Since 1977, the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) has actively served the Midwest by offering graduate training programs and continuing education courses in the field of occupational health and safety. This Education and Research Center is sponsored, in part, by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Providing National Leadership in:

• Agricultural Safety and Health
• Industrial Hygiene (including a focus in Hazardous Substances)
• Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training
• Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
• Environmental Occupational Medici ne
• Occupational Health Services Research and Policy

The Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety also provides continuing education to prepare occupational health and safety professionals to address current and emerging threats to the nation's workforce.  Courses range from short updates to five-day certificate based trainings in:

• Continuing Education in Occupational Health and Safety
• Hazardous Substances Training Continuing Education
• Agricultural Safety and Health Continuing Education

This website was developed by the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (MCOHS) funded, in part, by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Principal Investigator/Director Susan Gerberich, PhD, Deputy Director, Patricia McGovern, PhD.

Emerging Issues and Controversies in Occupational Health and Safety

March 4, 2010
Continuing Education and Conference Center
St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota
Read more and register for the Emerging Issues course

This is an exciting one-day interdisciplinary symposium with sessions on controversial issues in OHS research, policy, and practice that examine the cross-section of sciences, politics, and practice. The program is designed for new and experienced occupational health and safety professionals.