The new European Toxicology Risk Assessment Training Programme –TRISK is now open for application.
The training programme includes eight 1-week-long course modules and an 450 hour-long applied training at an institution performing risk assessments.
The training programme is organised by TRISK, a project that is funded by the European Union, in the framework of the Second Programme of Community Action in the field of Health (2008-2013).
Five European universities and one research consortium are partners in the TRISK project: University of Milan, Italy, University of Surrey, UK, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, University of Düsseldorf, Germany, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Technoalimenti SCpA, Italy.
For more information and application procedure see the following websites,
www.cascadenet.org/~RA-COURSES (choose TRISK in the menu)
www.trisk-project.eu(available from July 2009).
Application deadline is September 30, 2009.
Contact person: Johanna Zilliacus, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. E-mail:johanna.zilliacus@ki.se