Professor Mikko Airavaara
The director of the doctoral programme
Janne Backman (vice-director)
Vincenzo Cerullo
Anna-Riia Holmström
Michael Jeltsch
Clare Strachan
Erik Wallen
Doctoral researchers' representatives
Berta Bosch
Olesya Shpironok
The doctoral programme board
Harri Mäcklin, Senior Advisor for Doctoral Education
The senior advisor for doctoral education of the programme
Other important email addresses:
Finding supervisors willing to guide you through your thesis project is one of the most important steps when preparing your application. But it’s not always an easy feat. Here are a few tips on how to go about it:
Supervisors in the DPDR work in the area of drug research and toxicological research. They are usually professors and principal investigators at the University of Helsinki. An extensive list of DPDR supervisors can be found from the University of Helsinki research portal.
Lists for doctoral candidates
All DPDR doctoral candidates should join the dpdr-candidates(a)helsinki.fi mailing list, which is used to advertise DPDR activities as well as to distribute information relevant to PhD candidates. Another relevant mailing list is the DSHealth doctoral school list (all DPDR-candidates list members automatically receive the DSHealth mails as well). Also, consult your supervisor for other relevant mailing lists to join.
To subscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo(at)helsinki.fi. Leave the subject-line empty and in the message field write subscribe DPDR-candidates. Please use your helsinki.fi email address.
To unsubscribe the list send an e-mail to majordomo(at)helsinki.fi and write in the message field unsubscribe DPDR-candidates and nothing else. Please note that you should send the email from the same address that you joined the list with.
Email list for DPDR supervisors
Primary supervisors are added to the DPDR-supervisors@helsinki.fi email list, other supervisors may join the list like this:
To subscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo(at)helsinki.fi. Leave the subject-line empty and in the message field write subscribe dpdr-supervisors.