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BRinging hEAlTH and social sciences to a new level through an interdisciplinary doctoral programme

Project description

Looking beyond medicine to understand health

Health is shaped by far more than doctors and hospitals. Housing, education, working conditions and inequality all leave deep marks on well-being. Whie social factors may account for as much as half of health outcomes, researchers are still too often trained within narrow disciplinary boundaries. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the BREATH project aims to train 20 doctoral researchers at the intersection of health and the social sciences. Through international collaborations, placements with healthcare organisations and interdisciplinary training, the project’s goal is to develop a new generation of scholars able to tackle the complex social roots of health.

Objective

It is widely recognised that non-medical determinants of health play a major role in health. Many of these determinants fall within the scope of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). World Health Organisation estimates that Social determinants of health (housing and working conditions, social inequalities, education, etc.) account for between 30-55% of health outcomes. Today, there are urgent needs of profiles capable of understanding the issues in their entirety rather than through a strictly health or social point of view. BREATH program will fill that gap by training excellent researchers.
BREATH aims to be the next interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Health and SSH, offering 20 doctoral positions for 3 years each at one of the 3 Pays-de-la-Loire Universities in France, led by distinguished supervisors. Through an open and merit-based recruitment procedure, it will provide excellent opportunities for international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research and training under attractive working conditions. BREATH is coordinated by the University of Angers, with the Universities of Nantes and Le Mans as implementing partners. The 3 public universities have long-standing habits of strong collaboration in doctoral studies, already managed jointly by the Doctoral College, with 83 research groups including 49 in Health and SSH. BREATH will also rely on a 27 associated partners network that will strongly enhance the opportunities of the Doctoral Candidates (DCs).
DCs will come closer to the private sector by collaborating with medical and healthcare organisations during secondments or special events. Beyond training through their own research, they will benefit from training courses in research techniques, complementary workshops for transferable skills, scientific meetings and conferences and the access to international scientific networks, with the final aim to promote knowledge exchange and mobility among academic and non academic partners.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-Cofund-D - HORIZON TMA MSCA Cofund Doctoral programme

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2023-COFUND-01

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Coordinator

UNIVERSITE D'ANGERS
Net EU contribution
€ 2 016 000,00
Address
RUE DE RENNES 40
49035 Angers Cedex 01
France
Region
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire Maine-et-Loire
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Partners (27)