1. Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme (HBS-DP) Terveys- ja biotieteiden tohtoriohjelma
Ritva Saastamoinen & Mirja Peltola
Introduction to doctoral studies

2. HBS players: Responsible people
UniOGS Dean
Markku Juntti
Head of UniOGS
UniOGS Vice-Dean
Kaisa Tasanen-Määttä
General training
HBS-DTC Chair
Seppo Alahuhta
Leads HBS-DP
Degree Programme Directors
Petri Lehenkari (MD) & Jouko Miettunen (PhD)
Pekka Ylöstalo
Thomas Kietzmann
Maria Kääriäinen
Laura Kvist
Degree requirements, course curriclum, admin
HBS UniOGS coordinator
Anthony Heape
Guidance,
general admin
HBS-DP coordinators
Mirja Peltola &
Ritva Saastamoinen
First-hand contact,
field specific training
Chief of Postgraduate Education
Titta Koski (Faculty of Medicine, FBMM)
Tero Vedenjuoksu (Faculty of Science)
End processes!

3. Where are we: Everyday contacts in HBS-DP
Location:
Kontinkangas Campus
Doctoral Programme coordinators:
Mirja Peltola
Ritva Saastamoinen
Questions, need guidance? Want to give feedback? – Always welcome to contact and visit us!

4. Doctoral training: Individually tailored curriculum
Obligatory studies
Introduction to Doctoral Training (1 ECTS, UniOGS)
Scientific Research and Ethics (2 ECTS, UniOGS)
Doctoral training plan (3 ECTS, UniOGS) – During year 1
Research plan seminar (1 ECTS, HBS-DP) – By the end of year 1
Annual reporting and follow-up group meetings (1 ECTS, UniOGS)
Optional studies, examples
– Take advantage as much as possible!
HBS-DP field-specific training – Calendar of Events!
Oral and poster presentations in conferences
UniOGS optional studies (transferable skills, entrepreneurial skills!)
Courses given by other UO DPs or outside of Oulu (e.g. other Finnish Universities, NorDoc, EMBO)
Total number of credits required for most Degree Programmes/ Majors of HBS-DP students: 20 ECTS
General studies: 4 ECTS
Field-specific studies: 16 ECTS

5. HBS-DP Training framework
Field specific studies
Practical courses, lecture courses, seminars, symposia, workshops, conferences, other (scientific) events
Language: Mainly in English, some in Finnish
Collaboration
Local: Faculties; other UO doctoral programmes and organizations;
Research Centres: MRC Oulu, Biocenter Oulu
National: National Graduate School of Clinical Investigation (VKTK) network (Helsinki, Turku, Kuopio, Tampere), FinBionet
International: NorDoc, Ulm University Germany, …
Trainings and events are announced in:
WWW:
Mailing list: (HBS-DP doctoral students) and other relevant mailing lists + campus ads

6. HBS Seminars Includes HBS Guest Seminars (nearly weekly)
Research Plan Seminars (monthly)
Other symposia and events organized by HBS-DP (regular and occasional)
Credits
Sign up for seminar
Record the attendance on seminars (date, seminar title, duration, place)
UniOGS recommendations: 0,5 ECTS / 10 h
When
HBS-DP Calendar of Events,
HBS-DP list
Why
Not only for ECTS, but also: networking, updating, innovating, collaboration!

7. Research Plan Seminars
Where
HBS-DP research plan seminars
Group/faculty/research unit meetings or seminars
When
HBS-DP seminars in Autumn 2017: Aug 28, Sep 25, Oct 30, Nov 27
Why
Not only because it’s obligatory but also: presentation skills, publish your research, comments, networking, collaboration…
How
HBS-DP Research Plan seminars:
1) Presentations in English
2) Supervisors participation
3) Registration: via website (Calendar of events) or to Mirja

8. HBS-DP: Other upcoming courses/ events
Oct 19
Health and Bioscience Guest Seminar, Speaker: Angela Clerk
Oct 30
HBS-DP Research Plan Seminar
Nov 2
Health and Bioscience Guest Seminar, Speaker: Jing Tang
Nov 7-8
Methods in Biostatistics -course
Nov 8
Health and Bioscience Guest Seminar, Speaker: Boris Hinz
Nov 14
Networking Event NSMB: Natural Science Meets Business
Nov 15
Health and Bioscience Guest Seminar, Speaker: Satu Mustjoki
Nov 22
Theme-Specific Minisymposium: Biological Rhythms and Oscillations
+ Others TBA --- Follow updates in the Calendar of events,
see ads around the campus and read our s!

9. NorDoc
Nordic Doctoral Training in Health Sciences Network (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland)
Open course market: courses available in the partner organizations
Annual Nordic PhD Summit:
2017 Nordic PhD Summit “Health Sciences without Borders”, KI, Stockholm, August 21-22, 2017
2018: in Helsinki, Finland; 2019 in Aarhus, Denmark
+ Other activities TBA

10. Thanks for your attention!