| Course ID: | EHSC 8110. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Fundamentals of Chemical and Microbial Risk Assessment |
Course
Description: | Fundamental elements of risk assessment with a specific focus on chemicals, microorganisms, and assessment criteria set by federal agencies. Risk assessments conducted and used by international groups will be compared and evaluated. Course includes a combination of lectures, case studies, critical discussions of primary literature, and group risk assessment projects. |
| Oasis Title: | Fund Chem Microb Risk Assess |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EHSC 8110E |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This course is intended for graduate students at any level with an interest in chemical and/or microbial risk assessment. Upon successful completion of this course, the graduate student should be able to:
- Conduct comprehensive reviews of primary literature and databases for specific chemical(s) or microbe(s);
- Critically evaluate published papers based on components of chemical or microbial risk assessments and find knowledge gap(s);
- Analyze the basic four components of risk assessment;
- Design hazard analysis, exposure assessment, and hazard characterization to judge and interpret potential risk and benefits for chemical(s) and microbe(s);
- Create and author a valid proposal to conduct risk assessments of chemicals or microbial pathogens;
- Interpret effective risk communications;
- Develop and implement risk communication to scientific, non-scientific, and governmental communities. |
| Topical Outline: | Outline will vary according to the most recent scientific publications in the area of chemical and microbial risk assessment. The following is a summary of common topics to be covered in each class offering:
- Fundamental principles of risk assessments
- Hazard analysis
- Exposure analysis
- Hazard characterization
- Risk characterization
- Comparisons of the similarities and differences in risk assessments
- Case studies in chemical and microbial risk assessments
- Basic elements in effective risk communication |