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Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Auburn University

Director:
R. Kent Oestenstad, PhD

Programs Offered:
Occupational Health Nursing (MSN, PhD)
Industrial Hygiene (MPH, DrPH, PhD)
Hazardous Substance Academic Training option in Industrial Hygiene (MPH)
Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training (PhD)
Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (MS, MSIE, PhD)

Contact:
Elizabeth H. Maples, MPH
Program Director, Continuing Education/Outreach
Phone: (205) 934-7178
Email: ehm@uab.edu
Website: http://www.uab.edu/dsc

Address:
Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety
University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Public Health
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham,  AL 35294-0019

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Harvard Education and Research Center
Harvard School of Public Health and Simmons College

Director:
David C. Christiani, MD

Programs Offered:
Occupational Medicine (MPH, MOH, SD, residency in OEM)
Occupational Health Nursing (MS, SM, SD)
Industrial Hygiene (SM, SD)
Hazardous Substance Control (SM)
Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training (SD)

Contact:
Jean Economos
Administrator
Phone: (617) 432-2422
Email: jeconomos@hohp.harvard.edu
Website: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe

Address:
Harvard Education and Research Center
Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Environmental Health
665 Huntington Avenue
Building 1, Room 1407
Boston,  MA 02115

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Heartland Center for Occupational Health & Safety
University of Iowa

Director:
Craig Zwerling, MD, PhD, MPH

Programs Offered:
Agricultural Health and Safety (MS, PhD)
Ergonomics (MPH, MS, PhD)
Industrial Hygiene (MS, PhD)
Occupational Epidemiology (MS, PhD)
Occupational Health Nursing (MSN, MSN/MPH)
Occupational Injury Prevention Research (PhD)
Occupational Medicine (MPH, Residency Program)

Contact:
David Asa
Graduate Program Coordinator
Phone: (319) 335-4558
Email: david-asa@uiowa.edu
Website: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/heartland

Address:
Department of Occupational & Environmental Health
The University of Iowa
College of Public Health
100 Oakdale Campus, 106 IREH
Iowa City,  IA 52242

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Illinois Education and Research Center

Director:
Lorraine M. Conroy, ScD, CIH

Programs Offered:
Occupational Medicine (Accredited OM/IM residency, and MPH)
Occupational Health Nursing (MS, PhD)
Industrial Hygiene (MS, MPH, PhD, DrPH)
Hazardous Substance Academic Training (MS, MPH, PhD, DrPH)
Hazardous Substance Training
Agricultural Safety and Health

Contact:
Lorraine M. Conroy, ScD, CIH
Director, Illinois ERC
Email: lconroy@uic.edu
Website: http://www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/ce/index.html

Address:
Illinois Education and Research Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
2121 West Taylor Street
Chicago,  IL 60612

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Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center
Johns Hopkins University

Director:
Jacqueline Agnew, PhD

Programs Offered:
Occupational Medicine (MPH, DrPH, PhD)
Industrial Hygiene (MHS, DrPH, PhD)
Occupational Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (MPH, PhD, DrPH, ScD)
Occupational Health Nursing (MPH, MSN/MPH, DrPH, PhD)

Contact:
Jacqueline Agnew, RN,PhD,MPH
Associate Professor Director, Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center
Phone: (410) 955-4037
Fax: (410) 955-1811
Email: jagnew@jhsph.edu
Website: http://www.jhsph.edu/erc

Address:
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
615 North Wolfe St., Room 7503
Baltimore,  MD 21205

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Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering
University of Michigan

Director:
Thomas G. Robins, MD

Programs Offered:
Industrial Hygiene (MS, MPH, PhD, DrPH)
Occupational Medicine (MS, MPH, PhD, DrPH, board eligibility in OM)
Occupational Health Nursing (MS, PhD)
Occupational Safety (MS, PhD)
Hazardous Substance (MS, MPH, PhD, DrPH)

Contact:
Email: cohse.academic@umich.edu
Website: http://www.umcohse.org

Address:
Michigan Education and Research Center
University of Michigan
School of Public Health
1420 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor,  MI 48109

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Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
University of Minnesota

Director:
Susan G Gerberich, PhD

Programs Offered:
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (MS, MPH, Dual MS/MPH, PhD)
Occupational Health Services Research and Policy (PhD)
Occupational Injury Prevention and Research Training (Ph.D.)
Agricultural Safety and Health (minor)
Hazardous Substance Academic Training (sub-specialty of IH)
Industrial Hygiene (MS, MPH, PhD)
Occupational Medicine (MPH, board eligibility in Occupational Medicine)

Contact:
Susan G Gerberich, PhD
Center Director
Phone: (612) 625-5934
Email: gerbe001@umn.edu
Website: http:niosh-rc.org/contacts/acad_contacts.asp

Address:
Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
University of Minnesota
School of Public Health
Box 807
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis,  MN 55455

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New York/New Jersey Education and Research Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Hunter College School of Health Sciences,
New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Director:
Jacqueline Moline, MD, MSc

Programs Offered:
Adult Health with an Occupational Health Clinical Focus (MSN)
Community Medicine (MS)
Industrial Hygiene (MS, MPH)
Musculoskeletal Ergonomics (MS, PhD)
Occupational Health for Nurses with New Jersey Graduate Program in Public Health
Occupational Hygiene (MS, PhD)
Occupational Medicine (MPH)
Occupational Safety and Health Engineering (MS)

Contact:
David Kotelchuck, PhD, CIH
Phone: (212) 481-4357
Fax: (212) 481-8795
Email: dkotelch@hunter.cuny.edu
Website: http://www.nynjerc.org/

