Short Course on Health Risk Assessment (HRA)
and Modelling in Environmental Research
and Consultancy
How to apply
For application, please send us an e-mail* with details:
1) Full name 2) Agency/Institution 3) Mobile phone number
4) **Receipt of payment attached in e-mail (payment must be made before sending the verification e- mail)
*with subject entitled Registration for Short Course on HRA
**Payment can be made to:
Riverstone Environmental Sdn Bhd Account no. : 5141-9668-0508 Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank)
Terms & Conditions:
1) In the event of cancellation by the participant, 50% course fee shall be refunded if a written notice/ email is received at least 14-day notice prior to course commencement. No refund will be given for cancellation received less than 14 days of the scheduled course. However, a substitute delegate may be nominated.
2) The organiser reserves the right to reschedule or cancel the course. In such event, the registrants can opt for full refund or credit towards the next available course. Organiser’s liability is limited to the refunding of paid course fee.
10 th —12 th October 2017 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM
Serdang.
Centre of Excellence for Environmental and Occu- pational Health (CoE EOH)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 Serdang., Selangor.
Phone. no: +603 8947 2606 Fax: +603 8947 2585
by Riverstone Environmental Sdn. Bhd.
A-09-01 Sky Park One City Jalan USJ25/1
47650 Subang Jaya Selangor.
Tel: +601 6231 0638 Fax: +603 5115 0237
and For further enquiries, please contact:
Further information on:
BREEZE Risk Analyst Software;
http://www.breeze-software.com/RiskAnalyst/
Riverstone Environmental Sdn. Bhd.;
http://www.riverstone-enviro.com/air-quality--risk.html
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences;
http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/department/
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Who should attend the course
Environmental health scientists
Environmental scientists
Environmental epidemiologists
Environmental health officers
Public health physicians
Public health engineers
Environmental engineers
EIA and HIA consultants
Air pollution modellers
Quantitative risk analysts
Registration fee
RM 1,500 per pax which will include a
USB pen drive with course notes,
About the course
Course overview
This is a 2.5-day course focusing on key topics such as:
Introduction to Environmental Health
Toxicology and Principles of HRA
Environmental epidemiology
Risk Characterization
Application of HRA in research and in environmental pollution assessment
Introduction to BREEZE Risk Analyst and Training
Every course participant shall bring own laptop for the software modelling exercise. Places are limited, so please apply early.
Health risk assessment (HRA) is a systematic scientific characterization of potential adverse health effects resulting from human exposures to hazardous agents or situations in the environ- ment. Quantitative HRA generates a numerical measure of the risk or safety of a chemical expo- sure. This course will introduce participants to the aims and methodology of HRA, its applica- tions in research, environmental standard and guideline setting and environmental impact as- sessment. Participants will get hands-on experi- ence of using a USEPA-based HRA software to compute the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks from human exposures to toxic chemicals through various exposure routes.
Course participants will be trained by highly experienced consultants who have conducted numerous research and consultancy assignments in HRA assessment both locally and internation- ally. They have had many years of academic and professional training experience. Besides acquir- ing the theory as well as practical applications of HRA from these trainers, participants will also be able to tap the knowledge from years of experi- ences of the trainers. The course will be a two and a half day course covering the fundamentals of HRA, exercises on HRA, hands-on computer modelling training, and group work and presen- tation on HRA assignments. A certificate of com- pletion will be given to participants upon com- pletion of the course.
Prof. Dr. Jamal Hisham Hashim is a visiting professor of environmental health at the United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health (UNU- IIGH). He is also a director of an environmental consultancy firm specializing in health risk and impact assessment. He was formerly a research fellow at UNU- IIGH and a professor at the National University of Malaysia (UKM). Prof. Jamal obtained his PhD in environmental health from the University of Michigan. He has been teaching, conducting research and consultancy at UKM and UNU for the past 35 years. He has been the principal and co-investigator of 19 research projects, and has over 360 publications and presentations to date. He has been engaged as an environmental health consultant in over 60 projects, primarily in the area of environmental health impact and risk assessment.
Course trainers
Dr. Weiping Dai is the director for Trinity Consultant Inc. based in Dallas and Trinity's China Operations. He is also an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and a certified manager. He has extensive environmental consulting and EH&S software development experience. He has authored more than 30 technical publications in various specialty areas and presented many invited keynote presentations and seminars on air quality subjects in China. Dr. Dai received a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mr Chiew Teck Wee is the Managing Director of Riverstone Environmental Sdn Bhd. A chemical engineer by training, Mr Chiew has over 19 years of environmental consulting experience.
He received his MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. Mr Chiew is a registered EIA Consultant with the Department of Environment (DOE) and IRCA-SGS certified Lead Auditor. He specialises in environmental impact assessment (EIA), environmental audit, air quality modelling & assessment, soil &
groundwater contamination and related risk management. He has been involved in over 200 environmental, health & safety (EHS) audits/ assessments. Mr Chiew has worked on numerous EHS due diligence and compliance assessments and advised on environ- mental liability issues.
Dr. Zailina is a Professor of Environmental Health and the Direc- tor, Centre of Excellence EOH, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her field of specialization is Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. She obtained her Ph.D degree from the University of Michigan. Dr. Zailina has been in academia for the past 34 years and has introduced the Bachelor of Science degree programme in Environmental and Occupational Health at UPM in 1998. She has published more than 180 journal articles, scientific and technical papers. She has completed more than 16 research funded by local as well as international agencies. She also serves as consultant to various government agencies and private companies. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health in the U.K.
