Courses Taught by Dana Dolinoy

EHS660: Environmental Epigenetics and Public Health

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Winter term(s) for residential students;
• 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Dana Dolinoy (Residential);
• Offered Every winter semester (next offering: Winter 2025)
• Last offered Winter 2024
• Prerequisites: None
• Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
• Description: This course examines principles and applications of epigenetics as they relate to human nutrition, environmental exposures and disease etiology, including mechanisms and policy implications. Case studies evaluate processes using animal and human examples drawn from the literature. Students will be introduced to laboratory methods and emerging technologies for examining epigenetics.
• This course is cross-listed with NUTR 660 in the NUTR 660 department.

EHS801: Professional Development In Environmental Health Sciences

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Fall term(s) for residential students;
• 1 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Dana Dolinoy (Residential);
• Last offered Fall 2023
• Prerequisites: None
• Description: Professional Development in Environmental Health Sciences is an upper graduate-level course designed for Doctoral Students. Other students and post-doctoral fellows/auditors are welcome, if space allows. The course will cover professional development skills essential to early career success and to prepare students for a professional career in environmental health sciences.
• Learning Objectives: 1. Develop effective job search strategies 2. Develop career appropriate documents (CV, resume, biosketch) 3. Critically assess personal values and their integration into career planning and goal development 4. Compose a narrative around your research interest and career goals 5. Explain and exhibit the underlying concepts around networking 6. Simulate interviewing and negotiation tactics for first career positions in various formats (virtual, in-person)

NUTR796: Special Topics in Nutritional Sciences

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
• 1-6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Dana Dolinoy, Suzanne Cole, Kendrin Sonneville, Karen Peterson, Peter Mancuso, Andrew Jones, Ana Baylin, Olivia Anderson, Susan Aaronson, (Residential);
• Prerequisites: None
• Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
• Description: This course will be used by faculty members to teach special topics related to Nutritional Sciences.