1 / 12

Integrating Toxicology into an Undergraduate Curriculum

Integrating Toxicology into an Undergraduate Curriculum. Mindy Reynolds, Ph.D. Teaching Toxicology at the Undergraduate Level. Importance Challenges faced by undergraduate faculty Support for toxicology education Stories of success. Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients.

prem
Download Presentation

Integrating Toxicology into an Undergraduate Curriculum

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Integrating Toxicology into an Undergraduate Curriculum Mindy Reynolds, Ph.D.

  2. Teaching Toxicology at the Undergraduate Level • Importance • Challenges faced by undergraduate faculty • Support for toxicology education • Stories of success

  3. Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients http://www.nst.gov/statistics/inbrief/nsf08311/

  4. Top baccalaureate-origin institutions

  5. Challenges in developing toxicology courses • Limited faculty flexibility • Contribution to the overall curriculum • Resources • Communication network • Funding

  6. Supporting Toxicology Education • Cross disciplinary courses and co teaching • Biology • Marine Ecology • Endocrinology • Chemistry • Green Chemistry • Environmental Chemistry • Psychology • Psychopharmacology

  7. Supporting Toxicology Education • Resources • Education Subcommittee: Undergraduate Education: Resources Workgroup • Estimated release March 2012

  8. Supporting Toxicology Education • Resources • Education Subcommittee: Undergraduate Education: Resources Workgroup • Estimated release March 2012

  9. Supporting Toxicology Education • Communication network for undergraduate educators • Goal for Undergraduate Education: Resources Workgroup • Funding and research support • Education and Outreach • Travel • Research

  10. Stories of success Steven Symington • Teaching • Toxicology and Pharmacology (every other year) • Research • 6-9 students/year • Presentations • Annual SOT meeting • Neuroscience • Graduate School • UMASS Amherst • Brown University

  11. Stories of success Sara J. Heggland • Teaching • Integrates toxicology into developmental biology and endocrinology • Research • 8-10 students/year • Presentations • Annual SOT meeting • 2-3 students/year • 2012 presenting a poster with 3 students • Graduate School • University of Connecticut • Vanderbilt University • North Carolina State University • Oregon State University

  12. Stories of success • Research • Reynolds: 2-3 students/year • Connaughton: 1 student/year • Presentations • Annual SOT Meeting • Reynolds: 2-3 students/year • Connaughton: 2 students/year • Graduate School • University of Connecticut • Rutgers • University of Maryland • Brown University

More Related