Duration
Introduction to toxicology and ecotoxicology : 8h Th
Introduction to health risks of biological origin : 8h Th
Introduction to health risks of physical origin : 8h Th
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) (new programme) | 3 crédits | |||
| University certificate in environmental health-ecosystem approach | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Introduction to toxicology and ecotoxicology : Corinne Charlier, Catherine Pirard
Introduction to health risks of biological origin : Saadia Lasri, Claude Saegerman
Introduction to health risks of physical origin : Dorina Rusu
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Introduction to toxicology and ecotoxicology
General introduction
Human contamination
Reference values
Air pollution
Endocrine disruption
Heavy metals
Introduction to health risks of biological origin
Introduction to the risk assessment.
Exposure assessement againt biological agents (examples).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Introduction to toxicology and ecotoxicology
The goals of this course is to prepare the students to understand how chemical products can be toxic for human health.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Introduction to health risks of biological origin
Interactive lectures in an audience, largely illustrated by a computer-assisted presentation.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Introduction to toxicology and ecotoxicology
Blended learning
Additional information:
Presential courses with some additional podcasts
Introduction to health risks of biological origin
Face-to-face.
Recommended or required readings
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Introduction to toxicology and ecotoxicology
Teachers are C.CHARLIER and C.PIRARD
New chapters to study heavy metals
Contacts
Introduction to toxicology and ecotoxicology
Prof Corinne CHARLIER
Toxicology Department
CHU Sart-Tilman
Phone (secretary) : +32 4 3237683
c.charlier@uliege.be
c.pirard@chuliege.be
Introduction to health risks of biological origin
Prof. Claude Saegerman (claude. saegerman@uliege.be)