Welcome to the Evidence-based Toxicology (EBT) course. In medicine and healthcare, evidence-based medicine has revolutionized the way that information is evaluated transparently and objectively. Over the past ten years, a movement in North America and Europe has attempted to translate this revolution to the field of toxicology. The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) within the department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosts the first chair for EBT and the secretariat for the EBT Collaboration on both sides of the Atlantic. Based on the Cochrane Collaboration in Evidence-based Medicine, the EBT Collaboration was established at the CAAT to foster the development of a process for quality assurance of new toxicity tests for the assessment of safety in humans and the environment. Regulatory safety sciences have undergone remarkably little change in the past fifty years. At the same time, our knowledge in the life sciences is doubling about every seven years. Systematic review and related evidence-based approaches are beginning to be adapted by regulatory agencies like the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the US National Toxicology Program. They provide transparent, objective, and consistent tools to identify, select, appraise, and extract evidence across studies. This course will showcase these emerging efforts and address opportunities and challenges to the expanded use of these tools within toxicology.
Quite informative and exposed me to a whole new horizon in the ever blooming world of toxicology. I would like to thank Dr. Thomas Hartung and his team at John Hopkins for making this possible!
The course was very well thought out and very informative
Excellent and up-to-date course on problems facing today's field of toxicology
Surprisingly very informative and detailed Course. Thanks for the load of information given.
Thanks for the opportunity to be part of those who will benefit from their awesome course.
Excellent, it has given me a very clear and complete vision.gave me a very clear and complete picture.
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Surprisingly very informative and detailed Course. Thanks for the load of information given.
The course was very well-planned and all classes are very informative, robust and clear about the themes. I absolutely recommend it!
Thanks for the opportunity to be part of those who will benefit from their awesome course.
The course was very well thought out and very informative
Très professionnel, nécessite un engagement certain, cette formation m'a permis de perfectionner des notions de revue systématique de littérature et de bio-statistiques, applicables largement aux études cliniques qui sont mon domaine.
En entrant dans le domaine de l'EBT, j'ai appris avec intérêt quelques bases de toxicologie, les challenges propres à ce nouveau domaine et, au travers de la revue d'abstracts, l'utilisation des tests sur les embryons de zebrafish- très utile dans le domaine environnemental, qui m'intéresse lui aussi particulièrement
Excellent, it has given me a very clear and complete vision.gave me a very clear and complete picture.
Great software and explanation leading to it.
It was an awesome, stimulating and engaging course. I had the privilege of learning a lot on modern toxicological approaches; particularly the role of systems biology in risk assessment processes. Thanks to the teachers Dr Lena Smirnova and Professor Thomas Hartung. I look forward to future engagement with field especially in neurotoxicology
Quite informative and exposed me to a whole new horizon in the ever blooming world of toxicology. I would like to thank Dr. Thomas Hartung and his team at John Hopkins for making this possible!
Well it require prior knowledge of the subject!
Outstanding course, a great mix of speakers, very thorough slides, a nice mix of reading materials. A nice balance of breadth and depth in an important topic that affects all the life sciences. Biggest concern: errors in the transcripts of the lectures need to be corrected, particularly to help students whose first language is not English to understand the material. Plan to spend more than the estimated time to get the full value of the course.
I have been interested in toxicology for a while, and the contradictory results from different research have left me confused and wondering to what end? How can regulators make decisions with the level of contrasting information, and why are results contrasting in the first place? This course answered these questions and provided a solution. Thank you, Professor Hartung and Professor Lena, and to every other person who contributed.
Excellent course !! I was not particularly familiar with the EBT movement, and now I have more hope that in the near future we will take toxicology to the level it deserves.
Excellent and up-to-date course on problems facing today's field of toxicology
Excellent course. Much needed for toxicologist
It is very detailed and comprehensive
An interesting course. Learnt a lot
Excelent! I learned a lot.
Well organized course.
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