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Academic Programs

The Environmental Health Sciences major emphasizes the scientific, technological, policy, and management skills needed to address environmental health concerns.

Specialty Areas


We offer MS, MPH, and PhD degrees in the following specialty areas:

Specialty Track (click title to view more information)
Degree Options/ Curriculum
Faculty
Environmental Chemistry
MS | PhD Matt Simcik, Dir.
Deborah Swackhamer
Environmental and
Occupational Epidemiology
MS | MPH | PhD Bruce Alexander, Dir.
Tim Church
Susan Gerberich

Craig Hedberg
Jeff Mandel
George Maldonado

Environmental Health Policy
MS | MPH | PhD Patricia McGovern, Dir.
John Adgate
Environmental Infectious Diseases MS | MPH | PhD

Craig Hedberg, Dir.
Paul Allwood
Carlota Medus
Michael Osterholm

Exposure Sciences
MS Gurumurthy
Ramachandran, Dir.

John Adgate
Bruce Alexander
Peter Raynor

Matt Simcik
Deborah Swackhamer
William A. Toscano, Jr.
Environmental Physiology
PhD Lisa Peterson
William Toscano, Jr.
Elizabeth Wattenberg
General Program
MS | MPH (most EnHS faculty)
Global Environmental Health
MS | MPH

William A. Toscano, Jr., Dir.
Bruce Alexander

Patricia McGovern
Gurumurthy Ramachandran
Matt Simcik

Industrial Hygiene
and Hazardous Substances
Sub-specialty

MS & MPH | PhD

Gurumurthy
Ramachandran, IH Dir.

Peter Raynor, HSAT Dir.
Lisa Brosseau

Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
MS | MPH | PhD Patricia McGovern, Co-Dir.
Nancy Nachreiner, Co-Dir.
Debra Olson
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
MPH Jeff Mandel, Dir.
Regulatory Toxicology and Risk Assessment
MPH Lisa Peterson
William Toscano, Jr.
Elizabeth Wattenberg
Agricultural Health and Safety
Minor Focus  


Doctoral Training Grants

EnHS offers two doctoral training grants; each of which supports and enhances the PhD training of students in multidisciplinary fields of study and research:

Program
Degree/ Curriculum
Program Directors
Occupational Health Services Research and Policy
A joint offering by the Divisions of Environmental Health Sciences and Health Policy and Management. EnHS students complete supporting coursework in health services research, policy and administration.
PhD Patricia McGovern
Bryan Dowd
Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training
Incorporates advanced training through curriculum and trainee research opportunities that involve multidisciplinary collaborations with experts in occupations injury epidemiology, engineering and human factors/ergonomics, safety, medicine, and the social sciences including occupational psychology.
PhD Susan Gerberich
Bruce Alexander

Joint Degree Programs

The Division also offers the following joint degrees in collaboration with other university schools:

J.D. with Law School
M.A. in Health Journalism
D.V.M. with the School of Veterinary Medicine
M.D. with the Medical School

Degree Options

The MPH degree is a minimum of 42 credits and the MS program requires a minimum of 30 credits and normally take two years to complete. The PhD program is oriented for those who want a career in research and academics and includes a 24 credit dissertation requirement.


 
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