Overview
Sudden cardiac death, cardiac autopsy and inherited cardiovascular disease pathology.
The programme
- Focus
- Cardiovascular Pathology
- Training type
- Observership / visiting fellowship
- Duration
- 3–6 months; 6 months preferred
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- 2 per year
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Pathologists or final-year pathology residents; Giordano funding additionally requires eligible ESP membership and no previous award. Confirm English requirements with host.
- International applicants
- International visiting trainees considered; bursary eligibility is separate
- Visa support
- Host offers invitation/documentation or accommodation assistance as described in its brochure
- Licence requirement
- Confirm permitted diagnostic activity and registration requirements before accepting
How to apply
- Deadline
- 2027 Giordano bursary deadline passed (3 August 2026); contact host about future or self-funded visits
- Application method
- Contact the host named in its ESP brochure; use ESP for a future bursary call
Funding
- Funding
- No training fee; accommodation costs require confirmation ESP bursaries, when awarded, fund up to 3 months.