
Core areas, SFBs & Co.
There are 6 different Ph.D. core areas at our faculty. In addition, there are numerous Collaborative Research Centers (SFBs) and associated programs that offer the Ph.D. Medical Research as part of a graduate program.
Core areas and associated programs
There are currently 6 core areas and numerous graduate programs at our Faculty, which offer the Ph.D. in Medical Research. Since not all departments offer a part of a core area or are associated with a research training group, there is also the option to do an “individual Ph.D. Medical Research”.

Core Area: International Health
"International Health" combines health-related research in the widest sense and development cooperation.
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Core Area: Oral Sciences
An interdisciplinary focus of dentistry that promotes research in the field of dental health.
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Core Area: Epidemiology & Public Health
Research projects range from clinical questions to health services research and evidence-based prevention.
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Core Area: Genomic and Molecular Medicine
Genomic and Molecular Medicine – Personalized Approaches to Childhood Health
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Core Area: Lung Health & Immunity
is an international, interdisciplinary, and structured MD and Ph.D. training program.
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Core Area: Cardiovascular Science
Combines classical scientific research with clinical medicine in cardiovascular sciences.
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Individual Ph.D. Medical Research
The Ph.D. for candidates at departments without a core area or associated program.
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SFB 1054
The control and plasticity of cell-fate decisions, their input signals and molecular basis.
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SFB 1064
Fundamental aspects of chromatin dynamics and how it responds to environmental and developmental cues.
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i-Target
Preclinical development of tumor immunotherapies (IRTG of the Bavarian Elite Network)
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IMPRS-TP
Interdisciplinary training in the field of molecular, cellular and systemic psychiatric research.
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IMPRS-ML
Projects in: Molecular Mechanisms, Biological Systems and Computational Biology and Technology Development
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IMPRS-BI
IMPRS - Biological Intelligence focuses on how nervous systems develop and produce behaviors that can adapt.
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Pilot
explores mechanisms that determine perinatal differentiation of immune cells & their cellular environment.
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Targets in Toxicology (GRK 2338)
brings together 12 research partners in the Munich area to understand the mechanism of toxic lung injury
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T-OP: Training Network for Optimizing Adoptive T cell Therapy of Cancer
targets a pioneering research question: how do cytokines influence the therapeutic outcome of ACT products?
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MvPI Infection research
Infection research with a focus on bacterial pathogens, virology and infection immunology
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The following SFBs and Research Training Groups have enabled numerous doctoral students to successfully complete their dissertations in recent years.

ITN Keep Control
aims at understanding and treatment of balance and gait deficits in older adults, closed successfully in 2021
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SFB 914
Studying the signals that navigate leukocytes within the vascular system, closed successfully in summer 2023.
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SFB 1243
Genetic and epigenetic evolution of hematopoietic neoplasms, The SFB was successfully completed in 2020.
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ChroMe
ChroMe’s research targeted an important nexus between metabolism and chromatin and closed successfully in 2020
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ImmuTrain
Researched bispecific antibodies against tumors and the patient´s immune system, closed successfully in 2019
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