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University of Pittsburgh    
2026-2027 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Jul 18, 2026
 
2026-2027 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog

Environmental Health Risk Assessment Certificate


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Risk assessment, a process developed in 1983 by the National Academy of Sciences, provides the framework for most current studies of environmental health concerns. As a student in this certificate program, you will be provided concentrated graduate education that will enable you to:
  • Specify/measure the magnitude, duration and route of human exposure to selected hazardous environmental/occupational agents.
  • Describe methods for quantifying dose and specify how this knowledge can be used to estimate probability of developing environmental/occupational disease outcomes.

Contact Information

 
Certificate Director
Nesta Bortey-Sam
4116 PUBHL
130 DeSoto St.
412-624-9567
neb60@pitt.edu
 
Certificate Staff
Lauren Murn 
4122 PUBHL
130 DeSoto St.
412-624-6657
lauren.murn@pitt.edu 

Suggested Elective Courses


Minimum 4 credits

A statistics course is not required, however experience in statistical applications will assist students in understanding some of the program concepts.

Total Credits: 15


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