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Description
The Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center (CARERC) will provide graduate and
continuing education for occupational safety and health professionals for the 3-year period July 2012-June
2015. Specifically, we aim to (1) provide interdisciplinary occupational safety and health education for
graduate students and occupational medicine residents; (2) enhance the research skills of students and
faculty in the targeted disciplines; (3) encourage and conduct interdisciplinary research on a variety of
occupational diseases and injuries; (4) deliver continuing education, consultation and outreach to address
environmental and occupational safety and health concerns; and (5) translate research into prevention
practice. CARERC's scope includes counties in eastern Kentucky, western North Carolina, eastern
Tennessee, western Virginia, and southern West Virginia, where elevated rates of occupational injuries and
fatalities persist, particularly in production agriculture, forestry, mining, and transportation. CARERC
combines the resources of the University of Kentucky College of Public Health (Occupational Medicine
Residency, MPH and PhD in Occupational Epidemiology and Injury, and MPH in Agricultural Safety and
Health); the UK College of Nursing (PhD in Occupational Nursing); the UK College of Engineering (MS and
PhD in Mine Safety & Health), and the Eastern Kentucky University College of Justice & Safety (MS in
Occupational Safety). CARERC will collaborate with other regional institutions as well as industry, labor, and
government in its Pilot Research Program (PRP), Outreach, and Continuing Education (CE) programs to
enhance research capacity and catalyze the translation of research to practice. We plan to support the
following number of trainees each year: 3 occupational medicine residents; 6 doctoral students, 6 MPH and
8 MS students across the core programs. Building on our existing strengths and stature, CARERC will serve
as a catalyst for interdisciplinary research in occupational safety and health and a centralized resource
center for innovative education and training.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/12 → 6/30/14 |
Funding
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health: $752,453.00
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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Central Appalachian Regional Education Research Center (Occup. Health Nurs. Scope)
Reed, D. & Hahn, E.
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
7/1/12 → 6/30/14
Project: Research project
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Central Appalachian Regional Education Research Center (Mining Scope)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
7/1/12 → 6/30/14
Project: Research project