Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research (DPCR)
The Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research (DPCR) promotes high quality clinical research and supports doctoral training in clinical medicine and other closely related research areas focusing on the etiology, diagnostics and treatment of diseases including the translational medicine and studies on health service systems.
- Turku Brain and Mind is a subprogramme of DPCR.
- Parallel doctoral and clinical specialist training is supported by the doctoral programme.
During the doctoral training period the expertise and know-how of a doctoral researcher will develop in the following areas:
- the causes, diagnostics and treatments of diseases
- the promotion of health and prevention of illness
- the knowledge and development of health service systems
- special characteristics of clinical research: practices, methods, legislation and ethical norms regulating clinical research
- science policy and research funding systems
- the utilisation of research results
- relevant statistical methods
- basics of clinical drug research and trials (GCP etc.)
Contact
Doctoral Programme Director Antti Saraste
Coordinator Mikko Tähtö-Pakkanen
Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
- e.g. LASERI and STRIP, CoE in Turku PET Centre, clinical cardiology
Paediatric research
- e.g. infections, immunology, NAMI, DIPP and Teddy projects
Neurosciences
Orthopaedic research
- clinical orthopaedics
- biomaterials
Oncology
- the molecular mechanisms and diagnostic biomarkers of cancer growth and metastasis
- clinical cancer research supported by Auria Biobank
Medical imaging and diagnostics
Social and health care service research
Other important topics
- e.g. epidemiology, public health, clinical allergology and immunology, reproductive medicine, health economics
Decision: Fixed-term doctoral researcher positions 2025-2028
Decision: Finland Fellowship (2024 is the final year, no new decisions)
