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Occupational
Hygiene |
Occupational
hygiene activities involve the anticipation,
recognition, evaluation and control of
workplace hazards. The profession is
devoted to assuring that everyone leaves
the workplace in the same state of
health as he or she arrived at work.
This is a large task, and requires broad
academic education and life-long
learning to understand emerging
exposures and new tools to evaluate and
control exposures.
The University of Cincinnati Education
and Research Center program in
occupational hygiene is in the
Environmental and Occupational Hygiene
Division, Department of Environmental
Health at the College of Medicine. The
program is directed by Carol Rice,
Ph.D., CIH; Amit Bhattacharya, Ph.D.,
CPE is the Deputy Director.
The academic program blends classroom
and work in the field, providing
experiences to enable graduates to:
1. Demonstrate a high level of technical
and scientific competence in the
anticipation, recognition, evaluation
and control of occupational and
environmental exposures, including the
design and development of long-range
goals and programs. This may include
participation in global professional
activities.
2. Solve real-world problems by
combining observation, evaluation of the
literature, measurement and other data
collection and analysis of data.
3. Communicate effectively regarding
potential hazards, risk reduction
approaches and required actions within
the health and safety team, with varying
levels of organizational management and
other affected stake-holders.
4. Apply the professional code of ethics
in all aspects of their practice.
5. Demonstrate an appreciation for the
limits of their graduate education and
experience by participating in the
continuous process of professional
development, including continuing
education and professional
certification.
The MS program is accredited by ABET.
Doctoral students complete the
equivalent of the MS program, and do
advanced work and defend dissertation
research. Usual enrollment is about 10
MS students and 5 Ph.D. students.
Hygiene students participate in
multi-disciplinary activities with other
UC ERC students, including formal
classes, tours of industrial operations and
governmental health and safety research
facilities and workshops on regional
topics. Faculty conduct outreach
activities throughout the world, sharing
expertise and increasing knowledge of
occupational hygiene.
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