Health risk assessment: Principles and applications (Online)

The course will be given as an on-line course, with synchronous lectures, exercises and group assignments using online webinar tool Zoom and Karolinska Institutet’s learning management system Canvas. Participants must be able to attend daily at 9-17 CET, and have access to a computer, headset, webcam and internet connection. Course dates: 13-17 March 2023.

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  • describe the basic concepts and principles of health risk assessment of chemical substances
  • explain how different types of data from in vivo/animal, epidemiological and in vitro studies as well as exposure data are used in risk assessment
  • assess the relevance and reliability of data used in risk assessment
  • derive health based guidance values such as Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) based on the data
  • reflect on the role of health risk assessment in regulatory decision making

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Organisation: 
Karolinsks Institute of Environmental Medicine
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Application Deadline: 
Il-Ġimgħa, February 3, 2023
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