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

Event
 

Learn techniques for validating your ideas by prototyping your solutions and testing them. You will get a basic understanding how to gain insights about desirability of customers, as well as the...

Travel report
 

Read more about Sabrina's experiences at the 13th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC in Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest international congress on the subject of pain.

Defence
 

PhD thesis: The association of ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption and dietary advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) intake with the risk of obesity, cancer, and multimorbidity

Research
 

(Article and Video in German)

Evidence that highly processed foods are linked to multiple health risks is mounting and calls for labelling are growing louder. In this article and video, PhaNuSpo PhD...

PhD Corner
 

Marie José Abi Saad (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences) is one of the five finalists of the VHS Science competition on November 29th in the Planetarium of Vienna

Travel report
 

Read more about Runqing's experiences at the 14th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport, known as IACSS 2023, in Hangzhou, China.

Latest publications


Bragagna, Laura ; Polak, Christina ; Schütz, Lisa et al. / DNA damage and oxidative stress biomarkers in healthy male volunteers after a repeated bolus and continuous glucose infusion. Abstracts of the 52nd EEMGS & 15th ICAW Meeting: 52nd European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS) & 15th International Comet Assay Workshops (ICAW) meeting. editor / Marko Geric ; Goran Gajski. Vol. 75 2025. pp. 117-117

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2 Faculties and 3 doctoral programmes
45 PIs/Professors