At the official opening of the event, Dr. Zoltán Benyó, President of the Doctoral Council, welcomed the audience. He noted that this was the most attended event organized by the Doctoral College, with around 700 participants registered from nine countries. In addition to doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, this year, the scholarship holders of the EKÖP, EKÖP-KDP, and Semmelweis 250+ Excellence PhD Scholarship also presented their scientific activities and research in the framework of the PhD Scientific Days. “This conference is perhaps the most important scientific event of our institution, as the speakers here embody the future of science and research at Semmelweis University,” noted Dr. Zoltán Benyó.
During the welcome reception, Rector Dr. Béla Merkely described the conference as a celebration of excellence and the future. “Of the future, because you are going to be the next generation of our university’s researchers and lecturers; and of excellence, because we know very well that the scientific output of an institution depends largely on talented youth, on young PhD students.” He added that a researcher’s performance did not only depend on individual abilities: For talent and excellence to unfold their full potential, it was essential to provide the appropriate institutional support and infrastructure. He pointed out that for this reason, Semmelweis University considered doctoral training a top priority, and as a result, the number of enrolled students had doubled since the 2019/20 academic year, and that of international students had more than tripled. He also talked about the creation of the unified Doctoral College, the development of a divisional structure that corresponds to the different specialties, the enrolled student population of over 1,200, and the publication results that support the university’s position in the rankings. “The PhD Scientific Days provide an opportunity to present your research results, develop presentation skills, lay the foundations for collaborations, and expand your network of contacts. Today, truly outstanding results can only be achieved through teamwork and even cross-border cooperation,” Dr. Béla Merkely highlighted in his welcome address.
Over the three days, young researchers presented in 55 sessions, covering a wide range of medical disciplines, such as molecular medicine, dental research, surgical medicine, pathological and oncological sciences, pharmaceutical sciences and health technologies, health sciences, mental health sciences, theoretical and translational medicine, cardiovascular medicine, neurosciences, and conservative medicine.
The Doctoral Council’s Excellent PhD Supervisor Awards were presented during the plenary lectures. Dr. Tamás Radovits, Professor of the Department of Cardiology at the Városmajor Heart and Vascular Center, discussed the pathophysiology of the athlete’s heart; Dr. Miklós Kellermayer, Director of the Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, talked about manipulating single molecules to understand biomedical phenomena; and Dr. Zoltán Jakus, Associate Professor at the Department of Physiology, covered organ-specific lymphatic vascular function in health and disease.
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On the second day of the conference, the Semmelweis 250+ Excellence PhD Scholarship holders were recognized, and the event ended with the announcement of the most outstanding oral and poster presentations from the 55 sessions, which were evaluated by committees from 11 divisions of the Doctoral College.
Cardiovascular Medicine and Research – oral
Márton Kocsis
Zsombor Hegedüs
Timea Katalin Turschl
Cardiovascular Medicine and Research – poster
Bence Arnóth
Melinda Boussoussou
Bálint Károly Lakatos
Conservative Medicine – oral
Dorina Korózs
Borisz Rabán Petrik
Conservative Medicine – poster
Dorottya Antics
Botond Szabolcs
Dental Research – oral
Bence Bojtor
Dental Research – poster
Melinda Polyák
EUniWell – oral
Alba Jiménez Blaya
