http://wilsonbet15.cabbycentral.com/ The Active Conscience Of American Medicine en http://wilsonbet15.cabbycentral.com/2008/12/15/drs-gina-solomon-and-sarah-janssen-of-sfpsr-to-teach-environment-and-health-course-at-ucsf-auditors-welcome.html Environment as well as Health Winter 2009; Wednesdays 5:00-7:00 PM Room: Toland Hall (UC Hall, Room U-142, UCSF Parnassus) 1 unit (5 sessions) through M170C Department of Medicine OR 2 units (10 sessions) through N248 School of Nursing Auditors Welcome Faculty of Record: Gina Solomon, MD, MPH, Division of Occupational as well as Environmental Medicine gina.solomon@ucsf.edu Barbara Burgel, RN, PhD, FAAN, Occupational as well as Environmental Health Nursing Program: Barbara.burgel@nursing.ucsf.edu or Grading:  Pass/Fail Course Description: This interdisciplinary course shall introduce a broad range of environmental health topics affecting health status. Exposure assessment, risk communication, prevention strategies, as well as environmental health policies shall be covered with special attention to childbearing families, children as well as communities at risk on behalf of environmental injustice. Directed readings in environmental health as well as critical thinking skills are emphasized. Objectives: 1)    Explore the environmental factors that potentially adversely affect the health of people in the community, home, as well as work environments. 2)    Determine the chemical as well as biological mechanisms involved in environmental exposures, leading to adverse health outcomes. 3)    Recognize adverse health effects due to environmental exposures through a comprehensive environmental health history. 4)    Identify populations at risk on behalf of environmental exposures, including childbearing families, children, as well as communities at risk on behalf of environmental injustice. 5)    Outline strategies to mitigate environmental exposure on behalf of individuals as well as communities. 6)    Analyze public policies, including standards as well as regulations, which serve to safeguard the health of individuals as well as communities from environmental exposures. Recommended readins shall be provided on behalf of each week, as well as posted on the Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) Course Website Student Expectations: 1.    Active engagement in environmental health topics, to include completion of course assignments/readings prior to class, active debate as well as dialogue, as well as application of content, when applicable, in clinical work. 2.    Sign in to each class session. 3.    Register on CLE to gain access to readings, case studies, etc. 4.    For those taking 1 unit course:  attendance of five sessions of your choice; 5.    For those taking 2 unit course:  complete an annotated bibliography of 5 articles on an environmental topic of your choice.  Focus on exposure definition, how exposure was measured, sensitivity of outcome as well as how measured, as well as how study results, if significant could be used on behalf of environmental policy.  Due no later than March 11, 2009 to Barbara Burgel. 6.    Optional Tour at end of quarter—space limited, sign up required. Schedule January 7, 2009:      Course Introduction:  Environmental Health from Global to Local Scope of the problem /Current challenges as well as solutions Understanding toxicology as well as risk assessment Taking an Environmental Health History Case Studies [Faculty: Burgel, Solomon] January 14, 2009:    Overview of Environmental Health as well as Pediatrics Risks to children, pregnant women, as well as other vulnerable groups Pediatric Toolkit on behalf of EH Issues [Faculty: Miller, Janssen, Duderstadt] January 21, 2009:    Exposure Assessment Challenges of exposure assessment Biologic monitoring —how to evaluate/interpret results CDC as well as California biomonitoring programs Risk communication challenges [Faculty: Solomon, Roisman] January 28, 2009:     Global Occupational as well as Environmental Health Climate Change International occupational health [Faculty: Smith, LaDou] February 4, 2009:     International EH case studies: Water quality in Chile Air quality in Guatemala [Faculty: Steinmaus, Thompson] February 11, 2009:        California Air Quality: Policy as well as Regulatory Challenges [Faculty: Balmes] February 18, 2009        California Health as well as Policy Challenges as well as Victories Endocrine disrupting chemicals in toys Cosmetics, flame retardants, etc. [Faculty: Janssen, Rizzo] February 25, 2009      Local: Mercury in fish – Health risks as well as education needs. [Faculty: Segovia-Bain, Ablog, Solomon] March 4, 2009:     Local: Indoor Air Quality Tools on behalf of Schools [Faculty: Chan, Miller] March 11, 2009:     Preparing on behalf of climate modification in the Bay Area Sea level rise, heat waves, storms, infectious disease What health care providers can do [Faculty: