University of Maryland Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
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2024 Summer Integrated Program (SIP) Food Safety Risk Analysis Courses
Globally, countries are embracing the use of science/risk-based approaches to improve decision-making aimed at enhancing the safety of food in accordance with the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement. This has created a need to educate food safety and other public health professionals about the principles of risk analysis and the tools and techniques required to apply this approach.
Intro to Risk Analysis in the Regulatory Process (Core)
July 31, 2024 (1 day)
Price: $550
This course introduces international requirements terminology, concepts, tools, and techniques used in food
safety risk analysis and how they fit into countries’ regulatory processes. This one-day course serves as a
contextual primer for those interested in or involved with a broad range of risk analysis activities,
regardless of application.
Risk Management (Core)
August 1-2, 2024 (2 days)
Price: $1,100
Risk Managers play a crucial role in food safety risk analysis as they are responsible for setting the risk
analysis process in motion that leads to analysts identifying, assessing, and choosing how to manage
potential risks associated with producing, processing, distributing, and consuming food products. Success
in risk management is learning how to weigh policy alternatives and arrive at practical and valuable
solutions to problems that are often plagued by uncertainty within the confines of their countries’
regulatory framework. This course is not just for decision-makers but also for those who will be tasked to
conduct analyses that decision-makers use to identify ways to best reduce risks.
Qualitative Risk Assessment (Core)
August 5-6, 2024 (2 days)
Price: $1,100
Risk assessors play a crucial role in food safety risk analysis by providing a systematic approach to
incorporating the current scientific understanding of a food safety risk and analysis of possible ways to
manage that risk in accordance with a country’s regulatory process. Their primary focus is on evaluating
potential hazards, assessing their likelihood and severity, and generating information that informs risk
management decisions. This course teaches the skills needed to predict the likelihood of harm resulting
from exposure to chemical, microbial, and physical agents in the diet and respond to risk managers'
questions concerning these areas.
Risk Communication (Core)
August 7-9, 2024 (3 days)
Price: $1,320
Risk Communication is the interactive exchange of information and opinions about hazards and risks, risk-
related factors and risk perception. Participants will learn the basics of risk communication as it is practiced
globally with applications to food safety.
Intro to FDA-iRISK® and Quantitative Risk Assessment
August 12-16, 2024 (5 days)
Price: $3,000
This course provides participants with the basics of building and understanding quantitative risk assessment
models. They will be introduced to @Risk - a Microsoft Excel-based Monte Carlo simulation program, and
FDA-iRISK® - a Web-based, comparative risk assessment tool with many built-in functions and automated
features allowing users to rapidly conduct fully probabilistic risk assessments.
This course will give participants a strong foundation in stochastic processes, probabilistic risk assessment
and Monte Carlo simulation. Participants can expect to gain hands-on experience in building and analyzing
computer-based probabilistic models and experience some techniques and challenges to expect in
presenting their results. Participants should have basic knowledge of probability and statistics and
intermediate-level skills in using Microsoft Excel.
2024 SIP COURSE SCHEDULE
| Course Title | Session Date(s) | Price | Notes | Registration Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Risk Analysis in the Regulatory Process | July 31 (1 Day) | $550 | (part of CORE program) | July 24 |
| Risk Management | August 1-2 (2 Days) | $1,100 | (part of CORE program) | July 25 |
| Qualitative Risk Assessment | August 5-6 (2 Days) | $1,100 | (part of CORE program) | July 29 |
| Risk Communication | August 7-9 (3 Days) | $1,320 | (part of CORE program) | July 31 |
| Introduction to FDA-iRISK® and Quantitative Risk Assessment | August 12-16 (5 Days) | $3,000 | (advanced) | August 5 |
Available Discounts:
CORE 10% Program Discount - The Core Track Program includes Intro. to Risk
Analysis in the Regulatory Process, Risk Management, Risk Communication, and
Qualitative Risk Assessment. A 10% discount is offered for the 4 class CORE program
– a savings of $407 - bringing the total cost of the CORE program to $3,663 USD.
FULL Program Discount – Register for all courses! At a 10% discount, you will save
$707 USD bringing the total course fees for the FULL program to $6,363 USD.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Register and pay by JUNE 1st for the CORE
Program or the FULL program and save an ADDITIONAL $300!
(CORE Program = $3,363 FULL Program = $6,063)