Short Courses
Limited to only 35 participants per course.
For course registration Contact:
Dr. Patricia Bi-Asanga FAI (Coordinator SETAC Central Africa)
Email: asangapb@yahoo.com
Tel : +237 9964 5058
Course Titles (Choose one course per day)
1. General Toxicology – Taught by various lecturers
2. Hands-on Application of Computer-based Approaches in Predictive Toxicology – by Dr Barry Hardy,
OpenTox Project Coordinator, Switzerland
3. Risk Assessment in the 21st Century workshop (Training of trainers) – Dr. Becki Clark EPA, USA
4. A practical method for immobilization and de-immobilization of freshwater algae, with special
emphasis on applied significance of immobilized algae for toxicity screening and ecotoxicological
studies - by Prof Mohammed Abdel Hamid, Egypt.
Program of courses
Day 1 (Tuesday 31st May 2011)
(Choose one of the following three courses)
COURSE I: General Toxicology
1. Morning Session
• Concepts and Terminologies (Prof. Bashir, Sudan)
• Toxic agents (Prof Bashi, Sudan)
• Routes of exposures and toxicity rating (Dr. Asongalem, Cameroon)
• Toxicokinetics (Prof. Bashir, Sudan)
• Dose-Effect relationships (Asongalem, Cameroon)
2. Afternoon Session
• Hepatotoxicology (Dr Assob NJC, Cameroon)
• Reproductive toxicology (Dr. Asongalem EA, Cameroon)
• Toxicology of Heavy metals (Prof. Orish, Nigeria)
• Toxicology of social ‘poisons’ (Dr. Nde Peter Fon, Cameroon)
• Toxicology of pesticides (Dr. Adama TOE, Burkina Faso)
• Toxinology (Dr Amnar Bashir, Sudan)
COURSE II: Hands-on Application of Computer-based Approaches in Predictive
Toxicology – by Dr Barry Hardy, OpenTox Project Coordinator,
Switzerland
COURSE III: Risk Assessment in the 21st Century workshop (Training of trainers) – Dr.
Becki Clark EPA, USA
Day 2 (Wednesday 1st June 2011)
(Choose one of the following three courses)
COURSE I:
Applications of Toxicology
•Clinical toxicology (Dr. Mbuagbaw J, Cameroon)
•Forensic toxicology (Dr. Enow Orock G, Cameroon)
•Veterinary Toxicology (Dr Amnar Bashir, Sudan)
•Industrial toxicology (Dr. Asongalem EA, Cameroon)
•Environmental toxicology - Monitoring exposure and effects of pesticides in
surface waters – a hand-on approach (Dr. Silke Bollmohr, South Africa).
COURSE II: A practical method for immobilization and de-immobilization of
freshwater algae, with special emphasis on applied significance of
immobilized algae for toxicity screening and ecotoxicological studies –
Prof Mohammed Abdel Hamid, Egypt.
COURSE III: Risk Assessment in the 21st Century workshop (Training of trainers) – Dr.
Becki Clark EPA, USA
COURSES I, II and III shall be running concurrently.
