# Meharry Occupational Medicine Residency Training Program

> **NIH ALLCDC T03** · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · 2020 · $162,638

## Abstract

Abstract
The NIOSH Training Program Grants (TPG) support occupational health programs to meet the
growing need for skilled occupational health providers and for health care for the workforce. The
Meharry Medical College Occupational Medicine residency program has been a proud recipient
of two NIOSH TPGs since 2008. In that time, the program has accomplished all of its goals and
has enabled high quality specialized training for a diversity group of over 20 physicians
practicing in a multitude of occupational medicine focus areas. Our graduates serve as local,
regional, and national leaders in major corporations, government, academia, industry, and
private practice. Meharry is the principal producer of minority occupational medicine physicians,
ensuring that as the diversity of the workforce grows, so will the population of providers who
deliver the services needed for their care.
Funding from the current proposal will enable us to continue to offer a structurally superior
curriculum that will now center on the ‘Total Worker Health’ strategy via first-rate learning
experiences in clinical, research and service settings. The curriculum enhancement and
innovation will be inclusive of opportunities to affect positive changes in safety and health of all
workers, within and outside the workplace. Residents will be trained in Screening, Brief
Intervention, and Referral to Treatment interventions for alcohol and drug misuse; emergency
preparedness training inclusive of occupational toxicological events through the Tennessee
Department of Health; and conduct research on hospitality workers and other low-wage earners
through partnership with Worker’s Dignity and Progresó community outreach groups.
Continued support from NIOSH will enable us to train at least 2 residents per year, one from
each level of training, over the funding cycle, and will allow us to offer a wide array of
opportunities that will enhance residents’ training and professional development. We will
continue to select for high quality candidates of diverse backgrounds, who have a passion for
service of underserved populations, and will become productive members of the profession.
Additionally, this NIOSH funding opportunity along with other grant support will allow for the
Occupational Medicine residency to confidently request an increase in trainee complement to up
to eight residents per year. This increase will serve to improve the growing concern of a dearth
of occupational medicine trained physicians that are entering into the workforce and ready to
meet the intensifying demand of employers and employees globally.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9948522
- **Project number:** 5T03OH009406-13
- **Recipient organization:** MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Heather O'Hara
- **Activity code:** T03 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $162,638
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-07-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9948522

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9948522, Meharry Occupational Medicine Residency Training Program (5T03OH009406-13). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9948522. Licensed CC0.

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