Description

Students admitted to the PhD program in Community and Behavioral Health, Epidemiology, or Occupational and Environmental Health with an interest in occupational injury prevention may apply for the Occupational Injury Prevention (OIP) training program.

This training program is funded through the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. The program will prepare graduate students to meet the need for new academic faculty in the field of occupational injury prevention.

The Training Program

Graduates of the Occupational Injury Prevention training program are equipped with both methodological skills and knowledge of occupational safety and health, enabling them to help develop, and implement successful injury prevention programs. They are working as faculty members at colleges and universities or conducting research for a national public health agency.

Funding

Funding opportunities are excellent for students admitted to the Occupational Injury Prevention Research program. Traineeships and assistantships are offered through the Heartland Center, a NIOSH-funded ERC. Support may be in the form of tuition and/or monthly stipend. Funded positions sponsored by NIOSH are available for U.S. citizens only.

The OIP traineeship may provide full support of tuition and stipend during the first years of training. Doctoral research can be supported by externally funded research grants. Faculty will assist fellows in pursuing support for dissertation work through collaboration with existing projects, pilot grants, and/or direct applications to external funding agencies.

Requirements

For specific information on required course work in addition to the PhD curriculum for Community and Behavioral Health, Epidemiology, or Occupational and Environmental Health, please go to the Heartland Center for Occupational Safety.