The Doctoral School “Musculoskeletal System & Oral Health“ at the Medical University of Graz consists of the two main research areas pathophysiology of musculoskeletal disorders and all aspects of oral health.
Our interdisciplinary approach enables high transfer of knowledge and science and helps to investigate common as well as rare diseases. The departments involved include Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Rheumatology, Anatomy, Forensic Sciences, Infectiology, Oncology, Pathology and Radiology. Current topics in the field of dentistry are implantology, dental traumatology, orthodontics and clinical periodontology. The scientific topics of the MSOH doctoral school include clinical, preclinical and basic research.
An interdisciplinary team of experienced clinicians and high ranking scientists working in the research fields of the Doctoral School provides the students with the infrastructure and the stimulating research environment to ensure high-level scientific training and successful research projects. In addition to the interdisciplinary in-depth training for specific thesis projects using state-of-the-art techniques, the program includes extensive training activities such as seminars, journal clubs, and training courses. The overall aim of the program is to educate scientists for the purpose of being able to bridge basic biomedical sciences with preclinical (”translational”) and clinical science. Thus, graduates of the Doctoral School will be able to pursue their future careers in an academic as well as an industrial environment, and can be equally successful in the fields of training, research & development or marketing.