EUniWell – poster
Daniel Suarez
Health Sciences – oral
Miklós Artúr Farkas
János Domonkos Stubnya
Réka Garai
Kinga Shenker-Horváth
Johanna Takács
Dóra Bianka Balogh
Health Sciences – poster
Viktória Barna
Stella Tímea Kiss
Manar Al Kamsheh
Mária Mercédesz Angyal
Pál Domonkos
Barnabás Baksa
László Fazekas
Mental Health Sciences – oral
Dorka Győrik
Gábor Bocskai
Róbert Pierson-Bartel
Nóra Máté-Horváth
Mental Health Sciences – poster
Lilla Marton
Kinga Gecse
Molecular Medicine – oral
Idan Carmi
Petra Metta Csikós
Emőke Szőcs
Ádám Tóth
Daniella Görög
Molecular Medicine – poster
István Szepesi-Nagy
Boldizsár Vámosi
Katalin Kis
Neurosciences – oral
Tamás Láng
Neurosciences – poster
Fanni Somogyi
Pathological and Oncological Sciences – oral
Simon Tusnády
Anita Ferenczy
Enikő Major
Pathological and Oncological Sciences – poster
Luca Varga
Péter Szőke
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Technologies – oral
Johanna Pacsuta
Zsuzsanna Orsolya Demeter
Zsófia Szász
Patrik Polák
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Technologies – poster
Márk Jakab
Adrienn Katalin Demeter
Dóra Lóska
Beáta Mária Benkó
Surgical Medicine – oral
András Szőke
Surgical Medicine – poster
Szabina Kovács
Theoretical and Translational Medicine – oral
Csenge Lili Jurenka
Flóra Demeter
Benjamin Zoltán Kiss
Theoretical and Translational Medicine – poster
Chrysanthou Christodoulos
Balázs Kis
Dilán Márk Karim
Petra Koncz
- Abbas Anna Anoir
- Abbood Sarah
- Abboud Houssam
- Abdalla Qusay Osman Mohamed
- Manar Al Kamsheh
- Alhaddad Ayham Ra’ed Noor
- Almurshidy Hakim
- Al-Sheraji Nada Mohamed
- Antics Dorottya
- Arnóth Bence
- Artner Anna
- Árva Dorottya
- Babay Bente
- Balbisi Mirjam
- Balla Dorottya
- Balog Beáta Adél
- Balog Virág Kata
- Balogh Lili Zsófia
- Balogh Olivér
- Bekő Anna
- Benyó Franciska Mária
- Berta Katalin
- Bíró Renáta
- Bócsi Dániel
- Bod Réka
- Boga Márton
- Bognár Judit
- Bognár-Majerhoffer Nóra
- Bokrossy Péter
- Boldizsár Imre
- Carmi Idan
- Chalabiani Yashar
- Czigleczki Janka
- Czoch Ákos
- Csáki Réka
- Csikós Klaudia
- Deli Dorottya
- Demeter Adrienn Katalin
- Demeter Flóra
- Demeter Zsuzsanna Orsolya
- Dohárszky András
- Dombi Gergely
- Elsalahaty Mohamed
- Emam Mohamed
- Farkas-Sütő Kristóf Attila
- Fazekas Szuzina
- Ferencz Andrea
- Fésü Dorottya
- Gomaa Nariman
- Görög Daniella
- Grebur Kinga
- Gregus Barbara
- Haghighi Arezoo
- Haghighi Samaneh
- Hajdó Szabolcs
- Hajdu Tamara
- Halmóczki Sarolta
- Hegedűs Zsombor
- Holka Szilárd
- Hunyadi Anna
- Irawan Anggi
- Jakab Márk
- Jex Emiliána Zsuzsa
- Kálmán Eszter Gertrúd
- Kapui Dóra Karolina
- Kardos Balázs
- Kaszás Diána
- Kézdi Árpád
- Kis Katalin
- Kocsis Márton
- Kolonics Mária Veronika
- Koncz Petra
- Kovács Gergely Imre
- Kovács Szabina
- Kovács-Posta Evelyn
- Lakatos Alexandra
- Láng Tamás
- László Tamás
- Lipp Mónika Bernadett
- Malik Alaa
- Maricza Katalin
- Markó Dorottya
- Mester Balázs
- Mészáros Ágota
- Mohácsi Zsombor Márton
- Molnár Krisztina
- Muzslay Eszter
- Müller Dalma
- Nagy Kristóf
- Nagy Mátka
- Nagy Regina
- Nagy Réka
- Nagy Tamás
- Nazli Adila
- Orosz Gabriella
- Osztie Rita
- Pál Domonkos
- Pál Dorottya
- Pálos Veronika Teréz
- Papp Zsuzsanna
- Pollák Patrik
- Posta Máté
- Pothorszki Dóra
- Puhl Eszter
- Rácz Richárd
- Rapszky Gabriella Anna
- Sági Stella Márta
- Sándor Luca
- Seba Aljomaa
- Simon Balázs
- Sodbuyan Enkhbilguun
- Somogyi Fanni
- Soós Ádám
- Stifter-Mursits Marcell
- Sulea Cristina Maria
- Szabó Johanna Petra
- Szabó Márta
- Szabolcs Botond
- Szakadáti Helga
- Szakál Imre
- Szalai Fatime
- Száraz Lili
- Szarka Levente
- Szász Csenge
- Szolláth Rita
- Szőcs Emőke
- Szőke Péter
- Tar Alexandra
- Tóth Ádám Viktor
- Turschl Tímea Katalin
- Üveges Elina
- Váczy-Földi Máté
- Vágó-Szincsák Sára
- Vajda Larose Angelique
- Vámosi Boldizsár
- Varga Luca
- Varga Tamás
- Varga Viktória
- Várnagy Erzsébet
- Vikár Simon
- Vilimi Zsófia
- Zámodics Márk
- Zsidai Anna
- Zsoldos Roland
Judit Szabados-Dőtsch
Photos by Bálint Barta – Semmelweis University
