INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT & PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE?
Interested in ....challenges, cutting-edge research, multidisciplinary interactions, and being part of a health and safety profession?
A career in Occupational Safety & Health is for you!
SCHOLARSHIPS
MPH or Doctoral Studies
Industrial Hygiene
NIOSH tuition support available to graduate students w/ US citizenship or residency
- Established in the School of Medicine in 1975 as the Department of Public Health
- In 1978, the Department of Public Health achieved full accreditation as the nation's 20th School of Public Health
- Ranked 11th in the United States for research funding from the National Institutes of Health
- Ranked 14th in nation by U.S. News & World Report
- MSPH and MPH degree options offered
- DrPH and PhD options offered
- Intensive training in Occupational Health and Safety is provided in the UAB School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Services.
- Somee online courses offered in all options
- Interdisciplinary interaction through field trips, shared courses, and seminars
- Over 200 IH graduates over a period of 25 years still work in environmental and occupational health and safety jobs.
- IH graduate won "Best in Student Poster Session" at 2003 AIHCE
- IH student awarded the Morton Lippman Endowed Scholarship by the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation
- Research studies funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Association of Schools of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Council For Air and Stream and Improvement for Pulp and Paper Industry, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute General Medical Sciences, Anniston Army Depot, US Coast Guard
- One of 17 Education and Research Centers sponsored by National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety
Industrial Hygiene MPH Options.
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MPH in in Industrial Hygiene- Accelerated Program. A 1-year program for students with an industrial hygiene undergraduate degree
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MPH in Industrial Hygiene. 2-year program designed for students with science-related undergraduate degree.
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MPH in Industrial Hygiene/Hazardous Substance Option. 2-year program for students with science-related undergraduate degree.
MPH in Occupational Health & Safety. A 1 year program for persons with previous professional experience or another advanced professional degree.
PhD in Environmental. This degree is for those who intend to pursue an academic career in occupational health or research.
Contact:
Cherie Hunt, 205.934.8488 or ehs@uab.edu or
Claudiu T. Lungu, PhD, 205.934.2072 or clungu@uab.edu
The Industrial Hygiene Program is a component of the Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety. The Deep South Center offers students rigorous studies to prepare for full interaction with other occupational health and safety professionals in planning and implementing occupational health and safety programs.
