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3102 Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health
(3.0 cr; =[PUBH 6102])
Scope of the field of environmental health. Concepts upon which environmental interventions are based. Consulting literature to identify appropriate interventions for community environmental health problems. Online course.
3104 Environmental Health Effects: Introduction to Toxicology
(2.0 cr; =[PUBH 6104]; Prereq-Basic science coursework; undergrad coursework in [biology, chemistry, biochemistry] recommended; fall, every year)
Environment as determinant of disease in humans. Identifying biological mechanisms/effects of chemical, biological, and physical agents on human health. Principles of toxicology applied to toxicant-human interactions.
6100 Topics: Environmental Health
(1-4 cr; prereq EH major or #) (Fall)
New course offerings or topics of interest in environmental health.
Not offered 2009-2010
6101 Environmental Health
(2 cr) Toscano
Principles of environmental health relating to macro- and micro-environments and to products consumed or used by people.
Fall (first seven weeks); Spring
6102 Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health
(2 cr; prereq grad stu or EH major) Allwood
The field, the current issues and the principles and methods of environmental and occupational health practice. Independent field study to observe, view, and analyze environmental/occupational health programs, contacts on a discussion group on EnHS web page and completion of a take home exam are required.
Fall, Spring, Summer online course
6103 Exposure to Environmental Hazards
(2 cr) Ramachandran
Nature, effects, and regulation of exposure to biological, physical, and chemical hazards in the environment, placing these in the context of the inter- and multi-disciplinary scientific field of environmental health as an essential component of the wider field of public health. The course will comprise lectures, presentation of example case studies, and group discussions.
Fall (first seven weeks of semester)
6104 Environmental Health Effects: Introduction to Toxicology
(2 cr) Wattenberg
Environment as a determinant of disease in humans. Identifying biological mechanisms/effects of chemical, biological, and physical agents on human health. Principles of toxicology as they apply to toxicant-human interactions.
Fall (last seven weeks of semester)
6105 Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
(2 cr; prereq EH major or #) McGovern
Students will develop an understanding of environmental and occupational health policies, laws, key concepts and principles, proposals and approaches for regulatory reform, approaches to policy analysis, and overall phases and issues in the policy making process.
Spring
6112 Risk Analysis: Application to Risk-Based Decision Making
(3 cr; prereq PH or grad stu) Adgate
Introduction to risk in the context of regulatory decision-making.
Fall
6113 Public Policy and Risk: Strategies for Effective Decisions and Discourse
(3 cr; prereq EH or grad stu or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Strategies for effective decisions and discourse; introduction and overview of making policy in areas of public health and the environment characterized by substantial risk and uncertainty. Topics include the basic mathematics of decision-making under risk and uncertainty, the cognitive psychology of how people react to risk, and methods of risk communication.
6115 Worker Protection Law
(1 cr;) Austin
The course will focus on the role of government in protecting rights of citizens. Labor movement history will serve as a starting point for a discussion of modern systems for protecting workers from unsafe work places and compensating them for Injuries that do occur. Law will be reviewed that protects individuals against class-based discrimination and
creates a "right" to work.
Spring (first seven weeks of the semester)
6116 Environmental Law
(1 cr;) Austin
Several difficult legal questions arise when pollution protection law conflicts with policy encouraging use of natural resources. Conflict also arises when the government restricts the use of property without compensating its owner. Course also considers the increasing authority of government agencies to audit business to assure compliance.
Spring (last seven weeks of the semester)
6120 Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Community, and Home
2 cr) Gerberich
Injury epidemiology: analysis of major injury problems affecting the public in the workplace, community, and home using the epidemiologic model and conceptual framework; emphasis on strategies/program development for prevention and control.
Spring
6121 Topics: Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Community, and Home
(1-2 cr; prereq PubH 5194 or 6120, 6330 or 6341) Gerberich
Selected projects relevant to injury problems.
