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Environmental Health

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BIOSTAT503

Introduction to Biostatistics

Fall term(s)

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff; Mukherjee, Bhramar

Offered every year

Prerequisites: Elementary algebra

Fundamental statistical concepts related to the practice of public health: descriptive statistics; probability; sampling; statistical distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing; chi-square tests; simple and multiple linear regression; one-way ANOVA. Use of computer in statistical analysis.

Syllabus for BIOSTAT503 (PDF, 89868 bytes, last modified on Saturday, October 13, 2007 )

EHS501

Occupational Environmental Disease

Winter term(s)

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): O'Neill, Marie

Prerequisites: EHS 505, 506 or equivalent

Selected topics in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of environmental and occupational disease, including coverage of toxins, exposures, organ systems, and disease. Lectures and case studies address exposures to solvents, radon, lead and other metals, asbestos and other pneumoconiotic dusts, outdoor air pollution, indoor air quality, and noise. Major health effects and disease categories covered include cancer, respiratory disease, and reproductive health. Prerequisites: basic knowledge of human physiology, and exposure assessment. (These requirements may be taken concurrently with this course).

EHS506

Principles of Toxicology

Fall term(s)

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Loch Caruso, Rita

Prerequisites: Biology, Organic Chemistry, Grad Standing or Perm. Instr.

Principles underlying the chemical, physiological and anatomical basis of toxicity. Dose-response relationships, toxicokinetics, and biotransformation, mechanisms of cellular injury and death, organ system toxicity, developmental toxicology, genotoxicity and toxicogenomics, and chemical carcinogenesis. Principles will be illustrated where appropriate with specific examples of toxicity from environmental contaminants and pharmaceutical agents.

EHS507

Principles of Exposure Assessment

Fall term(s)

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Robins, Thomas

Prerequisites: BIOS 503, EPID 503, EPID 601, EHS 505 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable) or Perm. Instr.

This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to assess exposure to environmental agents. Topics include the selection of study populations; the conditions under which people or other target species could be exposed; identification and quantification of exposure pathways; the design of exposure assessment strategies; integration of exposure and population information; and the evaluation of historical (exposure reconstruction), current and prospective exposures. The course focuses on occupational and environmental settings and includes chemical, biological (bacteria, fungi, pathogen) and physical agents that may be air-, water-, food- or vector-borne.

EHS508

Principles of Risk Assessment

Winter term(s)

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Jolliet, Olivier

Prerequisites: EHS 507, Epidemiology (concurrent enrollment acceptable) or Perm. Instr.

This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to understand risk assessment methods. Students will understand the use and limitations of risk assessment in establishing exposure standards, acceptable concentrations, and the environmental criteria for hazardous substances that present a risk of carcinogenic or other health effects and the suitability of risk assessment for such purposes. The basic approaches to environmental risk assessment will be emphasized, including methods for identifying health effects, modeling of health effects, and derivation of risk estimates. Methods for dealing with uncertainties as well as limitations and criticisms of risk assessment methods will be discussed. Specific examples of risk assessments will be analyzed and critiqued.

EHS550

Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Health

Fall term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Vincent, James

Prerequisites: Grad Status or Senior Standing

Discussion of the basic concepts of occupational and environmental hygiene; recognition and evaluation of chemical,physical and biological hazards; the human environment; control hierarchies, strategies and technologies; personal protection; criteria and standards; the international dimension; and ethical issues. The course provides basic underpinnings of the nature of theory and practice in occupational and environmental hygiene, and thus provides a structural framework for thinking about the field, identifying linkages between disciplines and specialties, and providing a platform for more advanced study in the individual areas listed. The course is offered as a three-credit course in both the regular term and in the OJ/OC format.

EHS556

Occupational Ergonomics

term(s)

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Principles, concepts and procedures concerned with worker performance, health and safety. Topics include: biomechanics, job safety, anthropometry, work physiology, psychophysics, work stations, tools, work procedures, work standards, Musculoskeletal disorders, noise, vibration, heat stress and the analysis and design of work.

EHS570

Water Quality Management

Fall, Winter term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Xi, Chuanwu

Principles of science and engineering used in the evaluation and control of water quality. Includes current legislation, types of pollution, sources and nature of pollution, introduction to water quality management practices, water supply and treatment, hydrologic concepts, effects of waste discharge on receiving waters, lake management, and water quality criteria and standards.

