Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health

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• Personal Author:
  Agnew J
• Description:
  The Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center (ERC) was established in 1977 in response to the need for interdisciplinary training programs that would help meet the need for a professional workforce dedicated to worker safety and health. Since that time, the center has prepared leaders in occupational safety and health research and practice in the following disciplines. Master's and doctoral training is provided in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (MSPH, PhD, DrPH, ScD), Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (MPH, MSN/MPH, PhD, DrPH), Biomarkers of Occupational Exposure and Susceptibility research training (PhD, DrPH), Occupational Injury Prevention (PhD) and residency training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Continuing Education and Outreach components bring the strengths of the core programs to practicing occupational safety and health professionals in Region III and beyond. Annual trainees per program have averaged 8 in Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing, six to eight in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 20 in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, eight to 10 in Biomarkers research, and five to six in Occupational Injury Prevention. The Continuing Education program reaches working occupational safety and health professionals, totaling 5,557 in a total of 207 courses over this six-year period. This ERC has also had a significant impact on the training capacity of other institutions and thereby has enhanced the overall preparation of the occupational safety and health workforce throughout the nation and internationally. The Pilot Project Research Training Program has, since 2006, funded 22 projects, 10 of which were to students and junior faculty at six universities outside of Johns Hopkins. Additionally, several program graduates now serve in university faculty positions. Others hold significant leadership positions at the national level. The school and ERC programs maintain accreditation by all respective organizations. The Occupational and Environmental Medicine program successfully completed the ACGME accreditation review and has been reaccredited for the maximum of five years. Likewise, the Occupational and Environmental Hygiene program was reaccredited through ASAC-ABET. Faculty members have extensive interdisciplinary research support and productive publication records that frequently include students as co-authors. Over the recent grant period, faculty and students produced more than 300 publications on work that was related to their role in the ERC. Additionally, ERC faculty hold leadership positions in professional societies and serve on major advisory and policy making committees. Their proficiency and recognition as national and international experts comprise a major strength of the center. There are approximately 120 million workers in the United States whose work-related health, quality of life and productivity are affected directly or indirectly by the expertise of safety and health professionals. The health needs of workers are best met by integrated teams of professionals, trained to work in an interactive setting, to provide care, set policy, design and manage safety and health programs, and conduct research that discovers new knowledge to advance the body of knowledge in this field. The Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center trains occupational hygienists, nurses, physicians, injury epidemiologists and specialized researchers to achieve this goal and also provides educational and outreach opportunities to practicing community partners. Thus, this ERC, through its interdisciplinary training mission, builds the national capacity to evaluate risks, detect and assess vulnerable populations, and deliver cost-effective and state-of-the-art care to prevent and mitigate health threats in the workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Education And Research Centers Environmental Medicine ERCs Industrial Hygiene Programs Injury Prevention Nursing Occupational Medicine 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:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  1-76
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062660
• 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-008428, 2013 Sep; :1-76
• Contact Point Address:
  Jackie Agnew, Education and Research Center Director for Occupational Safety and Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21215
• Email:
  jagnew@jhsph.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219053/cdc_219053_DS1.pdf
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