News # 92 | Jul. 2019 « News@fmul News@fmul

News # 92 | Jul. 2019

Editorial Note

United for Science

“United for Science” is the motto for this issue of our Faculty’s Newsletter and best expresses the feeling that prevails over the 30 years of GAPIC – Support Office for Scientific, Technological and Innovation Research – whose anniversary is this month! The 30th anniversary of GAPIC is the perfect occasion to remember the promotor and mentor of this office, whose mission is to promote scientific research among the FMUL students. We’ll talk about Professor David Ferreira e and get acquainted with another side of him, besides the scientist and educator. The celebration of this 30th anniversary fills us with happiness, […]

FMUL News

Meet the FMUL Degree in Nutrition Sciences

The review done at the end of this first year following the implementation of the Nutritional Sciences degree at the FMUL couldn’t be more positive. We have had great demand on the part of higher education applicants, the students here are a motivated, interested, dynamic group full of commitment to understanding the phenomena of nutrition. The academic community at the FMUL, whether lecturers/non-lecturing staff, or medical students, have also welcomed these students to academic life at the Faculty in a very inclusive way, recognising their identity as students of nutritional sciences. But this first year was only the beginning. For […]

Universidade de Macau em visita à Faculdade de Medicina

A Universidade de Macau viajou até Portugal no início do mês de julho, onde reuniu com a Universidade de Lisboa, não podendo faltar um encontro especial com a Faculdade de Medicina. Recebidos pelo Diretor, o Prof. Fausto J. Pinto, a Sub-Diretora, Profª Ana Sebastião e pelo Diretor Executivo, Dr Luís Pereira, esta delegação representada pelo Vice-Reitor, Prof. Wei Ge, pelo responsável pela área administrativa, Mr. Patrick Lou, e acompanhados pelo Prof. Carlos Silvestre, veio iniciar um ciclo de encontros e vontades que pretendem dinamizar percursos académicos de uma cultura comum já tão enraizada. Pretendendo posicionar-se estrategicamente na Medicina a delegação […]

CCUL a pioneer in cardiovascular research among the best National R & D Units

The Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon (CCUL) is one of FMUL’s research centres. It consists of 107 researchers, of which 30 are PhDs and 14 are PhD students. Organised into 13 Research Units, its mission is to understand the processes of cardiovascular science in health and disease: Coronary and Structural Disease Unit, led by Professor Fausto Pinto; Pulmonary Hypertension and Valvular Disease Unit, led by Professor Ana Almeida; Surgery, Imaging and Vascular Biology Unit, currently led by Professor Luís Mendes Pedro; Cardiomyopathies and Cardiac Insufficiency Unit, led by Professor Dulce Brito; Electrophysiology and Pacing Unit, currently led by […]

FCT atribui classificação de Muito Bom ao ISAMB

The international evaluation panel of the FCT R & D units rated the Institute of Environmental Health of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon as Very Good and also made very encouraging comments regarding the challenges that lie ahead for the 2020-2023 horizon. The ISAMB (Environmental Health Institute) of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) was evaluated by an international panel, composed of 11 experts from several European institutions of reference, obtaining the final classification of Very Good and a total financing of 784 thousand euros for the 2020-2023 period, including two PhD […]

GAPIC, 30 years Supporting Science

We commemorated on 11th July the 30th Anniversary of the Scientific and Technological Research and Innovation Support Bureau (GAPIC). On 11th July 1989 the Coordination Commission of the Scientific Board unanimously approved this Bureau’s constitution, with the purpose of promoting and coordinating the FMUL’s scientific research, especially together with Medicine students at undergraduate level, and also nowadays with our Integrated Master’s Study Programme in Medicine (MIM). Its mentor, Professor David Ferreira, aims as such to enrich the FMUL with a structure to, as Professor João Ferreira, Ph.D (GAPIC Coordinator 2009-16) affirmed in his tribute to this figure of the FMUL, […]

Professor Mamede Alves de Carvalho is a global specialist in Electromyography

Professor Mamede Alves de Carvalho has been recognised as a specialist in Electromyography (a diagnostic method that evaluates nerve or muscular problems) by Expertscape. Expertscape is a platform archiving scientific papers, from a vast array of fields, and which is also able to use published data to identify and classify specific medical knowledge, which could help patients, doctors and health professionals in making decisions concerning a certain treatment. Prof. Mamede Alves de Carvalho is worthy of praise for this recognition, in the context of all his research and teaching in the area of Neurophysiology, having received, on the 22nd July, […]

Bibliotecas de Saúde da ULisboa, vencem Prémio de Melhor Póster no IX Encontro Ibérico EDICIC 2019 – Dados Abertos e Inclusão Digital na Era do Big Data

Este evento decorreu na Universidade de Barcelona, entre 9 e 11 de julho. O tema do poster vencedor é “Repositório institucional e rede social académica: um estudo de caso na área da saúde da Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa)” da autoria de Luíza Baptista Melo e Patrícia Torres (FMD), Tatiana Sanches (FP), Sílvia Costa Lopes (FF) e Susana Oliveira Henriques (FM). Parabéns!

