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Doctoral Program in Genetics, Nutritional and Environmental Factors for Growth and Development

Participating institutions
General Aims
Doctorate Structure
Lines of Research
Doctoral Thesis Directors
Admission
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Departament in charge of the management of the doctoral programme
Participating departments

Participating institutions

-Universidad de Granada (coordinator)

-Universidad de Cantabria

-Universitat Rovira i Virgili

-Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

-Universidad de Zaragoza

General Aims of the Doctorate

The basic objective of the course is to create multidisciplinary researchers, teachers and professionals with a broad knowledge of all the areas related to growth and development and to give them the skills to lead and develop projects and to adapt efficiently to a rapidly changing environment. The course aims to train third-cycle students in the effects of nutrients, environmental factors and life style on the organism and the individual genetic load, and to provide them with knowledge regarding the programming of health from early stages of life and regarding the scientific methodology and bioethics of research into the various stages of growth and development.

Structure of Doctorate

The formation period of the doctorate programme is linked to the following Master's degree introduced on the University (in order to the RD 1393/2007):

Master's Degree in Genetics, Nutritional and Environmental Factors for Growth and Development

Research Lines and Directors of Doctoral Theses

1. Diet, oxidative stress and immunological alterations in metabolic, endocrinologic, hepatic and cardiovascular diseases in paediatrics: Ahmad Agil Abdalla (U. Granada), Mònica Bulló Bonet (Dpt. Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Philip Calder (U. Southampton), Julio Ardura Fernández (U. Valladolid), Carlo Agostoni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Angel Gil Hernández (U. Granada), José Mª Fraga Bermúdez (U. Santiago de Compostela), María Luz Couce Picó (U. Santiago de Compostela), Jesús María Garagorri Otero (U. Zaragoza), Javier Salmerón Escobar (U. Granada), Jan Kopecky (U. Prague), Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), María Rosaura Leis Trabazo (U. Santiago de Compostela), Carlos G. Redondo Figuero (U. Cantabria), Esther Nova Rebato (CSIC-Instituto del Frío), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada), Ricardo Rueda Cabrera (U. Granada), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), Jorge Salas Salvadó (Dpt. Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Gerardo Rodríguez Martínez (U. Zaragoza), Yolanda Sanz Herranz (SCIC-IATA-Valencia), Silvia Scaglioni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Rafael Tojo Sierra (U. Santiago de Compostela).

2. Effects of prenatal nutrition and during early life stages on the programming of diseases in adult life: Ahmad Agil Abdallá (U. Granada), José Antonio del Barrio del Campo (U. Cantabria), Pilar Aranda Ramírez (U. Granada), Carlo Agostoni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Francisco Cruz Quintana (U. Granada), Támas Décsi (U. Pécs), Henning Tiemeier (Erasmus Medical Center-Rötterdam (The Netherlands)), Jan Kopecky (U. Prague), Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Ricardo Closa Monasterolo (Dpt. Medicine and Surgery URV), Philip Calder (U. Southampton), Emilio Herrera (U. San Pablo Ceu-Madrid), Domingo González-Lamuño Leguina (U. Cantabria), Angel Gil Hernández (U. Granada), Mijna Hadders-Algra (Medical Center Gröningen-The Netherlands), Pauline Emmett (U. Bristol), Miguel García Fuentes (U. Cantabria), Heather Gage (U. Surrey), José María Fraga Bermúdez (U. Santiago de Compostela), Olle Hernell (U. Ümea), José Manuel Rodríguez Ferrer (U. Granada), Montserrat Rivero Urgell (Laboratorios Ordesa, S.L.), Jorge Salas Salvadó (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), María López-Jurado Romero de la Cruz (U. Granada), Kim F. Michaelsen (U. Copenhagen), Carmen Martínez-Cué Pesini (U. Cantabria), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada), Mª Teresa Miranda León (U. Granada), Mª del Carmen Ramírez Tortosa (U. Granada), Miguel Pérez García (U. Granada), Nicolás Olea Serrano (U. Granada), Monique Raats (U. Surrey), Carmen Martínez-Cué Pesini (U. Cantabria), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), Andy Ness (U. de Bristol), Sylvain Sebert (U. Nottingham), Silvia Scaglioni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Hania Szwajeska (U. Warsaw), Michael Edward Symonds (U. Nottingham), Illig Thomas (U. München).

