OEH Programs
Agricultural Safety & Health Ph.D. Program
Degree Description and Learner Competencies
The Ph.D. subtrack in Agricultural Safety and Health will offer specialized training at the doctoral level to prepare individuals for academic, research and policy-making careers in occupational and environmental health with a specialty in agricultural safety and health. This program will create the next generation of specialists and leaders in this growing field.
This program prepares graduate level students in professional and academic careers in environmental and occupational health. Graduates will be able to assume responsibility for the development and basic administration of environmental and occupational health programs, and will qualify for beginning faculty positions in academic environmental health departments.
Graduates of the Ph.D. in Agricultural Safety & Health will be able to:
- Master the M.S. degree competencies.
- Demonstrate mastery of the concepts and theories of agricultural safety and health.
- Apply the biostatistical principles associated with the design and analysis of biomedical studies.
- Demonstrate expertise in appropriate agricultural safety and health research design and methodology.
- Demonstrate knowledge regarding the anticipation, diagnosis, and treatment of agricultural illnesses.
- Demonstrate the ability to ascertain an accurate agricultural occupational history, prepare an assessment plan, and design a mitigation regimen.
- Identify knowledge gaps, synthesize relevant information, and formulate focused research questions to address the gaps in ASH risk factors and their mitigation.
- Design and perform an independent research project.
- Synthesize and integrate research results to guide agricultural safety and health policy and interventions.
- Communicate research findings effectively, both written and orally.