Twelve candidates from the Centre for Translational Medicine defended their Ph.D. theses in April 2025. The committees for the two-day event included experts from CTM, professors from Hungarian universities, and renowned international professors from Romania, Croatia, Belgium, and Austria. After the candidates presented their cutting-edge research, which had been published in Q1 and D1 journals, the committee members agreed that their work was excellent.
Twelve Ph.D. candidates presented their research at the Centre for Translational Medicine in April. Among the candidates were an emergency physician specialist and an orthopedic traumatologist, an otorhinolaryngology resident, an obstetrician-gynecology resident and a clinical pharmacist, and several dentists. The first day of the event started with a presentation by Péter Hegyi, Director of the Centre for Translational Medicine. In his talk, he highlighted that learning translational medicine can make doctors more effective. Even among Ph.D. students, there are some whose research results have already been implemented in practice.
For example, one of the studies has made it possible to significantly improve the success of surgery for chronic middle ear diseases. This is likely to be the scenario for the other research, which could result in improved emergency care, better management of acute pancreatitis and endometriosis, and improved rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy. The significance of the results is shown by the fact that the research results of the Ph.D. students have been published in Q1 and D1 journals. There was one Ph.D. candidate who had two publications in D1 paper and one who had three.
The second day of the event started with the opening speech of Gábor Gerber, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at Semmelweis University and a leader of CTM’s Dentistry Group. He was followed by Gábor Varga, the other leader of the Dentistry Group, and Vice Director of the Centre for Translational Medicine. After the opening speeches, the seven Ph.D. candidates of the Dentistry Group gave their presentations. All of them explored fascinating topics. One, for example, focused on enamel caries lesions and defects, while another did research on conventional periodontal care. There was also a research in the field of oro-maxillo-facial rehabilitation, and there was one on intraoral scanning systems or 3D printing. Like doctors, dentists have published their research in Q1 and D1 journals. Among them, five Ph.D. students had two publications in D1 scientific journals, which is a fantastic achievement.
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(Szabó Emese)