Environmental Health Sciences 590R - Communicating EHS/Public

Most graduate students leave programs with an outstanding skillset in laboratory or field techniques, excellence in crafted impactful science writing meant for peer review, and having a number of opportunities for oral or poster presentations of results. Nevertheless, communicating science outside of ones discipline is a challenging skill across all science and engineering fields. When that science has critical relevance to public health, we must be well versed in constructing the right message that synthesizes the scientific underpinnings of research in order to inform public policy. This course will expand the scientific communication skillset for students in public health disciplines, with a focus on environmental health topics, in order for graduates to be more effective science communicators. Course content includes sections on teaching strategies, crafting content for journalism, elevator pitches, data visualization, and disseminating information to policy makers.