One of 18 regional education and research centers (ERCs), the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center is part of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers were established by NIOSH to ensure an ample supply of well-trained professionals in the area of occupational safety and health. NC OSHERC shares responsibility for the eight southeastern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Our Mission
The mission of the NC OSHERC at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is to prepare occupational safety and health professionals to promote and protect worker health. This is accomplished through the provision of high-quality interdisciplinary education and training, research and service in occupational safety and health.
Goals
Education: Provide education and training in the core public health and occupational health sciences, research, and specialty practice areas (e.g., industrial hygiene, safety and ergonomics, occupational medicine, occupational epidemiology, Total Worker Health®) to expand the knowledge base and provide for the delivery of quality occupational safety and health services.
Research: Conduct research in occupational safety and health and related fields to advance the science and body of knowledge, reduce work-related injury/illness, and improve worker health and working conditions.
Service: Offer continuing education, consultation, and advice to help develop occupational safety and health programs and services, and to address important issues in the occupational safety and health field.
Director: Leena Nylander-French, PhD, CIH
Deputy Director: John Staley, PhD, MSEH
Outreach and Continuing Education Director: John Staley, PhD, MSEH
Office Manager: Julie Myers
Company Details
- Employees
- 1
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 1700 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd,
- Industry
- Research Services
- NAICS
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Scientific Research and Development ServicesResearch and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life SciencesResearch and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Keywords
- Chapel Hill.
- HQ
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Competitors
- American Society of Workers' Compensation Professionals (AMCOMP), UNK Online & Graduate Studies, The Carolina Center for Healthy Work Design and Worker Well-Being, College of Public Health, UCLA Center for Occupational & Environmental Health (COEH), Southern California NIOSH Education and Research Center, ETSU College of Public Health, Centers for Health, Work & Environment, Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory, University of Iowa Health Care - Department of Internal Medicine.
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Nc Osherc's website is https://sph.unc.edu/osherc/osherc/
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Research Services
Nc Osherc's top competitors are
American Society Of Workers' Compensation Professionals (Amcomp),
Unk Online & Graduate Studies,
The Carolina Center For Healthy Work Design And Worker Well-Being,
College Of Public Health,
Ucla Center For Occupational & Environmental Health (Coeh),
Southern California Niosh Education And Research Center,
Etsu College Of Public Health,
Centers For Health, Work & Environment,
Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory,
University Of Iowa Health Care - Department Of Internal Medicine.
Nc Osherc's categories are Research Services
Nc Osherc's founding year is 1976
