Student Master's Essays
Joseph J. Spaulding MHS'17
Yinka Bode-George, MHS '17
Mona Dai, MHS '17
As a requirement of the Master of Health Science in Environmental Health degree program, students must write an essay and present a summary of it during a formal seminar/symposium to program students and faculty. It intended to serve as an integrating experience for the students, and the content is based on an environmental health problem that is pertinent to the educational goals of the student.
The essay synthesizes information across the spectrum from basic toxicology through exposure assessment and policy, and represents a substantive application of analytic and technical skills in reviewing, exploring, and proposing potential solutions to a problem pertinent to environmental health.
Recent essay topics include:
Alaska Native Health: The Challenge of Living at Home with Climate Change
An Evaluation of Mercury with a Special Focus on Methylmercury and its Associated Health Effects
Arsenic Exposure and the Metalloid's Effect on Sex Dependent Cardioprotection
Arsenic Toxicity: Its Epigenetic Effect on Pulmonary Diseases
Cognitive and Neurologic Effects of Lead Poisoning in Children Residing in Baltimore & Looking Forward
Coal-Fired Power Plants and Their Potential Health Impacts
Coal Burning: The Toll on Respiratory Health and a Major Factor in Global Warming
Development of a Dysmyelination Test to Study Developmental Neurotoxicity of Environmental Chemicals in an iPSC-derived Human Brain Microphysiological System
Disparity in Cardiovascular Diseases Exacerbated by Smoking in American Indian and Alaskan Natives
Dust Mites and Asthma
E-Cigarettes: History, Science, and Public Health Implications
Epigenetic Programming and the Embodiment of Early Life Adversity: Linking Early Life Stress to Social Mobility
Explore the Existence of Epigenetic Memory
Health Effects of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Environmental Risk Factors Analysis
Host-Environment Interactions in Asthma Etiology
Land Grabs: An Environmental Health Issue
Microbial Ecology, Heavy Metals, & Lactic Acid: A Case for Chelating Probiotic Therapeutics
Our Current State of Knowledge of Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms: Potential Adverse Human Health Effects or A Viable Source of Nutrition Globally?
Parabens in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products: Potential Effects on Human Health
Per- and Polyfluoroakyl Substances: A Review
Persistent Lead-related Adverse Consequences Secondary to Environmental Injustice
Practicality and Promise for Systems Science Approaches and Applications in the Field of Environmental Health Science
Regional Differences in Fine Particulate Matter Concentration in China
Seafood Production Occupational Health in the US and China
The Complexities of Water and Sanitation Management for the World’s Most Vulnerable: Refugees and Internally Displaced People in Uganda
The Environmental Influences of Schizophrenia
The Future of Food Packaging: A Lifecycle Analysis of Nanoparticles and Nanotechnologies in the Food Packaging Industry
Toxicological Threat to Human Health: A Comprehensive Analysis of Marine Micro and Nano Plastics
Water Quality and Sanitation in Zimbabwe: Effects on Human Health
What Might Be in Your Favorite Chicken Dish? A Review of Resistant Campylobacter in Chicken Meat