The Doctorate in Health and Development in the Tropics is an adaptation to the European Higher Education Area of the doctoral programs “Tropical Diseases” (RD778/1998) and “Applied Anthropology: Health and Community Development” (RD1393/2007) taught at the University of Salamanca, the former from the 2000/2002 to the 2008/2010 biennium, and the latter from 2010 up to the present.
The aim of this proposal is to join the efforts and initiatives of both programs into a single sound and robust program to increase the formative offer for future doctoral students. Improvements in the program also involve the inclusion of research groups in the areas of parasitology, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmaceutical chemistry, internal medicine, preventive medicine, physiotherapy, anthropology and psychology of the USAL, the Cancer Research Centre and the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, all of them internationally renowned.
Those interested in enrolling in the Doctorate in Health and Development should have at least completed an undergraduate/licentiate degree in the field of health sciences (Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Medicine, Dentistry, Psychology or Veterinary Medicine) or in the field of biomedicine (Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology).
The doctoral programme in health and development in the tropics seeks to provide future doctors with the accumulated experience and knowledge generated concerning the improvement of health in general and treatment of tropical diseases in particular. The aim is to introduce doctoral students to the culture of cutting-edge research.
As a multidisciplinary doctoral programme, the research areas are highly varied, covering different aspects related with health and development. Their level of internationalization is reflected in the different collaborations of the research groups with various foreign universities, bodies and institutions and demonstrated by joint publications in prestigious journals in the field of health and development. The different research groups and their research areas are set out below.
Research groups and areas
Parasite and Molecular Immunology Group
Faculty members: Antonio Muro Álvarez, Julio López Abán, Antonio Encinas Grandes, Pedro Fernández Soto.
• Research areas:
- Development of vaccines for helminthiasis
- Molecular diagnosis of helminthiasis
- Pathogenic mechanisms in helminthiasis
- Evaluation of new active antiparasitic compounds
- Vector-borne diseases
Animal and Human Dirofilariasis Group
Faculty members: Fernando L. Simón Martín, Rodrigo Morchón García.
• Research areas:
- Immunopathology and cellular and molecular mechanisms; epidemiology and vectors of transmission of animal and human dirofilariasis
Experimental Models in Infectious Diseases Group
Faculty members: Ángel Domínguez Olavarri, Elisa Muñoz Torres.
• Research areas:
- Genomics and proteomics
Bioactive Molecule Design and Development Group: DOMOBIO
Faculty members: Arturo San Feliciano Martín, Esther del Olmo Fernández, José L. López Pérez.
• Research areas:
- Development of compounds with leishmanicidal activity
- Development of active antimalaria and anti-Chagas compounds
- Development of active antimycobacterium tuberculosis compounds
Tropical Diseases, Epidemiology and Health Group
Faculty members: Miguel Cordero Sánchez, José E. García Sánchez, Francisco Alburquerque Sendín, Ramona Mateos Campos y Luis F. Valero Juan
• Research areas:
- HIV immunopathogenesis
- Hydatidosis
- Evaluation, interpretation and physiotherapeutic treatment of chronic pain in different cultural environments
Cellular Death in Biological Systems Group
Faculty member: Faustino Mollinedo
• Research areas:
- Development of new antileishmania and antitrypanosoma compounds
- Extrapolation of antitumour agents inducing cellular death as antiparasitic agents
- Molecular signalling in the regulation of cellular death in leishmania
- New experimental models in parasitic diseases
- Leishmania-host cell interaction
- Neutrophils and leishmania
Clinical Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Proteomics and Epidemiology Group: MICRAPE
Faculty members: Juan Luis Muñoz Bellido and José Antonio Mirón Canelo
• Research area:
- Antimicrobial resistance; microbiological diagnosis; infectious pathology
Medical Anthropology and Health Group
Faculty members: Francisco Giner Abati, Cristina Jenaro Río, Lourdes Moro Gutiérrez , Mª Jesús Pena Castro, Miguel Pérez Fernández, Francisco Ramos Campos, José A. Sánchez García
• Research areas:
- Medical anthropology
- Cultural epidemiology
- Psychology of health: evaluation and intervention
- Cultural mediation
- Gender and cultural diversity
- Psychosocial rehabilitation
- Transcultural psychopathology
Livestock Parasitology and Parasitic Zoonotic Disease Group
Faculty members: Ana Oleaga Pérez, Ricardo Pérez Sánchez, Mª del Mar Siles Lucas
• Research areas:
- Proteomics and molecular biology of animal and human parasites
- New methods of parasite diagnosis
- Development of antiparasitic vaccines
Acceso
Para acceder a las enseñanzas oficiales de Doctorado será necesario cumplir alguno de los siguientes requisitos:
Admisión
A partir de las preinscripciones presentadas, la Comisión Académica de cada programa de Doctorado aplicará los requisitos específicos y criterios de valoración de méritos establecidos para la admisión en el correspondiente programa.
