Researcher training that leads to a PhD degree forms an important part of the Global Health Group’s activities. There are no fixed application deadlines for such studies but students are accepted continuously, based on their research proposals and funding positions.

Individuals interested in joining Global Health Group as a PhD student should contact the group. Potential applicants should note that, except some separate calls, the University of Tampere neither charges tuition fees nor offers any study scholarships for newly enrolled PhD students. Thus, the students will need to cover themselves both their personal costs, including travel and accommodation, as well as those expenses related to their possible thesis and research.

PhD studies at the Global Health Group are research based, which means that the majority of the work will be done around the students’ own research project. To obtain the PhD degree, the students are typically required to publish four scientific articles and a summary thesis from their research work. Additionally, the studies will include a minimum of 30 ECTS of coursework (approximately half a year), participation in the Global Health Group’s seminar series and regular supervisory discussions with the supervisors.

Each student’s program is tailored individually, through discussions between the student, the supervisor and the school’s committee for PhD studies. The students will be formally registered in the Doctoral Programme in Medicine, Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering.

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Completed Doctoral Theses

• Bireshwar Sinha
  Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care in Low Birth Weight Infants on Breastfeeding Performance, Gut Function, and Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Low Middle Income Populations in the Indian Subcontinent
  Academic dissertation, Tampere University
  Tampere University Dissertations 889, Tampere, 2023

• Mustafa Mahfuz
  Childhood Stunting in South Asian Slums
  Academic dissertation, Tampere University
  Tampere University Dissertations 658, Tampere, 2022

• Juha Pyykkö
  Visual Attention and Early Cognitive Development in Rural Malawian Infants
  Academic dissertation, Tampere University
  Tampere University Dissertations 522, Tampere, 2022

• Jaden Bendabenda
  The Associations of Malaria and Linear Growth Faltering in Infants and Young Children in Malawi
  Academic dissertation, Tampere University
  Tampere University Dissertations 201, Tampere, 2020

• Austrida Gondwe
  Born too soon in Malawi : Maternal nutrition as a predictor of preterm delivery and community and professional views on the care of the preterm infant
  Academic dissertation, Tampere University
  Tampere University Dissertations 111, Tampere, 2019

• Mihir Gandhi
  Methodological Issues in Health State Valuation in the General and Patient Populations
  Academic dissertation, Tampere University
  Tampere University Dissertations 3, Tampere, 2019

• Ulla Harjunmaa
  Nutrition Supplements, Oral Health and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Malawi
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 2413, Tampere, 2018

• Tiina Teivaanmäki
  Child Growth Stunting and Development in Malawi
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 2357, Tampere, 2018

• Nancy Dale
  Using Anthropometry to Optimize Nutrition Programs for Management of Acute Malnutrition
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 2253, Tampere, 2017

• Chiza Kumwenda
  Effect of Consuming Small-Quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements on Breast Milk, Energy and Nutrient Intake and the Association Between Amount of Breast Milk Intake and Growth and Development of Malawian Rural Children
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 2246, Tampere, 2017

• Chrissie Thakwalakwa
  Effect of Lipid Based Nutrient Supplementation on Growth and Intake of Breast Milk, Energy and Nutrients in Rural Malawian Children
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 2070, Tampere, 2015

• Anna Pulakka
  Physical Activity of Malawian Toddlers – Measurement, Effect of Nutrient Supplements and Parental perceptions
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 2059, Tampere, 2015

• Charles Mangani
  Promotion of Healthy Growth with Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Among Rural Malawian Children
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 2038, Tampere, 2015

• Valerie Flax
  Cultural Factors Related to Home Treatment of Malnourished Infants in Malawi
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1525, Tampere, 2010

• John Phuka
  Management of Infant Malnutrition in Rural Malawi
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1451, Tampere, 2009

• Kenneth Maleta
  Growth and Undernutrition in Rural Malawian Children
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 934, Tampere, 2003

• Merimaaria Espo
  Infant Mortality and its Underlying Determinants in Rural Malawi
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 870, Tampere, 2002

• Péter Csonka
  Management of the Wheezing Toddler: Diagnostic Practices, Therapy, and Predictors of Symptom Persistence
  Academic dissertation, University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 814, Tampere, 2001

• Teija Kulmala
  Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes in Rural Malawi
  Academic dissertation,  University of Tampere
  Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 785, Tampere, 2000