Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), five European partner universities (Hamburg University, York University, University of Southern Denmark, Bocconi University and Erasmus University Rotterdam) and the global medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical Inc. have received a €3.9 million EU grant to establish a European Training Network. The consortium will implement a new PhD programme whose central theme of research will be "Improving Quality of Care in Europe".
The grant comes from the European Commission’s Marie Sklodowska Curie programme, which supports transnational and interdisciplinary research under the EU research framework program, Horizon 2020.
The success rate of this call was only 7% at European level, which shows the high competitiveness that derives from the prestige associated with this program.
The research results of the doctoral program aim to improve the quality and performance of European health care systems. The practical relevance of the research projects is ensured by the active participation of non-academic partners such as national health insurances public health organizations as well as public and private health care providers. In Portugal, the national partner is the Administração Central do Sistema de Saáde, I.P.
From summer 2017 onwards, 15 doctoral students will start their research projects and undertake an interdisciplinary training program provided by the European partner universities. The three-year PhD program includes core courses such as epidemiology, microeconomics and experimental research design as well as courses for transferable competences and employability skills to promote time and self-management, leadership and communication skills of doctoral students.
Pedro Pita Barros, Nova SBE’s Professor of Economics and Vice-Rector of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, responsible for the project comments "For the universities involved, the program offers the invaluable opportunity to promote young talent and to establish strategic partnerships with other research institutions in the health area which is fundamental for Portugal and Europe."
published 20.May.2016