Tim Ford to go on lecture tour in China to speak on water and health

Dean of Graduate Studies and Interim Dean of the Westbrook College of Health Professions Timothy Ford, Ph.D., will participate in a lecture tour on water and health in China, September 20-28, 2012.

Ford, who has a concurrent professorship at Nanjing University, Xianlin, China, will be one of seven experts on the tour, which will begin at Nanjing University and will travel to Tsinghua University, Beijing; Inner Mongolia University, Huhhot; and Harbin Normal University, Harbin.

The speakers will address topics that include genomics toxicology, pollution control technology, reproductive and developmental toxicology, environmental monitoring and analysis, and risk assessment and management.

Ford will give lectures titled “Water and Human Health” and “Community Based Participatory Research.”