BIO 750 Microbial Risk Assess. Manag.
MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT (3). Examination of probabilistic (in contrast to deterministic) approaches to prediction of human exposure to infectious microorganisms in the environment. Covers context, methodologies, data, uncertainties, and institutional arrangements for risk assessment, hazard identification, exposure assessment, health effects assessment, risk characterization, and risk communication. Discussion of data needs, pitfalls, policy ramifications, and current state of development and regulatory acceptance. Qualitative and quantitative approaches to identification, characterization, and control of environmental hazards to health emphasized through didactic and case studies. Prerequisites: biostatistics or consent of instructor.