EDUCATIONAL SCHEDULE First year Activities: Advanced institutional courses Seminars and laboratory activities Activities related to research Educational and research activities independently chosen by the PhD student and approved by the Academic Board List of courses / activities: Learning the principles of clinical research Ability to conduct clinical studies , in particular phase III Ability to design and conduct clinical studies oriented on molecular targets Development of applied research projects Method of choice of the subject of the thesis: Presentation of a research project, assignment of a tutor and approval by the Teaching Board . Assessment procedures for admission to the following year Annual check on the progress of the research project through oral and written presentation. Approval by the Faculty Board. English lessons aimed at the knowledge and use of scientific English, the preparation of an effective scientific presentation and the drafting of an abstract.
Classes- Development of Translational Research Projects Applied to Gender Medicine - January 21, 2021
- Learning the Principles of Experimental Clinical Research. Introduction to Epidemiology - January 27, 2021
- Ability to Conduct Clinical, Observational, Cross-Sectional and Phase II and III Studies - February 16, 2021
- Course on the use of the main scientific search engines and simulations. - April 8, 2021
- Ability to design and conduct clinical studies oriented on molecular and pathophysiological targets -19 October 2021
- Practical course on safety and sterility regulations in research laboratories - 22 November 2021
- Medical Statistics Course: 1. Introduction to Medical Statistics 2. Statistical sources and data organization 3. Population and sample 4. Descriptive and inferential statistics 5. Frequency distributions 6. Mode and median Course on the use of the University catalog IRIS -8 April 2021
Second year Activities: Advanced institutional courses Seminars and laboratory activities Activities related to research Training and research activities independently chosen by the PhD student and approved by the Academic Board List of courses / activities: Providing advanced knowledge of theoretical bases and scientific literature in the fields imaging, endoscopic and molecular diagnostics for the diagnosis and treatment of solid tumors and in particular digestive, pulmonary and gynecological ones. Method of preparation of the thesis Progress of the research project, supervision of the tutor and approval by the teaching staff. Assessment procedures for admission to the following year Annual check on the progress of the research project through oral and written presentation. Approval by the Faculty Board.
Classes- Course in Medical Statistics: 1. Quantiles, quartiles, deciles and percentiles 2. Variability of data distribution 3. Dispersion indices (range, range, variance, deviance, standard deviation or standard deviation) 4. Probability theory and principles of probability calculation 5. From probability to inference - June 8, 2021
- Provide advanced knowledge of the theoretical basis and scientific literature in the fields of imaging, endoscopic and molecular diagnostics for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors and precancerous lesions and in particular of digestive, pulmonary and
gynecologicals - January 27 / February 16 / March 30 / April 13 / July 6 2021
- Autoimmunity and cancer risk in digestive, gynecological, pulmonary and obstetric diseases - January 14 / February 11
- Experimental methodology applied in the biological-translational field: DNA sequencing, flow cytometry, cell cultures, western-blot - January 21, 2021
Third year Activities: Advanced institutional courses Seminarial or laboratory activities Activities related to research Training and research activities independently chosen by the PhD student and approved by the Academic Board List of courses / activities: Interventional studies (trials), observational studies, screening of neoplasms of the digestive, gynecological and pulmonary tract with the aim of producing translational research capable of applying advanced laboratory-produced knowledge to major contemporary clinical problems. Admission procedures for the final examination Presentation of the final oral and written paper follow-up of favorable opinion by external auditors as required by current regulation. Approval by the teaching staff. Procedures for the final exam Presentation of the final paper by oral communication within the committee for the final exam, external to the doctorate. Notes: The Department where the Doctorate is located and the colleague Sant'Andrea Hospital-University have available Classrooms, Study Rooms, Library with access to the vast majority of databases and scientific journals and research laboratories where they can carry out their activities.
Classes- Immuno-Oncology Course: the new oncological therapies, the target-therapies - October 19, 2021
- Pitfalls and caveats in the elaboration and drafting of translational research projects in oncology -
- Course on the construction of budgets for funded research projects - April 8, 2021
- The impact of infectious diseases on public health in the Covid-19 era, with particular reference to the impact on screening programs. - 16 February 2021 - 14.00-16.00
- Course on the state of the art on studies of relevant international interest: basic research, observational and interventional studies (clinical trials). - 19 November 2020/17 December 2020
For the second and third year, English lessons will be taught aimed at learning the methodologies of writing articles in the sector and at the oral presentation of the research results with the support of IT applications for the presentation of the results. The PhD student will acquire the skills necessary for the use of the most common Operating Systems, main IT applications, data processing principles, network communication and application principles of medical statistics;
It will also be supported in the knowledge and use of the main sector databases.
The PhD student will be supported in the management of basic and clinical research. He will acquire the skills for the drafting of a research project, to develop experimental protocols, set up multicenter clinical studies and manage the relationship with the ethics committees of healthcare structures.
It will also be informed about EU research funding systems by public and private institutions (MIUR, Foundations, etc).
Particular attention will be paid to raising awareness and exploitation of research results and intellectual property. For this purpose, the procedures for the deposition of patents will be indicated.