Carolina Monteiro is not the typical case of someone who wanted to study Medicine since she was born. With a great passion for Cinema, she chose to study Science, an area where she felt she could be of more use to others. And while, on the one hand, it may seem tempting to have a wide range of career prospects, on the other hand, Carolina says that this creates an internal conflict which makes it hard to find out which are one’s real interests in life. It was only in the 11th grade that she got a glimpse of clinical […]

Punctuality is an innate characteristic that I’ve been finding among the students that I’ve been meeting. They arrive right on time. As I meet Catarina Bravo, Joana Bastos, João Torres and Guilherme Vilhais, they come in with a broad smile which shows a natural candour. Some minutes after comes Liliana Pacheco and then Francisco Baptista. They are effective students of the Pedagogical Board at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and ended their term in April, with the exception of Francisco, who was a substitute student during this term, together with Mariana Caetano, Inês Mendo, João Afonso, […]

É entre reuniões que nos consegue receber na Associação de Estudantes. Andreia Daniel, estudante do 5º ano de Medicina, e ainda, Presidente da AEFML, partilha connosco um pouco da sua experiência como representante máxima desta estrutura estudantil da FMUL. Convidamo-la a revisitar todas as realizações do seu mandato, uma fase que segundo a própria “Vai deixar muitas saudades!”. O bichinho da política vive dentro dela. Assume-se como uma pessoa interventiva e preocupada, mas, por agora, terá de dar por encerrada esta missão para se dedicar a todo o gás à Prova Final de Acesso à Formação Especializada, que ao que […]

We agreed that I could attend one of her practical Biochemistry classes. We scheduled it for 11 am. I arrive on time, but I find the door closed and I hear her voice inside. I get in with a thousand apologies, thinking to myself, how could I be late for my first class at Medical School? In a room that only has workbenches, fridges and some machines that I am not familiar with yet, there are 9 students, all girls, all with updo hair. The Professor speaks enthusiastically and jigs as if trying to dribble past the exceeded class time […]

Teaching Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon for 12 years, Miguel Castanho is Full Professor and member of the School Board. Widely known in the academic and scientific community, he leads a research team at the iMM – MCastanho Lab and is one of the Portuguese scientists who is receiving more funding, the last of which for a project where he is responsible for coordinating a European team. He has already been distinguished with several awards, but some of them have a special flavour: the Golden Harrys for Best Professor of the Year, awarded by the […]

Professor Maria José Diógenes, in addition to being a teacher at our institution, was also responsible for the organisation and implementation of the Candidate’s Day, which took place on 30 April. We took advantage of this month’s theme on News, as well as the proximity to this event to talk to her about what it is to be a professor, to explore the relationship she establishes with students and the importance of Candidate Day. Talking to Professor Maria José Diógenes is not at all a moment of work. It was rather an enriching moment of learning with lots of smiles […]