# Graduate Industrial Hygiene Training Program Grant, University of Arizona

> **NIH ALLCDC T03** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2020 · $150,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
 The purpose of the University of Arizona's (UA) Industrial Hygiene (IH) Program is to provide Master's
level graduate training in the core occupational safety and health area of IH. The Program began in 1978 and
is housed in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZCOPH). There are three tracks: MPH,
MS, and PhD; NIOSH support is requested only for the Master's degree programs (the ABET accredited MPH
and the MS). The Program is guided by nine faculty members and an Industrial Advisory Committee made up
of OSH/IH professionals from the region. There are currently nine masters' students and fourteen doctoral
students in the program. The plan is to admit seven to eight new masters' students and three to five PhD
students each year.
 A unique strength of the UA IH program is our focus on mining health and safety. Arizona and the
Southwest have one of the richest endowments of copper and related commodities on the planet. The mineral
resource development industry has a long history of occupational exposures that lead to workplace injury and
illness. Solving these problems and providing a healthy and safe workplace is the role of the professional IH.
The UA IH program is the only program of its kind in the Southwest so it must provide the bulk of the new IHs
for the region. The Master's' programs require forty-two credit hours to graduate, usually accomplished in two
years. Comprehensive coursework is provided in the key areas of IH including air monitoring theory and
practice, occupational safety, physical exposures, toxicology and environmental health. Program graduates
find employment as OSH professionals in industry, government, and academia. With education obtained in the
program, and depending on their previous background, they can expect to sit for the CIH and/or CSP exam
early in their career. Since 2011, six of our students have received prestigious scholarships from the American
Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA).
 The program goals for the next budget period are: to continue to provide MPH and MS level IH training
to increase the number of trained IHs, with a particular focus on the Southwest; to continue to provide training
specific to exposures in the mining industry with opportunities for student internships and research projects; to
maintain ABET accreditation; and to expand training, internship and student research opportunities focused on
microbiological exposures. Diversity is a priority for the program, and the University will continue to support this
through its emphasis on diversity recruiting throughout the southwest.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10246153
- **Project number:** 5T03OH009631-12
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** Jefferey L. Burgess
- **Activity code:** T03 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $150,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10246153

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10246153, Graduate Industrial Hygiene Training Program Grant, University of Arizona (5T03OH009631-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10246153. Licensed CC0.

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