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Courses
PH150B. Introduction to Environmental Health. (3) Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: Background in biological sciences and a course in biostatistics required or consent of instructor. The course will present the major human and natural activities that lead to release of hazardous materials into the environment as well as the causal links between chemical, physical, and biological hazards in the environment and their impact on human health. The basic principles of toxicology will be presented including dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of chemicals. The overall role of environmental risks in the pattern of human disease, both nationally and internationally, will be covered. The engineering and policy strategies, including risk assessment, used to evaluate and control these risks will be introduced. (SP) K Smith, Spear
PH200C. Public Health Core Breadth Course. (2) Three hours of lecture per week plus 2 optional 30-minute discussions. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course is built on the ecological model of public health, emphasizing how the physical and social environments interact with our biology. The course is designed to provide students with a broad overview and a basic understanding of the contributions of the environmental, sociobehavioral, and policy and management sciences to the practice of public health, and the interrelationship of basic public health knowledge in each of these areas. Minkler, Shortell, K Smith
PH271D. Global Burden of Disease and Comparative Risk Assessment. (3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Introductory epidemiology (250A or equivalent) is recommended. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database utilized by who provides estimates of illness, injury, and death by disease type, age, sex, and world region in a consistent and coherent manner. The course will explore the ways such a detailed database makes possible a wide range of new types of analysis of health priorities and the relationship of database will also be introduced. This seminar will also provide an opportunity for reading and discussion of the basic assumptions, data limitations, critiques, and methodological difficulties of the GBD. It is intended to be a true seminar relying heavy on class participation. The homework assignments will be greatly facilitated by use of computer spreadsheets. (SP) K Smith
PH293. EHS Seminar for Doctoral Students. (1) Two hours of discussion every other week. Provide mentoring and academic support for cohort groups of students. Includes discussion of academic/research ethics.
PH298. Climate and Health (2): 1.5 hours of lecture and 30 minutes of discussion per week. Prerequisites: An introductory course in epidemiology. The course provides a basic foundation in the physical and societal basis of climate change, including atmospheric structure and feedbacks, carbon cycling, and the sources and trends of human and natural greenhouse pollutant emissions. Forecasts of future climate, and their uncertainties, are discussed, emphasizing parameters of potential relevance to human health. The class explores epidemiologic, risk assessment, and statistical methods appropriate for understanding the impact of climate on health in different populations, including reviews of current burden of disease estimates of avoidable and attributable risk. The public health implications, positive and negative, of society’s efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change will be elaborated, including discussions of ethical, political, economic aspects. K Smith, Remais
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