This course examines comparative international experiences to better understand the challenges related with health insurance, financing and delivery of health care services, access, and cost of health services and pharmaceuticals in OECD countries.

This course will provide a broad perspective of environmental contaminants, how they impact wildlife, and what lessons can be learned and applied to protect human health. Students will gain knowledge of basic principles of ecotoxicology and an understanding of critical case studies that have informed policies and practice in public health.

This course examines current advances in environmental health science via lectures from UMass faculty with research programs related to environmental health, UMass PhD students in the EHS program, as well as visiting scholars. Seminar topics will change from week to week and will include topics such as pollution, exposure assessments, mechanistic toxicology, environmental health policy, environmental epidemiology, and others.

Students will develop fundamental skills in epidemiologic research, including data collection, data management, data analysis, and interpretation of results. A major emphasis of the course will be to provide students with practical experience in managing and analyzing research datasets.

This course is an introduction to global health from an interdisciplinary perspective. It will examine issues that affect population health the world over and policy recommendations to prevent emerging and re-emerging diseases.

This is a stand-alone independent study designed by the student and faculty sponsor that involves frequent interaction between instructor and student. Qualitative and quantitative enrichment must be evident on the proposed contract before consent is given to undertake the study.