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Food safety, dietary risk assessment, mycotoxins, pesticides, food microbiology
Chile

Biography

Dr. Claudia Foerster is a Veterinarian (2006) with a Ph.D. in Forestry, Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences (2014) from the University of Chile. In the latter, she specialized in Food Safety at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), conducting research on the genetic characterization and risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in beef and poultry. From 2014 to 2017, she did a Postdoctorate at the Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (FONDAP-ACCDIS), where she explored the possible association between the consumption of dietary aflatoxins and gallbladder cancer. She currently leads the Food Safety Research Line of the Agro-Food, Animal and Environmental Institute (ICA3) of the University of O’Higgins (UOH). Her current projects involve mycotoxin analyses in food and population (biomarkers), pesticide and bacterial analysis in vegetables and honey, and exposure and risk assessment of food hazards.
Her goals are to achieve a food hazard monitoring system in the O'Higgins region at the service of public and private entities that benefit food producers in the region and to generate risk assessments for policymaking in food safety.

Activities

Employment (1)

Universidad de O'Higgins: Rancagua, Región de O'Higgins, CL

2017-12-01 to present | Associate Professor (Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Ambientales (ICA3))
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Education and qualifications (2)

Universidad de Chile: Santiago, Metropolitana, CL

2009-03-01 to 2014-01-25 | Doctor in Agronomic, Forestry and Veterinarian sciences
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Universidad de Chile: Santiago de Chile, CL

2000 to 2006 | Doctor in Veterinary Medicine
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Professional activities (4)

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology: Herndon, VA 20170, US

2024-04-15 to present | Member (Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter)
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IAFP Foundation: Des Moines, IA, US

2021-03-01 to present | IAFP Member
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Society for Mycotoxin Research: Munich, DE

2020-07-14 to present
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Corporación Chilena para la Protección de los Alimentos: Santiago, CL

2020-01-17 to present | Active member
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Funding (8)

Transfer to increase competitiveness for the horticultural and beekeeping sectors of the O'Higgins Region through the Food Risk Reduction Brand (RRA)

2024-03 to 2027-01 | Grant
Gobierno Regional de O'Higgins (Rancagua, Región de O'Higgins, Chile, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Claudia Foerster

Linking for biotechnological and academic strategies for the optimization of the soil-plant system, with a view to sustainable food productivity and adaptation of agricultural regions to global changes

2023-01 to 2023-12 | Grant
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (San Fernando, Región de O'Higgins, CL)
GRANT_NUMBER:

220009

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Claudia Foerster

Observational epidemiological study to evaluate the effect of government control measures on the spatiotemporal dynamics of COVID-19 in Chile

2020-08 to 2021-08 | Grant
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Santiago, CL)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

N°COVID0248

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Claudia Foerster

Exposure of infants to mycotoxins through milk formula consumption: a risk assessment approach

2019-11 to 2022-10 | Grant
Ministerio de Educación, Gobierno de Chile (Rancagua, Región de O'Higgins, CL)
GRANT_NUMBER:

Fondecyt Iniciación 2019 Nº 11190700

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Claudia Foerster

Collaborative network for the study of diseases in agricultural workers

2018-03 to 2020-12 | Grant
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Santiago, CL)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

REDES180078

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Claudia Foerster

Prevalence and sources of aflatoxin exposure in a population at high risk for gallbladder and stomach cancers

2017-01 to 2017-11 | Grant
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Santiago, Chile, CL)
GRANT_NUMBER:

Fondecyt Nº 3170365

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Claudia Foerster

Prevalence and sources of exposure to mycotoxins in the population of rural areas

Grant
Ministerio de Educación, Gobierno de Chile (Rancagua, Región de O'Higgins, CL)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CONICYT PAI 2017 Nº 77170040

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Claudia Foerster

Transfer in a regional agri-food safety model

Grant
Gobierno Regional de O'Higgins (Rancagua, Región de O'Higgins, CL)
GRANT_NUMBER:

Gobierno Regional O'Higgins 2019 FIC Nº 40017954- 0

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