This specialization module, covering both methodological and applied issues in risk assessment, aims to train the type of qualified professionals who are urgently needed in Europe and beyond, in particular in the framework of the implementation of the REACh system for hazard and risk assessment of chemical substances. This curriculum will also represent meeting opportunities for French and international researchers in this field which experiences a steady development, a promise for collaborative scientific production in support to public policies targeted at controlling risks related to the general and occupational environments. This programme is, by nature, inter-disciplinary, at the interface between toxicology, biomathematical modeling, epidemiology and engineering sciences.

Students will be exposed to state-of-the-art presentations from leading scientists in their field, dealing with hazard dose-response modeling, cumulative exposures, alternative methods currently under development for hazard and risk derivation, and with extrapolation issues regarding short to long term exposures, hazard and risks from mature to less mature (infant and children) organisms, or from animals to humans. Illustrations will encompass chemical substances and physical stressors, along with microbial agents.

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
30	90	3