Occupational Safety and Health ERC, University of Illinois at Chicago

Details

• Personal Author:
  Buchanan S
• Description:
  The Illinois Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center (Illinois ERC - now called the Great Lakes Center for Occupational Health and Safety) is a recognized leader in the national and international movement to promote safe workplaces and healthy workers. Our vision is to improve, promote, and maintain the health of workers and communities through innovative and interdisciplinary activities that: Educate graduate students to be professionals and researchers who contribute to ongoing improvements in occupational and environmental health and safety; Prepare professionals to be leaders who expand awareness of and solutions for public and worker health and safety; Enhance the expertise of employers, worker organizations, and communities through outreach and technical assistance; Enrich the knowledge base for solving current and future problems; Foster networks of professionals and organizations that advocate for and raise awareness of occupational and environmental health and safety issues; and Communicate needs and solutions broadly to all stakeholders. The Illinois ERC is a multi-campus, multi-college Center that is administratively housed in the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health. Academic training programs include Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety, Occupational Medicine, Agricultural Safety and Health Programs, and Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology. The Center also supports Pilot Projects Research Training, Targeted Research Training, Outreach, and Continuing Education programs. The Illinois ERC promotes inter-disciplinary activities for trainees such as a required weekly seminar, monthly process tours, and an annual regional research symposium that ensure the overall trainee experience is greater than what individual programs can provide. The External Advisory Board represents a broad range of industries, governmental entities, and labor organizations; and trainees are successful in obtaining positions in their field of study within two years of graduation. There continue to be far too many workplace injuries and illnesses and an unmet need for professionals to address workplace health and safety issues. The Illinois ERC has a long track record of successfully meeting the Occupational Safety and Health(OSH) needs of our region. Over the past 5 years we have graduated 71 OHS professionals. Our Continuing Education and Outreach programs have reached over 18,000 learners - from occupational medicine physicians in Continuing Medical Education courses to domestic workers learning about the hazards of cleaning products. We funded 25 pilot research projects, contributing to the development of research careers in ergonomics, occupational injury, and occupational toxicology, among many others. Our program provided support for the work for over 100 published manuscripts by our faculty and trainees, who continue to enrich the knowledge base in OSH and translate that knowledge to practice. In the final years of the funded cycle, the Illinois ERC created an Evaluation Planning team that developed an evaluation plan that follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Framework for Program Evaluation. The purpose of the evaluation is to document processes, make improvements and changes where necessary, measure outcomes, provide guidance for ongoing decision-making with stakeholders, support accountability and findings and ensure effective practices. Evaluation activities have already begun and will continue throughout the funded cycle. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Safety Education And Research Centers Environmental Health ERCs Industrial Hygiene Occupational Medicine Occupational Safety And Health 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:
  Illinois ; 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:
  1-67
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063451
• 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, 2019 Sep; :1-67
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (M/C 923), University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, 1603 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612
• Email:
  sbucha3@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• 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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:58d155ebbee0c0b597e3baa91ef2f34e41fc8bad8c29dbef72f77ad12d0c70f77f371371db533b7972a8b28c5e1a29ba985f9c8ded699cb44de5772471d09275
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219076/cdc_219076_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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