University of Aarhus 2005
New graduate schools
The Faculty of Health Sciences
Graduate School of Functionally Integrative Neuroscientific Experimentation (SFINX)
The Graduate School of Functionally Integrative Neuroscientific Experimentation (SFINX) opened its doors on 1 January 2006. The graduate school is in charge of PhD education for the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN). The graduate school gets its students from all faculties at the University of Aarhus and from Neuroviden (Neuroknowledge), a cross-disciplinary degree programme coordinated by CFIN, as well as from other faculties and universities. During the first year, the graduate school had 29 PhD students with degrees from the University of Aarhus and universities in Brazil, Canada, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, the UK and the USA. Another three PhD programmes will be introduced in the autumn of 2006. The lecturers at the graduate school consist of senior researchers from CFIN and working partners from faculties at the University of Aarhus and other universities in Denmark and abroad.
This picture shows an average woman’s brain, made by nonlinear coregistration of a large number of MRI scans of the brains of healthy, younger women. A corresponding picture of a man’s brain is also produced. These brains are used to map brain functions with PET and MRI scans. The programs for preparing average brains were invented and developed by Anders B Rodell, PhD, a picture researcher employed at the PET Centre, Aarhus Hospital.
Danish Graduate School in Clinical Oncology (DAFKO)
The Danish Graduate School in Clinical Oncology undertakes research in the field of treatment and diagnosis of cancer diseases. This area comprises implementation and development of new diagnostic methods and treatments. Its general focus is on research activities that are directly related to the individual patient.
The overall objective of the Danish Graduate School in Clinical Oncology is to create a strong and integrated national network of research environments within Clinical Oncology in order to increase the scope and quality of the PhD programme. By coordinating the different activities, the graduate school aims to create strong synergy between the individual sub-environments. The graduate school is to offer PhD programmes at a high international level. These activities will also make the school an important partner in the implementation of the KOF report (Clinical Cancer Research in Denmark, the Danish Medical Research Council, 2004) and Cancer Plan II (National Board of Health Recommendations, 2005).