Toxicology for Human Risk Assessment, MS at Johns Hopkins University

The MS in Toxicology for Human Risk Assessment is for students interested in toxicity testing and risk assessment, integrating in vivo models with emerging in vitro and in silico models used by regulators and risk assessors. Completing it also fulfils the requirements for the Certificate in Risk Sciences and Public Policy.

Faculty: Bloomberg School of Public Health  |  Department: Environmental Health and Engineering  |  Duration: Nine months of coursework (September to mid-May) plus second-year internship; 64 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Baltimore, MD, United States

What you will study

Core courses over four 8-week terms include Public Health Toxicology, Molecular Toxicology, Toxicology 21: Scientific Applications, Methods in Quantitative Risk Assessment, Epidemiologic Inference, Statistical Methods in Public Health and Evidence-Based Toxicology, followed by an internship and capstone essay in year two.

Career pathways

Graduates can play a role in scientific evaluation of toxicity testing information in government agencies, NGOs, industry and private-sector groups.

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