PhD Course Management
PhD Course in Grant Writing
ECTS: 3 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 27/08/2024 Course leader: Emma Börgeson Status: Course is open for application
Short description
On behalf of the Cardiovascular Network at Health, we are offering a 3 ECTS course in grant writing, targeted towards junior researchers, who seek to apply for research funding to support their studies. The course will provide a forum of collegial cooperation and support for the grant submissions, where the student’s main supervisor is also expected to be heavily involved.
Basic Course in Written English
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 02/09/2024 Course leader: Morten Pilegaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to impart knowledge about and give course participants an introduction to academic text production in English, applying textual and discourse strategies and methodologies in accordance with the current conventions of written academic English in health sciences.
Health - Welcome to the PhD study
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 02/09/2024 Course leader: Mia Maychrzak Status: Course is open for application
Short description
A welcome event for all newly enrolled PhD students to the PhD programme to give them the opportunity to meet and interact with fellow PhD students and AU representatives from fields relevant during the PhD programme.
Public Speaking: Creating a talk worth listening to
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 02/09/2024 Course leader: Ashley Pearcy Buitenwerf Status: Course is open for application
Short description
This course is designed to give participants a crash course in presentation skills. In the 4 workshops, we will cover ways to grab and keep your audience’s attention, structure content to clearly and effectively convey your message, and confidently deliver your talk. We will initiate the course with a discussion on how to develop a talk with the audience and purpose in mind, focusing on how to approach either a scientific or nonscientific talk- the similarities and differences.
Basic academic and professional English writing for natural sciences and technical sciences - ONLINE
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 03/09/2024 Course leader: Morten Pilegaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to impart knowledge about and give course participants an introduction to academic text production in English within the field of natural sciences and technical sciences, applying textual and discourse strategies and methodologies in accordance with the current conventions of written academic English in natural sciences and technical sciences.
Advanced professional writing and editing in English for natural sciences and technical sciences - ONLINE
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 04/09/2024 Course leader: Morten Pilegaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to train the students’ general and disciplinary writing ability to enhance successful disciplinary writing and editing in conformity with contextual/situational, discoursal and genre- and text-type conventions and requirements of written academic English in natural sciences and technical sciences.
Basic Biostatistics - part 1
ECTS: 2.4 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 04/09/2024 Course leader: Erik Thorlund Parner Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The course provides the students with basic skills using the most common, simple statistical models and analyzes in medical research
Artificial intelligence for scientific and academic writing
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 05/09/2024 Course leader: Morten Pilegaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
This course aims to impart knowledge about and give participants an introduction to and practical experience using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance their scientific and academic writing process.
Foundational course in PhD Supervision (Aarhus)
Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 05/09/2024 Course leader: Tove Hedegaard Jørgensen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To expand participants’ strategies and methods in supervision.
Introduction day, Graduate School of Natural Sciences
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 05/09/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Introduction event for all newly enrolled PhD students at Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.
Biomedical Isotope Technique
ECTS: 7.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 06/09/2024 Course leader: Søren Baarsgaard Hansen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The structure of the atoms, radioactive decay, interaction between ionizing radiation and matter, production of artificial radionuclides, properties and operation of different apparatus for measuring ionizing radiation, stochastic properties of radioactive decay and significance for measurement uncertainty, basic radiation dosimetry concepts and units, the MIRD method for internal dosimetry, radiobiology, principles and safety measures for radiation protection, relevant guidelines and legislation
Introduction to Python for Data Science
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 10/09/2024 Course leader: Davide Mottin Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the basic use of the programming language Python. The course is designed to build up the basic skills in Python necessary for attending the course Basic Data Science in Python.
What is research? Ontology, epistemology and methodology
ECTS: 3.1 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 11/09/2024 Course leader: Rune Dall Jensen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to introduce and discuss basic philosophy of science. Hence, the course introduces and discuss’ the concepts of ontology, epistemology, and methodology in order to answer the questions of what research is and what counts as research-based knowledge.
An introduction to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
ECTS: 2.1 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 12/09/2024 Course leader: Dirk Bender Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of the course is to introduce PhD students at Health, Aarhus University to the basic terms and principles of GMP controlled manufacture of pharmaceutical products.