News Report / Profile

Rui Tato Marinho – 30 years curing people with Hepatitis C

For taking on the Presidency of the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology last May and for his prestigious record as Director of the Gastroenterology and Haepatology Department at Santa Maria Hospital, we had organised a forthcoming uninterrupted conversation. Rui Tato Marinho is an Associate Professor with Aggregation and an integral part of the Pedagogical Council of the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine (FMUL). A Gastroenterologist with a sub-speciality in Haepatology, he is familiar with the international roles of scientific societies, considering them, in fact, to be a vital attribute for being a good leader and a good manager of people […]

Events

ISAMB discusses the effects of environmental change on Human Health

In a strongly multidisciplinary environment and before an audience of over 100 participants, two dozen experts discussed, for two days, the effects of environmental change on human health. Climate action to protect human health was the theme addressed by Professor Filipe Duarte Santos, president of the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development, at his inaugural conference, stressing that “one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate change is human health”. Organised by the ISAMB (Institute of Environmental Health) of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, with the support of NIPPON Gases Portugal, the main goal of […]

II Congresso Nacional de Comunicação Clínica em Cuidados de Saúde

Our Faculty hosted on 5 July at the Egas Moniz Building the II National Congress of Clinical Communication in Health Care “Relation and Communication in Health Care” and was represented by several bodies: Board of directors, Pedagogical Council, Department of Medical Education, Student Association and the NEICCR (Teaching and Research of Communication and Relational Competencies Centre) coordinator, who presided over the Congress in which representatives, teachers and researchers from national and international medical schools participated from a perspective of productive interdisciplinary collaboration. Pioneers in the national scene, our Faculty hosted this scientific event for the first time, coinciding with a […]

ClinMed 2019 Summer School – 2nd Edition at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon!

Following last year’s success, this year, the ClinMed 2019 – SummerSchool returns with more countries involved, more challenges and more students with backgrounds in health participating in this immersive experience of health innovation. But what is the ClinMed Summer School? ClinMed aims to give students a perspective of the entire journey, from the initial idea of a medical device to its realisation in the European market. An immersive activity with 2 distinct phases. In the first phase, students have a 3-day immersive experience at a Health Unit or Specialist Unit in each of the participating countries where they will interact […]

FMUL Nutrition Laboratory Summer School

Within the Sintra Cresce Saudável Project, the FMUL’s Nutrition Laboratory hosted a Summer School. From July 15th-19th, a group of students learned how they could develop scientific research and writing skills: from data to publication; in close contact with the Sintra Cresce Saudável Project, promoted by the Sintra City Council and managed, in its technical-scientific aspect, by the FMUL Nutrition Laboratory. They came to realise that the Nutrition Laboratory, as a research unit, can serve the incentive and execution of scientific writing, in practical assignments. Regarding these days of Summer School as a success and a new level for the […]

III Sessão NeuroSeS

A terceira sessão dos encontros-almoço NeuroSeS (Neurociências de Translação), decorreu no passado dia 9 de Julho e contou com a participação de 60 pessoas. A discussão versou sobre o tema “Spinal cord injury: what can we learn for animal models?” apresentado pela investigadora Leonor Saúde. Em humanos, e nos mamíferos em geral, as lesões medulares espinhais podem ter consequências devastadoras devido à importância da medula espinhal para as actividades do dia-a-dia como andar, mas também devido à sua incapacidade de regenerar, levando a incapacidades permanentes. Em claro contraste, a medula espinhal do peixe-zebra tem a capacidade notável de recuperar de […]

More and Better

GAPIC Alumni Network – GAPIC, 30 years Connecting Researchers

Over the last 30 years, GAPIC has provided over 520 FMUL students the opportunity to carry out research projects, as part of a research team made up of various units of the CAML. As such, the GAPIC Alumni Network has been expanding and, in order to streamline it, last year to celebrate the 29th Anniversary of GAPIC the Facebook page – GAPIC Alumni was created, with currently over 200 Posts and around 400 followers. This page constitutes a gathering point for Students, Alumni, Tutors, Researchers and Lecturers, a space to share experiences, news and discoveries in the scientific world. Join […]

FMUL student participates in the NGOs Annual Consultations Meetings in the HC of the United Nations.

