School of Public Health Dept. of Health Services  Dept. of EOHS NW Center for Occupational Health & Safety

The Program

Seattle

The Occupational Health Services Research Training Program is jointly sponsored by the Department of Health Services and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences within the University of Washington School of Public Health. Funding for the program is provided by a five-year training grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Administratively the program is housed within the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety at the University of Washington. The program's core faculty come from both the Department of Health Services and the Department of Environmental Health. The program is closely linked to the Occupational Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Program, a major research program at the University of Washington widely recognized for research within the field of occupational health.

Trainees and fellows will have an opportunity to participate in ongoing research projects through the Occupational Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Program. They will also have an opportunity to undertake field-based studies in external agencies that are collaborating with the training program. These agencies include The Boeing Company, Weyerhaeuser, and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.

Doctoral students are admitted to the program through the Department of Health Services PhD program. Doctoral students follow the core curriculum and take four courses in environmental health.

Research Agenda

Areas for health promotion

Key questions to assess readiness for translation to policy

  • What are the health benefits of modifying the risk or behavioral factor?
  • What is the incidence and prevalence of the risk or behavioral factor?
  • What are the factors that make it possible to modify the risk or behavioral factor?
  • Can we develop successful community interventions to facilitate change in the risk or behavioral factor?
  • What policies, programs and environmental-ecological strategies lead to positive change in the risk or behavioral factor?