Environment-Health Interactions

Undergraduate

will provide a comprehensive overview of the effects and interactions of major environmental factors with human health. Students will learn how exogenous compounds such as food additives, allergens, drugs, toxicants, as well as probiotics, prebiotics and microbiomes interact with and affect human cellular homeostasis. Impacts of food sustainability, food policy, food ecosystems, digital literacy, and lifestyle on populations including Indigenous communities will be discussed.