| Ansvarligt institut | Institut for Human Ernæring | ||||||||||||
| Forskeruddannelsesprogram | FOOD Denmark | ||||||||||||
| Kursusdatoer | 9 September 2013 to 13 September 2013. | ||||||||||||
| Kursus resumé | Childhood malnutr. is increasingly recognized as an important health problem, for short term health and child survival, as well as for long term growth and developm., and in many places case managem. of acute malnutr. has improved. However, many pathophysiological aspects of malnutr. are still poorly understood, and mortality rates remain high, particularly for children with complicated SAM receiving in-patient treatm., and oedematous malnutr. remains as enigmatic as when first described 80y ago | ||||||||||||
| Kursustilmelding | Enrollment: Contact Marianne Støckel at mas@life.ku.dk | ||||||||||||
| Deadline for tilmelding | 10 July 2013. | ||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 4 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Ph.d.-kursus | ||||||||||||
| Rammer for Undervisning | University of Copenhagen, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports | ||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | Max. 40 participants. | ||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||
| Content: Five day course with lectures, presentations and group discussions. The first four days will each cover a major topic. The international experts will start each day with presentations, and the course participants will have opportunity to present their projects and get feedback. | |||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||
| Lectures, presentations, group discussions. When relevant, course participants will be asked to present their own projects and get feedback from the experts and from the other group participants. | |||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||
| Aim: The aim of this course is to unite researchers working with childhood malnutrition - from epidemiology, pathophysiology and animal models, to case management and programmatic issues. Lectures will be given by leading international experts who have a life-time of experience inmalnutrition research, and they will be able to interact with younger scientists in the field. | |||||||||||||
| Kursusmateriale | |||||||||||||
| A package of relevant litterature will be sent to the participants before the course. | |||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||
| Henrik Friis, hfr@life.ku.dk, Institut for Human Ernæring/Børneernæring Og International Ernæring, Tlf: 353-33860 | |||||||||||||
| Andre forlæsere | |||||||||||||
| Lecturers: Terrence Forrester, André Briend, Michael Golden, Hanifa Namusoke, Tsinuel Girma and more. | |||||||||||||
| Deltagerbetaling | |||||||||||||
| Course fee 450 EUR. For PhD students enrolled at a university in Denmark there is no course fee. Perticipants from low-income countries may apply for course fee reduction. | |||||||||||||
| Kursus omkostninger | |||||||||||||
| All participants must pay course costs of 100 EUR for course material. | |||||||||||||
| Evalueringsform | |||||||||||||
| Participation in the lectures and discusions is required for approval of the course. | |||||||||||||
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