Fall, Spring
6122 Seminar: Safety in the Workplace
(1 cr) Gerberich
Realm of and potential risk factors for occupational safety problems; strategies for prevention and control.
Spring
6123 Violence Prevention and Control: Theory, Research, and Application
(2 cr) Findorff
Analyses and critique of major theories and epidemiological research pertinent to violence, including characteristics of violence and relevant risk factors, reporting and treatment protocols, and current/potential intervention efforts and prevention initiatives; emphasis on interdisciplinary contributions to violence prevention and control.
Not offered 2009-2010
6130 Occupational Medicine: Principles and Practice
(3 cr; prereq Grad stu or EH major) Mandel
Pathogenesis of diseases caused by occupational hazards, evaluating work-related illnesses, overall regulatory framework governing occupational health and safety.
Spring
6131 Working in Global Health
(2 cr) Berthold
Major factors influencing health worldwide, and the interdependence of the developed and developing world in addressing health problems from a global perspective.
Fall
6132 Air, Water, Health
(2 cr) Simcik
In this course we will explore the issues related to providing adequate levels of clean air and water. Specific issues include local water quantity and quality and local air quality in both the developed and developing world, as well as global air and water quality, and policies meant to protect these resources.
Fall
6133 Global Health Seminar
(1 cr) Alexander
This seminar course will explore various aspects of global health from a public health perspective.
Spring
6140 Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
(2 cr; prereq basic course in epidemiology and biostatistics) Church
Principles and concepts in identifying health effects in the workplace; strategies for identifying excess risk, evaluating strengths and weaknesses of research techniques, assessing bias and confounding.
Spring
6150 Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety Field Problems
(3 cr; prereq EH major or grad stu) Nachreiner
Guided evaluation of potential health and safety problems at the worksite, recommendations and design criteria for correction; and evaluation of occupational health and safety programs.
Spring
6160 Metabolomics
(3 cr; prereq Biochem, mol biol, org chem or #) Peterson
Pharmacokinetics/toxicokinetics and xenobiotic metabolism. Mechanisms by which phase I and phase II enzymes bioactivate and detoxify xenobiotics. Implications of these biochemical reactions for human health.
Spring
6161 Regulatory Toxicology
(2 cr; prereq some background in [toxicology or pharmacology or related field] is recommended) Wattenberg
In-depth introduction to laws (and associated regulations) of U.S. federal regulatory agencies, such as CPSC, EPA, FDA, OSHA, and DOT, that both require and use toxicological data/information in their mission of protecting human and environmental health.
Spring
6164 Toxicological Analysis
(2cr; Prereq Enrollment in toxicology concentration of Environmental Health PhD program) Peterson
Introduction to modern methods in molecular toxicology. Introduction to the core research facilities present at the
University of Minnesota as well as field trips to local organizations imploring modern toxicological methods.
Fall
6170 Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety
(3 cr; prereq EH major or #) Nachreiner
Introduction to major concepts and issues in occupational health and safety. Apply public health principles and decision-making process in relation to prevention of injury and disease, health promotion of adults and protection of worker populations from environmental hazards.
Fall
6172 Industrial Hygiene Applications
(2 cr; prereq EH major, PubH 6170, or #) Brosseau
Recognition, evaluation, and control of occupational health and safety hazards. Practice application to specific industrial hygiene problems related to gases/vapors, aerosols, and physical agents.
6173 Hazard-Related Exposure to Physical Agents in the Environment
(2 cr; prereq grad stu or EH major, IH specialty or equiv preparation) Raynor
Nature, health effects, monitoring and control of physical agents in working and living environments, ionizing/non-ionizing radiations (including lasers and ultraviolet, visible and infrared light), noise and vibration, and heat and cold stress; dose, response and engineering interventions.
Spring
6174 Control of Workplace Exposure
(3 cr; 3.0 cr; Prereq-[Environmental health major, [industrial hygiene specialty or equiv]] or #; spring, odd years) Raynor
Hierarchy of options for controlling human exposures to airborne contaminants, both gaseous and aerosol. Science/practice of process control and exhaust ventilation in workplaces and other indoor air spaces and in air cleaning. Control of emissions to ambient environment.
