Graduate secretary - OVC Services Assistant (OVC Dean's Office, Ext. 4401)
Herman J. Boermans - Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Manfred Brauer - Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nigel J. Bunce - Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
David H. Evans - Associate Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Lesley J. Evans - Professor, Land Resource Science
Beverley Hale - Associate Professor, Land Resource Science
M. Anthony Hayes - Professor, Pathobiology
John J. Hubert - Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
P. David Josephy - Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Gordon Kirby - Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences
James B. Kirkland - Assistant Professor, Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences
Leonard Ritter - Professor, Environmental Biology
Keith R. Solomon - Professor, Environmental Biology
E. James Squires - Professor, Animal and Poultry Science
Gerald R. Stephenson - Professor, Environmental Biology
Glen J. Van Der Kraak - Associate Professor, Zoology
Associated Graduate Faculty
Ronald W. Brecher BSc Carleton, PhD Sussex, Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology - GlobalTox International Consultants, Guelph
Mark T. Goldberg BSc Western Ontario, PhD Memorial, Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology - GlobalTox International Consultants, Guelph
MSc students in the collaborative program in toxicology must meet the MSc admission requirements of the participating department in which they are enrolled.
Degree Requirements
MSc students in the collaborative program in toxicology must complete a minimum of 1.5 graduate credits, which must include the toxicology courses 9406000 and 9406200 and courses required by the participating department in which they are enrolled.
PhD students in the collaborative program in toxicology must meet the PhD admission requirements of the participating department in which they are enrolled.
Degree Requirements
PhD students in the collaborative program in toxicology must meet all the academic requirements specified by the participating department in which they are enrolled. They must also complete the courses 9406000 and 9406200 if they, or equivalent courses, were not taken as part of an MSc program.
- 9406000 Toxicology (0.5) S
- An intensive course in the principles of modern aspects of toxicology, taught in a
lecture/case study format.
- 9406200 Advanced Topics in Toxicology (0.5) W
- Advanced topics in toxicology will include oral presentations by students, faculty
members, and guest lecturers. The emphasis will be on advanced concepts and techniques in
toxicology research with particular relevance to mechanistic, molecular and interpretive
toxicology.
- 9406530 (or 3406530) Ecotoxicological Risk Characterization (0.5) W
- A biologically based advanced course that will give students working knowledge
of current procedures and techniques for ecotoxicological risk characterization. The course
material will cover the topics: problem definition, dose response characterization, exposure
characterization, and risk assessment and risk-management decision making. (Credit may be
obtained for only one of 9406530, 3406530 and 34-455.) Department of Environmental
Biology
- 9406590 Biochemical Toxicology (0.5) F
- The molecular mechanisms of action of carcinogens and other toxic compounds.
Enzymes of biotransformation, including a detailed study of cytochrome P-450. Interactions of
reactive species with DNA and other macromolecules. (Credit may be obtained for only one of
94-459 and 9406590.) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 1907310-1907330, 1907600-1907630 Selected Topics in
Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry (0.5)
- From time to time the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers relevant
selected topics courses with toxicological subjects which may be taken with permission.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 3406180 Physiology and Biochemistry of Herbicides (0.5) W
- Chemical and biological fate of herbicides in soil. Physical, morphological and
physiological factors influencing herbicidal selectivity and mode of action. (Offered in alternate
years.) Department of Environmental Biology
- 9806440 Biomedical Toxicology (0.5)
- The course will examine chemical compounds injurious to animals and man,
toxicity testing, teratogens, carcinogens, factors influencing toxicity and toxic drug interactions.
The mechanism of action, metabolism, and principles of antidotal treatment will also be studied.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
- 9806480 Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics (0.5)
- This course will describe drug absorption, distribution, biotransformation and
elimination in animals and human beings, and emphasize factors which modify drug behaviour.
It will integrate molecular mechanisms with physiological processes and highlight the
importance of receptors and second messengers in cellular responses to pharmacologic agents.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
- 9806720 Special Topics in Pharmacology-Toxicology (0.25 or 0.5)
- This course will comprise a combination of an experimental procedure (or project), seminars, selected reading or a literature review outside the thesis subject, developed based on the student's requirements. Topics could include clinical pharmacology/toxicology, pharmaco-epidemiology/economics, gerontological or perinatal pharmacology and toxicokinetics. Department of Biomedical Sciences
