# Interprofessional Approach to Developing a Diverse Workforce Ready to Address Emerging Technologies in Occupational Health and Safety

> **NIH NIH R25** · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · 2020 · $100,000

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
With the establishment of a collaborative centered on emerging technologies in occupational
health and safety, LSUHSC-NO, LSU-BR and UTHSC will develop an innovative,
interprofessional approach to workforce development. The primary goal of this initiative is to
enhance training efforts in the area of emerging technologies in occupational health and
safety through interprofessional, field-based instruction supplemented with online modules
and workshops. The creation of an Advisory Board for the program comprised of industry, state
government, and healthcare representatives will serve to evaluate the program’s translational
quality and sustain the applicability of emerging technology training to current industry and
governmental concerns. Training structure will consist of several options to serve both
traditional students and working professionals. Online modules will provide core and
background information in occupational health and industrial hygiene to educate those in non-
traditional occupational/environmental fields to the basic constructs. In-person workshops will
provide continuing education credits with initial curricula including e-waste and emerging issues
with the electronics industry and advances in bioremediation in addition to interprofessional-
based GIS, Economics, and Law. Graduate-level academic training will be delivered through
programs at LSU-BR and LSUHSC-NO. LSU-BR will restructure their current Professional MS
program and develop a new graduate certificate program in environmental technology.
LSUHSC-NO will develop two new courses housed within the School of Public Health for
MPH/MS students that will be taught in an interprofessional, case-based format focusing on
emerging technologies. All graduate academic courses will be cross-listed for inter-campus
participation. These courses will also include a rotation of interprofessional teams of students to
industries in Southeast Louisiana for hands-on experience with current occupational health
professionals. Utilizing a watershed approach, this initiative will augment workforce diversity
through targeted recruitment for undergraduate programs at LSU-BR, graduate programs at
UTHSC, LSUHSC-NO and LSU-BR, and occupational medicine at LSUHSC-NO. The
participation of non-traditional field such as Business and Law will boost the dissemination of
this training in emerging technologies with the modules and/or courses, professional
organizations and Advisory Board advocacy.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9857024
- **Project number:** 5R25ES027083-04
- **Recipient organization:** LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Kari Fitzmorris Brisolara
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $100,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-01-01 → 2021-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9857024

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9857024, Interprofessional Approach to Developing a Diverse Workforce Ready to Address Emerging Technologies in Occupational Health and Safety (5R25ES027083-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9857024. Licensed CC0.

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