The Trans Global Health programme Call Opened for 2014

The Trans Global Health Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programme call for 2014 is open. The application deadline is 21st January 2014. This PhD programme focuses on health threats to vulnerable populations that often face complex, interwoven problems such as poverty, inequity and co-morbidity.

The candidates for the second edition of the Trans Global Health programme must apply before 21 January 2014. In late February, after the first selection stage, a list of selected applicants who are eligible for admission will be compiled. Based on the selection criteria and scores, a main list of 8 PhD candidates and a reserve list of 8 PhD candidates will be prepared by the Steering Board, which consists of representatives of the partner institutes. The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) will formally approve the student-selection by April, following which the final selected 8 PhD candidates will be notified and Doctoral Candidate Agreements will be signed. The programme will start in September 2014.

The selected themes for 2014 are:

• Transdisciplinary approaches to the elimination/control of infectious diseases of poverty.
• Shifts to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the interaction with infectious diseases.
• Innovative approaches to enhance access to health care and prevention.

The programme, coordinated by the Athena Institute of the VU University, enables PhD students to get a double degree, from two different partner institutes in two different European countries: in the Netherlands, France, Belgium or Spain.

A new international Doctorate

Trans Globe Health is a new international Doctorate in Transdisciplinary Global Health Solutions jointly organised by the University of Barcelona-Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal, Spain); the VU University Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Medical Centre and the University of Amsterdam (Holland), the University of Bordeaux Segalen (France), and the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (Belgium). It has been included in the European Union's Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programmes, an initiative designed to foster excellence in higher education.