Solomon, Duderstadt] Gina M. Solomon, M.D., M.P.H. is an associate clinical professor in the division of occupational as well as environmental medicine at UCSF as well as the associate director of the UCSF Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit. She is a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a national nonprofit environmental advocacy organization. She is also Vice-President of San Francisco Bay Area Physicians on behalf of Social Responsibility. Dr. Solomon was involved in the environmental health assessment of New Orleans at the end of Katrina. Barbara Burgel, R.N., ANP, PhD, FAAN is a clinical professor in the Department of Community Health Systems at UCSF, in occupational as well as environmental health nursing. She was co-founder of the Community Occupational Health Project, focusing on low-wage worker health as well as safety in Alameda County, an initiative funded by the California Wellness Foundation from 2000-2006. Sarah Janssen, M.D., Ph.D. is an assistant clinical professor in the division of occupational as well as environmental medicine at UCSF as well as a science fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Dr. Janssen is also a reproductive biologist with expertise in the topic of endocrine disruption. Mark Miller, M.D., M.P.H. is an assistant clinical professor in the division of occupational as well as environmental medicine at UCSF as well as is the director of the UCSF Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit. He is also a scientist at the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Karen Duderstadt, RN, PNP, PhD is a clinical professor in family health care nursing department at UCSF, in the advanced practice pediatric nursing.  Dr. Duderstadt has interests in pediatric environmental health as well as adverse health effects from climate change, amongst other topics. Rachel Roisman, MD is a public health medical officer with the California Environmental Protection Agency, as well as is currently a member of the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program. Joe Ladou, MD, is a professor emeritus from UCSF, who has been director of the International Center on behalf of Occupational Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco since 1992.  Dr. LaDou’s study of the global migration of hazardous industries has led to efforts to control occupational as well as environmental hazards. Dr. LaDou is the editor of Current Occupational as well as Environmental Medicine, currently in its 4th edition. Kirk Smith, PhD is professor of global environmental health at UC Berkeley, is chair of the graduate group in environmental health sciences, as well as coordinator of the graduate program in health, environment as well as development in the School of Public Health.  Dr. Smith serves on a number of national as well as international scientific advisory as well as editorial boards including the Executive Committees on behalf of the Global Energy Assessment as well as the Global Air Quality Guidelines. Craig Stienmaus, MD, MPH is assistant adjunct professor at UC Berkeley school of public health, with research focused on arsenic in drinking water as well as perchlorate. Lisa Thompson, RN, FNP, PhD is assistant professor in family health care nursing department at UCSF, in the family nurse practitioner program.  Dr. Thompson brings her expertise exploring adverse health effects in children from indoor air pollution arising from cookstoves in homes in Guatemala. John Balmes, MD, MPH is professor at UCSF division of occupational as well as environmental medicine, as well as the school of public health at UC Berkeley. Dr. Balmes is the Director of the Northern California Center on behalf of Occupational as well as Environmental Health, as well as a recent appointee to the California Air Resources Board. Rossana Segovia-Bain. RN, MS, OHNP is assistant clinical professor in the department of community health systems, in the occupational as well as environmental health nursing program.  Rossana is providing technical support to the Safe Fishing Project, in collaboration with Literacy on behalf of Environmental Justice(LEJ), in the Bayview-Hunter’s Point neighborhood of San Francisco. Jeanne Rizzo, RN, is executive director on behalf of the Breast Cancer Prevention Fund, which focuses on identifying the environmental causes of breast cancer as well as preventing the disease.  BCPF has two prominent campaigns to remove pthalates in children’s toys, as well as to remove carcinogens in personal care products, specifically cosmetics. Myla Ablog is the ecologist with LEJ, coordinating the Safe Fishing Project, amongst other environmental as well as ecologic projects. Jackie Chan, MPH is an industrial hygienist working with the San Francisco Unified School District on indoor air quality.        Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:58:06 -0500 wilsonbet15