Informazioni generali
Descrizione
The STAS Doctorate aims to train professionals with a complete mastery of the research method, the ability to work in multidisciplinary contexts and to communicate effectively with the scientific community and society. The STAS Doctorate offers a multidisciplinary path, with personalized paths to adapt to the different skills of the doctoral students. The wide distribution of entry degrees, which ranges from courses with a predominantly biological content to geology, chemistry and pharmacy, is consistent with the mission of the doctorate, which aims to create professional figures capable of working across disciplines in the field of the environment, health and mutual interactions.
To achieve these objectives, the STAS Doctorate is divided into various activities: research in the laboratory and/or in the field, use of technologically advanced tools and platforms, teaching organized into theoretical and theoretical-practical courses, seminars, workshops, conferences and participation in national conferences and international. The training project promotes a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to the study of the relationships between environment and health, a strategic sector for the future of the planet in an era in which man suffers the effects of the dynamics that he himself has generated, such as pollution and climate change. The STAS Doctorate aims to train highly professional figures capable of tackling and solving problems in an integrated way, such as environmental contaminants and health, interactions between genes and the environment, etc. At the same time, the STAS Doctorate offers the possibility of in-depth study in specialized areas such as biodiversity, environmental monitoring, sustainability, remediation, ecotoxicology, risk analysis, food resources and nutrition, molecular mechanisms involved in the genesis and pathogenesis of inflammation, degenerative neoplastic diseases and metabolic, microbiota and phytocompounds. This is achieved with the contribution of scholars in the field of Biological, Earth and Chemical Sciences, who are able to address how much and how environmental alterations can impact the biosphere and geosphere and, therefore, health and safety. A further objective of the STAS Doctorate is to obtain maximum interaction with the productive world, encouraging the involvement of businesses and companies, as well as local authorities and research centres, in the development of the training and research project. The program allows study periods at both national and international institutions and internships in public and private companies to facilitate entry into the world of work.
.Over the three years of the doctorate program, the activities integrate basic and specialist training, research training, and teaching training. At the beginning of the first year, the Teaching Body assigns to each doctoral student a tutor who supports him/her in the proposal and planning of the individual study plan and who assists him/her in defining the specific topic of doctoral thesis research. Overall, the activities can be divided into the following areas: a) carrying out a research project under the guidance of a supervisor; b) teaching and training activities complementary to the research activity, including transversal activities such as, for example, linguistic and IT improvement (mandatory activities). The teaching activity provided is distinct from that given in courses relating to first and second-level study courses and is functional to the research activities foreseen in the doctoral course. The training is integrated by participation in conferences and internships in international research centres at the suggestion of the tutor. Doctoral students are required to spend a period of study and research abroad for a minimum duration of six months. In this way, doctoral students will be able to manage international projects, collaborate in diversified teams and clearly communicate their research results.
The STAS Doctorate aims to train professionals with a complete mastery of the research method, the ability to work in multidisciplinary contexts and to communicate effectively with the scientific community and society. The STAS Doctorate offers a multidisciplinary path, with personalized paths to adapt to the different skills of the doctoral students. The wide distribution of entry degrees, which ranges from courses with a predominantly biological content to geology, chemistry and pharmacy, is consistent with the mission of the doctorate, which aims to create professional figures capable of working across disciplines in the field of the environment, health and mutual interactions.
