Matís will hold a course on risk analysis in the field of food and nutrition on 16, 19 and 20 November, but risk analysis is a well-defined method for understanding and assessing risk due to food consumption and how it can be reduced. There is a lot of interest in this area and now the course is full.
During the course, foreign experts from the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Germany will give interesting lectures on the main aspects of risk analysis in connection with food consumption, ie risk assessment, risk management and risk presentation. There will also be a review of recent practical examples of food hazards based on real-world cases in the experts' home countries.
These lectures are part of teaching in the course Food Safety, which is taught for the first time this autumn semester in a master's program in food sciences, but this postgraduate program is the fruit of a collaboration between the University of Iceland, three other state universities and Matís. The experts from BfR we have recruited are: Dr. Anja Buschulte veterinarian and expert in the field of food safety and Prof. Matthias Greiner specializes in food risk assessment.
This is a unique course on risk analysis in the field of food and nutrition that is suitable for those who want to strengthen and deepen their knowledge of how to use risk analysis in this field.
The course will be held in English and more information about the program can be found here:
| Friday 16.11.2012 | ||
| 8.30-9.10 | Dr. Anja Buschulte | Investigation of Food-borne Outbreaks in Germany |
| 9.20-10.00 | Dr. Anja Buschulte | Investigation of Food-borne Outbreaks in Germany |
| 10.10-10.50 | Dr. Anja Buschulte | Lessons learned from Food-borne Outbreaks |
| 11.00-11.40 | Dr. Anja Buschulte | Risk communication and Management |
| Monday 19.11.2012 | ||
| 8.30-9.10 | Dr. Anja Buschulte | General Introduction to Risk Assessment |
| 9.20-10.00 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Risk Assessment -Risk modeling; basics of probabilistic risk assessment |
| 10.10-10.50 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Risk Assessment -Risk modeling; fitting statistical distributions to empirical data or expert assumptions |
| 11.00-11.40 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Risk Assessment -Risk modeling; Monte Carlo simulation |
| 11.50-12.30 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Risk Assessment -Risk modeling; Practical application |
| Tuesday 20.11.2012 | ||
| 8.30-9.10 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Dose response analysis; basic concepts |
| 9.20-10.00 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Dose response analysis; comparative applications in microbiology and toxicology |
| 10.10-10.50 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Dose response analysis; Practical application |
| 11.00-11.40 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Predictive microbiology; basic concepts |
| 11.50-12.30 | Prof. Matthias Greiner | Predictive microbiology; Practical application |
Further information is provided by Helga Gunnlaugsdóttir at Matís.