Laboratory Animal Science
ECTS: 5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 16/09/2024 Course leader: Astrid Gerd Holtet Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to give the participants understanding of the basic principles in laboratory animal science. The course is obligatory for persons, who wish to participate in research using laboratory animals, either by carrying out procedures on animals (EU category A) or euthanize animals (EU category D). The course is designated as an EU function A/D course according to the EU Directive 2010/63 and EU Article 23.2 (previously category B by the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations). The course gives an introduction to practical and theoretical handling, housing and using laboratory animals and how to replace, refine and reduce the use of live animals for research (3R).
How to get published
ECTS: 3 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 16/09/2024 Course leader: Søren Dinesen Østergaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to improve the participants chances of publishing the results of their research in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Application: In order to apply for course participation, you must:
Sign up for the course via PhD Course Management and at the same time:
- Submit an abstract (max. 250 words – in English) based on the draft manuscript described under criteria for participation
- Submit a short application (max. 500 words – in English) describing why you wish to participate in the course
Both abstract and application must be submitted, in one file, at the same time as registering for the course.
Registrations for the course without these two documents will not be taken into consideration.
GSNS Onboarding programme – workshop: Research Integrity
ECTS: 0.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 18/09/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this workshop is to provide PhD students with an opportunity to reflect upon research integrity, responsible conduct of research, and freedom of research in relation to their own research. The course will enable them to understand and incorporate issues concerning research planning, data management, publication and communication, authorship and contributorship, collaboration, and conflicts of interests into their own research practices.
Short description
The aim of the course is to provide a solid theoretical and practical foundation in modern flow cytometry, enabling participants to assess and conduct flow cytometric experiments independently.
Basic Data Science in Python
ECTS: 2 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 24/09/2024 Course leader: Davide Mottin Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of the course is to introduce the PhD student to basic tasks, methods and evaluation procedures in data science, using Python and its libraries and environments.
Research year: introduction course
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 24/09/2024 Course leader: Jasper Nijkamp Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The course is aimed to kickstart your research year, create a sense of community, and manage expectations. The course is coordinated by associate professor Jasper Nijkamp (IKM), in collaboration with the Selskab for Medicinsk Studenterforskning (SMS). There is no preparation or homework for students. You get no ECTS points for this course.
Monotheism in Antiquity: Masterclass with Guy Stroumsa
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Faculty of Arts Start date: 24/09/2024 Course leader: Lars Albinus Status: Course is open for application
Short description
PhD course in Biomedical Innovation
ECTS: 7 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 25/09/2024 Course leader: Jane Palsgaard Pedersen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
6 full day presence with a mix of lectures and case studies based on real-life examples. The participants will be trained in various concepts on how to drive innovative research projects. This includes preparing and presenting an investor pitch as well as submitting a high-level business plan. Part of the course will be home assignments – both as part of a group and individually.
Project and Time Managment: Using Project Management Tools to Communicate with your Supervisor
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 27/09/2024 Course leader: Constance Kampf Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To create a framework for integrating project management tools into the interaction between supervisors and Ph.D. students. The content includes time to reflect on meta-communication strategies to discuss your work together with your supervisors. This includes integrating planning for key decision points related to your Ph.D. project. In addition, you will be introduced to the PDCA framework, which stands for Plan-Do-Check-Act. This framework will be used to reflect on how to optimize your independent work through Plan-Do; and your work with others through Check-Act.
Project Management: A Practitioner’s Approach to the Managerial Process
ECTS: 5 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 30/09/2024 Course leader: Per Svejvig Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to take a practitioners approach to project management focusing on both technical and sociocultural skills.
Advanced Course in Written English - Online
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 01/10/2024 Course leader: Morten Pilegaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to train the students’ general and disciplinary writing ability to enhance successful disciplinary writing in conformity with contextual/situational, discoursal and genre- and text-type conventions and requirements of written academic English in health sciences.
Responsible Conduct of Research
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 02/10/2024 Course leader: Ask Vest Christiansen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
By the end of the course, the PhD student will:
- Be familiar with the Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity as well as Aarhus University guidelines and Health standards of Responsible Conduct of Research
- Be able to understand and discuss principles of research integrity and responsible conduct of research
- Be able to identify, analyse and discuss cases of scientific misconduct and questionable research practices in the grey zone between misconduct and poor science
- Know where to seek advice concerning responsible conduct of research
Artificial intelligence for scientific and academic writing
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 02/10/2024 Course leader: Morten Pilegaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
This course aims to impart knowledge about and give participants an introduction to and practical experience using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance their scientific and academic writing process.
