Environmental Health Sciences

All PhD candidates must attend Journal Club every semester- except during the final semester(s) when they are committed to composing their theses.

Doctoral students will be required to read primary research papers and orally present a critical review of their readings. The goal of this course is to have students present and debate informative, challenging, and current topics from the scientific literature.

Each semester the course topic relates to specific area of study in environmental sciences. The specific topic is chosen by the faculty member teaching that semester. Some sample topics include: the effects of ozone depletion on cells; asthma in the urban environment; recent advances in the use of biomarkers in predicting cancer; health effects of heavy metals in the environment; population Epigenetics; water borne pathogens and disease.