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The new discipline of Nanotoxicology is currently being built to ensure safe development of nanotechnology and develop guidelines for testing of all nano scale materials that can affect human and ecosystem health. The program aims to develop graduate and undergraduate level course work and research programs for students from various interdisciplinary departments at UCLA. Six to eight graduate students will be funded each year to participate in the training program. There are two components to the NRTP: 1) Research The involvement of students in discovery-based scientific inquiry is the primary objective of the Nanotoxicology Research and Training Program. Students receiving an award will conduct research in a Nanotoxicology Research and Training Program mentor's laboratory.2) Academic Training Students receiving an award are required to complete two courses, Environmental Health 140/240 and Environmental Health 180/280, and to attend Environmental Health Sciences M411; all are offered by the School of Public Health.ENV HLT 280, Principles of Nanobiological Interactions and Nanotoxicology, the nanotoxicology capstone course, is an interdisciplinary course taught by faculty from the School of Public Health, the David Geffen School of Medicine, the College of Letters and Sciences, and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering ; it is open to both undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA and UCSB who are interested in nanotoxicology. View 2008 Fall Course Outline ENV HLT 240, Fundamentals of Molecular Toxicology, is an interdisciplinary course taught by faculty from the School of Public Health during Spring Quarter; it is open to both undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA and UCSB who are interested in nanotoxicology. View 2008 Spring Course Outline ENV HLT M411 is an interdisciplinary seminar series taught during Spring Quarter by invited guest speakers from the faculty of other universities; it is open to both undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA and UCSB who are interested in nanotoxicology. Nanotoxicology trainees interact with the guest speaker during a private luncheon that follows the seminar. The guest speaker also visits privately with UCLA Nanotoxicology mentors and trainees during the one-day visit. View 2008 Spring Quarter Seminar Schedule UC Lead Campus (UCLA/UCSB) Nanotoxicology Research and Training Program Calendar |