From July 4th to 10th, the 6th year student from our Faculty Sebastião Castanheira Martins was part of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) delegation at the NGOs Annual Consultations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Human Rights Council. Sebastião points out that the NGOs Annual Consultations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is currently trying to change the paradigm of humanitarian action in regards to refugees. At the UN Human Rights Council, Sebastião was part of the IFMSA delegation. It had its first attendance this year with the main purpose of […]

GAPIC: The Student Perspective

Students of the FMUL have always been driven by a relentless will to explore the dimension of scientific and clinical research, supplementing the core curriculum of the Integrated Master’s in Medicine. In the long term, this contributes to the training of doctors who are more informed and are better able to stand out on an international level, without forgetting that it can even radically contribute to many of their careers being dedicated to research. This interest and will to go further on the part of students of the FMUL has been materialised, largely thanks to the work done by […]

The steps and moments on the path of a GAPIC Alumni

Institutional anniversaries are full of pose and formality, but there are many stories hidden within them, the people who support them and the reflections they provide. These 30 years of GAPIC deserve it and are full of these stories; I had the privilege and the opportunity to count myself among them. More than two decades ago, I participated as a medical student in more than one edition of undergraduate scientific research support programmes. I went from the Delta-Notch pathway with Professor Domingos Henrique to late literate cognition with Professor Castro-Caldas. Many years later I became a paediatrician, teacher and clinical […]

Research and Advanced Education

GAPIC David Ferreira Award GAPIC – 30 years Valuing Science

The GAPIC David Ferreira Award was established in 2016 with the goal of recognising the best Undergraduate Dissertations / Integrated Masters Study Programme Theses in Medicine (MIM) at the FMUL and, and such, encourage the practice of scientific research across the entire spectrum of undergraduate students. By attributing to it the name of the Scientific and Technological Research and Innovation Support Bureau’s (GAPIC’s) mentor, the FMUL honours the memory of Prof. David Ferreira, Ph.D, whose campaign to promote scientific research among undergraduate students is undeniable. The 3 editions of this competition have had a total of 59 candidates, with 3 […]

“Education through Science” Programme – GAPIC, 30 years Promoting Science

The “Education through Science” Programme (PEC) was created in 1997 as a programme of support for undergraduate students to conduct scientific research. Through the PEC, students participate directly in outlining and executing laboratory or clinical research projects, as part of a team made up of the FMUL’s research unit, the Institute of Molecular Medicine (iMM) or the Santa Maria Hospital (HSM), under supervision of a tutor In 2015, the PEC was reinforced by CHULN/FMUL Grants, funded by the CHULN, and allocated to projects with a predominant clinical component, to carry out at CHULN Clinics and Laboratories. Over 23 editions, the […]

AstraZeneca Foundation/FMUL Research Grant GAPIC, 30 years Driving Science

Recognising the importance of scientific research for the development of knowledge in Medicine and for the virtue of medical practice led the FMUL and the AstraZeneca Foundation in 2004 to create an Annual Research Grant. This Grant is aimed specifically at young doctors, funding a research project in the field of health to the amount of €5,000.00. Over the 15 editions of this contest, there have been a total of 102 applicants, with 15 receiving grants. Applications for the 16th Contest of the AstraZeneca Foundation/FMUL Research Grant are open from 1st to 30th of September. More Information | GAPIC’s just […]

Celebrating 30 years of GAPIC

Anniversaries are moments in which we can review our past and plan our future. As such, to mark the 30 YEARS OF GAPIC, we would like to THANK everyone who has made GAPIC what it is today from its first mentor, Prof. David Ferreira; to those who have carried out research, the GAPIC ALUMNI; to the supervisors and revisers of our scientific projects; to the RESEARCH DAY session moderators; to the FMUL and other entities (AstraZeneca Foundation, CHULN, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & Merck) that have continually, every year without fail, funded our research programmes; to AEFML, who have brought new […]

Publicações Científicas (FMUL / HSM / IMM) junho – julho | 2019

A Newsletter pretende, neste espaço, dar aos seus leitores uma perspectiva da produção científica realizada no Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, que inclui a Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, o Hospital de Santa Maria e o Instituto de Medicina Molecular – João Lobo Antunes. Para aceder ao texto integral dos artigos, deverá estar conectado à rede da FMUL. As bases de dados utilizadas foram a Pubmed e a Web of Science. Para aceder ao documento em PDF, clique aqui. André Rodrigues Área de Biblioteca e Informação andresilva@medicina.ulisboa.pt

iMM Corner

Blood vessel communication tools and how zebrafish can help find new drugs to treat spinal cord injuries

In this edition of iMM Corner, we find out about two more scientific articles: The latest project by the research group led by Leonor Saúde, published this week in the Scientific Reports journal, a platform was developed that uses zebrafish to accelerate the discovery of new drugs to treat spinal cord injuries. This project is the proof-of-concept that, combined with drug repositioning strategies, it has the potential to accelerate the period from the discovery of new therapeutic targets to their clinical use. A key element in generating a functional vascular system is the collective migration of endothelial cells that form […]