Basic Biostatistics - part 2
ECTS: 3.9 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 02/10/2024 Course leader: Erik Thorlund Parner Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The course provides an introduction to more advanced statistical models and analyzes in medical research
Preparing for Career Transitions
Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 03/10/2024 Course leader: Vibeke Broe Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Half-way in your PhD, you now know what being a PhD student really is about. It is also a turning point where questions such as “what options do I have”, “how can I make the most of my doctoral degree” and “how do I make a sensible choice for my future career “ may start to pop up and cause both excitement and concern. This workshop aims at giving you the tools to answer those questions and to support you in being able to make an informed choice for the next step in your career. In the workshop, you will consider 1. your professional development so far and whether there competences you would like to improve during your part b, and 2. How you can start preparing for the transition by building your network, understanding your options and increasing your awareness of what a “good” job/work life is to you.
Introduction to neurodegenerative diseases and disease models
ECTS: 8 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 07/10/2024 Course leader: Caroline Cristiano Real Gregório Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The main goal of this course is to make the students familiar with the most common neurodegenerative diseases, their investigative tools and disease models. This stand-alone course is not part of a specific study program. Any student with background in neurobiology can participate in the course.
Basic Course in Written English - Online
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 07/10/2024 Course leader: Morten Pilegaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to impart knowledge about and give course participants an introduction to academic text production in English, applying textual and discourse strategies and methodologies in accordance with the current conventions of written academic English in health sciences.
From Gene to Function - Molecular Analysis of Disease Genes
ECTS: 3.6 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 07/10/2024 Course leader: Peter Bross Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Getting familiar with the theoretical background, the experimental methods, and interpretation of results in studies investigating consequences of mutations and molecular disease mechanism.
Introductory course in questionnaire technique and clinimetrics
ECTS: 2 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 07/10/2024 Course leader: Henrik Hein Lauridsen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The purpose of the course is to give participants an introduction to clinimetric testing of questionnaires.
Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 07/10/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
Short description
How to Communicate your PhD research
ECTS: 0.8 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 08/10/2024 Course leader: Lise Wendel Eriksen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of the course is to ensure that the participants can convey and handle responsible research communication of their own PhD project. Through different media channels and via different presentations techniques, the participants will be able to explain and present complex research in an engaging and understandable way to an audience whether it be the general public, journalists, patients, students in a classroom or a foundation’s review committee.
Kend dit publikum — om at formidle forskning i samspil med journalistikken
ECTS: 2 Graduate school: Faculty of Arts Start date: 08/10/2024 Course leader: Lene Kühle Status: Course is open for application
Short description
GSNS Onboarding programme – workshop: Becoming a scientist
ECTS: 0.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 10/10/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
Short description
In this workshop, we make the objectives of the PhD education explicit and equip students with strategies and tools to develop as independent scientists. In session 1, we discuss the skills and competences of a PhD – and their importance to society. In session 2, students present their research projects in small, cross-departmental groups and for each project discuss the opportunities for developing independence. Session 3 has a focus on the collaboration with supervisors and presents ways to negotiate roles and address progression during the education.
Literature search in medical databases (Language English)
ECTS: 0.7 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 10/10/2024 Course leader: Annette Balle Sørensen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To make the participants familiar with the most important medical databases, and enable them to perform qualified searches for relevant scholarly literature. Furthermore, to make the participants aware of basic principles of research evaluation and different aspects related to research publication.
Transport Infrastructure in the Roman Near East: Roads, Forts, Caravanserais, and Harbours
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Faculty of Arts Start date: 11/10/2024 Course leader: Rubina Raja Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Artificial intelligence for scientific and academic writing
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 17/10/2024 Course leader: Morten Pilegaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
This course aims to impart knowledge about and give participants an introduction to and practical experience using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance their scientific and academic writing process.
