PhD Council GSLS

The PhD Council GSLS consists of representative PhD candidates of the programme committees of the 15 PhD programmes. The PhD Council makes up the voice of the PhD candidates and aims to improve the quality of PhD education and the regulations related to their graduation.

The PhD Council advises the GSLS management team and the Board of Studies on the quality of doctoral education. Their activities include the evaluation the PhD research environment and PhD programmes through an annual survey, and organisation of an annual PhD Day and additional PhD events. The council meets once a month, together with the GSLS coordinator of doctoral education. The chair of the council is a member of the Board of Studies. 

You can contact the PhD Council for questions, suggestions or advice concerning your PhD journey. They are here for you, as fellow PhD candidates. Together, you can also decide whether your representative should raise any issues at the PhD Council meeting. Check out below who the PhD representative of your PhD programme is, including their contact details. 

Contact
phd-council-ugsls[at]googlegroups.com

PhD programme representatives

Biomembranes
Elena Radul
UU Faculty of Science

Cancer, Stem Cells & Developmental Biology
Aditya Dixit, PhD Council Chair - Internal
UMC Utrecht

Cardiovascular Research
Supita Sunpongsri
UU Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Clinical & Experimental Neuroscience
Denise van der Heijden
UMC Utrecht

Clinical & Translational Oncology
Sharminii Jaya Prakason 
UMC Utrecht

Computational Life Sciences
Sultan Nazir
UU Faculty of Science

Drug Innovation; PROUT
Trang Tu
UU Faculty of Science

Environmental Biology
Ella Schunselaar, PhD Council Secretary
UU Faculty of Science

Epidemiology
Sophie van Grinsven, PhD Council Chair - External
UMC Utrecht

Infection & Immunity
Dagmar Duijzer
UMC Utrecht

Life Sciences Education Research
Nathalie Brandenburg
UMC Utrecht

Medical Imaging
Ilse Peek
UMC Utrecht

Molecular Life Sciences
Elena Timoshenko & Flory Olsthoorn
UU Faculty of Science

Regenerative Medicine
Aurelius Roskothen-Shevchuk
UMC Utrecht

Toxicology & Environmental Health
Anne Rittscher-Fogg
UU Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Hubrecht Institute
Alberto Griffa

MD-PhD Committee
Katja Scheffer
UMC Utrecht