3. Infant and juvenile obesity: nutritional, metabolic and immunologic state and hepatic steatosis. Metabolic syndrome: Ahmad Agil Abdallá (U. Granada), Angel Gil Hernández (U. Granada), María Gloria Bueno Lozano (U. Zaragoza), Mònica Bulló Bonet (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Ricardo Closa Monasterolo (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Miguel García Fuentes (U. Cantabria), Pilar Aranda Ramírez (U. Granada), Julio Ardura Fernández (U. Valladolid), Carlo Agostoni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Jesús María Garagorri Otero (U. Zaragoza), Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), Jorge Salas Salvadó (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Esther Nova Rebato (CSIC-Instituto del Frío), María López-Jurado Romero de la Cruz (U. Granada), María Rosaura Leis Trabazo (U. Santiago de Compostela), Mª del Carmen Ramíez Tortosa (U. Granada), Manuel Arturo Pombo Arias (U. Santiago de Compostela), Carlos G. Redondo Figuero (U. Cantabria), Manuel Moya Benavent (U. Miguel Hernández), Gerardo Rodríguez Martínez (U. Zaragoza), Luis A. Moreno Aznar (U. Zaragoza), Yolanda Sanz Herranz (CSIC-IATA-Valencia), Serafín Málaga Guerrero (U. Oviedo), Silvia Scaglioni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Michael Edward Symonds (U. Nottingham), Rafael Tojo Sierra (U. Santiago de Compostela), Julio Ardura Fernández (U. Valladolid), Carlos G. Redondo Figuero (U. Cantabria).

4. Nutrition, genetics and environment in neurological and psychomotor development. Changes in behaviour, learning and language: Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), José Antonio del Barrio del Campo (U. Cantabria), Carlo Agostoni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Ricardo Closa Monasterolo (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV); Joaquín Escribano Subías (Dpt. Medicine and Surgery, URV), Francisco Cruz Quintana (U. Granada), Domingo González-Lamuño Leguina (U. Cantabria), Pauline Emmett (U. Bristol), Miguel García Fuentes (U. Cantabria), Heather Gage (U. Surrey), Henning Tiemeier (Erasmus Medical Center-Rötterdam), Enrique Hilario Rodríguez (U. País Vasco), Kim F. Michaelsen (U. Copenhagen), Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), Carmen Martínez-Cué Pesini (U. Cantabria), Miguel Pérez García (U. Granada), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada), Monique Raats (U. Surrey), Feliciano J. Ramos Fuentes (U. Zaragoza), Andy Ness (U. Bristol), Sylvain Sebert (U. Nottingham).

5. Nutritional and psychoaffective evaluation/intervention in syndrome with intellectual disability. Experimental models of brain damage: Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Francisco Cruz Quintana (U. Granada), Pauline Emmett (U. Bristol), Enrique Hilario Rodríguez (U. País Vasco), Domingo González-Lamuño Leguina (U. Cantabria), José María Fraga Bermúdez (U. Santiago de Compostela), Mijna Hadders-algra (Medical Center Gröningen-The Netherlands), Miguel García Fuentes (U. de Cantabria), Manuel Castro Gago (U. Santiago Compostela), Esther Ocete Hita (U. Granada), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), Carmen Martínez-Cué Pesini (U. Cantabria), Sylvain Sebert (U. Nottingham), Serafín Málaga Guerrero (U. Oviedo), Antonia de los Ángeles Álvarez Díaz (U. País Vasco), Michael Edward Symonds (U. Nottingham), José Antonio del Barrio del Campo (U. Cantabria).

6. Evaluation of the nutritional state and of the bodily composition during infancy and adolescence: Carlo Agostoni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Angel Gil Hernández (U. Granada), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Ricardo Closa Monasterolo (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV); Jeús Fleta Zaragozano (U. Zaragoza), Joaquín Escribano Subías (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Miguel García Fuentes (U. Cantabria), Jesús María Garagorri Otero (U. Zaragoza), Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), José Maldonado Lozano (U. Granada), María Rosaura Leis Trabazo (U. Santiago de Compostela), Carlos G. Redondo Figuero (U. Cantabria), Gerardo Rodríguez Martínez (U. Zaragoza), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada), Luis Moreno Aznar (U. Zaragoza), Mª del Carmen Ramírez Tortosa (U. Granada), José Luis Quiles Morales (U. Granada), Serafín Málaga Guerrero (U. Oviedo), Silvia Scaglioni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Rafael Tojo Sierra (U. Santiago de Compostela).

