Marie Curie Doctoral Networks PICKED

Project duration: 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2028

Personalized medical approaches to treating chronic kidney diseases are the focus of the doctoral network “PersonalIzed medicine in Chronic KidnEy Disease” (PICKED). Despite the vast number of people worldwide with chronic kidney disease, the socio-economic impacts of this condition have so far been largely overlooked, which is leading to shortfalls in the development of personalized medical options.

The doctoral candidates of the PICKED network will work in an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral way to develop individualized strategies to meet patients’ needs in the fields of detection, progression and treatment. The institution coordinating the PICKED doctoral network is the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale in Paris (France). The lead supervisor on the Heidelberg side is Prof. Dr Franz Schaefer, head of the division for Pediatric Nephrology at the Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine of Heidelberg University Hospital.

Coordination: Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Frankreich
Head (Heidelberg): Prof. Dr Franz Schaefer
Institution (Heidelberg): Medical Faculty Heidelberg