The outbreak of COVID-19 is rapidly changing, creating a significant challenge for public health departments, schools, community organizations, agriculture, employers, workers and the overall public. MCOHS, in collaboration with our partners and other education and research centers, has compiled a list of resources to assist in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) offers rigorous academic training and research in occupational safety and health. Our faculty, staff, and vast network of partners in public health, business and industry, healthcare, and community engagement are here to help you gain skills and experience for a challenging and rewarding career in public health. The MCOHS offers MS, MPH and PhD degree programs.
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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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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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 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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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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The Occupational Safety (OS) Training Program prepares safety professionals to be ready to respond to employee and organizational safety needs in both small and large companies, within a wide range of public, private, and governmental entities. The curriculum is an intensive training program focused on the application of established OSH principles to prevent, reduce or control a wide range of OSH hazards. The curricula ensure that students obtain the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to become occupational safety leaders. Required and elective courses focus on the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of workplace hazards.
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Since 1977, the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) Education and Research Center has served the Midwest region by offering graduate training programs, continuing education, research-to-practice, and outreach in the field of occupational health and safety.
MCOHS is housed within the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH), one of the premier schools of public health in the world, consistently ranked among the top 10 schools of public health in the nation (U.S. News & World Report).
As an integral center within the school, MCOHS provides graduate training programs, continuing education and outreach activities, including research-to-practice, and serves as a regional resource for industry, labor, federal, state, and local government agencies, agriculture, and other interested parties.
We strive to meet your needs as a student with diverse program options, excellent classroom instruction, individual faculty attention, high quality research-to-practice and outreach programs, and a clear path toward graduation.
Our long-standing and committed partnerships with major industries, healthcare institutions, and one of the best state health departments in the country provide our students with invaluable on-the-ground experience, collaboration with experts in the field, and potential career opportunities. Our graduates are uniquely prepared for diverse, rewarding, and competitive careers in public health.
In recognition of the growth and change within our Center, and also to commemorate our 45-year anniversary approaching in 2022, MCOHS launched an internal evaluation and re-design of our Center’s logo, branding, and messaging. Faculty and staff from across the Center worked together in the planning, design, review, and selection of a new look that reflects not only who we are, but where we come from and our mission for the future.
Dr. Susan Arnold, MCOHS Deputy Director and Co-Director of Outreach, was recently featured in an article in the Minnesota Daily, “Experts weigh in on COVID-19 concerns“. The article highlights the recent increase in COVID-19 infections, particularly the Delta variant, and what steps students can take to slow the spread and promote health and safety on campus. Dr. […]
Professor Carolyn Porta, PhD, MPH, RN, Director of the Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Program (OEHN) and Director for Strategic Initiatives and Clinical Partnerships, was recently named the Pauline A. Vincent Chair in Public Health Nursing by the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. The Pauline A. Vincent Chair in Public Health Nursing was established […]
