Mission Statement

This doctoral programme intends to provide an internationally competitive scientific training of doctoral students in innovative pharmaceutical, nutritional and sport research.

The school wants to attract motivated students and to guide them towards scientific excellence and independence in a truly unique and dynamic multi-as well as interdisciplinary environment to finally become well-educated, open-minded and responsible graduates. The cohorts trained and supported by the VDS PhaNuSpo are part of the vibrant research environment at the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Centre for Sport Science and University Sports of the University of Vienna.

Your Benefits

  • Co-supervision and mentoring from at least two experts in your field.
  • Low hierarchies and an open door policy.
  • Interdisciplinary exchange in the form of joint courses, seminars, retreats and social events.
  • Additional financial support e.g. in the form of completion or mobility grants.
  • A strong student voice.
  • Dedicated administrative support.

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 News

PhD Corner
 

With the DOC scholarship, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) supports highly qualified doctoral candidates from all fields of research.

We congratulate particularly this year's scholarship holder Ms. Theres Friesacher, doctoral student of VDS-PhaNuSpo and affiliated at the Department of Pharmacology and...

Research
 

In Bestform | 10.06.2021 | in German

Manche Menschen sind morgens topfit, andere schlafen lieber lange aus. Der Sportmediziner Jürgen Scharhag von der Universität Wien empfiehlt, sich beim Training am Biorhythmus zu orientieren und auf den Spaß zu achten: "Sonst hält das keiner auf Dauer durch."

Research
 

Forschungsnewsletter 09. Juni 2021

Ein internationales Forscher*innenteam untersucht im EU-Projekt "Imptox", welche Rolle Mikro- und Nanoplastik für die menschliche Gesundheit spielen – der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf den Atemwegen. Mit an Bord ist Lea Ann Dailey vom Department für Pharmazeutische Technologie &...

Research
 

The REsolution consortium studies how differences in the genetic makeup of so-called transporter genes, encoding proteins that allow molecules to pass cellular membranes, may account for those differences.

From the university of Vienna, the Pharmacoinformatics Research Group, led by Gerhard Ecker, is one of the...

Research
 

Leistungsfördernd, blutdrucksenkend, gefäßerweiternd – das sind nur einige der nachweislich positiven Wirkungen der Roten Rübe. Oliver Neubauer, Ernährungswissenschafter an der Uni Wien, untersucht aktuell in einer klinischen FWF-Studie, ob das Wundergemüse auch präventiv medizinische sowie therapeutische Wirkung haben...

Video
 

On April 6 at 18.00 Univ.-Prof. Manfred Ogris from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is invited in the podcast "Ars Boni" (Episode 135) and talkes about vaccines, vaccine development and the vaccination prioritisations.

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2 Faculties and 3 Degree programmes

45 PIs/Professors