It also includes risk assessment, biological monitoring, hazardous waste management, and worker training. In addition, students may apply for a Department of Energy Industrial Hygiene Fellowship or special fellowships from the University of Cincinnati for tuition. The Environmental Toxicology program offers advanced courses and laboratory research on the relationships between environmental exposure and human diseases. Emphasis is placed on developing skills to acquire a better understanding of cellular and molecular mechanisms. The curriculum emphasizes current knowledge of cell and molecular biology and physiology to provide basic understanding of sources of exposure, dose deposition, and fate of chemicals in the body.
Research facilities are in a new building equipped with modern instrumentation.
Ph. D. graduates are encouraged to be independent scholars, and have wide carreer choises in academia, industry, and the federal government. Alumni hold prestigous positions internationally. The M.S. program includes an internship. Both the Epidemiology and the Biostatistics programs offer numerous opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and skills by working with faculty on research projects in a variety of epidemiology and statistics based studies. The Occupational and Environmental Medicine program is a clinical and research training program for physicians concerned with the sources, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and injuries resulting from exposure to chemical and physical agents, products, or processes at work or within the community.