Texas A&M University Health Science Center Occupational Safety and Health Training Program

PROJECT SUMMARY The Texas A&M University Health Science Center (TAMU HSC) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Training Program delivers focused training in occupational safety and health, with available concentrations in safety, health, and ergonomics for master’s level MPH students and environmental health for DrPH students. Students completing the program possess knowledge and skills in the general concepts of developing problems and solutions with cost/benefit analysis related to occupational safety and health/wellness, ergonomics, human factors, industrial hygiene, occupational disease, human anatomy, user-computer interaction, displays and controls, information processing, industrial process safety, epidemiology, vibration control, and statistics. The TAMU HSC OSH Training Program has a long history of producing highly qualified safety and health practitioners. The success of the program is demonstrated by the aggressive recruitment of graduates by industry, healthcare, academia, and governmental agencies. Originally established in the TAMU College of Engineering through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ―Ergonomics Training Grant from 1995-2003, the Training Program and course faculty transferred to Texas A&M University School of Public Health (TAMU SPH) in 2002. The primary strengths of the TAMU HSC OSH Training Program are the extensive faculty and staff expertise and experience in safety and health, medicine, engineering, industrial hygiene, and ergonomics and the program’s critical ties to industry partners, enabling capstone field training opportunities and internships for students and placement of graduates in professional positions with industry leaders. Qualified students in the TAMU HSC OSH Training Program may pursue their degree through a combination of on-campus, distance learning, or distributed learning methods. With NIOSH TPG funding, this historically successful program will be able to continue to competitively recruit and retain the best trainee candidates in the country. TAMU HSC OSH Training Program maintains a highly qualified and successful faculty and professional staff, including professional engineers, medical doctors, certified professional ergonomists, and certified industrial hygienists. For this renewal, the program is seeking to fund 5 master’s and/or doctoral level trainees each year for five years.