Micro-credential

This Micro-credential Short Course Forensic Toxicology and Doping corresponds to module 12 of the MAS in Toxicology.

Overview

Audience

Graduates with a master’s degree in medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, biochemistry, chemistry, biology, or a qualification which is judged equivalent.

Learning outcomes

This course will provide a basic knowledge of doping and forensic toxicology. The content will be divided in different sections aiming to give a broad cover of the field. Students will have an overview of the main classes of drugs that are relevant in forensic toxicology, they will learn how to perform toxicological analyses of biological samples, and how to interpret their findings.

Programme

Study of behavioral and toxic effects of psychoactive, doping substances, harmful drugs or chemicals on human and living system in a medico-legal context, heavily relying on analytical toxicology for the screening of unknown molecules, their unequivocal identification and quantitative determination in biofluids, tissues and seized narcotic substances.

Registration

Registration deadline

9 February 2026

Fees:

CHF 1,000

Admission criteria

Master’s degree in medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, biochemistry, chemistry, biology, or a qualification which is judged equivalent.

Curriculum

Period

10 March 2026 - 13 March 2026

Teaching hours

28 teaching hours

Microcertification

4 ECTS credits
EQF-level: 7

Schedule

8h15-12h, 13h15-17h

Assessment

Written exam

Intervenant-es

  • Dr Nicolas LEUENBERGER, University of Lausanne
  • Prof. Aurélien THOMAS, University of Lausanne

Partnerships / Collaboration

Partnership

Swiss Center for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT) • Centre of Competence in Analytic Chemistry and Toxicology (ccCTA) • Swiss Society of Toxicology (SST) • Ecotox Centre, Eawag/EPFL • University of Basel • University of Lausanne • University of Zürich

Director(s)

Prof. Caroline SAMER, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva

Coordinator(s)

Dr Jean TERRIER, University of Geneva

Steering committee

  • Prof. Gerrit BORCHARD, President of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva
  • Prof. Antoine GEISSBUHLER, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
  • Prof. Serge RUDAZ, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva
  • Prof. Caroline SAMER, President of the Board, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva
  • Prof. Laura SUTER-DICK, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW); Vice President of the Swiss Society of Toxicology (SST)
  • Prof. Aurélien THOMAS, Unit of Toxicology, University Center of Legal Medicine, Lausanne-Geneva; Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
  • Prof. Ellen FRITSCHE, Director, Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, SCAHT

Scientific committee

  • Prof. Alexander JETTER, Head of Scientific Services and Postgraduate Education, Tox Info Suisse, Zürich
  • Dr Argyro NIKOLAOU, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medecine, University of Geneva
  • Prof. Alex ODERMATT, Division of Molecular and System Toxicology, University of Basel
  • Dr Jean TERRIER, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, University of Geneva

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