6175 Environmental Measurements Laboratory
(2 cr; prereq PubH 6190 or 6191 or #; spring, odd years) Raynor, Simcik
Measuring exposures to potentially hazardous agents in air or water. Sampling the agent. Preparing sample for analysis. Conducting analysis. Interpreting results.
6176 Hazardous Materials and Waste Management
(2 cr; prereq PubH 6170 or equivalent, courses in chemistry including organic or equivalent; fall, even years) Brosseau
Generation, control, and disposal of hazardous materials/wastes. Recognizing, evaluating, controlling, and preventing hazards from chemicals that threaten occupational/environmental health. Lectures, case studies, workshops, field trips.
6180 Ecology of Infectious Diseases
(3 cr) Singer
This course focuses on the ways in which host, agent and environmental interactions influence the transmission of infectious agents. Specific topics related to these microbes include: environmental dissemination, eradication and control, evolution of virulence, and use of analytical and molecular tools.
Fall
6181 Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases and Food Safety Hazards
(2.0 cr; =[VMED 5165]; Prereq-6320 or 6330 or 6341 or #; spring, summer, every year) Hedberg
Principles/methods for surveillance of foodborne diseases. Investigation of outbreaks, assessment of food safety hazards. Focuses on integration of epidemiologic/lab methods.
6182 Emerging Infectious Disease: Current Issues, Policies, and Controversies
(3 cr) Osterholm
Current issues and controversies in the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Spring
6190 Environmental Chemistry
(3 cr; prereq gen chem, org chem or #) Simcik
Overview of chemistry of air, water and soil, pertinent environmental problems; human and ecological multi-media exposures to chemicals in the environment.
Fall
6191 Air Pollution
(3 cr; prereq one course each in Gen Chem and Organic Chem or #) Simcik
This course explores, primary and secondary sources of air pollution, transport mechanisms including meteorological effects, atmospheric transformations and loss processes. It also investigates human and ecosystem health as well nuisance effects, and reviews historical and future regulations and standards.
Spring
6192 - Measurement and Properties of Air Contaminants
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Good grasp of [elementary physics, chemistry, mathematics including calculus];) Ramachandran
Gaseous/particulate air contaminants, their occurrence in workplaces. Factors governing generation/dispersal. Criteria, rationales, and standards for measurement in workplace. Industrial hygiene measurement. Aerosol-related ill-health.
6193 - Advanced Topics in Human Exposure Science
(2.0 cr; Prereq-6192 or #;) Adgate, Ramachandran
Designing exposure studies for epidemiologic investigations and health risk assessments. Techniques to measure/estimate human exposures to hazardous agents in non-occupational and occupational environments.
7193 Directed Study: Environmental and Occupational Health
(1-4 cr; prereq grad stu, EH major, #) EnHS Faculty
Directed study in a topic at discretion of faculty member. Usually students and faculty agree upon an area they feel could enhance the advanced masters' students' educational experience.
Fall, Spring, May session, Summer; Time and place to be arranged
7194 Master's Project: Environmental Health
(1-3 cr; prereq EH major or #) EnHS Faculty
Directed projects or examination in environmental and occupational health.
Fall, Spring, May session, Summer; Time and place to be arranged
7196 Field Experience: Environmental Health
(1-5 cr; prereq EH major or #) EnHS Faculty
Directed practicum in environmental and occupational health
Fall, Spring, May session, Summer; Time and place to be arranged
8100 Topics: Environmental and Occupational Health
(1-6 cr; prereq #) EnHS Faculty
New course offerings or topics of interest in environmental and occupational health.
