Program Overview

Program Overview

The PhD Programme in 'Network Oncology and Precision Medicine' offers cutting-edge training in the field of personalized oncology. The program aims to train a new profile of researchers characterized by the convergence of different skills capable of integrating clinical and biological parameters to optimize stratification and the therapeutic strategies of cancer patients in the context of network oncology.

Program Details

• ID: 30887
• Course type: Dottorato
• Academic year: 2025/2026
• Positions: 4
• Grant numbers: 1
• Number of scholarships financed by institutions: 0
• Number of scholarships financed by consortiums: 1

Educational Goals

The PhD Programme welcomes master's degree graduates with medical-biological and scientific-technological educational backgrounds. The three-year training plan is divided into didactic-scientific activities that aim to provide skills necessary to integrate biological, clinical, and diagnostic data through computational analysis to formulate the best personalized therapeutic strategy.

Training Activities

The program offers a wide range of training activities (lectures and seminars) and research activities (bio-molecular and clinical-translational) conducted in the laboratories and facilities available at the structures belonging to the PhD Program. In these research and assistance "hubs", PhD students will be able to develop new models and algorithms based on innovative computational approaches, such as network medicine, applied to oncology.

Research Projects

The research projects are characterized by their multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary nature, combining basic research with clinical/translational research. This approach will allow PhD students to develop innovative and competitive skills at a national and international level, facilitating the technological transfer of therapeutic targets and the creation of diagnostic methodologies and algorithms in the oncology field.

Evaluation and Exams

• Exam - Oral: Scheduled for 15/7/2025 at 10:00 in Aula Bignami - Dipartimento Medicina Sperimentale.
• Tests - Evaluation of qualifications: Scheduled for 3/7/2025.

Department and Staff

• Department: Medicina Sperimentale
• Coordinator: Elisabetta Ferretti
• Staff: Giacomo Scardigli

Program Structure

The program is designed to provide a comprehensive education in network oncology and precision medicine, with a focus on integrating clinical and biological parameters to optimize patient care. The program's structure includes a combination of didactic-scientific activities, research activities, and training in innovative computational approaches.