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 main steps of a risk-benefit assessment
- Apply 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
- Compare the methodologies of risk assessment in microbiology,
toxicology, and nutrition, and identify main differences and
commonalities
- Explain the differences between the bottom-up (risk assessment)
approach and the top-down approach
- Discuss how results from risk assessment in microbiology and
toxicology, and results from risk and benefit assessment in
nutrition can be integrated into one assessment
- Apply DALY calculations
- Identify 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 takes 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 the human health impact of food intake.
This will be done by individual and group work on a case study,
combined with lectures and self-studying. The case study will be
implemented in an Excel workbook and the Disability Adjusted Life
Year (DALY) will be used as a common health metric to express
disease burden. With this ”hands-on” process, the course
participant will gain an understanding of the different steps of a
risk-benefit assessment. Teachers with different backgrounds will
contribute to the course, emphasizing the multidisciplinary
approach.
In agreement with the teachers, there may be an opportunity for PhD
students to 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
09. august, 2023
