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DRA Summer School for PhD Students in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3133-24-00-00 
Enrollment deadline: 15/06/2024
Date and time29.08.2024, at: 09:00 - 30.08.2024, at: 14:30
Regular seats110
Course fee1,560.00 kr.
LecturersPetrine Wellendorph
ECTS credits1.50
Contact personMarianne W. Jørgensen    E-mail address: marianne.joergensen@sund.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
Seats for this course are reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH.

Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list.

The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee.



Learning objectives
The summer school objectives are to stimulate networking between PhD students affiliated with the graduate programme in pharmaceutical sciences, Drug Research Academy (DRA), and networking between PhD students and senior researchers in pharmaceutical sciences. It offers a chance for PhD students to discuss their project with other PhD students and supervisors.

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

1. 1st year PhD student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
a. Critically review abstracts and poster presentations
b. Reflect on oral presentations


2. 2nd year PhD student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
a. Present and discuss a scientific poster
b. Reflect on oral presentations


3. 3rd year PhD student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
a. Present and discuss their research project orally
b. Critically assess abstracts and poster presentations
c. Reflect on oral presentations


Content
The summer school is a mixture of PhD students’ presentations and plenary lectures:
Presentation of DRA PhD students’ projects: 3rd year PhD students will present their projects orally and 2nd year PhD students will present their projects on posters.
Plenary keynote speakers will give lectures on broad topics relevant to PhD students in pharmaceutical sciences.

A committee of DRA supervisors will review the oral presentations. 3rd year PhD students will review the posters. Prizes to best oral presentations and best posters will be granted.


Participants
The course is a mandatory part of the curriculum for PhD students affiliated with DRA.


Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:

Pharmaceutical Sciences (Drug Research Academy)


Language
English


Form
Mixture of plenary lectures, discussions, oral and poster presentations.

Preparation: 2nd and 3rd year students must send in an abstract of the project. PhD students must prepare either an oral presentation and to act as poster assessors (3rd year) or a poster (2nd year) or prepare to act as poster reviewers (1st year).


Course director
Petrine Wellendorph, Professor, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, pw@sund.ku.dk


Teachers
TBA


Dates
29-30 August 2024


Course location
Pharmakon Konferencecenter, Milnersvej 42, 3400 Hillerød


Registration
Please register before 15 June 2024


Expected frequency
Once a year

Seats 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.Registration



Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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