Overview
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) supports continuing education (CE) activities that leverage the abundant academic and research resources and our commitment to education, research, and service in collaboration with our partners and stakeholders. The goal of the CE program is to support professional development on core and related disciplines by connecting research to practice to promote and protect the health, safety, and well-being of workers and their communities.
Our CE program complements the academic programs in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine, and Total Worker Health, and designs courses that meet the needs of the practitioners in occupational and environmental health. Since 1977, the SWCOEH has provided continuing education courses on current and emerging occupational and environmental health issues to serve the needs of practitioners.
Mission
The mission of the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) Continuing Education (CE) Program is to serve as a training resource for professionals and decision-makers in the occupational and environmental health fields by delivering specialized courses in response to current and emerging training needs.
What we offer
SWCOEH offers online, synchronous and asynchronous courses using the Canvas learning management system or virtual platform. Our courses are designed to support the professional development needs of occupational and environmental health practitioners. Through our curated network of resources and subject matter experts, we connect evidence to expertise.
Featured Event
Drs. Faiyaz Ali & Mariam Maribel Bhojani
Visiting Scholars Lecture
featuring
John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA
Director of the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health
Thursday, September 10, 2026
8:30am - 11:00am | Central Time
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health is part of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health