 School of Public Health and Community Medicine - University of Washington - Spr/Sum 2007 |
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Environmental Health-Protecting Vulnerable Populations |
Student Research Day |
Conference Presentations |
IH Degree Undergoes Change |
Summer Students |
2007 Commencement |
Continuing Education |
People & Places Annual Ceremonies | Alternatives to Animal Experiments | The Fine Print |
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| IH DEGREE UNDERGOES CHANGE | ||
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The master’s program in Industrial Hygiene has been reorganized into a degree called the Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Exposure Sciences to better represent the current content and professional practice of this discipline. Curriculum changes include a core sequence of three courses with expanded content on exposure assessment, regulations, and controls for both occupational and community settings. As an alternative to completing a thesis, students will be given an option of developing an online portfolio based on a practical project, capstone course, and internship experience. Students enrolled in the exposure sciences MS degree select one of four learning emphasis areas: occupational hygiene, ergonomics and human factors, health and safety management, and exposure biomarkers. Students entering in autumn quarter 2007 will choose one of these four emphasis areas along with the associated electives to complete the curriculum. Students who were admitted in autumn 2006 can opt to change to the new program or complete the IH program they began. |
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| SUMMER STUDENTS | ||
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The second crop of selected undergraduates has entered our competitive summer research program. The students and their research advisors are:
Aziz, Kowdan, Jones, and Parker are supported through UW’s Health Sciences Center Minority Students Program. |
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| ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS | ||
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Professor Elaine Faustman received the 2007 North American Animal Welfare and Alternatives Award in recognition of her development of in vitro systems for evaluating environmentally and occupationally active agents. The Humane Society of the United States and Procter & Gamble established the award to recognize contributions to the development of alternative methods in toxicology that reduce animal use in research. Each year, they present two awards with the objective of making animal testing for consumer products unnecessary. Faustman’s work has focused on developing new in vitro models for evaluating developmental and reproductive toxicity. The $25,000 award will be applied to a research project focused on the further refinement of a new 3-D Sertoli cell/gonocyte co-culture model through the use of genomic and nanotechnology methods. She is a professor of Toxicology and director of the Institute for Risk Assessment and Risk Communication. |
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