Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational & Environmental Health

Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training

Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training (OIPRT) prepares students to evaluate workplace hazards, design and implement preventive interventions, and evaluate the efficacy of prevention efforts.

RMCOEH sponsors three OIPRT educational options:

  1. PhD in Public Health with coursework and research related to Occupational Injury Epidemiology through the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine's Division of Public Health,  
  2. PhD in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in Occupational Safety Engineering through the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and  
  3. Master of Science of Occupational Health with emphasis in OIPRT.
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The programs benefit from active participation by the Workers Compensation Fund of Utah, Utah OSHA, the national OSHA Technical Center located in Salt Lake City, and the Intermountain Injury Control Research Center.  

Full-time students may receive full or partial NIOSH financial support that can include tuition payment and provision of a stipend.

Occupational Injury Epidemiology Courses Occupational Safety Engineering Courses
OIPRT MSOH Courses OIPRT Application

For additional information, please contact:

Kurt T. Hegmann, MD, MPH
Director of Occupational Injury Epidemiology
Phone: (801) 581-4800   
E-mail: kurt.hegmann@hsc.utah.edu 

or

Donald S. Bloswick, PhD, PE, CPE
Director of the Occupational Safety Engineering Emphasis
Phone: (801) 581-4163   
E-mail: bloswick@mech.utah.edu