Environment General Courses (ENVIRON)

graduate level, taught in Durham

298.02. Environmental Epidemiology. This course uses case-discussions to enable students to understand and apply all basic epidemiologic concepts while considering problems of environmental health, including water- and air-born diseases and pollutants, heavy metal exposures, ionizing radiation, and exposure to pesticides and other synthetic chemicals. Students are enabled to both critically assess whether an imputed environmental exposure actually causes an adverse health consequence, and to broker this information for the lay public in a responsible, understandable way. Instructor: Marcia Angle, MD, MPH