EHS 411: Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Spring 2015 Course information: Time: Thursdays 12:00pm-12:50PM Location: 43-105A CHS in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Units: 2 Instructor: Michael Jerrett,PhD Professor and Chair Environmental Health Sciences UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E Young Drive, 56-07B CHS Los Angeles, California 90095-1772 [email protected] Course Description: Each Thursday, an invited UCLA faculty member, student, postdoctoral fellow or external guest speaker provides a 50 minute lecture to introduce students to the various fields, careers and issues of environmental health. Learning Objectives/ ASPH Competencies: By attending this seminar series, students will be able to: Learning Objectives 1. 2. 3. Identify important current and emerging environmental health issues and topics. Define potential educational and career goals in the field of environmental health. Demonstrate how principles in environmental health are applied in real life situations and problems. ASPH Competencies B4. Specify current environmental risk assessment methods. C5. Comprehend basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of epidemiological data. H3. Articulate an achievable mission, set of core values and vision. H4. Engage in dialogue and learning from others to advance public health goals. D3. Describe methods of ensuring community health safety preparedness. E6. Describe the role of social and community factors in both the onset and solution of public health problems. G9. Cite examples of situations where consideration of culture-specific needs resulted in a more effective modification or adaptation of a health intervention. Course Grading: Grading (Pass/No Pass) is based on attendance and class participation. Students are allowed 2 excused absences. If the student is over the allotted number of absences, he/she must complete a makeup assignment for each absence thereafter. Please make sure to contact Nancy M. Gonzalez at [email protected] after missing more than two seminars in order to obtain a make-up assignment. 1 Seminar Schedule/Topics: April 02, 2015 Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer, Executive Officer, Facilities Management “Sustainability at UCLA: A living laboratory for innovation.” April 09, 2015 Michael Jerrett, PhD Professor and Chair of EHS, Director of COEH “Comparing the Health Effects of Ambient Particulate Matter Estimated using Groundbased versus Remote Sensing Exposure Estimates” April 16, 2015 Molecular Toxicology Guest Speaker April 23, 2015 Casandra Rauser, PhD Director, Sustainable LA Grand Challenge “UCLA’s Premier Grand Challenge: Sustainable LA, Thriving in a hotter Los Angeles” April 30, 2015 Molecular Toxicology Guest Speaker May 07, 2015 Eon Lee, PhD, MSc, BEng Postdoctoral Fellow, Yifang Zhu Laboratory “School Bus Cabin Air Quality and Children’s Exposure,” May 14, 2015 Michelle Romero, PhD student, EHS “Need for an integrative framework to assess the environmental impacts of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMSs)” May 21, 2015 Molecular Toxicology Guest Speaker May 28, 2015 Scott Fruin, D.Env Assistant Professor in Preventative Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine “Large Areas of Elevated Particle Number Concentrations downwind of LAX Airport: The Underappreciated Impact of Landing Jets.” June 04, 2015 Curtis Eckhert, PhD, Professor, EHS 2