Jean Grassman's Home Page


Important: For Fall 2005 course materials (HNTR 20, 22.71, 40.5), please go to Blackboard

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Associate Professor
Deputy Chair-Health
Health and Nutrition Sciences
Brooklyn College-CUNY
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11210-2889

  • Office: 5129 Ingersoll Hall
  • Tel: 718 951-5000 Ext. 2752
  • e-mail: grassman@brooklyn.cuny.edu


RESEARCH

-environmental health and occupational health
-measurement of human exposure through biological monitoring
-detection of the effects of dioxins and persistent foodborne contaminants

STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

-work on either laboratory based or epidemiological research projects
-assess the effect of pesticides and dioxins
-examine interaction between dioxins and nutrients
-work on population-based studies on the health effects of occupational and environmental contaminants

COURSES

HNS 6.1 Personal and Community Health
HNS 20 Human Ecology
HNS 22.71 Human Physiology
HNS 40.5 Occupational Health and Safety
HNS 83.1 Independent Research
HNS 776 Environmental Health in the Urban Community
HNS 740 Introduction to Public Health-March 30 Lecture

USEFUL LINKS

Use library resources off-campus: Proxy server
The Toxtorial: A practical guide to toxicology