Supervisor training at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy
To be approved as a principal supervisor, you must have completed both the Supervisor Information Day and an ethics course. A certificate of completion of both must be attached to the application documents.
Supervisor’s Information Day
The Supervisor’s Information Day is a full day organised twice a year and always given in English. The day is mandatory for principal supervisors of doctoral studies in medical and pharmaceutical sciences. It is also highly recommended for assistant supervisors.
To be approved, complete attendance is required. A certificate of attendance will be issued.
Next Supervisor’s Information Day
Time: 13 November 2025 at 9:00–16:30
Location: Classroom 12:229, Blåsenhus
The programme is in English.
Register for the next Supervisor’s Information Day
Registration open until 5 November 2025.
Programme
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
Peter Stålberg, Professor, Vice-Dean for Research Training
9:15 Supervision of Clinical PhD students
Ingrid Glimelius, Professor, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology
9:45 Approaching public defence
Elisabet Nielsen, Professor, Department of Pharmacy
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Admission and Financing of PhD-students
Peter Stålberg, Professor, Vice-Dean for Research Training
11:30 Courses and Research tracks
Sebastian Barg, Professor, Director of Studies for PhD-courses, Department of Medical Cell Biology
12:00 Lunch
12:45 What is sensitive data and how should sensitive personal data be handled within your project?
Tove Fall, Professor, Vice-Dean for Research Infrastructure, Department of Medical Sciences
13:45 Career support
Carin Eriksson Lindvall, Head of Career and leadership in academia at Division for Quality Enhancement
14:00 Animal trials and courses
Madeleine Le Grevés, Senior Lecturer, Department of Medical Cell Biology
14:45 Coffee break
15:00 Research ethics
Stefan Eriksson, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics (CRB)
16:00 Residence permits for PhD-students
Tove Lager, International Officer, Unit for support for fee-paying students
16:15 Concluding remarks
Programme end
Research ethics course
In addition to approved participation in the supervisor information, as a first-time principal supervisors at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy you must have completed the web-based course “Research ethics for medicine and pharmacy”.
The course is developed jointly by the seven faculties of medicine in Sweden and recommended for all researchers employed at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Supervising doctoral students
The course is aimed at post-doctorates (fellowships) with no or less experience of supervising doctoral students, new or senior lecturers holding a doctoral degree, as well as docents with some or lots of doctoral supervising experience.
Find out more and sign up for Supervising Doctoral Students
A deep approach to doctoral supervision
The course is aimed at experienced doctoral supervisors (above all docents and professors), but also at doctoral supervisors who have completed Supervising Doctoral Students or a shorter doctoral supervisor course at faculty level.
The course is given continuously.
Read more and sign up for A Deep Approach to Doctoral Supervision