Overordnede kursusmål
After the course, the participants 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 participants 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 course participant 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 for PhD
students to jointly develop a special follow-up course where they
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.
There is a fee of 750 DKK for PhD students from EU/EEA countries,
for other participants the fee is 6750 DKK.
Sidst opdateret
30. marts, 2020
