Doctoral candidate in: communication of safe food handling in the domestic kitchen

We are looking for you who would like to get a PhD position and have at least 90 credits in Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics! In Sweden, the number of food poisonings is estimated to be half a million per year, but the dark figure is large. How safe food handling is communicated to vulnerable groups is a relatively unexplored area nationally as well as internationally. Therefore, for this position you should have an interest in food microbiology, food safety and health communication.

In Sweden, the number of food poisonings is estimated to be half a million per year, but the dark figure is large. For vulnerable groups, food poisoning can be life-threatening, causing hospitalization and death, and there is no given control point that ensures consumers' knowledge of food safety. International research shows that vulnerable risk groups may receive inconsistent, no or incorrect information about food safety from healthcare professionals. Inadequate knowledge of food safety reduces the ability to transmit accurate information. It is estimated that one third of all food poisoning outbreaks are caused in the domestic kitchen.

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Doktorand i kostvetenskap - Uppsala universitet (uu.se)

Contact persons:

Information about the employment is provided by head Afsaneh Koochek: afsaneh.koochek@ikv.uu.se tel. 018-471 23 13.

Information about the project is provided by Professor Ingela Marklinder Ingela.Marklinder@ikv.uu.se

Information about the postgraduate program in Food, studies and nutrition is provided by the director of studies Elin Lövestam: Elin.Lovestam@ikv.uu.se