Occupational Health Psychology Concentration

Note: The Specialization in Industrial-Organizational Psychology is not currently taking any new students.

The Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) concentration is an interdisciplinary training opportunity supported by a training project grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH; T03 OH009841). This support provides fellowship funding opportunities for graduate students choosing to pursue the OHP concentration.

The OHP concentration is designed for Experimental Psychology Ph.D. students in either an Industrial-Organizational (I-O) or Health Psychology specialization. The concentration is built atop and expands upon the requirements for either specialization within the Psychology Department, supplementing each with coursework from the departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Social and Public Health. Coursework and research training are designed to address many of the primary "Issues Relevant to Advancing Worker Well-being through Total Worker Health®" reported in the National Agenda to Advance Total Worker Health® Research, Practice, Policy, and Capacity (2016) by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Completion of the Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with a specialization in either I-O or Health Psychology, and concentration in OHP, requires the successful fulfillment of academic coursework designed to provide breadth of knowledge in psychology and depth in OHP-specific topics to prepare students for careers focused on Total Worker Health®. This curriculum highlights the unique expertise of OHIO faculty, providing students with enhanced training in physiological approaches and unique populations (e.g., employees) in addition to more traditional OHP topics. As shown in the requirements section below, students complete OHP Concentration Core Courses, Health or I-O Specialization courses, Psychology Breadth courses, and OHP Concentration Elective courses (simultaneously fulfilling the "Scholarly Tool" requirement). Many of the requirements of the OHP concentration overlap with requirements of the Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with specializations in I-O or Health Psychology. Substitutions to course requirements are permitted with approval of the OHP Concentration Committee.