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Since 1977, the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) Education and Research Center has actively served the Midwest by offering graduate training programs, continuing education courses, and outreach activities in the field of occupational health and safety. MCOHS addresses current and emerging issues in the occupational safety and health (OSH) sectors and cross-sectors identified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA), including:

OSH SECTORS

Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
Construction
Healthcare and Social Assistance
Manufacturing
Mining

Oil and Gas Extraction
Public Safety
Services
Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
Wholesale and Retail Trade

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Research to Practice

The Research 2 Practice (r2p) initiative was established to ensure that research findings are transferred and translated into the workplace to prevent injury, illness, and fatalities.

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Pilot Projects

Grants ranging from $5,000 to a maximum of $20,000 are available to occupational health and safety (OHS) researchers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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Tuition Assistance

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) provides stipend support and tuition reimbursement for eligible students enrolled in full-time programs of study.

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ACADEMIC AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Industrial Hygiene

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.
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Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing

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.
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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.
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Occupational Health Services Research and Policy

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.
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Occupational Injury Prevention

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.
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Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology

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.
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Continuing Education

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.
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LATEST NEWS

IH Student El’gin Avila Featured in Environmental Health News
El’gin Avila, a PhD trainee in the Industrial Hygiene program, was recently published through Environmental Health News. His article was titled “Beyond coffee and condos: Black and brown families displaced and erased” and addressed the displacement of long-time residents and their culture, and how their exclusion from community decision-making is creating a public health crisis.
Northwest Chapter of ASSP Scholarships
The Northwest Chapter of ASSP is once again pleased to announce its 2020 Student Scholarship! Multiple Scholarships totaling $4000 will be made available for students pursuing a graduate degree, Master of Science in Risk Control, at University of Wisconsin-Stout, Master of Environmental Health & Safety, at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, or Master or Doctorate in […]
2019 MCOHS Pilot Project RFP
The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center is now accepting applications for the MCOHS-ERC Pilot Projects Research Training Program. Grants ranging from $5,000 to a maximum of $20,000 are available to occupational health and safety (OHS) researchers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Areas of OHS include industrial […]