ESGAR is proud to announce the ESGAR Visiting PhD student programme!
The one or two-week visit will allow the applicant to create contact with a research institutions listed on the ESGAR Research map. During the visit, the student will gain experience with the research programme at the host department. The visit may also provide an opportunity to participate in some research, like inter-observer study with appropriate permissions. After the visit, it is hoped that the student will maintain contact with the department as they develop their research career.
Please note that the visiting PhD Students have to cover transport, food and accommodation expenses.
The email to the preferred institution should contain:
• Curriculum vitae of the applicant
• Information of PhD study title and initiation date.
• Confirmation letter by the head of the applicant’s department detailing that full permission is given to the applicant to undertake a week visit at the host institution
• Letter of motivation
The following institutions participate in this programme. Please contact them directly!
University College London
London, United Kingdom
Research topics: Crohns imaging, Colorectal cancer diagnosis and imaging, statistics and prognostic modelling
Availability: One week visit
Which research area (s) is open for a visit: Crohns imaging
Can the centre help with student accommodation: Yes (Possibly)
Ultrasound / CT / MRI Information: MRI and Us and crohns disease
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-imaging/
Please contact Prof. Stuart Taylor: stuart.taylor@remove-this.ucl.ac.uk
Kings’ College London and Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals
London, United Kingdom
Research topics: Cancer; Inflammation and infection; Interventional oncology; Quantitative biomarkers; Artificial intelligence; Novel PET tracers; PET/MRI; High and low field MRI
Availability: One or two weeks visit
Which research area (s) is open for a visit: Cancer; Quantitative biomarkers; Artificial intelligence
Can the centre help with student accommodation: Maybe – dependent on availability
Ultrasound / CT / MRI Information: CT: 8 clinical scanners (4 dual source CTs), MRI: 8 clinical scanners (1.5T and 3T); 5 research scanners (0.55 to 7T)
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/bmeis/our-departments/cancer-imaging
Please contact Prof. Vicky Goh: vicky.goh@remove-this.kcl.ac.uk
SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL, UNIVERISTY OF MILANO-BICOCCA
Monza, Italy
Research topics: Liver imaging, Functional imaging (CT and MIR), Bowel imaging (Crohn's disease CT and MRI), Autoimmune liver disease and primary sclerosing cholangitis, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Lymphoproliferative disease, Rectal cancer, acute abdominal imaging
Availability: Two weeks visit
Which research area (s) is open for a visit: Liver disease, radiomics and functional imaging
Can the centre help with student accommodation: no
Ultrasound / CT / MRI Information: N° 3 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER (ALL OF THEM 256 ROW CT), N° 4 MRI SCANNER (3 SCANNER 1.5 T AND 1 SCANNER 3T), N° 6 ULTRASOUND SCANNER (STATE OF THE ART)
https://www.asst-monza.it/ospedale-san-gerardo, https://www.medicina.unimib.it/it
Please contact Dr. Davide Ippolito: DAVIDE.IPPOLITO@remove-this.UNIMIB.IT AND DAVIDE.ATENA@remove-this.TISCALINET.IT
University Hospital of Southern Denmark
Vejle, Denmark
Research topics: Colorectal Cancer, MRI, US
Availability: One week visit
Which research area (s) is open for a visit: Colorectal cancer
Can the centre help with student accommodation: tbc
Ultrasound / CT / MRI Information: 4 ultrasound scanners including endorectal ultrasound with SWE, 5 CT scanners incl 2 dual source, 4 MRI units (Philips) (3: 1.5T, 1: 3.0T)
https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/organisations/irs-sygehus-lilleb%C3%A6lt-forskningsenhed-for-r%C3%B8ntgen-vejle/publications/
Please contact Prof. Soeren Rafaelsen: soeren.rafael.rafaelsen@remove-this.rsyd.dk
Ospedale G.B. Rossi – University of Verona
Verona, Italy
Research topics: Colorectal Cancer, MRI, US
Availability: One week visit
Which research area (s) is open for a visit: Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology in Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic oncology, Radiomics in Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic oncology
Can the centre help with student accommodation: no
Ultrasound / CT / MRI Information: 4 US equipments; contrast-enhanced US examinations performed as routine clinical practice; 1 day/week is dedicated to hepatic/pancreatic FNA/biopsy; availability of fusion imaging, 2 CT scanners (dual energy 128 rows + single energy 64 rows) equipped with CT fluoroscopy for interventional procedures, 2 MR scanners (1,5 T + 3 T)
https://www.aovr.veneto.it/dipartimenti-sanitari/-/departments/radiologia-br/informazioni-generali
https://www.ddsp.univr.it/?lang=en
Please contact Dr. Riccardo De Robertis: riccardo.derobertislombardi@remove-this.univr.it
Miguel Servet University Hospital
Zaragoza, Spain
Availability: One or two weeks visit
Can the centre help with student accommodation: no
https://sectorzaragozados.salud.aragon.es/
Please contact Prof. Luis Ros Mendoza: lhrosmendoza@remove-this.gmail.com
ESGAR is always looking for additional institutions that are interested in hosting a PhD student for a week. The visit will allow the applicant to create contact with a research active institution, and during the week visit, the student will gain experience with the research program at the host department. The visit may for example also provide an opportunity to participate in some research eg an inter-observer study with appropriate permissions. After the visit, it is hoped the student will maintain contact with the department as they develop their research career.
Requirements:
ESGAR Fellow or Head of Radiological Research Departments registered on ESGAR's research map have the opportunity to indicate whether there is room for a PhD student one or two-week visit in their department.
Please complete this form and send it to the ESGAR Office