MSc in Toxicology

University of Guelph

The collaborative specialization in Toxicology is the focal point for graduate teaching and research in toxicology. Students wishing to undertake graduate studies at the MSc or PhD level with emphasis on toxicology will be admitted by a participating department and will register in both the participating department and in the collaborative specialization in Toxicology.

Students can work with faculty members within ten separate departments and undertake research in areas such as: role of oxidative stress in Alzheimer disease, DNA damage by chemical carcinogens, regulation of drug metabolizing enzymes, biodegradation of environmental pollutants, risk assessment of pesticides and pesticide screening by antibody development, insect resistance to insecticides, metal contamination of soils and toxicity to plants.

Areas of Research:

Environmental Toxicology

Molecular Toxicology

Biomedical Toxicology

COMMONLY COLLABORATES WITH:

Animal Bioscience

Biomedical Science

Chemistry

Environmental Sciences

Food Safety & Quality Assurance

Human Health & Nutritional Science

Integrative Biology

Mathematics & Statistics

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Pathobiology

Psychology