Graduate Programs in Environmental Toxicology
The Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in the Department of Medicine provides training in environmental toxicology, culminating with the award of the degree of Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Toxicology*. The Program in Environmental Toxicology provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary and appropriate to teach and/or conduct basic and applied research programs in inhalation/pulmonary toxicology, chemical pathology, environmental carcinogenesis, biochemical neurotoxicology, radiation toxicology, toxicokinetics, bioremediation, and risk assessment.
Toxicology involves the scientific study of the entry, distribution, biotransformation, and mechanism of action of chemical agents harmful to the body. The Program interprets environmental toxicology as the study of the effects and mechanisms of action of hazardous chemicals in food, air, water, and soil, in the home, workplace, and the community, and considers experimentally and theoretically such diverse research problems as (1) toxicological evaluation of environmental chemicals such as air and water pollutants, food additives, industrial wastes, and agricultural adjuvants at the molecular, cellular and organism levels; (2) mechanisms of action in chemical carcinogenesis and mutagenesis; (3) the molecular pathology of tissue injury in acute toxicity; and (4) scientific principles involved in extrapolating from laboratory animal data to expected effects on human health in environmental exposures.
* For the academic year 2009/2010, the program is not accepting applications for the PhD program, as the program undergoes reorganization within the School of Medicine. The program will continue to accept applications for the Master of Science degree. The deadline for filing application to the program is June 1; admission offers will be made no later than June 30; admissions are for beginning the program in the Fall Quarter only.
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More information on toxicology as a career area can be found at the Society of Toxicology web site and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences web site.
Contact Information
If you are interested in more information on the Graduate Program in Environmental Toxicology at UCI, you may contact us at any of the numbers or addresses below. You can also apply to the graduate program electronically at http://www.grad.uci.edu. Also, check out the information on financial aid, living costs and housing, life in Irvine and Orange County, etc. accessed by clicking on the Neat Information button in the left margin.
- Telephone
- 949-824-8642
- FAX
- 949-824-2070
- Postal address
- Environmental Toxicology Program
- School of Medicine ZOT 1825
- University of California, Irvine
- Irvine, CA 92697-1825
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
ljreimun@uci.edu
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