La admisión a los Programas de Doctorado podrá incluir la exigencia de complementos de formación específicos.
Suitable students for the doctoral programme in health and development will have completed as a minimum a degree in health sciences (nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, medicine, dentistry, psychology or veterinary science) or in the area of biomedicine (biology, biochemistry, biotechnology or microbiology).
Potential students need to be interested in the production of scientific output, since they will be involved in or be part of a research group. Students must possess a strong vocational streak. Once students begin their studies, this is required for completing doctoral training in an area that is of great scientific and professional interest and that is currently producing highly specialized jobs.
It is recommended (though not required) that potential students have a good level of English (for example, the First Certificate) both for reading the literature required and for understanding some of the activities in which students will participate.
Preinscripción
Los estudiantes que, reuniendo los requisitos de acceso, quieran ingresar en las enseñanzas concretas de uno de los programas de Doctorado regulados por el R.D. 99/2011 que oferta la Universidad de Salamanca, deberán solicitarlo realizando el procedimiento de preinscripción.
La solicitud de preinscripción se enviará a través de un correo electrónico a la dirección n.doctor@usal.es, donde se adjuntará una única carpeta en archivo, que llevará el nombre del interesado y del Programa de Doctorado donde realice la preinscripción, y que incluirá la siguiente documentación numerada:
01- Impreso de preinscripción/matrícula. No es necesario que el impreso se entregue firmado por el coordinador, puesto que desde la Administración de las Escuelas de Doctorado se remitirán todas las preinscripciones recabadas a la Comisión Académica del programa de doctorado, que será el órgano encargado de realizar la selección de los alumnos.
02- Copia del DNI o Pasaporte
03- Copia del título universitario que les faculta para el acceso.
04- Certificación de las asignaturas cursadas en el título universitario que les faculta para el acceso, con mención expresa de su denominación, duración y calificación, así como la nota media del expediente académico.
05- Copia del título universitario de Grado o Licenciatura, y, en su caso, para titulados extranjeros, copia de la resolución de acceso a los estudios de Máster en la Universidad de Salamanca.
06- Certificación de las asignaturas cursadas en el Grado o en la Licenciatura
07- Curriculum vitae.
08- Documentación específica requerida en cada programa de doctorado. Esta información se encuentra en el apartado "Información Adicional", correspondiente a cada programa de doctorado.
La preinscripción es un trámite independiente del trámite de acceso que deben realizar todos los alumnos con titulación extranjera ajena al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior y que debe haber sido informado favorablemente antes de la formalización de la matrícula
Plazo: Del 7 de abril de 2015 al 11 de septiembre de 2015
Matrícula
Los estudiantes DE NUEVO INGRESO admitidos en un programa de doctorado deberán formalizar su matrícula en el mismo.
Documentación a presentar:
Plazo: Del 5 de octubre al 9 de octubre de 2015
Lugar: Administración de las Escuelas de Doctorado de la Universidad de Salamanca (Edificio I+D-i, C/ Espejo nº 2, 37007 Salamanca)
LOS ALUMNOS DE SEGUNDO AÑO Y SUCESIVOS, NO NECESITARÁN FORMALIZAR PREINSCRIPCIÓN, CONSIDERÁNDOSE ADMITIDOS SI LA EVALUACIÓN ANUAL ES POSITIVA Y SON CALIFICADOS COMO APTOS, en cuyo caso formalizarán su matrícula en las siguientes fechas:
- del 20 de julio al 24 de julio (preferentemente)
- del 21 de septiembre al 30 de septiembre
- Impreso de matrícula de segundo año y sucesivos
El plazo para realizar anulación de matrícula será hasta el 15 de diciembre de 2015
Coordinador: ESTHER DEL OLMO FERNÁNDEZ
Doctor 1 de la USAL: ANTONIO MURO ÁLVAREZ
Doctor 2 de la USAL: MIGUEL CORDERO SÁNCHEZ
Doctor 3 de la USAL: ÁNGEL DOMÍNGUEZ OLAVARRI
Doctor 4 de la USAL: FRANCISCO GINER ABATI
Investigador de otra entidad: FAUSTINO MOLLINEDO (CSIC)
Esther del Olmo Fernández olmo@usal.es
Students who meet the access requirements and wish to enrol in one of the specific taught components of the doctoral programmes offered by the University of Salamanca and regulated by Royal Decree 99/2011 must apply through completing the preregistration procedure.