Fall, Spring, May session, Summer; Time and place to be arranged
8120 Occupational Injury Epidemiology and Control Program (OIECP) Research Seminar
(1 cr; prereq EH major, OIPRTP specialty or equiv, PubH 6120, 6330 or 6341, 6450) Gerberich, Alexander
Facilitate student research efforts in occupational injury epidemiology and control through roundtable discussions and interdisciplinary involvement.
Fall; Spring
8140 Validity Concepts in Epidemiologic Research
(2 cr) Maldonado
In-depth examination of the conceptual basis for the design, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic studies. We begin with a discussion of counterfactual reasoning as applied to epidemiologic studies. We then use counterfactual reasoning as the basis for: (1) a general theory of study design; (2) recognizing, examining, and preventing bias in epidemiologic study results (confounding, selection biases, measurement-error biases and artifacts of statistical methods (specification bias)); and (3) a general theory for adjusting study results for the combined effect of biases.
Fall
8141 Doctoral Seminar in Observational Inference
(2 cr; prereq 8140, doctoral student in PubH, PubH 6330 or 6341, 6340 or 6342) Church, Maldonado, Alexander
This seminar course in observational inference is designed for doctoral students in public health who are interested in practicing the fundamentals of epidemiologic inference, including methods for designing, analyzing, and interpreting epidemiologic studies. Class time will be spent critically discussing methods papers and applied papers and designing studies or parts of studies related to various areas of observational inference, including environmental and occupational health.
Fall; Spring
8142 Epi Uncertainty Analysis
(2 cr; prereq PubH 8140) Maldonado
The course will focus on the techniques of non probabilistic and probabilistic (Monte Carlo) sensitivity analysis. This course builds on the concepts discussed in PubH 8140.
Spring
8160 Advanced Toxicology
(2 cr; prereq biochem, molecular biol, PubH 6160 or #) Toscano
Cellular and molecular mechanisms by which xenobiotics cause toxicity; investigative approaches to current research problems in toxicology and carcinogenesis.
Fall
8161 Current Literature in Toxicology
(1 cr; S-N only, prereq - 6104) Peterson
The objective of this course is for students to critically read and discuss current toxicological literature. The topics covered in this course will change every semester with the goal to learn modern methods in toxicology and develop critical thinking skills.
Fall; Time and place to be arranged; Spring; Time and place to be arranged
8162 Chemical Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention
(3 cr; A/F only, prereq - BioC 3021. BioC 4331 or equivalent, Chem 2302 or equivalent) Peterson
The objective of this course is for students to apply Information regarding chemical carcinogenesis and chemoprevention. Students will: 1) Investigate biochemical mechanisms by which environmental chemicals Interact with cellular systems to cause carcinogenesis; 2) Investigate mechanisms by which chemopreventive compounds prevent carcinogenesis; and 3) formulate logical hypotheses about the biochemical basis of
carcinogenesis/chemoprevention of specific classes of compounds.
8163 Toxicology
(5.0 cr; Prereq-Enrolled in toxicology concentration of environmental health PhD program; A-F only, fall, every year) Wattenberg, Peterson, Toscano Biological/physiological principles that govern toxicological methods.
8165 Current Topics in Toxicology
1.0 cr [max 2.0 cr]; Prereq-[Environmental health PhD, toxicology concentration] student or #; S-N only, fall, spring,
every year) Toscano
Seminars presented by students/faculty in toxicology graduate program.
8166 Experiences in Toxicology Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Environmental health PhD student in toxicology concentration; A-F only, spring, every year) Peterson
Students complete research projects in labs of toxicology program graduate faculty members.
8170 Advanced Industrial Hygiene Applications
(2 cr; prereq EH major, PubH 6170)
Recognition, evaluation and control of occupational health and safety hazards; application of concepts to specific
industrial hygiene problems related to gases/vapors, aerosols, physical agents.
8194 Directed Research: Environmental and Occupational Health
(1-6 cr; prereq grad stu, EH major) EnHS Faculty
Opportunities to pursue research in environmental and occupational stresses on human health.
Fall, Spring, May session, Summer; Time and place to be arranged
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