Physical, chemical and (non-infectious) biological factors in the general environment and in the workplace contribute significantly to the global burden of disease. Examples of such environmental and occupational risk factors include outdoor air pollution, heat waves, pesticides and allergens and (non-)infectious agents. For other stressors such as electromagnetic fields uncertainty regarding their health effects remains. Environmental and occupational epidemiology has made major contributions to the assessment of the magnitude of the health risks from various environmental and occupational stressors. The evidence from the studies performed in environmental and occupational epidemiology is relevant for decision making regarding preventive action and ultimately protects public health.
This advanced course will introduce you to the principles and important issues of environmental and occupational epidemiology.
The main methodological topics include study designs for the assessment of short-term effects (time series studies, panel studies and case crossover studies) and long-term effects of environmental and occupational exposures (ecological studies, different types of cohorts and case-control studies), spatial epidemiology, exposure assessment (using measurements and models), measurement error (types, impact and correction methods) and advanced data analyses (time series including shape of concentration response functions, case-cross-over and panel studies).
Research methods will be illustrated with examples on current and emerging topics in environmental and occupational epidemiology.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Besides introductions to the fundamental principles of exposure assessment and environmental epidemiology, the following main topics will be covered:
Theory will be illustrated with examples on current and emerging topics.
To successfully complete this course, you need to actively participate in the discussion forums and
complete all learning assignments, including:
The course has been designed as an advanced course. We assume that students have:
We offer discounts for participants from Low- and Lower-middle-income Countries. Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht employees and students are eligible for a 10% discount. Unfortunately, we don’t offer any scholarships.
No, there aren’t any set times you should be online as it is an asynchronous course. All the web lectures are already pre-recorded. However there will be deadlines each week (during the week as well on weekends). Each week consists of approximately 14 study hours. To experience maximum interaction, we advise you to log in several times per week. Furthermore, you should be aware that the teacher and the e-moderator are off on weekends.
No, this is not possible because the course contains group assignments, so you can’t work ahead. Each week, a new learning unit will be made available. This means that not all the learning units are open simultaneously. Additionally, you can’t catch up on the course because there are deadlines to meet every week.
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When you have completed all the assignments or have finished the exam with a good grade, you will receive an official certificate from Utrecht University. All academic certificates issued by Utrecht University will be sent by mail to the address registered in your account. Since these certificates are official documents, they cannot be sent by email.
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