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Graduiertenkolleg 793 (GRK 793)
The PhD programme "Graduiertenkolleg
793: Epidemiology of communicable and
chronic, non-communicable diseases and
their interrelationships" has been the only
PhD programme for epidemiology in Ger-
many until now. It ran from April 1st, 2002
to March 31, 2011 with a stipend extension
period until March 31, 2012. Heiko Becher
has been the chairman of the program.
Other supervisors and lecturers from the
Institute of Public Health were Olaf Müller,
Rainer Sauerborn, Heribert Ramroth and,
as former members, Thomas Jänisch and
Oliver Razum. The administration of the
program has been organized by Ms Elke
Braun-van der Hoeven. The main aim of the
program was postgraduate education of
young graduates in the field of epidemiolo-
gy through largely independent research in
an epidemiological study, general advanced
education in main fields of epidemiologic
research, and reinforcement of existing
research groups and genuine contributions
to epidemiologic research.
Until April 2012, 92 doctoral theses were
completed or almost completed. Of these,
17 were or are affiliated with the Institute of
Public Health. The table on the right shows
some data. Many of the theses were marked
with "summa cum laude", and a large number
of scientific prizes were awarded to mem-
bers of the program (see list on page 76).
With few exceptions, all theses were written
in English. The teaching program including
all seminars and lecturers were also given in
Number of doctoral students and marks of the GRK 793
Note
PhD theses
male
female
total
Fellows
Cum laude
1
2
3
Magna cum laude
5
20
20
Summa cum laude
2
8
10
Final mark pending
1
9
10
total
9
39
43
associated
PhD students
Cum laude
2
1
3
Magna cum laude
9
14
23
Summa cum laude
0
3
3
Final mark pending
2
8
10
total
13
26
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Members of the Graduiertenkolleg at a two-day retreat 2010