Preregistration applications is here . The archival file will include the following numbered documentation:
Preregistration is a separate procedure from the access procedure to be completed by all students with foreign qualifications from outside the European Higher Education Area. Individuals should have received a favourable outcome to the access procedure before completing the matriculation process
Time frame:
New students admitted to a doctoral programme must formalize their matriculation in it.
Documentation that must be submitted:
Time frame:
Location: Administration Office for the Doctoral Schools, University of Salamanca (Patio de Escuelas Menores, s/n, 37008 Salamanca)
STUDENTS IN THEIR SECOND YEAR OR LATER DO NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PREREGISTRATION PROCESS ON THE BASIS THAT THEY ARE ADMITTED IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED A POSITIVE ANNUAL EVALUATION AND RECEIVED A RATING OF “SUFFICIENT.” Students in this category will complete matriculation on the following dates:
Doctoral studies enrolment form
The deadline for cancelling matriculation is
To be eligible for admission to official doctoral studies it is necessary to fulfil at least one of the following requirements:
Further information on admission can be found in the following chart
On the basis of the pre-enrolment forms submitted, the Academic Committee of each doctoral programme shall apply the specific requirements and merit assessment criteria established for admission to the corresponding programme.
Admission to doctoral programmes may require specific bridging courses.
Successfully completing the process of establishing the equivalence of previous studies is essential in order to access doctoral studies in the cases of students for whom any of the following circumstances are applicable. The process must be completed prior to and separately from the rest of the procedures, which are dependent on successfully establishing equivalence.
Who should complete this procedure?
a) Students with a bachelor’s university degree or equivalent and a master’s degree that were both obtained in accordance with the educational systems of countries that do not belong to the EHEA.
b) Students with a bachelor’s university degree or equivalent and a master’s degree that were both obtained in European countries prior to the implementation of the EHEA (that is, the studies are not structured based on ECTS credits).
c) Students with a master’s degree obtained at any Spanish university, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a country that does not belong to the EHEA.
d) Students with a master’s degree obtained at any Spanish university (including USAL), and a bachelor’s university degree or equivalent that was obtained in a European country prior to the implementation of the EHEA (that is, the studies are not structured based on ECTS credits).
e) Students with a master’s degree that was obtained in accordance with an educational system that belongs to the EHEA (that is, a degree structured based on ECTS credits), irrespective of the country where the student’s bachelor’s degree or equivalent was completed if that degree is not structured based on ECTS credits. Students with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from Spain are excluded from this circumstance.
f) Students with a diploma of advanced studies obtained from a Spanish university other than the University of Salamanca and with a foreign bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
What documentation needs to be provided?
The access application form must be accompanied by the following documentation:
1. A copy of the student’s national identity document or passport that has been properly legalized or authenticated by a public notary.
2. Documentation related to the student’s bachelor’s degree or equivalent:
a) A copy of the degree certificate that has been legalized or authenticated by a public notary.
b) An original official transcript or legalized copy of the courses studied, with express mention of their name, duration and qualification.
c) An original official transcript or legalized copy showing the total number of completed hours.
3. Documentation related to the student’s master’s degree (*):
a) Copy of the degree certificate, or a receipt showing that it has been applied for. The document should be legalized or authenticated by a public notary.
b) An original official transcript or legalized copy of the courses studied, with express mention of their name, duration and qualification.
c) An original official transcript or legalized copy showing the total number of completed hours.
d) Original proof that a master’s degree qualifies the holder for access to doctoral teaching in the issuing country.
(*) Students whose master’s degree is from USAL only have to submit a copy of the degree certificate or a receipt showing that it has been applied for. Students whose master’s degree is from a Spanish university only have to submit the documentation contained in points a) and d)
4. Proof of payment of the fee for this process, which, as set out in the Castilla-León Decree on Rates, is 210.97 euros.
Payment by bank transfer:
Banco Santander: ES 13 0049 1843 44 2110186331, SWIFT: BSCHESMM.
Payment by card:
Access the website: https://frontend.usal.es/gestionRecibos/inicio.jsp
The documents must be legalized through diplomatic channels or, where appropriate, through the Hague Apostille Convention. For the purposes of the provisions on providing certified copies, the legalization or apostille must appear on the original document prior to producing the copy that will be certified by the competent authority.
In no case will standard copies of the documents be accepted.
Students must also send an official translation into Spanish of all the documentation provided where necessary. (Translations are not required for the following languages: Portuguese, English, French and Italian.)
All the required documentation must be submitted. Processing of an application will not begin if the application is incomplete or does not fulfil the indicated legalization requirements. In such a case, the application will be deemed to have not been presented.
Documentation may be delivered by post, courier or in person to the Official Master’s and Doctoral Studies Section. No other means of submitting documents will be accepted.
In no case will the presentation and payment of the equivalence fee replace the process of presenting an application in accordance with the correct time and form.