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Birgitte Helwigh

Senior Scientific Officer

Birgitte Helwigh

DTU National Food Institute

Research Group for Global Capacity Building

Henrik Dams Allé

Building 204 Room 128

2800 Kgs. Lyngby

Danmark

bhel@food.dtu.dk

Birgitte Helwigh

0000-0003-0442-0195

BTSF (Training for Safer Food) Project Management EU Zoonoses report Surveillance programmes EFSA Focal Point EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) Zoonosis epidemiology

I am a senior project manager with in-depth experience in cross-sectoral collaboration and stakeholder engagement (for +20 years), which includes planning and managing projects, writing up reports, facilitate collaborations, seminars and workshops for stakeholders e.g. authorities, international organisations, industries, NGOs and unions. I have developed, managed and tutored >30 courses on foodborne outbreak investigations and implementation of the Zoonoses legislation for the EU Commission under the Better Training for Safer Food programme (BTSF) for officials from national authorities and institutions from all EU MS and pre-accession countries. I coordinate complex data processes and have many years expertise within data collection, validation, analysis and digital reporting systems as well as dissemination of complex data through national and international reports. Working as project manager on large EU projects focusing on EU Networking and support for public health reference laboratory functions for antimicrobial resistance. Participate in support and mentor other project managers, writing applications, coordination of the tasks, and provide financial overview in the Research Group for Global Capacity Building.