Address:
Hunter College School of Health Sciences
425 East 25th Street
New York,  NY 10010

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North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina State University

Director:
Bonnie Rogers, DrPH, COHN-S, LNCC, FAAN

Programs Offered:
Industrial Hygiene (MS, PhD, MSPH)
Occupational Health Nursing (MS,-NLN-accredited, MPH)
Occupational Medicine (MPH, MSPH)
Safety and Ergonomics (MSIE, MIE, BSMS)
Occupational Epidemiology (PhD)

Contact:
Bonnie Rogers, DrPH, COHN-S, LNCC, FAAN
Director, NC OSHERC, Director, OHN Program
Phone: (919) 966-1765
Fax: (919) 966-8999
Email: rogersb@email.unc.edu
Website: http://osherc.sph.unc.edu

Address:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Public Health, Public Health Leadership Inst.
PO Box 16248
Chapel Hill,  NC 27516-6248

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Northern California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (University of California at Berkeley, Davis and San Francisco)
University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco

Director:
Robert C. Spear, PhD

Programs Offered:
Ergonomics Program (MS, PhD)
Industrial Hygiene Program (MPH, MS, PhD)
Occupational Health Nursing Program (MS, PhD)
Occupational Medicine (MPH, board eligibility in Occupational Medicine), (postdoctoral research fellowships)

Contact:
Suzanne Llewellyn
Email: llew@berkeley.edu
Website: http://coeh.berkeley.edu/

Address:
School of Public Health - #7360
Berkeley,  CA 94720

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Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
University of Washington

Director:
Noah S. Seixas, PhD

Programs Offered:
Industrial Hygiene and Safety (MS, PhD)
Occupational Health Nursing (MN, PhD)
Occupational Medicine (MPH)
Health Services Research Training (PhD)
Hazardous Substance Academic Training (MS-Environmental Health or MS-Industrial Hygiene)

Contact:
Susan Brower, MSW
Manager
Phone: (206) 543-2837
Fax: (206) 616-6240
Email: chieko@u.washington.edu
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/envhlth/centers/nwcenter/nwcenter.html

Address:
NWCOHS - ERC
Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Washington
4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 100
Seattle,  WA 98105

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Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
University of Utah

Director:
Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH

Programs Offered:
Hazardous Substance Academic Training (MSPH, MPH)
Industrial Hygiene (MSPH, MPH)
Occupational Medicine (MPH, MSPH, OM residency)
Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (MS, MPH, ME, PhD)
Occupational Safety Engineering and Injury Epidemiology (PhD)

Contact:
Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and Center Director
Phone: (801) 581-8719
Fax: (801) 581-7224
Email: kurt.hegmann@hsc.utah.edu
Website: http://rocky.utah.edu

Address:
Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
University of Utah
391 Chipeta Way
Suite C
Salt Lake City,  UT 84108

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Southern California Education and Research Center
University of Sourthern California, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Irvine

Director:
William C. Hinds, ScD, CIH

Programs Offered:
Industrial Hygiene (MS, MPH, PhD)
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (MSN)
Occupational Medicine (MPH, MS)

Contact:
D.T. Evans
Phone: (310) 825-7104
Fax: (310) 794-9317
Email: dtevans@ph.ucla.edu
Website: http://www.ph.ucla.edu/erc

Address:
UCLA School of Public Health-Environmental Health Sciences
650 Charles E. Young South Drive-56-071B CHS
Box 177220
Los Angeles,  CA 90095

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Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Director:
Dr. Sarah A. Felknor

Programs Offered:
Industrial Hygiene (MPH, DrPH, PhD)
Injury Prevention (PhD, DrPH)
Occupational Epidemiology (PhD, DrPH)
Occupational Health for Nurses (MPH, MSN-MPH, DrPH)
Occupational Medicine (MPH, DrPH)

Contact:
Dr. Sarah A. Felknor
Director
Phone: (713) 500-9464
Fax: (713) 500-9442
Email: Sarah.A.Felknor@uth.tmc.edu
Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/swcoeh/

Address:
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
1200 Herman Pressler
Houston,  TX 77030

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Sunshine Education and Research Center
University of South Florida

Director:
Thomas E. Bernard, Ph.D.

Programs Offered:
Industrial Hygiene (MSPH, PhD)
Occupational Health Nursing (MSN, MPH)
Occupational Medicine (MSPH)
Occupational Safety (MPH, MSPH)
Occupational Health Psychology (PhD)

Contact:
Hana Osman, Ph.D.
Program Director, HST, Continuing Education and Outreach
Phone: (813) 974-0989
Fax: (813) 974-7857
Email: hosman@health.usf.edu
Website: http://publichealth.usf.edu/erc

Address:
University of South Florida
College of Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
13201 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
Tampa,  FL 33612

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University of Cincinnati

Director:
C. Scott Clark, PhD, PE, CIH

Programs Offered:
Biomonitoring (MS, PhD, post-doctoral)
Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (MS, PhD)
Hazardous Substances Academic Training Option in Environmental and Industrial Hygiene (MS)
Occupational Health Nursing (MSN, PhD)
Occupational Medicine (MS, board eligibility in Occupational Medicine)
Occupational Safety and Health Enginneering (MS, PhD)

Contact:
Dr. Scott Clark
Director, ERC
Phone: (513) 558-1749
Fax: (513) 558-2722
Website: http://www.eh.uc.edu/erc

Address:
Department of Environmental Health
University of Cincinnati
3223 Eden Avenue
Cincinnati,  OH 45267

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