Sessional Lecturer, Toxicology Centre
Sessional Lecturer, Toxicology Centre
The Toxicology Centre invites applications for a Sessional Lecturer to teach the following course during the 2026-2027 Regular Winter session:
Course Number, Section, and Name: TOX Section 02, Risk Assessment & Regulatory Toxicology
Term and Course Dates: Winter Session, January 1 to April 30, 2027
CRN: 20250
Delivery Mode: This course will be offered as a lecture in person
Course Schedule: Course is taught Monday (11:30-12:20), Wednesday (11:30-12:20), Friday (11:30-12:20). This position would need to teach 12 out of 38 lectures sometime between January and April
Expected Enrollment Limit: 30
Qualifications Minimum of a degree or equivalent in toxicology, biology, chemistry, environmental science, or a related discipline and previous teaching experience.
Course Description:
An introduction to basic concepts of human health and ecological risk assessment, and an overview of Canadian and international regulatory requirements for the registration of new products, focussing on safety assessment of pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Environmental regulations for natural resource industries, and general principles of occupational health and industrial hygiene will also be covered. This course is team taught and this sessional position would teach the pharmaceutical registration process (including drug safety assessment and associated regulations) and the human health risk assessment portions of the course.
Topics of Responsibility:
- Pharmaceutical registration process: pre-clinical safety assessment
- Pre-clinical drug safety assessment
- Clinical trials and post-market surveillance of pharmaceuticals
- Good lab/clinical/manufacturing practices
- Use of animals for regulatory toxicology studies: Animal models and ethical issues
- Alternatives to in vivo toxicity testing
- Human health risk assessment: risk perception
The successful candidate will have access to the previous lecturer’s teaching materials.