Accelerating the discovery of new drugs to treat spinal cord injuries using zebrafish

The new platform enables effective drug screening and selection A research team led by Leonor Saúde, lead researcher at iMM and Invited Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, in partnership with the iMM-based company Technophage, SA, have devised a simple and effective platform that uses zebrafish to discover and identify new drugs to treat spinal cord injuries. This open-access report published this week on the scientific journal Scientific Reports*, is the proof-of-concept that, combined with drug repositioning strategies, it has the potential to accelerate the period from the discovery of new therapeutic targets to […]

How to align communication skills

New study explains blood vessel physical communication An organized network of blood vessels is essential for life, and this organization is altered in many diseases, including cancer, retinopathy, and arteriovenous malformations. A key element in generating a functional vascular system is the collective migration of endothelial cells that form the inner lining of blood vessels. However, the regulation mechanisms of this collective migration are not known. A new study led by Cláudio Franco, lead researcher at iMM, has found that a molecule called Wnt5a promotes endothelial cell coordination, enhancing physical communication between cells. The report recently published on the open […]

From this Side

Ana and the memories from the breath of dust

The very first time we spoke, I was struck by the emotion on her face, as she walked into the room that today bears the name of the person who inspired her so much. She described a mix of longing and nostalgia while remembering him. It was December and we were in the David Ferreira Auditorium (Amphitheatre 52), because it was Research Day, a day that GAPIC organises to celebrate scientific research in a Medical School. It had to be his creation if we think about who he was. In 1989 the master crafted one of his best projects, a […]

Memory Lane

Professor José David Ferreira – Biographical Note

Professor José Francisco David Ferreira was born in Montargil on the 26th February 1929, and died in Lisbon on the 7th February 2012. Coming from a large family and due to various constraints, he came to Lisbon to be raised by relatives. The 1940’s capital of the last century saw him attending coffee gatherings, reading clandestine works, participating in small conspiracies of a young generation who wanted a new path for our country. That’s when a young David Ferreira gained a political and human awareness that would guide him throughout his life. He attended the Camões High School between 1939 […]

Alumni Association

Medicina, Informação, Autonomia e Criticismo

A prática médica é uma relação empática entre o médico que tem a competência, e o doente fragilizado que o procura porque nele confia. Até há cerca de 50 anos existia nesta relação um paternalismo evidente por parte do médico que ajudava o doente com os seus conhecimentos e perícias técnicas. Porém, esta relação individual e paternalista alterou-se radicalmente nas últimas décadas por várias revoluções na Medicina. A explosão dos conhecimentos obrigou às especializações, e a complexidade e custos da moderna Medicina transformou a relação individual médico-doente, numa relação mais institucional e diluída numa equipa na qual surgem também novos […]

Keep in Mind

O Dia da nossa Faculdade – Save the Date

É um dos dias mais importantes da nossa casa. O Dia da Faculdade de Medicina. E se juntarmos ainda o facto de ser também o momento em que se comemora o 70.º aniversário do Prémio Nobel Egas Moniz, médico neurologista, galardoado em 1949 pela técnica de leucotomia pré-frontal, então a data torna-se obrigatória na sua agenda! Dia 16 de setembro marca assim o começo do ano académico e recebe, com ilustres convidados nacionais e internacionais, relatos e reflexões sobre o único Nobel da Medicina Português e que também foi Diretor da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa. Temos algumas surpresas guardadas para si. Por isso […]

Workshop Impacto das Alterações Climáticas na Saúde – NOV’19

Objetivos Os principais objetivos deste Workshop são: a) promover conhecimento sobre as alterações climáticas; b) sensibilizar para a necessidade de uma abordagem integrada na avaliação dos impactos das alterações climáticas na saúde; c) promover conhecimento sobre a associação entre indicadores ambientais e de saúde no contexto das alterações climáticas; d) capacitar para o cálculo e estimativa de taxas de morbimortalidade em populações vulneráveis; e) capacitar para a divulgação e promoção de comportamentos de coping em situações de eventos climáticos severos; f) capacitar para o desenvolvimento de planos de ação orientados para a monitorização de indicadores ambientais e de saúde em […]

Save the Date – Homenagem ao Professor Fernando Lopes da Silva

Nos próximos dias 12 e 13 de novembro vai decorrer uma sessão científica em homenagem ao Professor Fernando Lopes da Silva. A homenagem tem como objetivo distinguir o Professor Fernando Lopes da Silva pelo seu contributo em vários domínios científicos, e a sua ação em prol da Universidade de Lisboa, da Faculdade de Medicina e do Instituto Superior Técnico. Esta sessão está a ser organizada em conjunto com o Colégio Mente-Cérebro e a coordenação do Mestrado Integrado de Engenharia Biomédica. À homenagem juntou-se também o Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica da Faculdade de Ciências da ULisboa. A sessão contará […]