Volkan Gurel, Ph.D
Edit My PageTitle: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Volkan_Gurel@brown.edu
+1 401 273 2060
Teaching Experience
Environmental Health & Disease 1820
Fundamental concepts relating to the adverse effects of chemical agents on human health. Topics include dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, mechanisms of toxicity, and the effects of selected environmental toxicants on organ systems. Many of these concepts will be reinforced through the use of a case-study approach where a pertinent environmental issue is incorporated into the ongoing lectures.
Courses Taught
- Environmental Health & Disease (BIOL1820)


