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Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

The Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences is home to one of the largest environmental health programs in the nation, and the only one that incorporates radiological health into its core curriculum. Students and researchers in environmental health investigate how natural and built environments affect human and animal health and seek solutions to minimize negative health consequences of environmental and workplace exposures. Radiological health has a long tradition at CSU focused on the biological effects of radiation, including laboratory studies of the damaging effects of radiation, and clinical uses of radiation in diagnostic imaging and cancer therapy.

Degree Programs

Graduate Programs

Undergraduate Concentrations

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences Environmental Public Health Concentration

Undergraduate Minors

Minor in Environmental Health

Residencies

Combined Radiation Oncology Residency and M.S. Combined Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging Residency and M.S.

Areas of Expertise

Environmental health is the study of the chemical, biological, and physical factors in our environment that positively or negatively impact human health. It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors in our air, water, soil, homes and workplaces, and is targeted toward preventing disease and creating healthy environments.

Epidemiology Health Physics Industrial Hygiene Radiation Cancer Biology and Oncology Toxicology Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging

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Research provides new insights on NASA Twins Study and health effects of long-duration space flight

Professor Susan Bailey said the findings have implications for future space travelers establishing a base on the Moon or traveling to Mars.

Wildfires focus attention on air quality and equine athletes

Veterinarians and epidemiologists study the health impacts of air pollution, including wildfire smoke, on performance horses.

NPR: Smoky Skies Are The New Normal. Are They Making Us Sick?

“The paradigm’s changing where a [smoke event] is not just this one-time disaster for many communities in the West,” says Sheryl Magzamen, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Colorado State University. “They’re actually chronic disasters that occur every two to three years.”

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