7. Nutrition and Metabolism in Paediatrics. Growth and development. Clinical implications of genetic-molecular alterations in growth: Maria Gloria Bueno Lozano (U. Granada), Mònica Bulló Bonet (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Juan Carlos Álvarez Merino (U. Granada), Julio Ardura Fernández (U. Valladolid), Carlo Agostoni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Ricardo Closa Monasterolo (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Ernesto Cortés Castell (U. Miguel Hernández), Manuel Castro Gago (U. Santiago de Compostela), Francisco Carratalá Marco (U. Miguel Hernández), Domingo González-Lamuño Leguina (U. Cantabria), Miguel García Fuentes (U. Cantabria), Mª Concepción Iribar Ibabe (U. Granada), José María Fraga Bermúdez (U. Santiago de Compostela), Joaquín Escribano Subías (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Olle Hernell (U. Ümea), Támas Décsi (U. Pécs), Jesús María Garagorri Otero (U. Zaragoza), José María Martinón Sánchez (U. Santiago de Compostela), Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), Antonio Martín Andrés (U. Granada), José Luis Olivares López (U. Zaragoza), José Maldonado Lozano (U. Granada), José Antonio Lorente Acosta (U. Granada), Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo (U. Granada), Mercedes Juste Ruiz (U. Miguel Hernández), María López-Jurado Romero de la Cruz (U. Granada), María Rosaura Leis Trabazo (U. Santiago de Compostela), María Pilar Samper Villagrasa (U. Zaragoza), Jorge Salas Salvadó (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Kim F. Michaelen (U. Copenhagen), Manuel Moya Benavent (U. Miguel Hernández), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada), Luis Moreno Aznar (U. Zaragoza), Mª Teresa Miranda León (U. Granada), Mª del Carmen Ramírez Tortosa (U. Granada), José Luis Quiles Morales (U. Granada), Manuel Arturo Pombo Arias (U. Santiago de Compostela), Carlos G. Redondo Figuero (U. de Cantabria), Feliciano J. Ramos Fuentes (U. de Zaragoza), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), Gerardo Rodríguez Martínez (U. Zaragoza), José Mª Peinado Herreros (U. Granada), Sylvain Sebert (U. Nottingham), Silvia Scaglioni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Michael Edward Symonds (U. Nottingham), Rafael Tojo Sierra (U. Santiago de Compostela), Illig Thomas (U. München), Julio Ardura Fernández (U. Valladolid).

8. Nutrition and endocrinology after the treatment of chronic diseases (cancer, digestive pathology, infections, metabolic diseases, genetic diseases, etc): María Gloria Bueno Lozano (U. Zaragoza), Ricardo Closa Monasterolo (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery URV), Ernesto Cortés Castell (U. Miguel Hernández), Manuel Castro Gago (U. Santiago de Compostela), Francisco Carratalá Marco (U. Miguel Hernández), Domingo González-Lamuño Leguina (U. Cantabria), Jesús Fleta Zaragozano (U. Zaragoza), Miguel García Fuentes (U. Cantabria), José María Fraga Bermúdez (U. Santiago de Compostela), Joaquín Escribano Subías (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Julio Ardura Fernández (U. Valladolid), Jesús María Garagorri Otero (U. Zaragoza), Javier Salmerón Escobar (U. Granada), Hania Szwajeska (U. Warsaw), José Maldonado Lozano (U. Granada), José Luis Olivares López (U. Zaragoza), Mercedes Juste Ruiz (U. Miguel Hernández), María Rosaura Leis Trabazo (U. Santiago de Compostela), Manuel Arturo Pombo Arias (U. Santiago de Compostela), Antonia de los Ángeles Álvarez Díaz (U. País Vasco), Manuel Moya Benavent (U. Miguel Hernández), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), Gerardo Rodríguez Martínez (U. Zaragoza), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada), Serafín Málaga Guerrero (U. Oviedo), Rafael Tojo Sierra (U. Santiago de Compostela), Samuel Cos Corral (U. Cantabria).

9. Nutrition, behaviour, physical activity and life styles in children and adolescents: María Gloria Bueno Lozano (U. Granada), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Carlo Agostoni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Carmen González García, Ricardo Closa Monasterolo (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Joaquín Escribano Subías (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Miguel García Fuentes (U. Cantabria), Jesús Mª Garagorri Otero (U. Zaragoza), Javier Salmerón Escobar (U. Granada), María Rosaura Leis Trabazo (U. Santiago de Compostela), Carlos G. Redondo Figuero (U. Cantabria), Esther Ocete Hita (U. Cantabria), José Luis Olivares López (U. Zaragoza), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), María Pilar Samper Villagrasa (U. Zaragoza), Gerardo Rodríguez Martínez (U. Zaragoza), Luis Moreno Aznar (U. Zaragoza), Silvia Scaglioni (U. Degli Studi di Milano), Rafael Tojo Sierra (U. Santiago de Compostela).

