VASCULAR SUMMER SCHOOL

3^rd - 10^th July*

6^th edition

1 week - 30 hours - 3 ECTS delivered

From Basic to Clinic 

According to World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases represent the leading health and diseases worldwide. Cardiovascular diseases are linked to the very complex interactions between genes, aging and life style, and various risk factors.

This intensive teaching program will give an overview of the actual and future knowledge in the field of cardiovascular diseases. Selected thematics will be presented by renowned researchers and clinicians experts in the field who will share with the participants their experience through  interactive plenary lectures, workshops, hands-on and laboratory visits.

Provisional sessions:

• Visit of experimental and human vascular research laboratories
• Mechanotransduction
• Kidneys and vessels
• Neurovascular interaction
• Thrombotic veins
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Calcifying vessels
• The cardiovascular system in space
• Cardiopathy and post-infarction imaging
• Vascular Imaging
• Microvascular physiology

Organisation and attendance

*This period (3 - 10 July) covers the booking of the accommodation including in the registration fees. You are free to arrive later and leave earlier (Friday evening at the earliest) but please keep us informed in any case because we'll organise a welcoming at the train station on Saturday 3rd and a farewell ceremony on Friday afternoon 9th.

Classes take place in the Department of Medicine (Faculty of Health) and in the hospital labs, from Monday to Friday.

You must participate in all courses.

A certificate of attendance and 3 ECTS will be delivered at the end of the program.