Cardiovascular Summer School: Clinical and Experimental

Language: English

Period: 20 – 24 July 2026

Application Deadline: 31 May 2026

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 3

Tuition fees: 250€

Cardiovascular health and disease strictly depend on a dynamic interplay among genes, ageing, lifestyle, and risk factors.

In recent years, this field has witnessed major advances in research and revisions of clinical programs, translated into new practical guidelines.

Furthermore, a new research paradigm – including genotype-phenotype relationships, the development of advanced investigative and diagnostic tools, and the application of artificial intelligence toward improved personalized and precision cardiovascular medicine – represents an exciting perspective on the horizon for scientits and clinicians interested in cardiovacsular pathophysiology and medicine.

The Summer School will be activated with at least 30 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 100 students.

The Summer School will be held on campus in Pisa, at Centro Congressi Le Benedettine, Piazza San Paolo a Ripa D’Arno, 16.

This Summer School aims to provide state-of-the-art, cutting-edge developments in the understanding of major cardiovacsular diseases, spanning from basic sciences and pathophysiological perspectives to clinical applications.

It will be strongly characterized by a multidisciplinary approach, presenting fundamental pathophysiological principles of cardiovascular function, established knowledge of cardiovascular diseases, and innovative perspectives in cardiovascular treatment and management.

Emerging views on cardiometabolic disorders, cardiomyopathies, pathophysiology-guided approaches to interventional cardiology, and the functional and structural aspects of atherothrombotic disease will represent key topics.

The Summer School is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students in Medicine and Life Sciences, PhD students, medical students, and students enrolled in specialization schools of Cardiology and pneumology.

Admission Requirements

Being an undergraduate/postgraduate students in Medicine and Life Sciences, PhD students, medical students, and students enrolled in specialization schools of Cardiology and pneumology.

Required documents

  • Identity Document (*PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student*)
  • Enrolment Form
  • Curriculum Vitae

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the “How to apply” page.

Tuition fees: 250€

Pay fees by Debit/Credit Card or PayPal online using the following Payment Form

NOTICE:

  • International students without Italian Tax Code: please tick the box ‘Anonymous’ in order to disable the field ‘Italian personal ID/VAT number’.
  • Please type your NAME and SURNAME next to the pre-filled text of the field ‘Reason’
  • Please pay only after receiving the admission letter

REFUND POLICY:

There will be no refund of the paid tution fees.

 

Contacts

Coordinators
Prof. Rosalinda Madonna rosalinda.madonna@unipi.it
Prof. Doralisa Morrone doralisa.morrone@unipi.it

Website https://summerschool.cardiovascular.med.unipi.it

Summer/Winter School Office  support.summerschool@unipi.it