Avaliable PhD courses in the 2025-26 Academic Year
Instructor in charge: Dr. Lelovics, Zsuzsanna
Title: Trends in Nutrition Science
Instructor in charge: Dr. Lelovics, Zsuzsanna
Title: Nutrition and Prevention
Instructor in charge: Dr. Lohner, Szimonetta
Title: Introduction to systematic review and meta-analysis
Description: A systematic review is a means of identifying, evaluating and interpreting all available research relevant to a particular research question. In contrast to the traditional or narrative literature reviews, systematic literature reviews are using a rigorous and well-defined approach for summarizing available scientific literature. As part of a systematic review data are often quantitatively summarized in a meta-analysis. Systematic reviews are important for both the medical practice and medical research, as they facilitate the formulation of timely professional recommendations and help to make the decision whether further trials on a specific clinical question are necessary. During the course, interactive lectures will enable participants to gain the knowledge and skills necessary for the effective planning of a systematic review, for carrying out structured literature searches, for extracting data effectively from publications, for assessing risk of bias, for performing a meta-analysis, and for assessing the certainty of available evidence.
Instructor in charge: Dr. Marek, Erika
Title: Medical and healthcare aspects of international migration
Description: During this multidisciplinary course students will learn of the medical and healthcare aspects and consequences of the increased migration (especially irregular migration) towards Europe from various aspects. Participants will gain in knowledge regarding the specific health needs of the newcomers arriving from distant geographic areas and also of the specific aspects of their healthcare assistance: legislation and their access to care, medical screening examinations and their results from the previous years, occupational health aspects and methods of age-assessment. Students will also learn of the fundamentals of migrant-sensitive health-care systems and intercultural aspects of care, as well as the psychosocial and mental health needs of victims of trafficking.
Instructor in charge: Dr. Pozsgai, Éva
Title: Scientific novelties and practical aspects of cancer screening and diagnostics
Description: The aim of the course is to review the scientific novelties in cancer screening and diagnostics from a practical perspective. We describe the results of our research projects involving clinicians and general physicians working with cancer patients. The lectures will focus on the role of tumormarkers in the most common cancer diseases, as well as the relevance of the elapsed time between the appearance of the first symptoms until diagnosis in colorectal cancer patients.
Instructor in charge: Dr. Varjas, Tímea
Title: Chemoprevention of Cancerous Diseases
Description: During the course, we will systematically examine, in light of the latest scientific literature, plant-derived and synthetic compounds and active agents that may contribute to the prevention of carcinogenesis and the reduction of tumor development risk. By analyzing mechanisms of action through cell line studies, animal models, and human clinical research, we will gain deeper insights into strategies for cancer prevention and inhibition of metastasis formation. Furthermore, we will investigate the pathways of human bioavailability and assess the potential for integrating specific plant-derived compounds into dietary interventions.