Nana Yaa Boahene
Seniorrådgiver og kontaktperson for EFSAs Focal Point-ordning (alternate), ph.d.
Sekretariatet
Nana Yaa Boahene arbeider med risikovurderinger og kunnskapsoppsummeringer på matområdet. Hun er del av Norges kontaktpunkt for EFSA, som ivaretar og videreutvikle samarbeidet mellom norske fagmiljøer, VKM og EFSA. Hun er dr.philos. i toksikologi.
Stilling
Prosjektleder for faggruppen for plantevernmidler
Utdanning
2003 – 2009: .phil. medisinsk biologi, Univ. i Tromsø, Norge
1993 – 1998: B.sc. biokjemi, Univ. of Science and Technology, Ghana
Arbeidserfaring
2015 – dd: Prosjektleder, Vitenskapskomiteen for mat og miljø
2014 – 2014: Forsker, Direktoratet for strålevern og atomsikkerhet, Oslo, Norway.
2009 – 2014: Forsker, Nasjonalt Folkehelseinstitutet, Oslo, Norway.
2003 – 2008: Stipendiat, Nasjonalt Folkehelseinstitutet, Oslo, Norway.
2002 – 2003: Vitenskapelig Assistent, Genova As, Oslo, Norway.
1997 – 1997: Vitenskapelig assistent, Darko Farms Complex, Ghana.
1996 – 1996: Vitenskapelig assistent, Crops Research Institute, Ghana.
1992 – 1992: Lærer, Ghana Secondary School - National Service Scheme, Ghana.
Øvrig faglig bakgrunn
2023: «Protocol development - The EFSA scientific assessment principles and process», EFSA e-learning training course on horizontal scientific assessment methodologies.2023
2023: «The risk-benefit assessment framework - Principles of human health risk-benefit assessment of foods», EFSA e-learning training course on food safety risk assessment.
2023: «In-silico models and other relevant modeling approaches - Use of new-approach methodologies in chemical risk assessment», EFSA e-learning training course on food safety risk assessment.
2023: «Training on Open MCRA tool for cumulative risk assessment», EFSA/RIVM, Online.
2019: «Training course on Assessment of the environmental fate and behaviour of PPPs in soil, water and air», BTSF, Mechelen, Belgia.
2018: «Training course on Microbiological Risk Assessment», BTSF, Lisboa, Portugal.
2017: «Training course on Environmental Risk Assessment», BTSF, Rome Italy.
2017: Prosjektledelse II. NMBU, Ås, Norge.
2016: Kurs i Prosjektledelse. Prosjekt Forum, Oslo, Norge.
2015: «Training course on Risk Assessment Genetically Modified Organisms and other Biotechnologies», BTSF, Tallin, Estland.
2014:«Challenges in health risk assessment», Inst. for miljømedisin, Karolinska Inst.
2010: «Laboratory animal techniques and welfare - A competence course in rodent husbandry», FHI. Tilsvarende Felasa kategori C for forskere
Utvalgte publikasjoner
Nana Asare, Nur Duale, Hege H. Slagsvold, Birgitte Lindeman, Ann Karin Olsen, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, Sylwia Meczynska-Wielgosz, Marcin Kruszewski, Gunnar Brunborg, and Christine Instanes. Genotoxicity and gene expression modulation of silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles in mice. Nanotoxicology, 10:3 (2016) 312-321
Nana Asare, Christine Instanes, Wiggo Sandberg, Magne Refnes, Per Schwarze, Marcin Kruszewski, Gunnar Brunborg. Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of silver nanoparticles in testicular cells. Toxicology 291 (2012) 65-74
Nana Asare, Dominique Lagadic-Gossmann and Jørn A. Hølme. 3-Nitrofluoranthene (3-NF)-induced apoptsis and programmed necrosis. Autophagy 5 (2009) 754-755
Asare, M. Låg, D. Lagadic-Gossmann, M. Rissel, P. Schwarze, J. A. Holme. 3-Nitrofluoranthene but not 3-Aminofluoranthene elicit apoptosis as well as programmed necrosis in Hepa1c1c7 cells. Toxicology 255 (2009) 140-150
Asare, X. Tekpli M. Rissel, A. Solhaug, N. Landvik, V. Lecureur, G. Brunborg, M. Låg, D. Lagadic-Gossmann, J. A. Holme. Signalling pathways involved in 1-Nitropyrene- (1-NP) and 3-Nitrofluoranthene (3-NF)-induced cell death in Hepa1c1c7 cells. Mutagenesis 24 (2009) 481-493