PHLT 503 - Environmental Health (3)

The science of environmental health touches communities, governments, industry and healthcare, leading to multiple career opportunities for doctors, nurses, engineers, environmental scientists, among many others. This is a required core course for the M.P.H., and covers the concepts of environmental toxicology and epidemiology related to organic, inorganic, and zoonotic toxins and pathogens from water, air, land, and food, including novel exposures. Policy issues, as well as appropriate statistical and risk communication concepts related to the complex interaction between humans and their environment, will be explored. No prerequisites. Offered: Spring.