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Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental Health
Environmental health prepares you to meet present and future needs for
environmental management as these pertain to human health and disease.
Six areas of specialization include: air quality, environmental chemistry,
environmental health management, hazardous waste, radiological health,
and water quality. Jobs are available in government health agencies at
the local, state and national levels, private industry, academic institutions,
and international health agencies.
Some samples of job titles our alumni have:
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- County public health director
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- Quality investigator
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- Health policy formulator
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- Industrial waste director
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- Community liaison officer
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- Aquatic biologist
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- Health policy analyst
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- State department of public health drinking water
specialist
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- Environmental chemist
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- Director of municipal water treatment plant
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- Sanitarium manager
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- Health physicist
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- Analytical chemist
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- Medical physicist
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- Director of solid waste disposal
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- Radiation safety officer
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- Director of certification & compliance
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- Environmental radiation specialist
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- Water quality scientist
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- Radioactive water specialist
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- Hazardous waste scientist
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- Sanitary engineer
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- State department of natural resources water
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Occupational Health
Occupational health is concerned with protecting the health of persons
in the work place and in the community. While working in this profession,
you will learn about manufacturing processes, disease and injury processes;
statistical sampling procedures, chemistry, engineering, environmental
and work regulations; and labor management issues.
Some samples of job titles our alumni have:
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- Occupational hygienist
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- Director of public health
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- Director of industrial hygiene
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- Occupational physician
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- Health safety officer
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- Field research physician
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- Occupational health compliance officer
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- Occupational pathologist
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- Air quality specialist
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- Medical clinic director
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- Labor union health director
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- Clinic coordinator
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- Ergonomics specialist
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- Chief medical officer
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Toxicology
Toxicology combines the principles of biology and chemistry to help understand
the harmful effects of pollutants, pesticides, and other chemicals on
human health. As a toxicologist, you may apply your multidisciplinary
training to research or testing in academic institutions where you create
and maintain centers of education and training as well as conduct original
toxicological research. In industry, you will participate in all aspects
of the life of a chemical product - from development through testing to
control and regulation of its ultimate use. In government, you will participate
in basic and applied research, or function in regulatory capacities preparing
risk-benefit analyses to ensure safe manufacture, handling, use, and disposal
of many types of chemical products.
Some samples of job titles our alumni have:
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- Consumer safety officer
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- Cutaneous toxicologist
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- Health research scientist
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- Research toxicologist
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- Director of toxic substances agency
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- Chemical information specialist
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- Inhalation toxicologist
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- Legislative aide for toxicology
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- Reproductive toxicologist
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- Environmental toxicologist
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- Product toxicologist
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- Director of national food safety and toxicology
center
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- Immunotoxicologist
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Human Nutrition
The study of human nutrition is essential to the understanding of the
mechanisms of health disease. Research efforts in human nutrition have
recently become focused on the problems of nutrient imbalance. There is
an increased role of nutrition and diet in the prevention and treatment
of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes,
and cancer. The study of human nutrition has become more interdisciplinary,
increasingly drawing on expertise from public health, epidemiology, biostatistics,
and social and behavioral sciences. Graduate study in human nutrition
prepares you for career opportunities in public health agencies such as
local and state health departments, hospitals, clinics, industry, and
private practice.
Some samples of job titles our alumni have:
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- Nutritionist
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- Food program officer
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- Nutrition education officer
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- Health services nutrition educator
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- Nutrition scientist
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- Dietitian
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- Home economist
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- Research dietitian
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- Director for nutrition field study
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- WIC nutrition educator
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- Food nutrition supervisor
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