Spring 2024 - HSCI 471 D100
Special Topics in Health Sciences I (3)
Class Number: 4976
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Ryan Allen
allenr@sfu.ca
1 778 782-7631
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Prerequisites:
Will vary according to topic.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Selected topics in areas not currently offered within the undergraduate course offerings.
COURSE DETAILS:
Exposure assessment is a key component of both environmental epidemiology and environmental risk assessment. Exposure assessment also plays an important role in the evaluation of environmental health interventions. This course provides an introduction to the principles of exposure science and its application to the assessment of human exposure to physical, chemical, and biological contaminants in environmental and occupational settings.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
• Describe the role of exposure assessment, and the potential impacts of exposure misclassification, in epidemiology, risk assessment, and environmental surveillance.
• Identify commonly used exposure assessment approaches for toxicants in different media and for different routes of exposure.
• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of direct and indirect exposure assessment approaches.
• Analyze exposure data using SAS statistical software and clearly summarize the results.
• Describe the use of remote sensing and other spatial data in exposure assessment and use R to conduct spatial analysis.
• Critique environmental exposure assessment approaches presented in the literature.
Grading
- Exercises and Participation 15%
- Assignments 60%
- Final Report 25%
Materials
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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