
Environmental & Human Health Risk Assessment E-Course (Complete)
IIES FALL 2018 E-LECTURE SERIES
ENVIRONMENTAL & HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT (Expired)
COURSE COORDINATOR: HUY DANG,
The IIES is pleased to offer a new e-course to our online lecture series. The course titled, “Environmental & Human Health Risk Assessment” will run every Wednesday from October 24, 2018, to January 16, 2019. The lectures will be recorded each week and posted below.
Contributors: University Tübingen; Terragraphics International Foundation (TIFO); University of Twente; Keele University; University of Waterloo; Herriot-Watt University; University of Edinburgh; Johns Hopkins University, BGC Engineering and University of Manitoba
Each week join a faculty member from one of the contributing universities share their research and expertise. Lectures run approximately 30-40 minutes with a Q&A to follow. The lectures are FREE and are available to anyone interested. The lectures will be LIVE each week and will begin at:
This Online Series has now EXPIRED
DATE |
PART | TOPIC | LECTURE | TITLE | LECTURER |
AFFILIATION |
Oct 24 | I | Introduction to Risk Assessment |
1 |
Introductory Lecture | Dr Beate Escher | University Tübingen, Germany |
Oct 31 | I |
2 |
Environmental health risk assessment, management and communication | Dr Casey Bartrem | Terragraphics International Foundation (TIFO) | |
Nov 7 | I |
3 |
Analysing changing Multi-Hazard Risk for Decision Making | Dr Cees van Westen | University of Twente, Netherlands | |
Nov 14 | I |
4 |
Environmental Impact Assessment | Dr Ian Oliver | Keele University, UK | |
Nov 21 | PART II | Environmental, Health, and Social Risks | 5 | Water system and society | Dr Larry Swatuk | University of Waterloo, Canada |
Nov 28 | II | 6 | Cancer risks from workplace and environmental chemicals | Dr John Cherrie | Herriot-Watt University, UK | |
Dec 5 | II | 7 | Seismic hazards and risks from earthquakes | Dr Ian Main | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
Dec 12 | II | 8 | Quantifying the health risks from air pollution | Dr Mathew Heal | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
Dec 19 | PART III | Management of Emergent Risks | 9 | Occurrence of antimicrobial resistance genes in aquatic systems | Dr Edward Bouwer and Ms Hannah Gray | Johns Hopkins University, USA |
Jan 9 | III | 10 | Permafrost Engineering and Periglacial Risks | Dr Lukas Arenson | BGC Engineering and University of Manitoba, Canada | |
Jan 16 | III | 11 | How safe are nanomaterials? | Dr Iseult Lynch | University of Birmingham, UK |
Available Recorded Lectures
Lecture 1 | Introductory Lecture | Dr Beate Escher (University Tübingen, Germany)
Lecture 2 | Environmental health risk assessment, management and communication | Dr Casey Bartrem (Terragraphics International Foundation (TIFO))
Lecture 3 | Analysing changing Multi-Hazard Risk for Decision Making | Dr Cees van Westen (University of Twente)
Lecture 4 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Dr Ian Oliver (Keele University)
Lecture 5 | Water system and society | Dr Larry Swatuk (University of Waterloo)
Lecture 6 | Cancer risks from workplace and environmental chemicals | Dr John Cherrie (Heriot-Watt University)
Lecture 7 | Seismic hazards and risks from earthquakes | Dr Ian Main (University of Edinburgh)
Lecture 8 | Quantifying the health risks from air pollution | Dr Mathew Heal (University of Edinburgh)
Lecture 9 | Occurrence of antimicrobial resistance genes in aquatic systems | Hannah Gray (John Hopkins University)
Lecture 10 | Permafrost Engineering and Periglacial Risks | Dr Lukas Arenson (BGC, University of Manitoba)
Lecture 11 | How safe are nanomaterials? | Dr Iseult Lynch (University of Birmingham)