional counseling. The program faculty have active research programs that provide excellent opportunities for thesis and dissertation research, and an extensive supporting faculty is available for mentoring. Since its inception in 1998, our training program has supported 47 outstanding students. In the most recent competing continuation (2007-2012), 19 MSPH and 2 doctoral students were supported by the training grant. The program has continued to be highly successful in recruiting high-caliber students. MSPH trainees consistently have higher mean GPAs and GRE scores than RSPH MPH students as a group, and the doctoral trainees have higher mean GRE scores than the Emory graduate school as a whole. Trainees contributed to the field even before graduation; many received awards, presented at professional conferences, worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other major public health organizations, worked at Emory University as graduate research assistants, coauthored manuscripts, and published theses. Graduates of the MSPH program have pursued productive careers related to occupational/environmental epidemiology or additional doctoral-level training. The doctoral-level training component provides even more depth in training and is producing graduates prepared to be leaders in this field. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Epidemiology Occupational Health Public Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Biostatistics Environmental Health Occupational Health Public Health Training
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  1-33
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061810
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2022-100356
• 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-008609, 2013 Aug; :1-33
• Contact Point Address:
  Paige Tolbert, PhD, Environmental Health Department, Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Emory University, Atlanta
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20180630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219038/cdc_219038_DS1.pdf
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