NIOSH Education and Research Centers are multidisciplinary centers supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for education and research in the field of occupational health. Through the centers, NIOSH supports academic degree programs, research, continuing education, and outreach. The ERCs, distributed in regions across the United States, establish academic, labor, and industry research partnerships. The research conducted at the centers is related to the

National Occupational Research Agenda The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) is a partnership program developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The program was founded in 1996 to provide a framework for research collaborations among univer ...

(NORA) established by NIOSH. Founded in 1977, NIOSH ERCs are responsible for nearly half of post-baccalaureate graduates entering occupational health and safety fields. The ERCs focus on core academic disciplines of

industrial hygiene Occupational hygiene (United States: industrial hygiene (IH)) is the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and confirmation (ARECC) of protection from hazards at work that may result in injury, illness, or affect the well being of work ...

, occupational health nursing,

occupational medicine Occupational medicine, until 1960 called industrial medicine, is the branch of medicine which is concerned with the maintenance of health in the workplace, including prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries, with secondary objectives ...

occupational safety Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wor ...

, and other areas of specialization listed below by center. At many ERCs, students in specific disciplines have their tuition paid in full and receive additional stipend money. ERCs provide a benefit to local businesses by offering reduced price assessments and training.

Education and research centers

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *

University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established in 1936, the institution became a four-year campus in 1966 and a fully autonomous univ ...

- Deep South Center for Occupational Safety & Health: Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Safety & Ergonomics *

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,0 ...

: University of Cincinnati ERC. Biological Monitoring, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Medicine *

University of Colorado Denver The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) is a public research university in Denver, Colorado. It is part of the University of Colorado system. History University of Colorado System Anschutz Medical Campus The University of Colorado creat ...

: Mountain & Plains ERC. Ergonomics, Health Physics, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational/Environmental Medicine, Occupational Health Psychology *

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

: Harvard ERC. Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Injury Prevention and Control, Occupational Medicine *

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois ...

: Great Lakes Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Agricultural Safety and Health, Hazardous Substances Training, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine, Occupational Safety *

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...

: Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Agricultural Safety and Health, Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Injury Prevention, Occupational Medicine *

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

: Johns Hopkins ERC. Biomarkers of Occupational Exposure/Susceptibility, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Medicine *

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state ...

: Central Appalachian Regional ERC. Occupational Safety, Occupational Medicine, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Athletic Training, Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing, Mining Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Agricultural Safety & Health. *

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

: University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering. Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics *

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

: Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Health Services Research and Policy, Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training, Occupational Medicine * University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health ERC. Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Exposure Science, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Medicine, Occupational Safety and Ergonomics *

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City. It is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sinai Health System, which manages eig ...

New York and New Jersey Education and Research Center: Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Ergonomics, Occupational Medicine, Occupational Safety and Health *

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF i ...

: Sunshine ERC. Occupational Exposure Science, Health Safety & Environment, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Health Psychology, Occupational Safety Management, Occupational Medicine *

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

: Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupation Injury Prevention, Occupational Medicine *

University of California Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

: Northern California ERC. Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Medicine *

University of California Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

: Southern California ERC. Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Medicine *

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

- The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health: Ergonomics and Safety, Hazardous Substances Academic Training, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Injury Prevention and Research, Occupational Medicine *

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...

: Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health Nursing, Occupational Health Services Research Training, Occupational Medicine

References

{{reflist National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Health education in the United States