2000030 - Advanced Principles of Toxicology

Course Description

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Overview

Whether you’re a graduate student or professional looking to learn more about toxicology, the Advanced Principles of Toxicology course will provide you with the most recent insights into the principles of toxicology and risk assessment.

Just two weeks in length and instructed by experienced and highly-regarded faculty, this course will help you connect toxicology and risk assessment to your own work.

About the Course

Taught at the graduate level, this two-week intensive course will explore current and developing trends in human health, developmental and reproductive toxicology, ecotoxicology, environmental epidemiology, and risk assessment.

We have brought together nine leading toxicology experts into one course to provide you with a unique opportunity to learn from some of the best toxicologists in the industry. They will take you through essential principles of toxicological hazard and risk assessment, supported by case studies and practical exercises that will allow you to apply concepts to your work assignments.

I really liked the condensed format of this program. I found it extremely helpful with getting a better understanding of the statistical management of risk associated to chemical hazards, and the actual statistics behind risk assessment.

Ciaran Henry, Graduate Student and Chemical Safety Technician

Is this course for you?

This course is designed for professionals in industry, government, public health, food science or education. Learn how to interpret toxicology reports to better understand the effects of chemical substances on living organisms, assess the risk to human health and ecosystems, and develop policy, and risk management and communication plans.

The course is also open to graduate students who are required to take Advanced Principles of Toxicology (TOX*6000) to satisfy program requirements, either at the University of Guelph or elsewhere.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

Understand the basic principles of environmental and human health toxicology
Describe and apply the processes used to interpret toxicological data for humans and the environment
Conduct human health and ecotoxicological hazard and risk assessments

Course Topics

Mechanisms of Toxic Action
Ecotoxicology Applied to the Assessment of Contaminated Land
Toxicological Principles (mammals)
Endocrine Modulators (mammals)
Carcinogen Risk Assessment
Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (mammals)
Human Health Risk Assessment
Environmental Epidemiology
Ecotoxicology (animals)
Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) – A Practical Approach
Case Studies in Risk Assessment and Risk Communication

Additional Requirements

Program content is relevant to a variety of industries and registration is open to anyone; however, this is a graduate level course which normally requires participants to have a bachelor’s or master’s degree with coursework in statistics, chemistry and biology.

If you are unsure about your qualifications to take this course, please email our main office.

This course makes use of CourseLink, our online learning management system. You will be required to access to the internet to view and retrieve readings and presentations from the course website.

We recommend that you bring a laptop to the course.

*Course details are subject to change.