Fellowships

Ph.D. opportunity for medical graduates and post-graduates

Are you a physician interested in pursuing research? Do the clinical challenges motivate you to seek new

knowledge about health and disease and even discover new diseases? Rare genetic diseases present a

unique challenge in healthcare in that a majority of these diseases currently have no known cure and

present a significant burden to the affected patients and their families. The clinical research training

programme (CRTP) for rare diseases, offers research training for physicians with a Ph.D. degree conferred

upon completion. This training enables physicians to become multi-domain experts and rise to the

challenge of bridging the gap between patient care and cutting-edge research in the domain of rare genetic

diseases.

Who can apply?

Post-graduates and graduates in Medical or Dental Sciences (DM/MCh/MD/MS/MBBS or equivalent

qualifications) are eligible.

Background

The program is a part of the core research activity of the Center for Rare Disease Diagnosis, Research and

Training, a virtual center being established by Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Institute of

Bioinformatics, Bengaluru and Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad. This activity is funded by

DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance.

Program details:
A full-time program of 3-4 years with training in basic science research for physicians: Handling samples,

sequencing, analysis of Sanger sequencing and next-generation sequencing data, molecular biology, cell

culture, animal models, systems biology and exposure to drug development in a clinical and laboratory

environment. Students will complete the first 12 months of their training at MAHE, Manipal and will

subsequently train at MAHE or one or more of participating institutions as well as have opportunities to

train abroad with our international collaborators.

Mentorship:
Mentors are MAHE-approved Ph.D. guides (physicians and scientists) from the three participating

institutions:
1. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal (MAHE)

2. Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore (IOB)

3. Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad (DRILS)

International collaborators:
Students have an opportunity to stay and learn at state-of-the-art facilities from one of our several

international collaborators listed below:
1. Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Belgium

2. Institute of Human Genetics at Institute of Human Genetics University Medical Center Hamburg
- Eppendorf, Germany

3. Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University Foundation

NHS Trust, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK

4. Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK

5. Department of Clinical Genomics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Funding:
and travel. Six such fellowships are available.

Opportunities:
post successful completion of the programme.

How to apply:
**Deputy Director - HR**

**Manipal Academy of Higher Education**
Madhav Nagar, Manipal 576104

Udupi, Karnataka, India

**Center for Rare Diseases**
**Diagnosis, Research and Training