NIOSH Training Project Grant (TPG): Industrial Hygiene - University of Toledo

Program Summary
The Master of Science in Occupational Health degree - Industrial Hygiene (MSOH-IH) program, founded in
1985, is administered by the School of Population Health in the College of Health and Human Services at the
University of Toledo – Health Science Campus. Since 1996, the MSOH-IH program has been accredited by the
Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC) of ABET, with the last cycle approved for the
period 2014-2020. The primary goal of the MSOH-IH program is to provide master-level education and training
to full- and part-time graduate students and members of the public for the purpose of increasing their
knowledge, comprehension, skills and attitudes essential to the advancement of occupational health and safety
science, practice and research. This is accomplished via a combination of theoretical, practical and applied
classroom, laboratory, and field teaching and research activities. The program educates and trains individuals
mainly from Northwest Ohio region. In turn, graduates are employed as occupational safety and health
specialists in the region. The MSOH-IH program adopted the ABET definition for "Program Educational
Objectives", "describe what graduates are expected to attain within a few years after graduation. Program
educational objectives are based on the needs of the program’s constituencies." The three "Program
Educational Objectives" for the MSOH-IH program are: I) all graduates are expected to be qualified to practice
"comprehensive industrial hygiene"; 2) most graduates are expected to practice in the field of Industrial
Hygiene or related areas of Environmental and/or Occupational Health and Safety and to meet the relevant
and appropriate needs of their employers; and, 3) when eligible, based on degrees and post-graduate work
experience (i.e. 5 years post-graduation), most graduates who pursue applicable certification in occupational
health and safety (i.e. CIH; CSP; CHMM) will pass. The program is designed to educate and train 15-20 full-
time (FT) or part-time (PT) students per year, with funding requested for the FT equivalent of three NIOSH
trainees per year. Applicants to our Program are often employed full-time and our classes are offered in the
evenings and Saturdays, thus NIOSH has allowed us to award the scholarships to both FT and PT students.
The program expects 15-20 IH students to be enrolled in the Program annually over the project period. The IH
program at the University of Toledo has filled a critical gap in the Northwest Ohio occupational safety and
health workforce needs.

Grant Number: 6T03OH008605-19M001
NIH Institute/Center: ALLCDC
Principal Investigator: April Ames