OHP GRADUATE TRAINING AT PSU
The OHP Program
The OHP program focuses on the application of psychology to protect and promote workers’ safety, health, and well being, and to improve workers quality of worklife. The program prepares students for careers as consultants, educators, and staff for business, labor, public, academic, community, and health organizations. The OHP specialization includes a survey course that provides students with an introduction to the field of OHP. Students also choose from a variety of elective courses consistent with their OHP interests. The OHP program at Portland State has been funded by Training Program Grants from NIOSH for the past 9 years.
OHP Electives
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3 Required OHP Seminars |
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PSY 516/616 |
Advanced Applied Organizational Psychology1 |
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PSY 510/610 |
Occupational Safety & Health |
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PSY 550/650 |
Occupational Health Psychology |
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2 OHP-related Electives2 |
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Psychology Electives |
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PSY 510 |
Diversity in the Workplace |
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PSY 510 |
Cross Cultural Issues in Organizational Psychology |
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PSY 510 |
Professional Safety |
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PSY 510/6104 |
Work and Well-Being |
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PSY 571 |
Health Psychology |
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PSY 554/654 |
Social Psychology of Mental Health |
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PSY 600 |
Stress and Coping |
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PSY 567 |
Work and Family |
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PSY 548 |
Psychology of Work Motivation |
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PSY 545 |
Employee Development |
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PSY 578 |
Leadership and Group Effectiveness |
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PSY 579 |
Women and Organizational Psychology |
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Other OHP Electives3 |
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PSU Sociology Electives |
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SOC 595/695 |
Medical Sociology |
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PSU School of Community Health Electives3 |
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PHE512 |
Principles of Health Behavior |
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PHE550 |
Health Promotion Program Planning |
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PHE580 |
Concepts of Environmental Health |
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PHE511 |
Foundations of Public Health |
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PHE535 |
Epidemiology Survey |
Any of our MPH courses that are not core courses (Epidemiology, Health Systems, Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Foundations, Health Behavior) would potentially be open to PhD students.
Here is list of post-bac classes in the School of Community Health THAT are unrestricted and MAY count towards the minor requirements. Please consult your advisor.
http://www.pdx.edu/sch/post-baccalaureate-program
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PSU School of Business Electives3 |
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MNGM 510 |
Creating and Sustaining Healthy Organizations |
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Electives at Oregon Health and Sciences University3 |
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PHPM 512 |
Epidemiology5 |
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PHPM 525 |
Biometry6 |
Notes:
All courses listed are 4 credit hours, unless otherwise noted
1Required for all psychology Ph.D. students; prerequisite for other core OHP Seminars.
2OHP students must complete at least one elective in an area outside of psychology.
3Other courses may be designed as OHP electives on the review and approval of the OHP Program Director or Associate Program Director. These could include new psychology seminars related to OHP or courses in other disciplines.
4510/610 is a generic seminar number used until a course has been officially assigned a number by the University. Courses must be taught twice before s course numbers are assigned.
5Students who complete Epidemiology I also may take PHPM 513 (Epidemiology II) and PHPM 514 (Epidemiology III)
6Students who complete Biometry I also may take PHPM 526 (Biometry II) and PHPM 527 (Biometry III)
For specific Ph. D. and Master's Degree requirements, see the listing on our Psychology Department Homepage: http://www.psy.pdx.edu/
For questions about funding opportunities and general policies and procedures, see the Office of Graduate Studies website at: http://www.pdx.edu/ogs/
Recent Graduates
- Kristin Charles
- Jennifer Tucker
- Jennifer Cullen
- Emily Huang
- Rachel Daniels
- Nanette Yragui
- Kristi Zimmerman
- Ginger Hanson
- David Cadiz
- Michael Buck
- Lauren Murphy
Profile of a Recent Graduate
Dr. Lauren Murphy is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Liberty Mutual-Harvard Program in Occupational Safety and Health. She is collaborating with researchers at both Harvard University and the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (LMRIS). In the Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Murphy is collaborating with researchers on studies examining safety culture/climate in the construction industry. In the Center for Behavioral Sciences at LMRIS, Dr. Murphy is working with researchers on a large safety climate study investigating lone mobile workers in the trucking industry.
In December or 2011, Dr. Murphy will receive her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology with a minor in Occupational Health Psychology from Portland State University, though she defended her dissertation in October 2011. Her dissertation consisted of expanding the conceptual model examining the relationship between work-family conflict and employee safety using a macroergonomics approach. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a B. S. in Psychology and a minor in Sociology.
Dr. Murphy is a member of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the Society for Organizational Health Psychology (SOHP), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). She has served as an ad hoc reviewer for Accident Analysis & Prevention, (2009 – Present) and Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science (2011).