The Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (DOEM) is fully engaged in education and research as well as clinical care. UConn Health’s mission has three parts: clinical care, education, and research. We believe that each part enhances the others, and that optimal healthcare requires constant refinement informed by research and reinforced by the educational process. We train medical students and residents in the concepts of occupational medicine so that whatever their future direction, they will be better able to recognize and manage the relationship between work and health.

In conjunction with the UConn Storrs campus, we train graduate students in bioengineering and industrial psychology. Our division has conducted many investigations sponsored by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, often under the umbrella of the Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW).

The DOEM is connected with several University of Connecticut graduate programs. Many graduate students from these programs are involved with DOEM and CPH-NEW research projects, supported as research assistants. The experience of these students and our faculty contributes to a vibrant academic presence.

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Medical Resident/Student Rotation

The Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine offers 1-month elective rotations for medical residents and medical students in their clinical elective rotations. Experiences include exposure to clinical occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, evaluation of patients exposed to environmental hazards, worksite visits, surveillance examinations, and seminars in occupational medicine. At the end of the rotation, students and residents present a topic of interest to the faculty.