FCT co-organizes the fourth edition of the Workshop on Human Biomonitoring in Portugal

FCT is co-organizing the fourth edition of the Workshop on Human Biomonitoring in Portugal (4th HBM-PT), which will take place on April 19th at the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), in Lisbon, in a hybrid format.

Under the theme "Human Biomonitoring for a better protection of citizens' health against chemical risks", the main objective of the event is to discuss and share the state of the art of human biomonitoring, environmental and health studies and chemical risk assessment in Portugal and Europe.

The 4th HBM-PT is organized by the Portuguese National Hub in HumanBiomonitoring, formed under the joint European project HBM4EU(European Human Biomonitoring Initiative) and now extended to the members of the PARC(European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals), which, in addition to the FCT, includes INSA, the Directorate-Generalfor Health (DGS), the Portuguese Environment Agency, I.P. (APA), the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), the National School of Public Health of the New University of Lisbon (ENSP), the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, the University of Aveiro, the University of Coimbra, the University of Minho and the Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation (AICIB).

Participation in the event (in person or online) is free, but registration is required. Abstracts for poster presentation or oral communication can be submitted until March 28, here.