Program Overview

Experimental And Clinical Hepato-gastroenterology

The PhD Program "Experimental and clinical hepato-gastroenterology" aims to provide the basis to train researchers capable of performing, independently, experimental and clinical researches in the hepato-gastroenterological field. This objective will be obtained by offering PhD students theoretical, experimental and clinical training courses.

Program Details

• ID: 26744
• Course type: Dottorato
• Academic year: 2025/2026
• Positions: 5
• Grant numbers: 0
• Number of scholarships financed by institutions: 0
• Number of scholarships financed by consortiums: 1
• Language requirement: Knowledge of the English language is required

Educational Goals

The main objective of the PhD Program is to provide an interdisciplinary project-oriented postgraduate education for medical and disciplines included in the area of biological and life sciences. Students acquire basics and methods in Medicine and Biology and their application on current research projects in the morphological/ultrastructural, molecular and clinical aspects of the digestive system in human and experimental models.

Curriculum

The program offers two curricula:

• a) EPATOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE E CLINICA
• b) FISIOPATOLOGIA CHIRURGICA E GASTROENTEROLOGIA

Program Learning Objectives

• Up-to-date knowledge in the cellular and molecular basis of development and progression of hepatic, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal tract diseases
• Identification and use of bio-molecular, histo-morphological, histo-chemical, immune-histochemical and ultrastructural tools to analyze key aspects of the gastrointestinal system
• Planning and developing study projects aimed to identifying the mechanisms regulating the gastrointestinal tract, hepato-pancreatic, biliary and endothelial cells death and proliferation
• Planning and developing study projects aimed to preparing both differentiated and undifferentiated liver cultured cells suitable in human and in experimental models transplantation
• Planning and developing study projects aimed to elaborating the knowledge of pathophysiology illness of the digestive system
• Planning and developing study projects aimed to the knowledge of molecular genetics, immune and neuroendocrine mechanisms of endocrine diseases in order to evaluate new therapeutic strategies and to develop innovative surgical methods

Exams

• Written exam: Scheduled for 2/7/2025 at 10:00 in Laboratorio Didattico C - I Piano, Edificio di Anatomia Umana - Dipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche, Istologiche, Medico Legali e dell'Apparato Locomotore
• Oral exam: Scheduled for 10/7/2025 at 10:00 in Laboratorio Didattico C - I Piano, Edificio di Anatomia Umana - Dipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche, Istologiche, Medico Legali e dell'Apparato Locomotore

Department and School

• Department: Scienze anatomiche, istologiche, medico-legali e dell’apparato locomotore
• School: Scuola di dottorato in Scienze mediche, sperimentali e cliniche
• Coordinator: Guido Carpino

International Cooperation

The program has numerous co-operations with outstanding scientists and institutes, including:

• Liver Unit, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
• Texas A&M University, Temple, Texas, USA
• Unité “T. Starzl” de Transplantation abdominale, Université Catholique de Leuven, Belgio
• Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain
• Western University of Birmingham, UK
• General Hospital, Edinburgh University, UK
• North Carolina University, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Short-term stages in other Italian or international institutions within the scope of co-operations and projects are highly desired.