Risk Assessment of Toxic and Immunomodulatory Agents (RATIA)

Mission

The program is designed to improve the scientific basis for assessment of risk to humans, animals and ecosystems from exposure to potentially harmful agents in the environment, in occupational settings, through vaccination, and through the food chain.

Research focus

This program focuses on:

1. veterinary public health issues related to food safety, and allergies to domestic, laboratory and farm animals
2. human and environmental health issues such as risks of exposure to biological, physical and chemical agents, and vaccines
3. occupational health issues such as risks to health of workers in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and the animal feed industry, and veterinarians
4. ecosystem health issues such as endocrine disruption effects of various contaminants on animal wildlife

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Program organization

The program combines research efforts from the interfacultary Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS) and from the Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology (see research matrix). The program is embedded in the university research focus area 'Infection and Immunity' with links to the research focus area 'Epidemiology'.

Scientific output

For a list of publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals since 2006 click here 

RATIA contact 

Prof.dr. M. van den Berg (program coordinator)