Advanced course on risk modelling and decision analysis

From ERAC Edu

Time: August 14 - 17, 2007

Place: University of Kuopio, Kuopio (Maps and connections)

Canthia (the building number 1 on the map)

Snellmania (the building number 5 on the map)

Credits: 2.0 credit points

Language: English

Organizers: The course is organized jointly by the Graduate school in Environmental Health and Environmental Risk Assessment Centre (ERAC)

Course leader: Jouni Tuomisto, Docent, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio

Course description:

The course is a continuation to the basic courses of risk assessment (e.g. Introduction to risk modelling and decision analysis or Systemaattinen toksisuuskoe ja riskinarvioinnin perusteet). It is recommended that the basic course has been carried out previously. This course goes into more detailed methods of risk analysis.

Topics:

Models in risk assessment
Exposure assessment
Dose-response assessment (Cancer and non-cancer risk assessment)
Statistics for risk assessment
Decision analysis
Handling model uncertaint
Expert elicitation
Value of information analysis

Lecturer: Professor John Evans, Harvard University, Department of Environmental Health, USA

Further information: Sari.Makkonen(at)uku.fi, Tel. +358-17-163188

Time schedule:

Date	Lecture
Tuesday, August 14
Snellmania, L22
9-11	Decisions, Decisions, Decisons Overview of Risk Assessment
12-14	Non-Cancer Risk Assessment Cancer Risk Assessment
Wednesday, August 15
Snellmania, L22
9-11	Cancer Risk Assessment
12-14	Uncertainty Propagation
Thursday, August 16
Snellmania, L22
9-11	Uncertainty Expert Judgement
12-14	Value of information
Friday, August 17
Canthia, MC4
9-12	Homework in Analytica