Master of Environmental Toxicology

Academia

Graduate students accepted into the MET graduate program are primarily supported as Research Assistants by their Faculty advisors during their project research. Continuation of assistantship support, regardless of source, is contingent upon satisfactory progress toward research and academic goals as determined by the student's annual progress evaluation.  During coursework, students are generally funded through Teaching Assistantships (TAs) in the department, however, TAships are not always guaranteed. As TAs, students generally assist in the preparation and teaching of undergraduate or graduate courses, and obtain valuable experience in teaching that will help them in their future careers as toxicologists.

Government-Sponsored Programs

Numerous government agencies provide graduate training programs in toxicology at universities.
A time-honored graduate training route has been through investigator-initiated research grants and awards for graduate training, which focus the graduate student in the area of the mentor. Most researchers at academic institutions who receive federal research grants have the ability to sponsor graduate students for government agency awards (e.g. NSERC).

Industry-Sponsored Programs

Many companies that employ toxicologists (e.g. pharmaceutical, chemical, food and environmental consulting companies companies) can provide graduate training opportunities for individuals in toxicology or related disciplines.  Another often-overlooked source of graduate training is the contract laboratory. The contract laboratory exposes the early career scientist to the broadest issues in general toxicology, especially testing and preparing documents for submission to regulatory agencies. In many respects, this type of experience represents the practice or art of toxicology, while the university experience represents the science of toxicology.

Contact information and research areas for MET faculty members are linked below. Feel free to contact any of the MET faculty members for more information on the program:

• Dr. Chris Kennedy, Director of MET program
• Dr. Tim Beischlag
• Dr. Jane Fowler
• Dr. Frank Gobas
• Dr. Francis Law (Professor Emeritus)
  
• Dr. Vicki Marlatt
• Dr. Margo Moore (Professor Emerita)
• Dr. Miriam Rosin