Industrial Hygiene

Industrial Hygiene Training is provided within the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Division in the University of Illinois School of Public Health. There are four principal faculty and support faculty in occupational medicine, toxicology, biostatistics, and water pollution control, serving in this program in all degree categories (MS, MPH, DrPH, PhD). The MS and MPH curricula are accredited by ABET. In addition, the MS curriculum and training program has been designated by the US Dept. of Energy as a participant in DOE's Industrial Hygiene Fellowship Program. Major educational goals are: (1) to develop industrial hygiene practitioners with as much practical experience as possible within the limits of an academic program; and (2) to provide a cadre of trainees, having aptitude for research, with research experience in occupational and environmental health. The overall emphasis of the training program is to give our students quantitative skills to aid them in solving workplace and environmental problems. In order to maximize field experience all trainees take part in one of our extended plant tests. To foster understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of achieving solutions to problems of occupational/environmental health, all trainees also actively participate in occupational medicine clinics.