To achieve these objectives, the STAS Doctorate is divided into various activities: research in the laboratory and/or in the field, use of technologically advanced tools and platforms, teaching organized into theoretical and theoretical-practical courses, seminars, workshops, conferences and participation in national conferences and international. The training project promotes a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to the study of the relationships between environment and health, a strategic sector for the future of the planet in an era in which man suffers the effects of the dynamics that he himself has generated, such as pollution and climate change. The STAS Doctorate aims to train highly professional figures capable of tackling and solving problems in an integrated way, such as environmental contaminants and health, interactions between genes and the environment, etc. At the same time, the STAS Doctorate offers the possibility of in-depth study in specialized areas such as biodiversity, environmental monitoring, sustainability, remediation, ecotoxicology, risk analysis, food resources and nutrition, molecular mechanisms involved in the genesis and pathogenesis of inflammation, degenerative neoplastic diseases and metabolic, microbiota and phytocompounds. This is achieved with the contribution of scholars in the field of Biological, Earth and Chemical Sciences, who are able to address how much and how environmental alterations can impact the biosphere and geosphere and, therefore, health and safety. A further objective of the STAS Doctorate is to obtain maximum interaction with the productive world, encouraging the involvement of businesses and companies, as well as local authorities and research centres, in the development of the training and research project. The program allows study periods at both national and international institutions and internships in public and private companies to facilitate entry into the world of work.
Over the three years of the doctorate program, the activities integrate basic and specialist training, research training, and teaching training. At the beginning of the first year, the Teaching Body assigns to each doctoral student a tutor who supports him/her in the proposal and planning of the individual study plan and who assists him/her in defining the specific topic of doctoral thesis research. Overall, the activities can be divided into the following areas: a) carrying out a research project under the guidance of a supervisor; b) teaching and training activities complementary to the research activity, including transversal activities such as, for example, linguistic and IT improvement (mandatory activities). The teaching activity provided is distinct from that given in courses relating to first and second-level study courses and is functional to the research activities foreseen in the doctoral course. The training is integrated by participation in conferences and internships in international research centres at the suggestion of the tutor. Doctoral students are required to spend a period of study and research abroad for a minimum duration of six months. In this way, doctoral students will be able to manage international projects, collaborate in diversified teams and clearly communicate their research results.
Profilo e sbocchi professionali
The title of PhD in "Science and Technologies for the Environment and Health" offers a wide range of employment and professional opportunities in various fields as listed below. 1. Basic and applied research at national and international public research laboratories (National Health System Facilities, Hospitals, Universities, Research Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Zooprophylactic Institutes). 2. Basic and applied research in private laboratories (Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industry, biomedical industry, agricultural and livestock industry, companies operating in the environmental field). 3. Research in the environmental sector with the aim of protecting and conserving the natural heritage. 4. Top and organizational job positions at government agencies, ministries, railways, private institutions, research centers and companies operating in sectors closely connected with the doctoral topics. 5. Scientific communication and dissemination. 6. Professional activity in the technology transfer sector. 7. Entrepreneurial activity initiatives through university spin-offs in the biological and geological fields. 8. Profession in the sectors of urban ecology, health-environment relations and agricultural and livestock productivity. The support provided by the Doctoral Course to perfect scientific English is aimed at opening up prospects for post-doctoral placement in public and private scientific institutions around the world for the PhD student.
Requisiti di ammissione
For Italian Graduates: All master's degrees and degrees obtained according to the system prior to the Ministerial Decree. 509/99 equivalent to the qualifications indicated above
For foreign graduates: Subject to verification of the recognition of the qualification through agreements between the two States
Modalità prova finale
The final exam consists of the presentation of an original dissertation (thesis) written in English in front of a commission of at least three expert teachers in the sector. The scientific contributions it contains may be the result of scientific collaborative work.
Before the final presentation, the thesis is sent to two external reviewers (national or European if the doctoral student can access the title of Doctor Europaeus) identified by the tutor and approved by the teaching body. The external reviewers send their comments, preparatory to admission to the final exam, to the teaching body. At the end of the third year, the doctoral student presents the results of his/her research in a seminar in English. The positive evaluation by the teaching body and reviewers allows access to the final exam for the achievement of the title of PhD in Sciences and Technologies for the Environment and Health.
The final title of Doctor of Research in Sciences and Technologies for the Environment and Health is awarded to doctoral students who, in relation to knowledge and understanding, have demonstrated systematic understanding of a sector of study linked to environment and health and mutual interactions and mastery of the research method associated with it;
• In relation to the ability to apply knowledge and understanding, they are able to apply the knowledge acquired in professionally varied fields, from academic to corporate, and to readily understand work environments in their scientific and technological evolution.
