This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student, you will be placed on the waiting list for the course until enrollment deadline. After the deadline of enrollment, available seats will be allocated to students on the waiting list.Learning objectivesA student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:1. Get insight into forefront aging research of different disciplines2. Compare, relate and discuss perception of aging from different research disciplines3. Reflect on limitations of mono-disciplinary understanding of aging mechanismsContentWithin the research fields, molecular biology, physiology, social sciences and humanities, the process of aging is a very active research subject. Each of the research disciplines have their own unique view on aging, but also limitations to the extent that the phenomenon can be studied. With this course, the student will be introduced to the forefront research with these four research disciplines, and will through discussion, actively relate different aspects of age perception to get a deeper understanding of aging mechanisms.
Programme: http://healthyaging.ku.dk/for_students/phd-courses_kopi/PhD_course_Aging_from_a_cross_disciplinary_perspective.pdfParticipantsThe PhD course is intended for students from all academic fields, who are working or are planning to work with aging research - especially in a cross disciplinary context. However, the course is open for all students interested in the ability to relate to aging and understanding of other research disciplines.Relevance to graduate programmesThe course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:All graduate programmesLanguageThe course is taught in EnglishFormThe course will be based on lectures ending with discussion.Course directorClaus Desler, Assistant professor, CEHA/ICMM, cdesler@sund.ku.dk TeachersTBCDates4. - 6. December 2017Course locationPanum, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 KBH NRegistrationPlease register before 13. November 2017Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.
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