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technologies for the study of occupational and environmental Occupational and health. Environmental Pulmonary Facility The Pulmonary Toxicology Facility provides a full array of inhalation toxicology, science, and bioaerosol Health assay services. A primary focus of the facility is the study of toxicants found in the agricultural environment and related Head exposure situations. The facility is particularly well-equipped • Peter S. Thorne for studying organic dusts and bioaerosols. Graduate degrees: M.S. in occupational and environmental Industrial health; Ph.D. in occupational and environmental health The Industrial Hygiene Laboratory provides expertise and Faculty: https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/oeh-faculty-list/ equipment for in occupational settings. Website: https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/oeh/ The laboratory offers a range of sample collection capabilities The Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and an extensive inventory of sampling equipment. Field focuses on assessment of factors in the physical and laboratory services are available through laboratory environment and their relationship to disease—particularly support exposure-response studies and control technology health problems of agricultural and industrial workers. development studies in a variety of occupational arenas, Students are guided by faculty members whose research including , construction, and indoor environments interests include rural delivery, agricultural health, (home and office). environmental health, occupational , occupational A computer laboratory is available for student use, and a lung disease, mammalian toxicology, inhalation toxicology, library collection is located at the Institute for Rural and ergonomics, , , injury Environmental Health. , programs, aerosol physics, air and water quality, , analytical toxicology, and environmental health in developing countries. Heartland Center for In addition to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in occupational and Occupational Health and Safety environmental health, the department offers a subprogram The Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety, one for the Master of (M.P.H.) degree in occupational of 18 education and research centers funded by the National and environmental health. The subprogram provides Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, provides training, students with a broad perspective on public health and education, and outreach. Its program areas are industrial career preparation for a variety of professional positions in hygiene, occupational safety, ergonomics, agricultural safety occupational and environmental health. Students have the and health, occupational injury prevention, occupational option of selecting focused coursework in the following areas: epidemiology, and continuing education. global environmental health, occupational health, and safety, injury and violence prevention, and environmental Courses and occupational epidemiology. For more information, see the Master of Public Health in the Catalog. Occupational and Environmental The department also offers the College of Public Health's graduate Certificate in Agricultural Safety and Health; see Health Courses Agricultural Safety and Health in the Catalog. OEH:4240 Global Environmental Health 3 s.h. Environmental health comprised of aspects of human health Programs determined by interactions with physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in global environment; worldview and Graduate Programs of Study survey; focus on issues most relevant today; ; air, water, and soil and remediation; occupational Majors health; injury prevention; and security; ; environmental . • Occupational and environmental health subprogram for the Master of Public Health degree OEH:4260 Global Water and Health 3 s.h. • Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Overview of global water and health; microbial and toxicant Health identification, water-related adverse health effects, risk assessment, approaches to reduce water-related disease, • Doctor of Philosophy in Occupational and Environmental distal water-related influences (e.g., global warming), and Health historic cases. Same as GHS:4260. Facilities

The Department of Occupational and Environmental Health is housed in the College of Public Health Building, on the University's health sciences campus, and at the Institute for Rural and Environmental Health, at the University of Iowa Research Park. College of Public Health-based laboratory facilities give researchers and students access to cutting-edge 2 Occupational and Environmental Health

