The centre is dynamically developing and building its position within the Environmental and Health Sciences. The cooperation with advanced partners is bringing unique expertise and the centre is becoming important partner in joint research projects.
Main results include:
1. Establishment of the new research programme “Environmental Health” and several new research groups within this programme and also other programmes,
2. Definition and implementation of the role of junior PIs and the constitution of the RECETOX Training Network (RETRAIN) for junior researchers and PhD students.
3. Implementation of the newly accredited Bachelor, Master and PhD study programmes in “Environmental health Sciences” and “Computational Biology and Biomedicine”, acquiring new accreditations for associate and full professorships in Environmental Health Sciences, new bachelor programme divided into two specializations answering the demand of students,
4. The EIRENE RI coordinated by RECETOX became part of the ESFRI Roadmap 2021 and RECETOX is one of the key players of the Exposome research in the EU, entering many EU projects,
5. Completion of the construction of the biobanking facility and setting up the sample handling laboratories, structural changes in the organization of the research infrastructure,
6. Implementation of new RECETOX HR strategy and annual appraisals started,
7. The changes in the Organization of RECETOX, advanced partners are part of the RECETOX management bodies,
8. new reporting and controlling mechanisms have been implemented to contribute to the sustainability of RECETOX and to improve the financial planning,
9. strengthened presence in national and international public space, increasing role of RECETOX as the support for public policy making (WHO Collaboration Centre),
10. becoming one of the key research institutes in the research of exposome, being recognized on European and Global scale.
