Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology and Public Health (BE.104J)

Calendar

Lec #	Topics	INSTRUCTORS	KEY DATES
1	Introductory Lecture	Prof. James Sherley Prof. Steven Tannenbaum Dr. Laura Green
2	Watch film A Civil Action	Prof. James Sherley Prof. Steven Tannenbaum Dr. Laura Green
3	From the Real World to Hollywood and Back Again	Dr. Laura Green
4	Epidemiology: Persons, Places, and Time	Prof. James Sherley
5	Epidemiology: Test Development and Relative Risk	Prof. James Sherley
6	Biostatistics: Concepts in Variance	Prof. James Sherley	Problem set 1 Epidemiology out
7	Biostatistics: Distribution and the Mean Confidence Intervals	Prof. James Sherley	Problem set 2 Biostatistics 1 out Problem set 1 Epidemiology due
8	Biostatistics: Detecting Differences and Correlations	Prof. James Sherley
9	Biostatistics: Poisson Analyses and Power	Prof. James Sherley	Problem set 3 Biostatistics 2 out Problem set 2 Biostatistics 1 due Team project topic deadline
10	Environetics: Cause and Effect	Prof. James Sherley
11	Environetics: Study Design - Retrospective versus Prospective	Prof. James Sherley	Problem set 3 Biostatistics 2 due Team project approvals completed
12	Environetics: Putting it all together - Evaluating Studies	Prof. James Sherley	Lady Tasting Tea 10-page review due
13	Quiz #1: Epidemiology-Biostatistics	Prof. James Sherley
14	Evaluating Environmental Causes of Mesothelioma	Prof. James Sherley
15	Quantitative Risk Assessment 1	Dr. Laura Green
16	Quantitative Risk Assessment 2	Dr. Laura Green
17	Toxicology 1	Prof. Steven Tannenbaum
18	Toxicology 2	Prof. Steven Tannenbaum	Problem set 4 Toxicology 1 out
19	Toxicology 3	Prof. Steven Tannenbaum
20	Toxicology 4	Prof. Steven Tannenbaum	Problem set 5 Toxicology 2 out Problem set 4 Toxicology 1 due
21	Toxicology 5	Prof. Steven Tannenbaum
22	Quantitative Risk Assessment 3	Dr. Laura Green	Problem set 5 Toxicology 2 due
23	Quantitative Risk Assessment 4	Dr. Laura Green
24	Quiz #2: QRA-Toxicology	Dr. Laura Green Prof. Steven Tannenbaum
25	Classroom Presentations of Team Projects		20-page team papers due in class
26	Classroom Presentations of Team Projects (cont.)