OEH:4310 Occupational Ergonomics: Principles 3 s.h. OEH:6420 Methods in 3 s.h. Fundamentals of ergonomics in context of occupational Principles, with emphasis on recognition of chemical health safety and health practice; topics include work-related , physical health hazards at work. Corequisites: musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), physical risk factors for OEH:5620, if not taken as a prerequisite. MSDs, basic occupational biomechanics, office ergonomics OEH:6431 Assessing Noise Hazards 1 s.h. and sedentary work, work organization, and task design; Scientific methods to measure noise, assess human noise emphasis on exposure assessment, with particular attention exposure, and implement technology to control noise to methods used commonly in the field; laboratory exercises exposure. are used to reinforce key concepts, and students work in teams on an applied project with an area employer. OEH:6432 Assessing Nonionizing Radiation Hazards 1 s.h. OEH:4510 Injury and Violence Prevention 3 s.h. Scientific methods to measure nonionizing, assess human Theory, research, and practice of injury control; unintentional nonionizing exposure, and implement technology to control and intentional injuries; local, national, international injury nonionizing exposure. issues. Same as CPH:4230, EPID:4510. OEH:6433 Assessing Hazards 1 s.h. OEH:4530 Global Road Safety 3 s.h. Scientific methods to measure ionizing radiation, assess Road safety problem, data sources, research methods used human ionizing radiation exposure, and implement technology in field, and how intervention and prevention programs are to control ionizing radiation exposure. developed and evaluated; lecture, hands-on approaches. Same as CPH:4220, GHS:4530. OEH:6440 Control of Occupational Hazards 3 s.h. Physical science concepts applied to control of occupational OEH:4540 Statistics for Experimenters 3 s.h. hazards ranging from dusts to mists to vapors; strategies, Application of statistical techniques to evaluate data derived management issues, personal protective equipment, from experimental samples designs; use of spreadsheets, implementation skills; in-depth instruction on local exhaust statistical software; design and analysis of experiments; ventilation system design. ; model building; practical applications. Same as CEE:4187. OEH:6450 Aerosol Technology 3 s.h. Particle statistics and physics of , including inertia, OEH:4920 Solid and Hazardous Wastes 3 s.h. diffusion, nucleation, evaporation, condensation, optics, Sources, characteristics, collection, disposal of solid and electrical ; relationship to fields such as agriculture, hazardous wastes; environmental impacts of nanotechnology, environmental and occupational health, management; resource recovery systems. Requirements: for atmospheric chemistry, drug delivery. OEH:4920—OEH:4240. Same as CEE:4158. OEH:6460 Quantitative Exposure Assessment: Study OEH:5010 Occupational and Environmental Health Design and Evaluation 3 s.h. Seminar 0-1 s.h. Principles of designing occupational and environmental Contemporary topics in occupational health, agricultural and exposure assessment studies, analyzing exposure data, and comparative medicine, environmental health. conducting exposure-response evaluations. Prerequisites: OEH:5110 Research Data Management Seminar 1 s.h. OEH:4540. Overview of major issues in quantitative data management; OEH:6510 Environmental and Occupational topics include computer file and directory organization, Epidemiology 3 s.h. data documentation and lab notebook best practices, data Overview of methods to interpret and perform environmental organization and structure, data description and annotation, and occupational epidemiologic studies with focus on data versioning, data sharing and publication, licensing, exposure assessment; valuable insights into identifying ownership, preservation of access, reuse, and citation; for regional, national, global environmental, and occupational students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics health-related issues. Prerequisites: EPID:4400. Same as (STEM) disciplines. Same as CEE:5110. EPID:6200. OEH:5410 Occupational Safety 3 s.h. OEH:6520 Injury Epidemiology 3 s.h. Principles and practices of occupational safety; applications How epidemiology can be applied to injury prevention and in industrial and other occupational settings; interactions with control: epidemiology literature, specific methodological other disciplines. problems involved in the epidemiology of injuries, critical OEH:5620 Occupational Health 3 s.h. evaluation of research articles. Offered spring semesters of Introduction to occupational health and safety; for graduate odd years. Prerequisites: EPID:4400. Same as EPID:6510. students in agricultural health and safety, environmental OEH:6710 Human Toxicology and Risk health, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, injury prevention, Assessment 3 s.h. occupational epidemiology, and . Sources, routes of absorption, effects of environmental OEH:6110 Rural Health and Agricultural Medicine 3 s.h. toxicants affecting man; pathophysiology of toxicant actions, Clinical orientation of specific health problems of rural including those of air and water pollutants, metals, pesticides, residents, agricultural workers; rural health care delivery, solvents, food toxicants, chemicals. Requirements: college socioeconomic issues in agriculture and their effects on health chemistry and biology. and safety of the agricultural population; occupational health OEH:6720 Advanced Toxicology 4 s.h. problems, environmental health hazards in rural areas. Hepatic metabolism and toxification mechanisms, pulmonary OEH:6120 Current Topics in Agriculture and Rural and immunotoxicology, nervous system poisons and their Health 0-1 s.h. mechanisms of action, general and molecular concepts Issues that affect the health of agricultural populations, such of chemical carcinogenesis. Prerequisites: OEH:6710 or as agro-terrorism, antibiotic resistance, genetically modified (PHAR:6501 and PHAR:6502 and PHAR:6503). organisms; current scientific literature. OEH:7000 Thesis/Dissertation arr. Occupational and Environmental Health 3

OEH:7010 Problems in Occupational and Environmental Health arr. Didactic material in occupational and environmental health; may include tutorial, seminar, faculty-directed independent work (e.g., literature search, project, short research project). OEH:7020 Independent Study in Occupational and Environmental Health arr. In-depth pursuit of an area in occupational and environmental health requiring substantial creativity and independence. OEH:7040 Preceptorship in Occupational and Environmental Health arr. Work experience using knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom; arranged in conjunction with departmental or collegiate activities or with governmental agencies or private industry. OEH:7050 Occupational and Environmental Health Internship 0,3 s.h. Comprehensive and integrated application of knowledge acquired in a workplace setting; structured approach to demonstrate skills and knowledge obtained through a workplace experience. Corequisites: OEH:5620 or OEH:4240, if not taken as a prerequisite. OEH:7060 Research Design in Occupational and Environmental Health 3 s.h. Development of a research grant proposal based on student's independent research aims and hypotheses, preparation of accompanying documents for a grant proposal submission, and development of a comprehensive dissemination plan that articulates how academic and lay audiences will be reached with research findings. OEH:7070 Interpreting Occupational and Environmental Health Research 3 s.h. Systematic evaluation of methodological strengths and weaknesses of published research studies in occupational and environmental health. Prerequisites: (OEH:5620 or OEH:4240) and (BIOS:4120 or OEH:4540) and EPID:4400.