Public Health 335 - CriticalThinking/Public Health

Spring
2024
01
3.00
Sasha Adkins

TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM

UMass Amherst
17156
Hasbrouck Laboratory room 138
tadkins@umass.edu
Most of us can think of something risky, but what is risk? How is risk defined and quantified? And what do we do when an action, product or intervention has both risks and benefits? This course will dive into several topics in public health that are considered to have both risks and benefits including GMOs, water fluoridation, chemicals in sunscreen, and medical imaging techniques. Students will also have the opportunity to dig deeper into a topic of their choosing to explore how risks and benefits are balanced for individuals and populations.

This class is open to Public Health majors only SPHHS 150/PUBHLTH 200

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.