PhD program in Clinical and experimental medicine (CEM)
Health

XXXIX cycle - a.y. 2023/2024

Scientific areas

BIO/09 (Physiology), BIO/10 (Biochemistry), BIO/11 (Molecular Biology), BIO/12 (Clinical Biochemistry and Biology), BIO/13 (Experimental biology), BIO/14 (Pharmacology), BIO/15 (Pharmaceutical biology), BIO/16 (Human anatomy), BIO/17 (Histology), BIO/18 (Genetics), BIO/19 (General microbiology);
CHIM/06 (Organic Chemistry), CHIM/08 (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), CHIM/09 (Applied Technological Pharmaceutics);
L-LIN/12 (English Language and Translation);
MED/01 (Medical statistics), MED/02 (Medical history), MED/03 (Medical genetics), MED/04 (Experimental medicine and pathophysiology), MED/05 (Clinical pathology), MED/06 (Medical oncology), MED/07 (Microbiology and clinical microbiology), MED/08 (Pathology), MED/09 (Internal medicine), MED/10 (Respiratory diseases), MED/11 (Cardiovascular diseases), MED/12 (Gastroenterology), MED/13 (Endocrinology), MED/14 (Nephrology), MED/15 (Blood diseases), MED/16 (Rheumatology), MED/17 (Infectious diseases), MED/18 (General surgery), MED/19 (Plastic surgery), MED/20 (Paediatric surgery), MED/21 (Thoracic surgery), MED/22 (Vascular surgery), MED/23 (Heart surgery), MED/24 (Urology), MED/25 (Psychiatry), MED/26 (Neurology), MED/27 (Neurosurgery), MED/28 (Oral diseases and dentistry), MED/29 (Maxillofacial surgery), MED/30 (Eye diseases), MED/31 (Otorhinolaryngology), MED/32 (Audiology), MED/33 (Musculoskeletal system diseases), MED/34 (Physical and rehabilitation medicine), MED/35 (Dermatological and venerological diseases), MED/36 (Diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy), MED/37 (Neuroradiology), MED/38 (General and subspecialty paediatrics), MED/39 (Child neuropsychiatry), MED/40 (Obstetrics and gynaecology), MED/41 (Anaesthesiology), MED/42 (Hygiene and public health), MED/43 (Forensic medicine), MED/44 (Occupational medicine), MED/45 (Nursing sciences: general, clinical and paediatric), MED/46 (Medical and biotechnology laboratory techniques), MED/47 (Midwifery), MED/48 (Neuropsychiatric and rehabilitation nursing sciences), MED/49 (Food sciences and dietetics), MED/50 (Applied medical techniques)

Admission requirements

Specific degrees indicated by the Call.

Description

Description

The Course is organized in 3 curricula: Public health; Translational medicine; Nanomedicine, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Curricula/Thematic areas

Further information on research lines for each curriculum and the relative possible supervisor is available on the PhD Course website http://www.cem-phdschool.unimore.it/

Educational goals

a) To train PhD graduates able to translate into applied research the major clinical problems concerning the clinical topics covered by the Course. PhD students will acquire the theoretical and practical basis for future research careers in public or private health institutions as well as in the industry.
b) To graduate highly qualified PhD students, able to conduct research activities leading to the design, identification and synthesis of new drugs and biologically active molecules. PhD students will also develop specific skills in planning, evaluating and monitoring specific experimental research projects, based on a deep knowledge about the application of a broad spectrum of standard and innovative technologies.
c) To allow PhD students to be fully involved in international research by a multidisciplinary education, enriched by the possibility to be trained for a short period in various national or international research institutes in which to learn the use of specific technologies. So, PhD students will have the opportunity to carry out the research program in a different teaching and working context as well as to refine fluency of the English language.
d) To graduate PhD students that might achieve a complete independence in designing their own research activities on the pathogenesis and treatment of human diseases, by using the most appropriate methods to identify the most specific scientific tools among the wide array of currently available technologies, animal models and approaches.

Professional perspectives

PhD graduates could be hired in public institutions dedicated to research in fundamental and applied science, such as universities, research institutes or research hospitals and health services. PhD graduates may also develop their career in private institutions or enterprises specialized in the development of high-tech products. The graduates will be trained to compete both in national and international institutions, such as the previously mentioned ones. They will also be able to maintain collaborative relationships with the original laboratories of UNIMORE.

In details, PhD graduates may be hired in:
- Public organizations:
a) Institutes and laboratories of the national health system and health services, in which the PhD graduate is expected to work as the PI of research projects and as the responsible for qualified laboratories.
b) International and/or Italian centers, in which the PhD graduate is expected to be employed as lecturer/professor or associate researcher, especially in the field of biomedical, clinical and technological research.
c) Public institutes and services as well as governmental agencies aimed at promoting scientific research and training.

- Private institutions:
a) Industry: laboratories of pharmaceutical companies aimed at preclinical and clinical, and/or biotechnological research (to develop new drugs, medical devices and biotechnological products):
1. Production monitoring
2. Quality assessment
3. Management of products and processes.
b) Laboratories, agencies and institutes whose mission is to develop basic and clinical research.

Duration

Three years (01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026)

Venue

The course venue is in Modena.

Announcement

» Call for admission and changes

» Selection committees

» Final ranking

Based on a rigorous selection process, applications are processed normally once a year. The admissions will be open in June or July 2023 (please refer to the Call).

More documentation

How to apply for the PhD Programmes (pdf)

How to apply for the Italian National PhD Program in Religious Studies (pdf)

» Guide for admission application to Ph.D. programmes

Please complete the application form and submit it electronically following the application guide. A non-returnable administrative fee of 25 € will be charged. The decision on admission as well as on financial support is published on the web.

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Contact office

For further information please contact:
PhD Office
via Università, 4 - 41121 Modena
e-mail: segr.dottorati@unimore.it
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