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To provide specialist education and training in risk assessment and safety sciences with a focus on human toxicology, leading to a recognized academic qualification
To fulfill the theoretical educational requirements of national and international professional bodies towards registration as a toxicologist |
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Graduates employed in a toxicological discipline who wish to obtain a
recognised academic qualification in toxicology.Those who have already
received formal postgraduate training in toxicology may be eligible for recognition of equivalence for some courses
Graduates wishing to embark on a career in toxicology and having
completed a master in medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy,
biochemistry, chemistry, biology or a diploma judged equivalent.
Bachelors may be admitted under certain conditions (see admission
criteria, p.10).
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14 modules: Basic principles in toxicology (e-learning) • Xenobiotic metabolism, toxicogenetics • Organ toxicology and pathology: cellular and
molecular aspects • Animal experimentation (practical part is
optional) • Alternative methods to animal experimentation • Mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, reproductive and
developmental toxicology • Molecular endocrinology • Clinical toxicology, immunotoxicology • Epidemiology, food and industrial toxicology • Risk assessment and regulatory toxicology • Ecotoxicology • Toxicological analysis • Forensic toxicology • Biostatistics |
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Prof. Jules DESMEULES, University of Geneva |
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Prof. Eric DOELKER, University of Geneva |
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Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, SCAHT • Universities of Lausanne, Zürich and Basel • Swiss Society of Toxicology • Swiss Register of Toxicologists • Centre of Competence in analytic chemistry and toxicology (CCCTA) • Swiss Centre for applied Ecotoxicology Eawag/EPFL |
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Duration
September 2012 - June 2014
4 semesters • 90 ECTS credits
Extended application deadline
31 August 2012
Registration fee
CHF 10'900.- without practical animal experimentation
Chèque formation
Information
Section des sciences pharmaceutiques – EPGL
+41(0)22 379 63 36
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