Fall 2024 Environmental Health Sciences P8325 section 001

Risk Assessment, Communication, and Mana

RISK, ASSESSMENT, COMM/MG

Call Number 15682
Day & Time
Location
T 5:30pm-8:20pm
1101/02 ROSENFIELD B
Points 1.5
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Michael P Musso
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Risk Assessment is the process of correlating the amount of exposure (to a chemical, activity, or situation) with expected harm. This Department core course is primarily concerned with toxic substances to which humans are exposed through their environments, in the context of whether and how exposure to such toxicants should be controlled: risk assessment. Toxicological and epidemiological principles are used primarily to provide (uncertain) quantitative estimates of the harm associated with a given level of exposure: dose-response. Using a dose-response relationship necessitates quantifying exposure, an uncertain endeavor that relies on understanding human physiology and behavior. The quantitative estimates of harm from anthropogenic activity that risk assessment gives are just the starting point for the challenge of risk management: What do we do now?" The resulting decisions are influenced by both economic factors (e.g., cost-benefit analysis) and psychological factors (e.g., risk perception)."
Web Site Vergil
Department Environmental Health Sciences
Enrollment 33 students (35 max) as of 9:06AM Saturday, December 14, 2024
Subject Environmental Health Sciences
Number P8325
Section 001
Division School of Public Health
Open To GSAS, Public Health
Section key 20243EHSC8325P001