EHS572

Environmental Impact Assessment (NRE 514)

Fall term(s)

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Batterman, Stuart

Prerequisites: EHS 574, Grad Status

A comprehensive framework for predicting and evaluating environmental impacts is presented. The course emphasizes the theory, application, integration and evaluation of models simulating transport and fate of contaminants in air, surface and ground water, and soil. Case studies and computer exercises demonstrate contemporary exposure and health risk assessment problems.

This course is cross-listed with NRE514 in the NRE department.

EHS574

Environmental Chemistry

Fall term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Nriagu, Jerome

Prerequisites: College Chemistry including Organic Chemistry and Calculus

Environmental chemistry of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and soils. Review of physical and chemical hazards and sources, distribution, transformations, routes to man of environmental contaminants. Human exposure assessment procedures and applications in health risk analysis programs.

EHS590

Environmental Health Management

Winter term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

This course provides a comprehensive assessment of environmental health management practices in government, industry and the private sector. This includes compliance with regulatory oversight, certification programs, and rapidly emerging management tools for assessment of effectiveness and efficiency.

EHS600

Professional Perspectives in Environmental Health

Fall term(s)

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Jolliet, Olivier

Prerequisites: Grad Status, Completion of approved internship, research or practical experience

This project-oriented course provides the student the opportunity to integrate academic principles, practical skills and concepts in environmental health as related to the broader scope of public health. Students will carry out a 2 credit hour applied group project, having to synthesize their acquired knowledge from different courses and subplans to address real world problems. Students will provide oral presentation (intermediary and final) and written reports on the conducted project. This culminating capstone course will be elected during the professional students last fall term in residence.

EHS652

Evaluation of Chemical Hazards

Fall term(s)

3-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Zellers, Edward

Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in biostatistics course

Concepts and techniques related to the evaluation of occupational exposures to gases, vapors, and aerosols. Emphasis on operating mechanisms and practical aspects of industrial hygiene air-monitoring equipment, characterizing exposure distributions, and developing sampling strategies. Lectures, laboratory exercises, demonstrations, problems, technical reports, and reading. Primarily for students in occupational health and safety.

EHS653

Environmental Sampling and Analysis Laboratory

Winter term(s)

1-3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Zellers, Edward

Prerequisites: EHS 652 or permission of instructor

Laboratory and lecture course on equipment, instrumentation, methodologies, and strategies for measuring environmental chemical and microbiological contaminants. A primary emphasis is placed on air monitoring for human exposure assessment in the workplace and general environment. Dermal, surface, soil, and water contamination measurements are also covered. Lectures, laboratories, and demonstrations. Primarily for students in environmental health sciences with interests in occupational and ambient-environmental exposure assessments for regulatory compliance and epidemiologic risk estimation.

EHS668

Professional Seminar in Occupational Health

Winter term(s)

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Meeker, John

Seminars in contemporary occupational health topics and issues. Presentations by noted authorities from industry, labor organizations, governments, and academia.

EHS688

Topics in Environmental Health Sciences

Fall, Winter term(s)

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Hu, Howard

Seminars in contemporary environmental health topics and issues. Presentations by noted authorities from industry, labor organizations, governments, and academia.

EHS698

Research

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)

1-6 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.

Original research investigation of a special topic in environmental health, occupational health, nutrition and/or toxicology. May be elected more than once for a maximum of six credits.

EPID503

Strategies and Uses of Epidemiology

Winter term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Eisenberg, Joseph

Last offered Winter, 2008

Prerequisites: Biostat 503, Grad Status

This course offers an introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods of population-based epidemiologic research. It is intended to be the introductory course for students who are NOT majoring in Epidemiology. The course will be divided into three primary sections. The first section will serve as an introduction to the basic principles of epidemiology and the measures used in epidemiology. The second section will discuss epidemiologic study design (including case-control, cohort studies) and analysis (including bias, confounding, effect modification). The third section will cover special topics that are important to an introductory understanding of epidemiology (including outbreak investigations, screening, and the role of epidemiology in public health.

HMP617

Understanding Health Care Organizations

Winter term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Myers, Valerie

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: grad status

This course is designed for students who are not concentrating in health care management studies but who need some understanding of health care organizations. The course provides an overview of some key issues confronting these organizations and alternative perspectives, drawn from several disciplines, for understanding how to achieve results through health care organizations. Topics include the policy environment for healthcare organizations, organizational structure, motivation and incentives, individual and group behavior, group decision making, quality measurement and improvement, and organizational relations with their environments. Case examples are drawn from current health care organizations.

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