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

Public presentation
 

Early-stage PhD students from the three Pha-Nu-Spo disciplines will present their exciting dissertation projects. Find out what our young researchers are working on!

Date: 21 January 2025 ...

Research
 

Mit der Argumentationswippe findest du gemeinsam mit Claudia Angele, Simone Hackl und Rebecca Wagner-Kerschbaumer heraus, wie Ernährung und Nachhaltigkeit zusammenhängen. Kommt vorbei, um das...

Research
 

Am Beispiel des Coronavirus zeigen Johannes Kirchmair, Matthias Welsch, Vincent-Alexander Scholz und Malena Brenek dir hier, wie Computer in der Forschung eingesetzt werden, um in kurzer Zeit...

Summer School
 

Nutritional epigenetics as a new strategy for long, healthy life to humans and environment

Starting from an introduction to the discipline, the summer school will offer an update on new evidence on...

Research
 

The Austrian Pain Society (ÖSG) promotes basic and clinical pain research and is providing a scientific research budget this year. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manuela Schmidt (Pharmaceutical Sciences) has...

Defence
 

Thesis title: New formulation approaches to improve intratympanic inner ear drug delivery.

Venue: Seminarraum 2E411 at the Pharmaziezentrum (UZA II) der Universität Wien, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090...

Latest publications


Staufer, Theresa ; Kopatz, Verena ; Pradel, Alice et al. / Biodistribution of nanoplastics in mice : advancing analytical techniques using metal-doped plastics. In: Communications Biology. 2025 ; Vol. 8, No. 1.

Benčurová, Katarína ; Balber, Theresa ; Weissenböck, Victoria et al. / Preclinical evaluation of the potential PARP-imaging probe [carbonyl-11C]DPQ. In: EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry. 2025 ; Vol. 10, No. 1. pp. 1.

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