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

Research
 

Our PI Manuela Schmidt and the new head of the Center of Excellence for Metaproteomics biochemist David Gómez-Varela have developed innovative methods in the field of metaproteomics and will continue in their research in collaboration with Bruker.

Read more about the new facility.

Travel report
 

Our PhD student Laura Bragagna (Nutritional Sciences) attended the 52nd European Environmental Mutagenesis And Genomics Society Meeting (EEMGS) and the 15th International Comet Assay Workshop in Rovinj, Croatia.

Read more about her experience.

Awards
 

Congratulations to our PI Hans Kainz (Sport Science) on the Dr. Tom Shannon Promising Scientist Award for outstanding early-career scientists!

Read more about his achievement.

PhD Corner
 

The Department of Communication offers trainings in science communication. The workshops are open for all PhD candidates, both employed and non-employed.

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Travel report
 

Our PhD student Jiahui Huang (Pharmaceutical Sciences) had an amazing opportunity to spend a part of her summer semester as a guest researcher at the National Institutes of Health in the United States of America.

Read more about her experience.

Travel report
 

Our PhD student Raphaela Staltner (Nutritional Sciences) attended the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI) in Barcelona, Spain.

Read more about her experience!

Latest publications


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2 Faculties and 3 Degree programmes

45 PIs/Professors