Dr. James Craig Retires from MCOHS Advisory Board
Dr. James L. Craig MD, MPH, former President, Family and Preventive Medicine Services, Inc. and Consultant, Occupational and Preventive Medicine, retired from the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Board in 2020.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Craig for his many contributions to the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS). He was a founding member of the center at its inception.
Throughout MCOHS’ 40+ year history, he has given generously of his time, talent and resources to students and faculty. He mentored our Master of Public Health students, who were residents in occupational and environmental health medicine, and supported their entry into professional positions. Dr. Craig also secured funding for the Bond Professorship in Occupational Health Policy and for student scholarships in medicine and global health. The center’s faculty, students and fellow Advisory Board members have benefitted from his leadership and counsel as chair and member of our MCOHS Advisory Board.
Dr. Craig has truly been an outstanding contributor to MCOHS and a joy to work with over the years. We are grateful for his many contributions and wish him all the best in his retirement.
The Industrial Hygiene (IH) program is concerned with the health and safety of people at work, and the community at large. Specific concerns are with the recognition, evaluation and control of potential workplace hazards, including chemical, physical and biological agents; and the potential health threats to the community and the environment.
The Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (OEHN) program prepares future leaders dedicated to the health and safety of people at work, their families, and the general community environment. Graduates work in a variety of settings – business, industry, health care and public health – to develop, manage and evaluate health services, programs, and policies designed to promote health and prevent work-related injuries and disease.
The goal of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) Residency Training Program is to train physicians who will improve the health and safety of workers and be able to practice in a wide range of venues including government agencies, corporate health departments, clinical practice, or academia.
The Occupational Health Services Research and Policy (OHSRP) training program is an innovative collaboration between the Division of Environmental Health Sciences (EnHS), and the Division of Health Policy and Management (HPM) in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. The program prepares researchers who will help meet the demand for more rigorous evaluation of workplace policies and programs designed to reduce the nation’s burden of occupational illness and injury and to protect and promote the well-bring of the American workforce.
Occupational Injury Prevention (OIP), in concert with programs in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing, and Industrial Hygiene, among others, is part of the nationally funded Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety. This program provides a multifaceted approach to advanced academic and research training, with a primary goal to prevent and control occupational injuries.
The purpose of the OEE is to provide doctoral-level training to the next generation of public health scientists in academia, governmental agencies, private industry, and non-governmental organizations who will address emerging and re-emerging occupational health problems of working people in the United States and globally, and master’s level training to individuals who will practice in the occupational safety and health arena. Graduates of the program will have the knowledge and skills needed to identify the causes of occupational related diseases, and how to improve the overall health of working populations.
The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) Continuing Education (CE) program’s mission is “to improve occupational/environmental health and safety through the transmission of knowledge, skills and understanding to those responsible for workplace health and safety.” The Continuing Education program offers face-to-face training and online courses.
