Are you ready to take your risk analysis skills to the next level?

Course Director Kimberly M. Thompson, Harvard School of Public Health's Associate Professor of Risk Analysis and Decision Science, announces the sixth offering of Probabilistic Risk Analysis: Assessment, Management, and Communication in Boston September 13 - 16, 2005 at the Harvard School of Public Health. 

The course is designed for professionals within medicine, public health, government, industry, consulting groups, trade associations, academia, law firms, journalism, NGOs, and other organizations who want to advance their knowledge of probabilistic risk analysis.

Understanding the basics of probabilistic risk is critical to staying on the forefront in the evolving area of risk analysis, and this program offers the tools you need to take the next step in your career. The unique course brings together nationally and internationally known experts from different disciplines to teach the common elements of probabilistic risk assessment, management, and communication.  Using a practical and integrated approach than combines lectures with case examples, this program teaches the methods needed to manage risks in today's variable and uncertain world. Government agencies, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services (including CDC, FDA, etc.), Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission now use probabilistic risk analysis in the context of decision making and regulation. Numerous industries use these tools in their decision making to help determine the value of research before they make significant investments, and physicians use these tools to improve patient care.

The course schedule includes lectures by the following expert international course faculty:
George Apostolakis, David Burmaster, Karl Claxton, Roger Cooke, Louis Anthony "Tony" Cox, Jr., Sharon Dunwoody, Marc Lipsitch, Greg Paoli, Azhar Qureshi, Kimberly Thompson, and Richard Williams. This year, the course includes two tracks for the third day, with one track geared toward assessors focused on the rigorous analytical components of risk management, and the other track focused on managers focusing on decisions and project management.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Critically review probabilistic risk assessments
• Distinguish variability and uncertainty, particularly in the context of risk management
• Understand the impacts of choices made to characterize information from data and experts
• Explore the use of Bayesian methods in risk assessments
• Communicate probabilistic risk assessment results

All registered participants will be awarded a certificate of completion at the end of the course, and will have access to post-course materials accessible from this website (password required).

Continuing Education Credit Offered: The Harvard School of Public Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor Continuing Medical Education (CME) for physicians. The Harvard School of Public Health designates this educational activity for up to 26 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award or 2.5 CEUs for non-MDs.  The course fee is $1,995.  Space is limited and an early registration discount is avaible to registrants that pay in full by August 1, 2005. 

Register on-line on the Harvard School of Public Health Center for Continuing Professional Education web site or contact the Center at 617-384-8692 or by fax at: 617-384-8690. When you register, ask for information about local accommodations.