Postgraduate course: Exposure Assessment in Nutrition Research

Aim of the course

After participation the participant:

• Is able to make a well-informed choice from different methods of exposure assessment;
• Has insight in sources of measurement errors, consequences for exposure assessment and associations observed, and methods to account for these errors;
• Is able to design and analyse evaluation studies, and to quantitatively present and interpret their results;Is able to critically evaluate exposure assessment in nutrition and related fields of biomedical research.

Course contents

The course consists of a series of lectures, supported by computer-assisted exercises. Also, discussions on exposure assessment in the participant’s own research will be part of the program.

Participants

The course is meant for university graduates in biomedical sciences; nutrition, epidemiology etc. Knowledge on basic statistical concepts and methods (e.g. linear regression, paired t-test, correlation, ANOVA) and study designs is assumed. The course welcomes PhD students and post-docs as well as participants from the industry and research centers.

Course lecturers & organizers

• National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, US - Kevin Dodd
• Division of Human Nutrtion, WU - Dr. Anou Geelen (course leader), Ir. Paul Hulshof, Prof. Pieter van 't Veer, Dr. Jeanne de Vries
• The Graduate School VLAG, WU - Eva Oudshoorn MSc

Course fees