Sports Medicine, Health Tourism & Leisure Sciences

With this doctoral program, the Tyrolean Private University UMIT TIROL has ventured into uncharted international territory. Doctoral candidates are provided with a network of research and practice, both nationally and internationally, to carry out their dissertations.

The term "sports medicine" is understood in a very broad sense and includes, among other things, research projects in elite sports, recreational sports, and health-oriented sports. One focus of the dissertation offerings is on alpine and altitude medicine, including hypoxia research.

The doctoral program is further complemented by research projects in health tourism and leisure sciences, which are conducted in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck, represented by Prof. Mike Peters from the Institute for Strategic Management, Marketing, and Tourism.

Selected thesis supervisors:

• Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Tobias Dünnwald, Institute of Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism (ISAG)
• Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Christian Fink, Research Unit for Sports Medicine of the Muscolosceletal System and Injury Prevention at ISAG

Academic Faculty Representative:

Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Tobias Dünnwald
Institut of Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism (ISAG)
tobias.duennwald@umit-tirol.at