# Midwest Emerging Technologies Public Health and Safety Training Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · 2020 · $150,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
To ensure that emerging technologies grow without causing illness or injury to workers and the public, a
professional workforce must be prepared with the ability to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control
exposures to hazardous materials in emerging technology workplaces. Therefore, the University of Minnesota,
the University of Iowa, and Dakota County Technical College have formed the Midwest Emerging
Technologies Public Health and Safety Training (METPHAST) Program. The objective of the METPHAST
Program for this funding period is to develop a comprehensive web-based curriculum on occupational hygiene,
with emphasis on applications to worker health and safety in emerging technologies. To accomplish this
objective, we will develop four online cores for education and training in chemical hazard recognition, detection
technologies, exposure assessment strategies, and risk management. In the cores, we will demonstrate
concepts with examples and illustrations drawn from the following emerging technologies: green chemistry,
sustainable remediation, electronic products and waste, and nanotechnology. Each core in the curriculum will
be comprised of 10-15 web-based modules; each module, in turn, will include a carefully-constructed set of
short narrated screencasts, animations, exercises, and activities. Instructors will use the curriculum to create
academic and continuing education courses that develop the skills of industrial hygiene students; students in
other health, science, engineering, and technology disciplines; and professionals who require continuing
education on the health and safety of emerging technologies. The program is innovative because it provides
flexible, online education materials that instructors can first use to train themselves, and then to train others, on
topics that fit the needs of their organizations. All materials will be freely available on the web, ensuring that the
METPHAST Program has a regional, national, and global reach.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9984391
- **Project number:** 5R25ES023595-08
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** Peter C. Raynor
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $150,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-08-01 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9984391

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9984391, Midwest Emerging Technologies Public Health and Safety Training Program (5R25ES023595-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9984391. Licensed CC0.

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