10. Nutrition and hepatotoxicity. Viral hepatopathies: Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Javier Salmerón Escobar (U. Granada), Esther Ocete Hita (U. Granada), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada).

11. Evaluation of the effect of different drugs and antioxidants on metabolism, growth and development: Jorge Salas Salvadó (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Mònica Bulló Bonet (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Samuel Cos Corral (U. Cantabria).

12. Effects of the treatment of paediatric respiratory pathology on growth and development. Mechanical ventilation, analgesia and sedation: Eduardo Rodrigo Cabanas Rodríguez (U. Santiago de Compostela), José María Fraga Bermúdez (U. Santiago de Compostela), José María Martinón Sánchez (U. Santiago de Compostela), María Rosaura Leis Trabazo (U. Santiago de Compostela), Rafael Tojo Sierra (U. Santiago de Compostela).

13. Nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics and epigenetics in early stages of life: Ángel Gil Hernández (U. Granada), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Juan Carlos Álvarez Merino (U. Granada), José Antonio Lorente Acosta (U. Granada), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada).

14. Immunonutrition, immunogenetics and immunoenvironment in paediatrics: Juan Carlos Álvarez Merino (U. Granada), Angel Gil Hernández (U. Granada), Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), Ascención Marcos Sánchez (Instituto del Frío Madrid), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada), José Antonio Lorente Acosta (U. Granada), Philip Calder (U. Southampton), Nicolás Olea Serrano (U. Granada), Esther Nova Rebato (CSIC-Instituto del Frío), Mª del Carmen Ramírez Tortosa (U. Granada), José Luis Quiles Morales (U. Granada), Ricardo Rueda Cabrera (U. Granada), Illig Thomas (U. Muënchen), Yolanda Sanz Herranz (CSIC-IATA-Valencia).

15. Endocrine disruptors and other toxic chemicals during stages of growth and development. Environment and paediatrics: Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Eduardo Rodrigo Cabanas Rodríguez (U. Santiago de Compostela), Javier Salmerón Escobar (U. Granada), Berthold Koletzko (U. Muënchen), María Rosaura Leis Trabazo (U. Santiago de Compostela), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), Juan Antonio Molina Font (U. Granada), Nicolás Olea Serrano (U. Granada), Rafael Tojo Sierra (U. Santiago de Compostela), Jesús María Garagorri Otero (U. Zaragoza), María Gloria Bueno Lozano (U. Zaragoza), Julio Ardura Fernández (U. Valladolid), Samuel Cos Corral (U. Cantabria).

16. Intestinal flora and functional nutrients in the healthy and sick children: Philip Calder (U. Southampton), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), José Maldonado Lozano (U. Granada), Montserrat Rivero Urgell (Laboratorios Ordesa, S.L.), Hania Szwajeska (U. Warsaw), Esther Nova Rebato (CSIC-Instituto del Frío), Ricardo Rueda Cabrera (U. Granada), Yolanda Sanz Herranz (CSIC-IATA-Valencia).

17. Hepatotoxicity, oxidative stress and steatosis. Viral and metabolic hepatopathies related to nutrition: Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Javier Salmerón Escobar (U. Granada), Esther Ocete Hita (U. Granada), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada).

18. Methodology of research and epidemiology in paediatrics: Mònica Bulló Bonet (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotecnology, URV), Cristina Campoy Folgoso (U. Granada), Ricardo Closa Monasterolo (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Joaquín Escribano Subías (Dpt. of Medicine and Surgery, URV), Pauline Emmett (U. Bristol), Mª Concepción Iribar Ibabe (U. Granada), Javier Salmerón Escobar (U. Granada), Henning Tiemeier (Erasmus Medical Center-Rötterdam), Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo (U. Granada), Mª Teresa Miranda León (U. Granada), Ángeles Ruiz Extremera (U. Granada), Jorge Salas Salvadó (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, URV), Andy Ness (U. Bristol), José Mª Peinado Herreros (U. Granada), Carlos G. Redondo Figuero (U. Cantabria).

Admission

Maximum number of students: 150
Criteria for admission and selection:

The fulfilment of the established conditions, as a requirement of admission in the 19th article and the 4th addicional order of the RD 1393/2007, is necessary to be able to entry at the Doctorate Program while its research mode.

Specific criteria:

- CV
- Professional experience
- Languages
- Computer skills

Coordinator
Dr. Ricardo Closa Monasterolo Department of Medicine and Surgery (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) 977 558 143 ricardo.closa(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat

Coordinator