T46 Teaching Geology and Human Health: Expanding the Curriculum

Sunday, 7 November 2004
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  A MINERALOGIST DOES RISK AND EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND OTHER CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISES IN GEOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH
  Mickey E. Gunter, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Anne E. Taunton, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  74193 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  CRUSHED STONE INDUSTRIES AND RESPIRABLE DUST IN SOUTHERN INDIA
  Kevin E. Nick, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA
  80736 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF A MAJOR’S COURSE IN GEOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH
  Wayne G. Powell, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Jean Grassman, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  76775 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF GEOLOGICALLY BIOAVAILABLE SELENIUM: CORRELATIONS WITH HEALTH AND DISEASE
  Michalann Harthill, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  80332 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  A CAPSTONE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE BASED ON ARSENIC PROBLEM IN BANGLADESH GROUNDWATER
  Yan Zheng, Queens College, C.U.N.Y, Flushing, NY
  76029 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  WEB-BASED RESOURCES FOR TEACHING GEOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH
  J.R. Millner, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT and K.B. Kirk, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT and D.W. Mogk, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT
  78208 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  A NURSE'S REQUEST TO PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS
  Ann Melamed, San Francisco, CA
  78117 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  ADDING A HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT COMPONENT TO A CONTAMINANT HYDROGEOLOGY COURSE PROJECT
  Jean M. Bahr, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  77550 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  JUSTIFICATION FOR INCLUSION OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY AND RELATED TOPICS UNDER GEOMEDICINE (AND BASIC ACADEMIC CONCERNS)
  E. Lynn Savage, City Univ of New York - Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  76727 (Technical Sessions)