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Almanach 2006 Download (Pdf) Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen PH.D. SCHOOL OF SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY ALMANAC D:\Munka\PHD Almanach B6\Kesz\Almanach 9ponttal.vp 2006. jœlius 5. 14:23:50 Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Compiled by Anita Lengyel Emõke Márton Tímea Rab Edited by Dr. Ágoston Szél Translated by Hajnal Kiss Ó Ph.D. School of Semmelweis University, Budapest 2006 ISBN 963 9656 0 All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means – graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping on information storage and retrieval systems – without written permission of the author and the publisher. Responsible editor: László Táncos Make-up editor: János Békésy Cover design: László Táncos SKD: 0085 Printed and bound by: Stádium Nyomda Kft. D:\Munka\PHD Almanach B6\Kesz\Almanach 9ponttal.vp 2006. jœlius 5. 14:23:50 Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 5 PH.D. SCHOOL OF SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY ........................... 7 Admission, education and qualification .................................... 7 Members of the Doctoral Council ......................................... 8 Permanent Committees of the Doctoral Council .............................. 10 Members of the Educational Board ........................................ 12 Members of the Quality Control and Evaluation Board ......................... 12 Committee of Disciplinary Procedures ..................................... 14 Doctoral Secretarial Office .............................................. 14 Members of the Doctoral Students’ Union .................................. 14 Intranet ........................................................... 15 RECIPIENTS OF ‘VERITAS AND VIRTUS’ AWARDS ......................... 16 PH.D. COURSES ...................................................... 17 PH.D. SCIENTIFIC DAYS ............................................... 25 ‘EXCELLENT PH.D. SUPERVISOR’ AWARD ................................ 26 ESSAY COMPETITION (ORGANIZED IN 2005) ............................. 27 1. PH.D. SCHOOL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES ......................... 32 1/1. Physiology and clinics of cardiovascular diseases ......................... 32 1/2. Mechanisms of normal and pathological functions of the circulatory system ..... 38 1/3. Biological effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation .................... 45 1/4. Nephrology and hypertension from molecular levels to bedside .............. 48 1/5. Clinical and experimental cardiology/atherosclerosis ...................... 54 2. PH.D. SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICAL SCIENCES ...................... 61 2/1. Immunological process and free radical reaction in liver diseases ............. 61 2/2. Fetal and neonatal medicine ........................................ 70 2/3. Prevention of chronic diseases in childhood ............................. 78 2/4. Gastroenterology ................................................ 91 2/5. Dental research .................................................. 102 2/6. Clinical haematology ............................................. 112 2/7. Clinical endocrinology and its experimental aspects ....................... 115 2/8. Physiology and pathology of the musculoskeletal system ................... 122 2/9. Respiratory diseases .............................................. 126 2/10. Ophthalmology: the physiology and pathology of vision ................... 134 2/11. Radiotherapy .................................................. 139 2/12. Clinical and experimental research in angiology ......................... 143 2/13. Hormonal regulatory systems ...................................... 143 2/14. Clinical and experimental reasearch of urological diseases ................. 145 2/15. Molecular genetic, pathological and clinical aspects of metabolic diseases ...... 148 2/16. Dermatology and venereology ...................................... 149 3. PH.D. SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES 153 3/1. Modern trends in pharmaceutical sciences .............................. 152 3/2. Experimental and clinical pharmacology ............................... 165 4. PH.D. SCHOOL OF MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES ....................... 177 4/1. Clinical psychology and psychiatry ................................... 177 4/2. Behavioural sciences ............................................. 185 D:\Munka\PHD Almanach B6\Kesz\Almanach 9ponttal.vp 2006. jœlius 5. 14:23:50 Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 5. PH.D. SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES ................................. 198 5/1. Training and adaptation ........................................... 198 5/2. Physical training, regulation and metabolic transport ...................... 206 5/3. Sport and social sciences .......................................... 222 6. JÁNOS SZENTÁGOTHAI PH.D. SCHOOL OF NEUROSCIENCES ............ 244 6/1. Neuromorphology and cellular biology ................................ 244 6/2. Neuroendocrinology .............................................. 254 6/3. Functional neuroscience ........................................... 263 6/4. Clinical neuroscience ............................................. 268 6/5. Clinical neurological investigations .................................. 277 6/6. Biological psychiatry ............................................. 281 7. PH.D. SCHOOL OF MOLECULAR MEDICAL SCIENCES ................... 284 7/1. Cellular and molecular physiology ................................... 284 7/2. Pathobiochemistry ............................................... 293 7/3. Embryology, theoretical, experimental and clinical developmental biology ...... 307 7/4. Human molecular genetics and gene diagnostics ......................... 310 7/5. Basic and clinical immunology ...................................... 322 8. PH.D. SCHOOL OF PATHOLOGY ..................................... 332 8/1. Oncology ...................................................... 332 8/2. Alterations of cells, fibres and extracellular matrix and diagnostic pathomorph- ological studies in the course of heart and vascular diseases and in certain tumours. Experimental and diagnostic pathomorphological studies ................... 346 8/3. Microbiology ................................................... 350 8/4. Public health and health sciences .................................... 352 D:\Munka\PHD Almanach B6\Kesz\Almanach 9ponttal.vp 2006. jœlius 5. 14:23:50 Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen INTRODUCTION Our third almanac (this time in English language) introduces the Ph.D. School of Semmelweis Uni- versity with news and events of the last two years. Additionally, we include some information about recent developments in the structure of the school, including new programs and topics. These two years include a period of time without dramatic changes. The turbulence following the merger of the universities and the introduction of departmental doctoral schools covering broader branches of sci- ences is over. As the distinguished readers of our booklet should all know, the formal training pro- grams were transferred to (or, better say, gathered under the umbrella of) departmental doctoral schools (TDIs, as abbreviated in Hungarian). Although the implementation of these changes pro- ceeded without difficulties, the new structure created artificial divisions within the Ph.D. programs; therefore the present departmental doctoral schools do not cover all aspects of the biomedical sci- ences and the doctoral training is in need of a more flexible structure. Still, on behalf of the Doctoral Council the President may declare that the transition has improved the output of the Doctoral School. This must be stated even though during the editing of this book new clouds gather on the sky of the higher education system. The process of disintegration has been started for a time, and the new Higher Education Act is about to impose further changes on the relatively young establishment of our higher education institution. Since 1993 two goals have been adopted in the Ph.D. training programs and later in the departmental doctoral schools of Semmelweis University. One goal is to create the best possible conditions for the Ph.D. students’ research and for maintaining training programs and courses of a high quality. The other one is to control standards and professional levels of current and future doctoral theses. Al- though the evaluation of scientific work has its difficulties, the past few years have allowed us to re- veal and, at least partly, overcome these difficulties. Decisions made at Ph.D. defenses were based on agreed standards. Naturally, exceptions and debatable cases can still occur, but generally we are able to consider and evaluate the academic work of our Ph.D. students with a great deal of pride. It is to be applauded that - due to the tutors’ professional contacts – most Ph.D. students are able to attend labo- ratories abroad but only a few of them abandon our doctoral school forever without defending their theses. Traveling abroad is promoted by financial support provided by the pre-doctoral competitions (This financial support might be transformed into a scholarship at a future date). The high standards of the Doctoral School of Semmelweis University are characterized by an in- creasing number of performance-based grants
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