Overview
The goal of the HIDSS4Health curriculum is that its doctoral researchers become experts in data science and in at least one health-related field. It will include the ability to communicate with experts from both sides and to transfer knowledge from data to life science and vice versa. All lectures, courses, retreats and summer schools are held in English.
Supervision Concept
All doctoral researchers will receive feedback from a Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC). This consists of an interdisciplinary team of at least three Principal Investigators (PI), including PIs with data science and life science backgrounds from different institutions. TAC meetings will discuss the progress of the doctoral research project, the publication concept, working plans, cooperation potential with other doctoral researchers, planning of the mobility phase, as well as the supervision quality and career perspectives of the doctoral researcher. Although each doctoral researcher will belong to the main supervisor’s group, we recommend an associate membership in the group of a second PI, including an official second affiliation, regular stays in this group (such as once a week or one week per month) and integration in lab meetings etc. We anticipate that this will foster closer integration between data and life science expertise and a deeper understanding of both aspects.
Degree
In general, the doctoral thesis degree will be awarded by the informatics faculty of KIT or Heidelberg University, depending on your main supervisor’s individual affiliation. Each doctoral researcher who successfully finishes all training modules and the doctoral thesis project will receive a certificate as “Data Scientist”, including a confirmation regarding specialization in the health-related application domain. This certificate is a joint activity of the Faculty for Informatics at KIT and the Faculty for Mathematics and Computer Science at Heidelberg University.
"I am very curious and, therefore, love that the school is so interdisciplinary. I work with colleagues from medicine who never get tired of answering all my questions."
Elaine Zaunseder
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