University of Milan

PhD in National PhD in Systems Medicine

Advancements in genetics and genomics have spurred the emergence of Precision Medicine, which revolutionizes traditional medical approaches by utilizing vast molecular data for personalized disease diagnosis and treatment. The PhD aims to equip professionals with interdisciplinary skills in biomedical sciences, preparing them to address precision medicine challenges through technological strategies and multidisciplinary approaches.

The recent progress made in the fields of genetics and genomic sciences has triggered a big change, which is leading classical medicine to transform itself into the so-called Precision Medicine, based on the acquisition and integration of enormous quantities of quantitative molecular data and their exploitation for a personalized definition of the disease and of his targeted therapy. Precision Medicine has changed the way in which the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the disease are investigated. It uses technological platforms to produce a large amount of information, which allows it to highlight and quantify the heterogeneous nature of diseases and the phenotypic variability associated with individuals. Precision Medicine will totally change the approach to treatment not only for therapy but also for diagnosis and prevention. Therefore, the transition to Precision Medicine requires professionals with new skills and multi-disciplinary training.

The PhD in Systems Medicine aims to provide doctors and scientists with interdisciplinary theoretical and technological training in biomedical sciences to be applied to the problems of precision medicine, with the aim of training professionals capable of dealing with technological strategies and highly complex therapeutics with a multidisciplinary approach.