Call for application open

Admission Requirements Faculty
Application Procedure Partner Institutions
Certificate Positions available
Contacts Stipend

Admission Requirements
Foreign candidates must be in possession of a degree equivalent to an Italian degree, which would be a BSc or an MSc degree in a biological field (a minimum of four years training). Italian candidates must be in possession of an Italian four/five-year degree (Laurea Specialistica).


Application Procedure for foreign students
Preliminary applications for foreign students must include: 1) CV, 2) degree certificate showing the examinations taken and the marks awarded, and 3) a letter from a senior investigator testifying to the candidate’s aptitude for research in the relevant field. Send applications to Prof. Giancarlo Vecchio, c/o International Doctorate Co-ordinating Office.

After approval of the preliminary application, foreign students should complete a form (in English and in Italian) to be sent to the Coordinating Office together with a notarized copy of the degree certificates and marks. Further information can be found on the University of Naples webpage.

The competition will consist in a written examination, focused on both Oncology and Molecular Endocrinology and an interview. The written and oral examination will be held at the Medical School of the University of Naples Federico II in November.


Certificate
Upon completion of training, all fellows whose thesis is approved by the Board of Teachers will receive a certificate stating they have earned the degree of Dottore di Ricerca in Oncologia ed Endocrinologia Molecolare [Research Doctorate in Molecular Oncology and Endocrinology] which is awarded to students who have completed a three-year program

During the Doctorate Program, students may complete their training in foreign Institutions. Their salary during the period abroad will be increased by 50%. This can be spent in one of the Foreign Institutions. participating in the 2003-2007 International Doctorate Program in Molecular Oncology and Endocrinology or in other foreign Institutions.


Contacts

International Doctorate Co-ordinating Office
Jean Ann Gilder - Scientific Communication
Via Quagliariello 35/E
I-80131 Naples, Italy
Tel: +39 081 229 6460
Fax: +39 081 229 6037
e-mail: impact.jgilder@tin.it

Program Co-ordinator
Prof. Giancarlo Vecchio
Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia
Cellulare e Molecolare ‘L. Califano’
Via S. Pansini 5
I-80131 Naples, Italy
Tel: +39 081 7463324
Fax: +39 06 233233963
Fax: +39 081 7463241
e-mail: vecchio@unina.it

Program Administrative Office
Dr. Maria Michela Paparo
Administrative Secretary
Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia
Cellulare e Molecolare ‘L. Califano’
Via S. Pansini 5
I-80131 Naples, Italy

Ms Concetta Volpe
Secretariat
Tel: +39 081 7463304/3324
Fax: +39 081 7463241
e-mail: c.volpe@unina.it


Faculty
The faculty of the Italian Doctorate Program in Molecular Oncology and Endocrinology

Giancarlo Vecchio, MD, Program Co-ordinator Antonio Leonardi, MD
Salvatore Maria Aloj MD Barbara Majello, PhD
Francesco Beguinot, MD Rosa Marina Melillo, MD
Raffaele Bianco, MD Giuseppe Palumbo, PhD
Bernadette Biondi MD   Silvio Parodi, MD
Gustavo Canale Cama, MD Giuseppe Portella, MD
Francesca Carlomagno, MD Antonio Rosato, PhD
Gabriella Castoria, MD Massimo Santoro, MD
Annamaria Colao, MD Giampaolo Tortora, MD
Alma Contegiacomo, MD Donatella Tramontano, PhD
Sabino De Placido, MD Giancarlo Troncone, MD
Pietro Formisano, MD Bianca Maria Veneziani, MD 

Alfredo Fusco, MD

Paolo Laccetti, PhD  

Tutors

Maria Teresa Berlingieri, PhD Massimo Imbriaco, MD
Angela Celetti, MD Claudia Miele, MD
Mario Chiariello, MD Francesco Oriente, MD
Vincenzo Ciminale, MD Roberto Pacelli, MD
Anna Maria Cirafici, PhD Roberta Visconti, MD
Monica Fedele, PhD  
 
Partner Institutions
  • Università di Napoli Federico II (Naples, Italy)
  • Seconda Università di Napoli (Naples, Italy)
  • Università del Sannio (Benevento, Italy)
  • Università di Genova (Genoa, Italy)
  • Università di Padova (Padua, Italy)
  • Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale 'G. Salvatore' (CNR, Naples, Italy)

Supporting Institutions

  • Università di Napoli Federico II
  • Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
  • Istituto Superiore di Oncologia (ISO)
  • Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (FIRC)
  • Polo delle Scienze e delle Tecnologie per la Vita (Univ. di Napoli Federico II)
  • Polo delle Scienze e delle Tecnologie (Univ. di Napoli Federico II)


Positions Available

About 6 paid positions (plus about 12 unpaid positions) are available for training for a period of three years in the following laboratories:

Università di Napoli Federico II
Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare 'L. Califano'
Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Endocrinologia Molecolare e Clinica
Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica
Dipartimento di Genetica
Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale ‘G. Salvatore’ (CNR)

Seconda Università di Napoli
Dipartimento di Patologia Generale

Università del Sannio (Benevento)
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche e Ambientali

Università di Genova
Dipartimento di Oncologia, Genetica e Biologia

Università di Padova
Dipartimento di Scienze Oncologiche e
Chirurgiche

Associated Institutions
Istituto Superiore di Oncologia, Genoa
Biotecnologia e Genetica Molecolare nel Mezzogiorno d'Italia (BioGem) Consorzio, Naples


Stipend
The first six successful candidates will receive a salary of approximately 900 euros/month. Health insurance and insurance against accidents will be provided. No tuition charges will be levied. During the training period at the foreign Institutions, the salary will be increased by 50%.

 
International Doctorate Program
in Molecular Oncology and Endocrinology
Università di Napoli - Federico II