Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment

Course Description:

This course presents the basic principles of qualitative health risk assessment of environmental chemicals, including an overview of the qualitative skills necessary to evaluate the probability of injury, disease or death in the general population from exposure to environmental contamination. It will also emphasize the qualitative aspects of hazard identification, exposure assessment, dose-response evaluation and risk characterization.  Lastly, the course will address issues in risk management and communication.

Target Audience

Academic Faculty/Staff, Federal Government Employees, State Government Employees, Local Government Employees, Non-Government Employees and Students

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate between risk assessment, risk management and risk communication
  • Describe the process by which experts elicit the hazardous nature of a substance
  • Compare and contrast hazard identification for carcinogens and systemic toxicants
  • Define dose, and differentiate it from environmental concentration and environmental exposures
  • Compare and contrast the assumptions for dose-response evaluation for carcinogens and systemic toxicants
  • List some key variables that exposure assessors use to quantify or qualify exposures
  • Describe at least 3 different methods of acquiring exposure information
  • Outline the various interests and inputs that a risk manager must assess and synthesize in order to make a risk decision
  • Describe how public perception of risk may determine the extent to which they receive and understand risk communication messages
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
    Tulane Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) awards 2.00 hour(s) of credit for completing Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment
Course opens: 
10/20/2021
Course expires: 
01/01/2040
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0

Instructor:

Amy Vinturella Lafreniere
Amy Vinturella Lafreniere, MS, SCD

Available Credit

  • 2.00 Participation/CE
    Tulane Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) awards 2.00 hour(s) of credit for completing Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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System Settings 
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Internet Connection Speed 
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