Workshops
26th of MAY, 2026
11:30-13:00
WORKSHOPS A
WORKSHOP A1
Navigating the PhD Journey: From Survival to Growth
Ádám Orosz, Tamás Bozó
Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University,
Budapest, Hungary
The PhD Survival Lab offers a safe, interactive space for PhD students and postdocs to reflect on stress, writing guilt, academic pressure, and blurred boundaries between research and private life. Guided by two key questions — Why is PhD life mentally so demanding? and What strategies can support resilience and well-being? — participants will share experiences and co-create ways to navigate burnout, rejections, and “publish or perish” challenges.
MAX ATTENDANCE: 32 participants
WORKSHOP A2
Leverage of PhD Students Exchange between ORPHEUS Universities
Pascal Madeleine1, Ákos Zsembery2, Graca Baltazar3
1Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology, Aalborg University,
Faculty of Medicine, Denmark
2Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest,
Hungary
3Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
The workshop highlights the strategic interplay between international research mobility, sustainable funding models, and rigorous accreditation. It discusses how structured financial support, reciprocal recognition frameworks, and cross-border collaboration enhance doctoral training quality, increase global competitiveness, and foster institutional and individual academic development.
MAX ATTENDANCE: 30 participants
WORKSHOP A3
The Connected Researcher: Strategies for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Péter Domján, András Mándoki, Péter Vámosi, Patrik Kreuter,
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
A workshop aiming to equip early-career researchers with practical strategies for overcoming barriers to interdisciplinary work and to map out how institutional frameworks can better support science communication and dissemination.
MAX ATTENDANCE: 45 participants
27th of MAY, 2026
13:30-15:00
WORKSHOPS B
WORKSHOP B1
Orpheus Labelling workshop
Gül Akdoğan1, Joana Palha2
1Chair, ORPHEUS Labelling Committee, IEU School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
2Co-Chair, ORPHEUS Labelling Committee, Minho University, Braga, Portugal
The ORPHEUS Labelling Workshop is grounded in the Best Practices in Doctoral Education (Revision 3, 2024), an internationally benchmarked quality assurance framework. The workshop critically reviews doctoral schools against core and advanced recommendations covering research environment, admission, supervision, training, thesis standards, assessment, and governance. It provides structured peer feedback to strengthen compliance, transparency, and international recognition in PhD education.
MAX ATTENDANCE: unlimited participants
WORKSHOP B2
Navigating the PhD Journey: From Survival to Growth
Ádám Orosz, Tamás Bozó
Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
The PhD Survival Lab offers a safe, interactive space for PhD students and postdocs to reflect on stress, writing guilt, academic pressure, and blurred boundaries between research and private life. Guided by two key questions — Why is PhD life mentally so demanding? and What strategies can support resilience and well-being? — participants will share experiences and co-create ways to navigate burnout, rejections, and “publish or perish” challenges.
MAX ATTENDANCE: 32 participants
WORKSHOP B3
Building interdisciplinary support teams for clinical translational PhD training: why it matters and how to do it
Szilárd Váncsa, Gábor Varga, Mahmoud Obeidat
Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
The workshop aims to present the rationale and implementation of interdisciplinary support within the Translational Medicine PhD program. The program integrates supervisors, methodology experts, statisticians, IT and ethics specialists to enhance study design, data analysis, and research execution. This team-based structure strengthens methodological quality, fosters collaborative skills, and accelerates translational research competence in clinical settings.
MAX ATTENDANCE: 30 participants