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Occupational Injury Prevention

Graduates of the Occupational Injury Prevention (OIP) program are equipped with both methodological skills and knowledge of occupational safety and health, enabling them to help develop, and implement successful injury prevention programs. They are working as faculty members at colleges and universities or conducting research for a national public health agency.

Funding from the Heartland Center – we’ll help pay for your graduate degree.

All students admitted to a Heartland Center training program are automatically considered for funding.
Financial support typically consists of fully paid tuition and a monthly stipend.
Heartland Center funding is available for U.S. citizens and permanent residents only.

Training Program Requirements

Students interested in the OIP training program and in receiving the funding offered by the Heartland Center must satisfy the following requirements:

  1. Enrollment in one of the approved graduate degree programs (listed below)
  2. Approval of the director of the OIP training program
  3. Enrollment in the OIP training program required courses

Approved degree programs for the OIP Training Program:

    • MS in Occupational & Environmental Health
    • PhD in Occupational & Environmental Health
    • MS in Epidemiology
    • PhD in Epidemiology
    • PhD in Community & Behavioral Health

OIP Training Program Required Courses

Required Courses – all MS and PhD Trainees

OEH:4510 Injury and Violence Prevention 3 s.h.
OEH:6520 Injury Epidemiology 3 s.h.
OEH:5620 Occupational Health 3 s.h.
No Registration Heartland Center Seminar*
CPH:7270 Principles of Scholarly Integrity: Public Health 1 s.h.

* Heartland Center trainees must attend 4-5 designated seminars each semester on occupational health topics to be held on Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 pm.

Required Courses – all PhD Trainees

OEH:5410 Occupational Safety 3 s.h.

Additional Required Courses – choose 2 for MS Trainees, choose 4 for PhD Trainees

EPID:6400 Epidemiology II: Advanced Methods 4 s.h.
EPID:5600 Introduction to Data Management and Analysis 3 s.h.
EPID:5610 Intermediate Data Analysis SAS & R 3 s.h.
EPID:6420 Survey Design and Analysis 3 s.h.
CBH:5235 Community-Based Participatory Research 3 s.h.
CBH:5305 Evaluation: Approaches and Applications 3 s.h.
CBH:5310 Qualitative Research for Public Health 3 s.h.
CBH:6205 Designing and Implementing Interventions 3 s.h.
BIOS:6110 Applied Categorical Data Analysis 3 s.h.
BIOS:6310 Introductory Longitudinal Data Analysis 3 s.h.

Additional Required Courses – choose 1 for PhD Trainees

OEH:6510 Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology 3 s.h.
OEH:4310 Occupational Ergonomics: Principles 3 s.h.
OEH:4530 Global Road Safety 3 s.h.

Admissions Requirements

The first step is to be admitted to one of the following degree programs:

  • MS and PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health – Admissions Requirements and How to Apply
  • MS and PhD in Epidemiology – Admissions Requirements and How to Apply
  • PhD in Community & Behavioral Health – Admissions Requirements and How to Apply

Additionally, you will need the consent of the OIP Program Director to enroll in this Heartland Center program.

For more information contact:

Brianne Schwarz, Graduate Program Coordinator
brianne-schwarz@uiowa.edu

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