The Reflective Teacher
ECTS: 2.4 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 21/10/2024 Course leader: Peter Musaeus Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The course is designed as a blended learning approach with a combination of out-of-class online learning and in-class face-to-face teaching. It is estimated to last over six weeks (4x4 hours in-class seminars, approx. and approx. 8 hours structured asynchronous online learning activities). The activities will consist of a mix of reading materials, watching videos, producing texts and models, participating in individual as well as group activities in-class and out-of-class, developing lesson plan and teaching portfolio as well as giving peer-feedback. To complete the course and receive ECTS credit and diploma it is mandatory to be active online and complete all activities (including peer-feedback and portfolio) and respect the activity deadlines.
ECTS: 5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 21/10/2024 Course leader: Jibran Khan Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The course aims to
- Provide theoretical background of advanced spatial modelling, analyses and visualization
- Introduce participants to spatial programming
- Give participants hands-on experience in advanced spatial analyses and programming with focus on health-related exercises
Bone Biology - Residential Course - Sandbjerg Estate
ECTS: 4.6 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 21/10/2024 Course leader: Jesper Skovhus Thomsen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The students will obtain knowledge about bone cells and bone biology under physiological and pathophysiological conditions such as osteoporosis, rheumatology, rare bone diseases, cancer-induced bone diseases, and parathyroid and kidney diseases, as well as their current therapies. Moreover, the student will obtain basic knowledge about clinical and pre-clinical bone study design, in vitro cell cultures, serum bone markers, bone epidemiology, pre-clinical and clinical computed tomography (CT) and DEXA, and bone pathology and histology. Finally, the students will learn to identify the strengths and weaknesses in their PhD-study, and network with fellow PhD students within the bone field.
Getting the most out of your PhD – a career perspective
Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 22/10/2024 Course leader: Vibeke Broe Status: Course is open for application
Short description
A PhD is a time to submerge into interesting research and exciting new contexts, but it is also a time to tend to your future career. Your PhD is a step towards your next job regardless of your professional background and your thoughts on career direction. This session will aim at encouraging you to build career management skills during your PhD: strengthen your knowledge and understanding of how adding a career perspective to your PhD is beneficial both for your professional development as a researcher and for ensuring that you have the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for your next career step, whatever that is.
Introduction to R
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 22/10/2024 Course leader: Rodrigo Labouriau Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the basic use of the software R. The course is designed to build up the basic skills in R necessary for attending to the PhD course Basic Statistical Analysis.
Research Integrity and Ethics
ECTS: 2 Graduate school: Faculty of Arts Start date: 22/10/2024 Course leader: Jette Kofoed Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Systematic Literature Search (Research-year)
ECTS: 0.7 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 24/10/2024 Course leader: Janne Lytoft Simonsen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To make the research year students familiar with the most important medical databases, and enable them to perform qualified searches for relevant scholarly literature. Participants will be introduced to systematic literature searching as well as citation searching and reference management.
Advanced course in Laboratory Animal Science
ECTS: 5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 28/10/2024 Course leader: Martin K. Thomsen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to ensure participants are able to apply the Three Rs (reduce, replace, refine) effectively in the design of procedures and projects and make appropriate ethical and scientific judgments. The course is obligatory for persons who wish to achieve a personal license to independently plan, implement and take responsibility for the design and performance of animal experimentation within the European Union according to the EU Directive 2010/63/EU Article 23.2 and the Danish executive order 12 of 07/01/2016, §56.
Forskningstræning modul I Aarhus
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 28/10/2024 Course leader: Ole Schmeltz Søgaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Det samlede 20-dages varende forskningsmodul i speciallægeuddannelsen har til formål at opøve kompetence til at opsøge, vurdere og udvikle ny viden samt anvende denne viden til kritisk vurdering samt evaluering af etableret praksis.
Science Writing and Communication
ECTS: 4 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 28/10/2024 Course leader: Ashley Pearcy Buitenwerf Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to: 1) Equip students with the tools they need to approach and deliver a high quality, high impact scientific paper, proposal or poster. 2) Give students a space for immediate and direct feedback to progress more rapidly with their active or developing manuscripts or proposals
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Graduate School, Arts - PhD Course information
Graduate School Health – PhD Course information
Graduate School of Natural Sciences – PhD Course information
Scientific courses at Graduate School of Natural Sciences
Graduate School of Technical Sciences – PhD Course information
Scientific courses at Graduate School of Technical Sciences
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