Environmental Health Sciences

The Medical/Health Physics Track is focused primarily on physical hazards in the environment, particularly ionizing radiation.

Students graduating with an MPH degree in Medical/Health Physics will be able to:

• Explain the nature, types, and sources of ionizing radiation;
• Identify the health effects of ionizing radiation and the mechanisms by which these effects occur;
• Analyze radiation exposures through health physics instrumentation and radiation dosimetry;
• Recommend appropriate radiation protection measures and evaluate control programs;
• Apply principles or radiation physics to medical applications including diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine.

In addition to gaining the track-specific competencies listed above, graduates will also achieve both Department-wide as well as School-wide MPH competencies.