About this Programme
DURATION: 3 year course
GENERAL OBJECTIVE of the doctoral course in Experimental Medicine and Therapy (MTS/EMT) is to provide appropriate cultural, technological and operational advancement to young graduates to train them as researchers and/or qualified experts in the areas of Biological, Biomedical, Biostatistics, Clinical and Biotechnological fields, which characterizes curricula in a translational perspective.
The STRATEGY adopted to characterize and integrate the scientific research activity promoted by the Doctorate is to develop:
1 cross-cutting themes in the scientific areas involved;
2 knowledge and practice of complex and advanced technologies;
3 individual and group orientation in the scientific fields, in which the PhD faculty works and on related professional perspectives.
CURRICULA
The PhD course in MTS/EMT is organized into three curricula:
Curriculum 1: The curriculum encompasses basic/translational research aimed at the etiopathogenetic study through the development of innovative preventive/therapeutic strategies in non- communicable and inflammatory degenerative diseases, whose pathogenesis may be associated with alteration of redox balance and possibly modulated by diet: neurodegenerative, gastrointestinal and dysmetabolic diseases, pathological conditions of precancerosis, tumor evolution, and pathogenetic aspects of neoplastic cachexia.
Curriculum 2: The curriculum consists of several areas of research, in the biological, medical and biomedical fields, with special interest in basic research and preventive/therapeutic approaches. Research is also directed at identifying gender differences in pathophysiological mechanisms, diagnostic/preventive pathways, and drug response. In particular, activities are directed toward the development of experimental and innovative therapeutics strategies in the following fields of application: Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Virology, Cardiology and Respiratory Diseases, Neuroprotection, Cardioprotection, Heart-Brain Axis, Endothelial Pathophysiology, and Repair and Organ Regeneration.
Curriculum 3: The curriculum is aimed at the integrated .and multidisciplinary study of multimorbidity and high-complexity diseases, also considering their pathophysiological, epidemiological, and clinical management aspects. The curriculum develops interdisciplinarity between different research areas, in bio-medical, infectious diseases, oncology, and dentistry. Particular interest is devoted to the identification of innovative diagnostic techniques and the identification of new predictive biomarkers and molecular targets for therapeutic purposes.
SKILLS EXPECTED at the end of the Doctorate: ability to independently design, manage and carry out a research project and process experimental data; ability to work in a team; written and oral communication skills; fund-raising skills.
MTS/EMT’s Didactic Governance
The MTS/EMT Scientific Board is composed by qualified professors of biological and medical disciplines, with outstanding curriculum vitae. The Scientific Board elects the Coordinator, nominates the MTS/EMT Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) and Supervisor(s), and approves the activities of these and of PhD students. The Scientific Board meets at least once a year to discuss about the governance of the doctorate and evaluate the activities of students.
The Coordinator has the duty to implement, monitor, and execute the activities and designed strategies decided by the MTS/EMT Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR), in which the Coordinator acts as chairman.
The MTS/EMT’s didactic governance is led by a Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) (already Commissione didattica) consisting of at least 3 representative professors (at least 1 for each MTS/EMT curriculum), the vice-coordinator and the PhD coordinator. The Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) is complemented by the participation of 3 PhD students to discuss didactic and organizational issues. The representative professors are nominated by the MTS/EMT Scientific Board. The 3 doctoral students are nominated by the students among those elected to the Scientific Board. The Coordinator can invite experts to participate to the Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) tasks.
Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) tasks: the Committee, guided by international and national guidelines, as well as by contextual factors, evidences and University rules, decides on program strategies, evaluates the quality of the proposed initiatives and optimizes their approaches. The aim of the Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) is that each PhD student is well integrated into a research group and complies with mandatory University PhD rules regarding Publications plus European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) equivalent or Credits.
The PhD Supervisor(s) and the Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) monitor the PhD student program and her/his progress (toward completion). The Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) has no direct supervisory role, which pertains to Supervisor(s).
During the annual Progress Report or whenever necessary, the PhD Tutor/Committee and the Scientific Board will take action to deal with any significant issues such as potential delays and related financial discussions or problems in the supervision of a PhD project.
The Advisory Board (Comitato Consultivo) performs a consultancy and guidance role regarding the scientific and training project of the PhD Course and the identification of the employment opportunities.
It consists of stakeholders coming from the academic and job world, scientific and technological research, at national and international level, who meet periodically to jointly reflect on the updating of the training proposal of the PhD Course.
Supervisor(s) are nominated by the MTS/EMT Scientific Board among researchers with an outstanding curriculum. PhD Tutor(s) directly supervises each PhD student. The Supervisor(s) and PhD student make sure that student’s program is composed primarily of research-based training, implemented by structured training activities provided by the MTS/EMT, the University of Torino PhD School and other educational infrastructure selected by the Monitoring and Review Committee (CMR) (see Educational activities).