Teaching

Graduate Education and Courses

I am the Director of the UCI Environmental Health Graduate Program. For more information, visit this link. For graduate students, I teach PH 260 (Human Exposure Modeling) and PH 264 (Introduction to Environmental Health Science). For undergraduates, I teach PH 163 (Introduction to Environmental Health Science).

PUBHLTH 163: Introduction to Environmental Health Science (4 units)

Focuses on processes of exposure to environmental toxins/agents and their impact to human health and the environment. Media transport, exposure assessment, susceptibility, behavior, and health effect of several toxins are discussed.

PUBHLTH 260: Human Exposure Modeling (4 units)

Explores the basic principles and methods in estimating human exposure to environmental pollutants. Topics include source emissions, spatial/temporal aspects of human exposures, air pollution exposure modeling, time-activity patterns, micro-environmental exposure assessment, the uncertainty/variability analysis.

PUBHLTH 264: Introduction to Environmental Health Science (4 units)

Convergence of agents (chemical, physical, biological, or psychosocial) in environment can emerge as diseases influenced by social, political, and economic factors, allowing them to become rooted in society. How these agents from various spheres come together and impact human health.