Committee for Scientific Research Activity

The Committee for Scientific Research Activity is an advisory body that primarily monitors the quality of scientific research work, the quality of PhD thesis topics, scientific research activity and the quality of mentors, the quality of completed PhD theses and the candidate’s scientific publications.
The Committee meets once a month in the week before the scheduled Faculty Council session and before the Doctoral School Council meeting.

Deadlines for submission of documents and session schedule

Deadlines		Sessions
Ethics Committee	Committee for Scientific Research Activity	Ethics Committee	Committee for Scientific Research Activity	Faculty Council
15 September 2026	23 September 2026	22 September 2026	29 September 2026	13 October 2026
13 October 2026	21 October 2026	20 October 2026	27 October 2026	10 November 2026
10 November 2026	17 November 2026	17 November 2026	24 November 2026	08 December  2026
8 December  2026	11 December  2026	15 December  2026	22 December  2026	19 January 2027
12 January 2027	20 January 2027	19 January 2027	26 January 2027	9 February 2027
9 February 2027	17 February 2027	16 February 2027	23 February 2027	9 March 2027
16 March 2027	24 March 2027	23 March 2027	30 March 2027	13 April  2027
13 April  2027	21 April  2027	20 April  2027	27 April  2027	11 May 2027
11 May 2027	19 May 2027	18 May 2027	25 May 2027	8 June 2027
15 June 2027	23 June 2027	23 June 2027	29 June 2027	13 July 2027
29.June 2027	25 August 2027	6 July 2027	31 August 2027	14 September 2027
14 September 2027	22 September 2027	21 September 2027	28 September 2027	12 October 2027

PhD thesis topic registration

PhD thesis topic registration must be structured according to the Instructions for PhD Thesis Topic Registration of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka. PhD thesis topic registration is submitted both to the Ethics Committee and Committee for Scientific Research Activity in accordance with the previously published deadlines of the Ethics Committee.

PhD thesis

The PhD thesis must be written in accordance with the Instructions for Structure, Evaluation and Public Defense of PhD Thesis of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka.

Documents

PhD thesis topic registration

• Ds4 form – Doctoral dissertation topic application
• CV
• Ds5 form – Doctoral dissertation topic evaluation
• Ds6 form – Request for change of mentor
• Ds7 form – Request for change of doctoral dissertation topic
• Ds8 form – Request for exclusion of the public

Doctoral thesis

• Ds9 form – Evaluation – independent committee member report
• Ds10 form – Evaluation – joint committee report

Information

For additional information, please contact the Office of Science, Projects and Doctoral Studies.

• Mamaja Jančić, M.Ec.
  • Phone: +385 51 651 157
  • E-mail: mamaja.jancic@uniri.hr

Committee members

1. Prof. Dijana Detel, MD, PhD – President
2. Prof. Vera Vlahović-Palčevski, MD, PhD 
3. Prof. Bojan Polić, MD, PhD
4. Assoc. Prof. Goran Poropat, MD, PhD
5. Assoc. Prof. Dražen Lušić, PhD
6. Assoc. Prof. Zdravko Jotanović, MD, PhD 
7. Assoc. Prof. Ivan Bubić, MD, PhD
8. Assoc. Prof. Đurđica Cekinović Grbeša, MD, PhD – Vice President
9. Prof. Gordana Laškarin, MD, PhD
10. Prof. Branko Kolarić, MD, PhD
11. Asst. Prof. Andrea Dekanić, MD, PhD
12. Assoc. Prof. Jadranka Vraneković, PhD
13. Asst. Prof. Marina Babić Čač, PhD
14. Assoc. Prof. Ivana Ljubičić Bistrović, MD, PhD
15. Vice Dean for Scientific Research Activity
16. Prof. Miranda Muhvić-Urek, DMD, PhD (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Dental Medicine) – external member