Environmental Genetics

Harvard HSPH

Lectures, case studies. 3 hours per day during Winter Session. The interaction between genes and environmental and/or occupational exposures plays a major role in disease development. This course will focus on the underlying science of gene-exposure interactions and will use examples of such interactions and their health consequences. Gene-environment interactions will be discussed using an epidemiologic approach to address how genetic polymorphisms can influence susceptibility to disease.…