The Call for PhD Research Studentships Maria de Sousa - SEAGULL - Seeking Epidemiological and Virological Answers is geared towards obtaining new knowledge that will enable skills to be created for responses to virological phenomena, including pandemics, and which will translate into efficient prevention measures, better health care and effective support for citizens.
The Call will consider applications in any scientific field that contribute to the following objectives and areas of knowledge:
1) Epidemiology and risk factors for infection and serious illness caused by viruses;
2. Human-animal interaction, mechanisms of resistance and interspecies transmission of viruses, and the risk of pandemics;
3. Strategies to prevent and prepare for new epidemics of virological origin, including vaccines;
4. Innovative approaches, including new methods and new technologies, for the diagnosis of virological diseases;
5. Characterization of viral infection mechanisms;
6. Characterization of the host's cellular and serological immune response to virus infection, the impact of age and comorbidities;
7. Development of new therapies and new therapeutic approaches, including life support and personal protective equipment to combat virological diseases;
8. Repercussions of viral infection on maternal and newborn health;
9. Psychological impact and behavioral changes associated with epidemics or pandemics of virological origin.
PhD studentships aim at financing research activities that lead to obtaining the academic degree of doctor.
PhD studentships to be awarded in the Specific Line of Application, aim at financing research activities that lead to obtaining the academic degree of doctor and carried out in close articulation with non-academic institutions.
PhD studentships to be awarded in the Specific Line of Application, aim at financing research activities that lead to obtaining the academic degree of doctor and carried out in close articulation with non-academic institutions.
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