Overordnede kursusmål
After the course, the students will be able to critically select
and apply the data and methods needed to compare and quantify
adverse and beneficial human health effects of food and to
critically evaluate the results of a risk-benefit assessment of
foods
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
- Identify the underlying disciplines of risk-benefit assessment
of foods
- Define the core elements of a risk-benefit assessment
- Use the relevant terminology in risk-benefit assessment
- Select and apply methods to evaluate and calculate the adverse
and beneficial impact of foods on health based on knowledge from
the underlying disciplines
- Apply DALY calculations
- Evaluate the uncertainties in a risk-benefit assessment
- Evaluate the (quantitative) output of a risk-benefit
assessment
- Evaluate the application, communication and management of
risk-benefit assessment in foods.
Kursusindhold
The course provides an introduction to risk-benefit assessment of
foods, with an emphasis on methods to quantify the human health
impact of food intake. It uses a multidisciplinary approach,
introducing methods from epidemiology, toxicological and
microbiological risk assessment and nutrition.
The students will be guided through the methodology and the
different challenges associated to risk-benefit assessment of foods
and the quantification of human health impact of food intake. This
will be done by (group-)working on a case study of risks and
benefits associated to fish consumption, combined with lectures
about the theory. The case study will be implemented in an Excel
workbook and the widely used Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)
will be used as common health metric to express disease burden. By
the ”hands on” process, the student will gain an understanding of
the different elements in a risk-benefit assessment. Teachers with
different background will contribute to the course, emphasizing the
multidisciplinary approach.
In agreement with the teachers, there may be an opportunity to
jointly develop a special follow-up course where students perform a
risk-benefit assessment in conjunction with their own research
project.
Litteraturhenvisninger
Some background literature will be provided during the course
Bemærkninger
(International) post docs and professionals with a background in at
least one of the underlying disciplines are also welcome to join.
Sidst opdateret
07. november, 2019