2009 — 2014 |
Magley, Vicki J |
T01Activity Code Description: To assist and extend training of individuals preparing for research and academic careers in fundamental, preclinical, clinical, public health, and other disciplines related to the area of interest of the awarding Institute/Division. |
Occupational Health Psychology Training Program @ University of Connecticut Storrs
DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): The Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) graduate training program at the University of Connecticut is designed to recruit and train highly qualified and diverse graduate students from areas of psychology, public health and nursing to become Ph.D. researchers capable of conducting multi-disciplinary and trans- disciplinary research focusing on the behavioral aspects of occupational health. The graduate training program follows a scientist-practitioner model in which trainees complete a 15-credit graduate certificate in occupational health psychology consisting of a graduate proseminar taught by core faculty, a required graduate methods course in epidemiology, faculty-supervised field or lab research in OHP, and two elective graduate courses in psychology and/or public health. The research and topical curriculum includes personnel/organizational psychology, human factors/ergonomics, public health graduate courses and epidemiology taught by 5 specially trained faculty from both Psychology and the School of Medicine to equip trainees with the skills that will not only enable them to conduct research on today's occupational health problems, but also to develop and apply new concepts of work organization and workplace design for enhancing worker health and productivity beyond current expectations, thus realizing the true potential of trans-disciplinary occupational health research to meet both regional and national needs. With eight full-time trainees supported by fellowships each year, the expectation is that 15 motivated trainees will graduate with a combination of a Ph.D. and the OHP certificate over the 5-year grant period. Relevance A number of occupational trends, such as downsizing, contingent labor and longer work hours;telework, and increasing levels of automation in the workplace have propelled the need for studies on occupational health psychology. OHP is concerned with the broad range of exposures and mechanisms that affect the quality of working life and the responses of workers, such as how individual psychological attributes interact with job content and work organization as well as organizational policies and practices. OHP research and practice explores interventions targeting the work environment as well as the individual to create healthier workplaces and organizations, and to improve the capacity of workers to protect their safety and health and also to maximize their overall effectiveness and sense of wellbeing.
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2014 — 2021 |
Magley, Vicki J |
T03Activity Code Description: Undocumented code - click on the grant title for more information. |
Occupational Health Psychology Training @ University of Connecticut Storrs
? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary A. Long-term Goals and Objectives of the Program The Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) graduate training program at the University of Connecticut is designed to recruit and train highly qualified and diverse graduate students from psychology, public health and nursing to become Ph.D. researchers capable of conducting multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary research focusing on the behavioral aspects of occupational health. Occupational trends (e.g., downsizing, contingent labor, longer work hours) have propelled the need for studies on occupational health psychology, which concerns the broad range of exposures and mechanisms that affect the quality of working life and the responses of workers, such as how individual psychological attributes interact with job content and work organization as well as organizational policies and practices. OHP research and practice explores interventions targeting the work environment and the individual to create healthier workplaces and to improve the capacity of workers to protect their own safety and health, while maximizing their effectiveness and wellbeing. As such, OHP fits many of the strategic goals of the NIOSH Total Worker Health initiative. B. Key Elements of the Training Program Trainees learn how to contribute to the OHP knowledge base and become highly capable researchers, who study and implement new ways of maintaining and promoting worker health and safety. The OHP concentration is integrated within the Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology doctoral training program. As such, the training program follows a scientist-practitioner model in which trainees complete 12 credits of prescribed coursework, three credits of applied field/lab research, master- and dissertation-level research, and participate in faculty research labs. All trainees complete a graduate seminar that covers principles of behavioral science, ergonomics and epidemiology and requires development of a multidisciplinary research proposal; this course is taught by core OHP faculty and an epidemiologist from the School of Medicine. In addition, trainees complete a required epidemiology course and two elective graduate courses in psychology and/or public health. This combination of course content and applied research training is designed to equip trainees with the necessary skills to address today's occupational health problems, and enable them to introduce new concepts of work organization and workplace design for enhancing worker health and productivity, realizing the true potential of trans-disciplinary occupational health research to meet both regional and national needs. C. Trainees: We recruit primarily from and also for the Psychology Department's I/O doctoral program in an effort to add extensive OHP training to trainees' more general doctoral requirements. UConn's I/O program is the only one of its kind in the New England states, making it possible to recruit stellar students for this training. The training program take approximately 5 years to complete, during which master- and dissertation-level research is completed, as well as additional research to enable trainees to be competitive in a tight job market. Trainees get jobs in academia, industry, consulting firms and governmental agencies. We support approximately 10 trainees annually (two supported with full-time, year-long stipends; the remaining with travel support for conference attendance). Students outside the I/O program can complete the 15-credit program for the Graduate Certificate in OHP, but are not eligible for grant support.
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