Doctoral Programme in Life Sciences - Cardiovascular and Metabolism (PhD)

Scientific committee
Assistant Prof. Dario Divani, Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Dario.Divani@unil.ch
Associate Prof. Thierry Pedrazzini, Medicine Department, Thierry.Pedrazzini@chuv.ch
Prof. Bernard Thorens, Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Bernard.Thorens@unil.ch

Contact person (until the end of May 2013):
Dr Slavica Masina
CVM Coodinator
Doctoral School
Quartier UNIL -Sorge
Biophore Building
CH-1015 Lausanne
Tel.: 021 692 42 81
Fax.: 021 692 40 05
Slavica.Masina@unil.ch

Contact person (from June 2013 onwards):
Prof. Thierry Pedrazzini
Thierry.Pedrazzini@chuv.ch

Programme description:
Cardiovascular disease is one of the most life threatening health problems facing society today. The majority of these diseases are the direct result of metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. Improvement of medical care for these diseases is one of the global health aims for the near future. To ensure a new generation of advanced research in this area, the Faculty of Biology and Medicine at the University of Lausanne has organised a doctoral program focusing on Cardiovascular and Metabolic diseases.This program provides theoretical training for students preparing a PhD or MD-PhD thesis in this discipline and who then wish to dedicate themselves to a career in research, education, health organisations or private industry.

The CVM PhD program trains students to conduct individual research at the interface of basic science and the clinic. To this end, in addition to completing the formal PhD requirements outlined by the UNIL doctoral school (Regulation: www.unil.ch/edfbm), the Cardiovascular and Metabolism Program organises mini-symposiums, advanced courses, workshops, seminars, tutorials, and meetings for which students obtain ECTS credits and have the opportunity to present, discuss and receive feedback on their work from experts in the field. The program is multidisciplinary with teaching staff being composed of scientists and clinicians thus enabling students to conduct research in the cardiovascular and metabolism field with the perspective of translating their research to clinical application. To obtain the certificate with the mention Cardiovascular and Metabolism, the student must have obtained 9 out of the required 12 ECTS from the Cardiovascular and Metabolism PhD Program.

Admissions deadline:
Please see the University Admissions Department's website : www.unil.ch/immat/page83462.html.

Deadline and admissions conditions for the doctoral programme: