PUBHEHS 7375: Quantitative Microbial Risk Analysis is a risk course developed to support a methods section or chapter of culminating reports and thesis writing.
Professor Mark Weir is excited to offer a risk course in the spring 2025 semester. This course examines a research method that asks "how risky is this chemical or microbe?" then answers it to make decisions. The Quantitative Microbial Risk method is used throughout EPA, FDA, USDA and DHS to support health decision making for improvement and reduction of harms.
Who is this course for?
- Anyone who is interested in exploring their research beyond data analytics
- Anyone interested in what exploratory modeling is
- Anyone who is interested in the FDA, EPA and DHS required risk methodology
- Anyone who is interested in exploring stochastic or integrated stochastic methods
- Counts towards food safety and risk assessment in both Food Science and Technology and Environmental Health Sciences
What is this course for?
- The course is project based – meaning students can write a chapter of their thesis by aligning the course project
- The course is adaptable to students’ research, data and mathematical needs
- The course is open all research areas
- Prior student projects: obesity in food deserts, drinking water and/or food risks, biodefense risks, concussion risks, and much more.
Please contact Mark H. Weir, PhD at weir.95@osu.edu for more information.
