Doctoral student opportunities in the interdisciplinary PharMetrX-Program // Application deadline Sep 6

 

The PharMetrX (https://www.PharMetrX.de) doctoral program invites applications for doctoral positions. The application period ends on September 06, 2025; the new doctoral year will start in March 2026.

“PharMetrX: Pharmacometrics & Computational Disease Modelling” is an internationally renowned, interdisciplinary and structured doctoral program bridging pharmacy and mathematics.

PharMetrX offers to you:

• excellent doctoral opportunities in the Berlin-Potsdam area
• fascinating research projects of high clinical relevance
• true interdisciplinary working groups and supervision by the two PharMetrX Chairs
• individual mentoring by one partner of our industry partner consortium
• an attractive 3.5-year fellowship
• lively exchange and interaction within the PharMetrX network of 123 PhD students
• a tailored research training (https://www.pharmetrx.de/training/curriculum.html) via the Module Curriculum– that introduces you ‘from scratch’ to relevant topics in pharmacometrics.

Further information:

• announcement poster (https://www.pharmetrx.de/files/pdf/PharMetrX-Call-for-Application_Poster2025_final.pdf)
• LinkedIn (https://de.linkedin.com/company/pharmetrx)

 

Interested? Apply by 06 September 2025 -> the new doctoral year will start in March 2026

 

Best regards,

Charlotte Kloft und Wilhelm Huisinga

PharMetrX Chairs

 

^{Further background information}

^{What is PharMetrX?}

^{PharMetrX is a joint, structured research training program of Freie Universität Berlin (Clinical Pharmacy) and the University of Potsdam (Mathematics & Systems Biology) with internationally high reputation.}

^{What are research projects within PharMetrX?
In PharMetrX research projects, we use clinical, experimental and literature data to quantitatively investigate relationships between administered dosing regimens, occurring drug concentration-time profiles (in particular at the site of action), evoked effects and resulting therapy outcomes. In doing so, we include knowledge about mechanisms of drug effects (desired, undesired) in biological networks and about the time course of disease in the body. Such pharmacometric models allow us to quantitively understand based on the underlying mechanisms the interplay between the triad "drug –patient – disease" and thus to ultimately predict the occurrence of desired and undesired effects, the course of disease and the influence of patient factors.}

^{What is the benefit and impact of pharmacometrics/PharMetrX?
As a result, pharmacometrics is not only becoming increasingly important in decision-making processes in all phases of drug research & development ("Model-informed Drug Discovery and Development (MID3)"); it also represents a decisive step towards personalised drug therapy („Model-informed Precision Dosing“(MIPD)).}

^{PharMetrX thus contributes to the development of rational therapy recommendations to improve the risk-benefit ratio of drug treatments in individual patients or subgroups, thereby increasing both therapy safety and efficiency.}

^{And after your PhD studies? Excellent perspectives!}

^{Pharmacometrics is an exciting area with excellent professional development opportunities in this field after your PhD studies: e.g. at university, in large and small research-driven pharmaceutical companies, in non-university research institutes/consultant institutes, hospitals, regulatory authorities, etc.}

 

Looking for a PhD Program bridging Pharmacy & Mathematics?

The interdisciplinary doctoral program PharMetrX at @Freie Universität Berlin and @Universität Potsdam offers you exciting RESEARCH & tailored TRAINING & extensive NETWORK opportunities. Why Research and Training? To better understand medicines by pharmacometric modelling and simulation and best-informed decisions in drug development and therapeutic use. Why the Network? To lively exchange and interact with 123 peers of pharmacy, mathematics, bioinformatics, statistics, medicine, natural sciences and life sciences. Interested?! Then join us and apply online until 6 September. For more information, see: https://www.pharmetrx.de/ and https://de.linkedin.com/company/pharmetrx