PhD Program In Health Sciences.

The Faculty of Medicine of Albacete, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Regional Center for Biomedical Research (CRIB), the Institute of Neurological Disabilities (IDINE) and the Albacete University Hospital Complex (CHUA)constitute the core of research and teaching in Health Sciences of the Albacete Campus, although of regional dimension. These university centers are complemented by the Bio incubator of Albacete Science and Technology Park. Together they share the objective of enhancing and coordinating the research lines that will improve the quality of our health system and training opportunities for professionals. Regarding the UCLM's own research centers, IDINE is aimed at multidisciplinary research into the molecular, cellular, organic, psychological, and social bases of motor, sensory and cognitive neurological disabilities.

On the other hand, the CRIB groups research lines in Growth Biology, Differentiation and Cell Activation; Tumor Stem Cells; Diabetes and Obesity with Aging; Cell Physiology and Dynamics; Medical Mycology; Human Neuroanatomy; Molecular Oncology; Molecular Virology; and Health, Medicine and Society. 

85 researchers belong to CRIB , distributed in 13 research groups on the UCLM campuses of Albacete, Ciudad Real and Toledo, while IDINE has 12 research groups comprising a total of 65 researchers.  Researchers from the Faculty of Pharmacy, in addition to belonging to the CRIB, contribute with new lines of research oriented to the design and synthesis of molecules with antitumor activity and neuropharmaceuticals for the study of developmental and aging processes; and molecular mechanisms involved in cell death. 

The Faculty of Medicine of Ciudad Real, the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, the General University Hospital of Ciudad Real and the Mancha Centro Hospital Complex of Alcázar de San Juan, although of regional dimension due to the integration of research lines in Oxidative Stress, Diabetes and Obesity, Neuroplasticity, Neurodegeneration and Neurochemistry in the CRIB.

The scientific activity performed by the different research groups of the Faculty of Medicine of Ciudad Real revolves around the study of neurosciences approached from the molecular, cellular, physiological, pharmacological, behavioral and historical perspectives. In this sense, we have been working on the study of neuroplasticity and neurodegeneration processes in pathophysiological conditions, the molecular and cellular bases of synaptic plasticity processes in the Central Nervous System, the modulation of neurotransmitter receptors and their implication in neurodegenerative diseases, oxidative stress and its implication in neurodegeneration processes, the interrelationships between health, medicine and society from a historical point of view, and studies of social cognition and social neuroscience, among others. In the last five years, this research has been and is being funded with more than 20 competitive projects from different regional, national, European and private agencies, of which 8 are still active during 2013. The quality of the results obtained has allowed us to generate in the last five years more than 110 articles in indexed journals of impact and more than 40 books or book chapters.

Regarding the Faculty of Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Nursing of Talavera de la Reina, some transdisciplinary research lines and groups are being developed that integrate the profiles of different researchers, such as the technological innovation applied to health, which is oriented to the study of the usefulness of different types of technological devices in the prevention and rehabilitation of people with different disorders, or the evaluation of health technologies, which studies the cost-effectiveness of some devices and health tools. The faculty also participates in inter-institutional projects, such as the PRECA study on the prevalence of mental illness in prisons or the study of the role of morphological processing in word recognition in children with and without reading disorders.

From the Faculty, diverse types of collaborations between health institutions from the regions have been developed. To highlight the link between the National Hospital of Paraplegics, where they are developing some projects and doctoral theses linked to the research lines previously cited, and where different clinical associate professors of the faculty work. The U.S. of Nursing and Physiotherapy has different research lines related to their knowledge areas and counts with different health resources of the area, having a strong collaboration with the different hospitals in the city of Toledo (Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Hospital Virgen del Valle and Hospital Provincial), as well as the Health Centers, where doctoral theses are being developed and where associate professors of Health Sciences work. Likewise, the School of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry integrates both consolidated lines of research at the UCLM and emerging in the field of biomedicine and led by professors belonging to the CRIB. The main lines of research address the molecular characterization of adipokines, the study of placental metabolism and gestational diabetes, as well as the molecular characterization of metabolic alterations associated with the development of tumor phenotype.

The Albacete General University Hospital has more than 500 physicians. Between the clinical research groups of the different services include ophthalmology, neurology, geriatrics, oncology, cardiology, pneumology and internal medicine. In addition, the hospital has a Clinical-Experimental Research Unit, which has an animal facility, a Biobank, a Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, a Translational Oncology Unit, and a CAIBER Unit where support is provided for independent clinical trials. During 2012, a total of 38 projects obtained through competitive funding were active. Overall, more than 250 indexed articles have been published in the last 5 years.

The Ciudad Real General University Hospital has more than 500 physicians, 17% of whom hold a PhD degree. Between the different research groups from the different services, the most important are those of systems pathology, mechanical ventilation, endocrine pediatrics, surgery, neurology, dermatology, digestive and allergy (.: HGUCR – Grupos, Líneas y Áreas :.). Overall, during the last five years, they have obtained competitive funding to develop more than 20 research projects and have published more than 100 indexed articles.
The La Mancha Centro General Hospital has more than 300 physicians, 14% of whom hold a PhD degree. The research

CROSS-CUTTING TRAINING ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL SCHOOL

The International Doctoral School (EID-UCLM) organizes cross-disciplinary training courses with the aim of offering the doctorate student's complementary training activities to his/her activity as a researcher. The offered activities can be taught through their doctoral studies. To check for more information: Alumnos-Profesores : EID-UCLM TRANSVERSAL TRAINING

EVALUABLE TRAINING ACTIVITIES IN THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN HEALTH SCIENCES.

Admission to the Doctoral Program in Health Sciences

The body in charge of verifying compliance with the above requirements and of making the selection and admission of students will be the Doctoral Academic Committee. This selection will be made according to the following specific criteria and their weighted valuation (%)

TRAINING COMPLEMENTS

The admission on the PhD Program in Health Sciences might include the requirement of training courses at the Master's Degree Level. 

Requirements for the admission of the doctoral program

The Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Health Sciences established in its meeting of September 28, 2016 the following condition for the admission to process the doctoral thesis for students admitted since the academic year 2016-17: 

In order to present and defend the doctoral thesis it is necessary to have a publication, as first author, of the thesis topic in an indexed journal with impact index in JCR. Such publication should be accepted before the submission of the documentation for the defense of the thesis and should correspond to a period, at most, two years prior to the enrollment in the doctoral program. The Academic Committee may consider exceptional cases.