FACULTY PROFILE: KOSHY KOSHY
For students who are looking to take their safety and health education to the next level, the Rutgers School of Public Health offers a Master’s of Public Health degree in Occupational Safety and Health (MPH-OSH). In addition to managing the continuing education courses at the Center for Public Health Workforce Development, Center Manager Koshy Koshy, PhD, has served as the Concentration leader for the MPH-OSH program since 2017. At any one point, he advises roughly 25 students pursuing this degree. The 45-credit MPH degree in Occupational Safety and Health is focused on preparing students for a career reducing workplace risks and keeping workers safe from occupational hazards and natural and man-made disasters. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds and leave prepared to work in a number of industries, including manufacturing, construction and government service. Koshy inherited his passion for public health from his late grandfather, a local public health inspector. He earned his PhD in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers in 1997, Koshy went on to work in various staff roles at the Center before becoming faculty in 2008. Of teaching, Koshy says that the best part of teaching is learning from his students. He enjoys finding out about their different backgrounds and engaging them in the coursework. For Koshy, “using various methodologies to engage adults in the learning process is critical.” He teaches one concentration-required course, ENOH 0654: Occupational Safety and Workplace Risk Mitigation, and one concentration elective, ENOH 0657: Managing Hazardous Energy. This elective course combines four Center courses (OSHA 7115: Tag Out, OSHA 7100: Machinery Safeguarding, OSHA 2264: Confined Spaces, and OSHA 7505: Incident Investigation). Students are then required to apply their newly-acquired course knowledge to a real life workplace investigation and develop an after-action report to reduce the chances of such an event from happening again. Training the Next Generation of Occupational Safety Leaders
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A big part of the Master’s degree in Occupational
Safety and Health (MPH-OSH) is the Applied Practicum Experience (APE) and Capstone, where students work on addressing real- life workplace hazard issues. This is where my managing programs at the Center for Public Health Workforce Development and working with graduate students comes together. I have the opportunity to introduce students to courses as well as practitioners who can help them complete their practicum and possibly lead to future careers.“ - Koshy Koshy, PhD
Associate Professor and Program Manager, Center for Public Health Workforce Development, Rutgers School of Public Health
complexities of our regulatory standards.” “
The different training courses in ENOH 0657: Managing Hazardous Energy left me with more well-rounded proficiency, especially in the
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- Paxton Tsang, CSP, Rutgers School of Public Health MPH candidate
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