"Safety Sciences"
may be a way out of the attrition dilemma, it was suggested
in a Position
Paper in 2003, published in the EUFEPS
Newsletter, initiated by the EUFEPS Committee on Industrial
Research Relations (CIRR). Suggestions of it included that a
workshop be organised to recommend further measures and actions.
A Brainstorm Workshop on Safety Sciences was organised by EUFEPS,
together with its Committee on Industrial Research Relations
(CIRR) and Committee on Training and Education (CTE), on April
2-3, 2004, in Brussels. For the outcomes of it, see the below
2004 Report and Appendixes to it.
There is now also a second Workshop on Safety Sciences, organised
by EUFEPS, on July 2-3, 2007, in Vienna; and co-sponsored by
the University of Vienna; the Austrian Academy of Science; the
Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf; Baxter Austria;
and Pfizer France. In focus, at this Workshop, were education
and training for safety scientists, which is very much needed
including for the European
Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). The outcomes of this
Workshop include a number of reports on current status and recommendations
on what to cover in, and how to arrive at, a post-graduate level
"European Safety Science Curriculum" and due education
and training, by utilising existing courses and adding new courses
to fill the gaps. For detailed information, see the below 2007
Report and Appendixes to it.
Obviously, there is some important progress made by the EUFEPS
Network for Safety Sciences, also reported in an Update Article
of the December 2007 issue of the EUFEPS Newsletter. If interested
to join the Network, including for update about further progress,
contact the EUFEPS Secretariat and indicate interest in this
field.
