About CCHWE

The aims of the grant through Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health focus on training through research on high priority health issues in collaborating countries.

The University of Washington has collaborated with academic and government institutions in Southeast Asia and Central America for more than 12 years as the International Scholars in Occupational & Environmental Health (ISOEH) program. The program focus has moved toward a greater emphasis on in-region training with the intention to develop a collaborative training center in Southeast Asia. Thus we have changed our name to the Collaborative Center for Healthy Work and Environment (CCHWE) in 2007.

Specific Aims of the Grant

• Provide training in occupational and environmental health to scientists and professionals from Vietnam, Thailand, Nicaragua and Costa Rica that is built around the execution of research projects on high priority problems in these countries;
• Develop long-term scientific interest and mentoring relationships in these countries among University of Washington (UW) faculty through the support of high quality research projects on priority occupational and environmental health problems in these countries;Maintain and reinforce the strong existing collaborative inter-institutional relationships through continued training and research;
• Assist collaborating institutions to become regional centers of excellence in occupational and environmental health and safety.

Field study--Thailand

Cooperative Funding Agencies

• John E. Fogarty International Center
• US National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Program Partners

• UW School of Medicine
• UW School of Public Health
• UW Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
• UW Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program