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News # 39 | jan/fev. 2014

Editorial Note

Medical education: the needed reform | Opinion piece by Professor José Fernandes e Fernandes

Professor José Fernandes e Fernandes Director of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon Medical education: the needed reform Training good doctors with a solid scientific education who are able to act in accordance with the state of the art, be involved in innovation, and willing to be part of, and constructively transform public and private health care is a priority objective for the Faculty of Medicine, in line with its mandatory public responsibility. The organization of medical education in Portugal deserves careful reflection: substantial changes in the evolution of medicine, in the organization and funding of institutions, […]

The importance of research

Editorial Note At a time when scientific research is all over the papers, not always for the best reasons, in a heated debate encompassing several aspects, including the discussion about its role in contemporary societies, which should be its sources of funding, and the consequences of disinvestment etc., the work of Portuguese researchers working among us or abroad is extremely productive, giving us the necessary hope of what the advancement of science can mean to our lives, both individually and collectively. The results of the “SCImago Institutions Rankings 2014? released in early February show that six Portuguese universities are among […]

FMUL News

Cooperation Agreements concluded between the CAML and Cape Verde Hospitals

Cooperation Agreements concluded between the CAML and Cape Verde Hospitals On 16 and 17 January 2014, the Lisbon Academic Medical Centre entered into a Cooperation Agreement with Dr. Agostinho Neto Hospital (Praia, Cape Verde) and Dr. Baptista de Sousa Hospital (S. Vicente, Cape Verde), respectively. These agreements aim to establish a partnership in providing health care, technical cooperation, training and specialization, research, organizational research and also scientific exchange and of professionals. A Cooperation Protocol with Clínica da Sagrada Esperança, Lda (Luanda) was entered also on 23 January 2014. This protocol signed with the Angolan clinic aims to establish cooperation activities in the […]

Cooperation Projects with Lusophone Africa

Cooperation Projects with Lusophone Africa In 2013, the following projects were implemented as part of the cooperation with Portuguese Speaking African Countries (PALOP) under the Platform to Support the Funding and Development of this Project, involving the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon (FML)/Association for Research and Development of the Faculty of Medicine (AIDFM) and Santa Maria Hospital (HSM), on the one hand, and the Industry, on the other: – Master Degree in Public Health of the Faculty of Medicine of Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique – Epidemiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases Module (30 hours) – 11 to 22.02.2013 […]

Celebration of “Courage Day” with the participation of Sean Swarner

Celebration of “Courage Day” with the participation of Sean Swarner On 24 January, Santa Maria Hospital and the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon were visited by Sean Swarner, a young American who has survived two forms of cancer at the age of 13 and 16 and who has dedicated his life to climbing mountains and bringing hope to those fighting cancer. This visit was part of the “Courage Day” initiative and aimed to celebrate the courage of all patients and health professionals who struggle against cancer, as well as to motivate […]

Researcher Edgar Gomes honoured by the European Research Council

Edgar Gomes was one of four researchers in Portugal honoured by the European Research Council Edgar Gomes is part of a group of 312 researchers who, over the next five years, will receive funding to continue their research project under the Consolidator Grants of the European Research Council (ERC). With this action, the ERC aims to encourage high quality research in Europe by giving funding to researchers at an early stage of their career. In total, the ERC granted funding in excess of € 500 million to scientists of 33 nationalities and institutions from 21 European countries. The selection was […]

Research conducted by Paula Ravasco’s team awarded Sociedade de Ciências Médicas Prize

Work conducted by Paula Ravasco’s team awarded Sociedade de Ciências Médicas (Society of Medical Sciences) Prize Over the course of nearly ten years, Paula Ravasco and her research team at the Nutrition and Metabolism Unit of the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon monitored a hundred patients with colorectal cancer and analysed the way how, over time, a dedicated nutritional education can help mitigate some effects of the cancer treatments patients have to undergo. The research conducted by Paula Ravasco has now won the Sociedade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa […]

Programa Genesis Gilead distingue dois projetos do IMM

Dois projectos, da Prof. Doutora Ana Espada de Sousa e da Prof. Doutora Helena Cortez Pinto, do Instituto de Medicina Molecular da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, foram distinguidos pelo Progama Genesis Gilead. O projeto da Prof. Doutora Ana E. Sousa tem por objetivo investigar o contributo de células específicas para a evolução do VIH-2, para o melhor seguimento dos doentes afetados. O outro projeto, em que a entidade proponente é o IMM, foi submetido pela Prof. Doutora Helena Cortez Pinto, e pretende estimar a prevalência da esteatose hepática e da doença hepática viral em Portugal, bem como dos fatores […]

PRÉMIOS PFIZER 2013 – Effective drug against severe general infection

Three research projects were awarded prizes for the optimization of biological therapies in chronic inflammatory and disabling diseases. Effective drug against severe general infection Luís Ferreira Moita and Nuno Figueiredo, of the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, found that the pharmacological class of Anthracyclines used in cancer treatment is effective in the treatment of severe sepsis in mice. The ten thousand euros prize will be used in clinical trials in patients at Santa Maria Hospital. Source: Prevenir

Francisco Goiana da Silva, the physician selected to participate in the World Economic Forum

The young doctor, just graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, was the only Portuguese physician to be selected to attend the World Economic Forum Francisco Goiana da Silva attended the Davos Summit, the meeting of 50 doctors from the World Health Organization that started on 22 January in Switzerland. The young doctor believes that Portugal is an example to be followed by countries with liberalized health systems, such as the U.S., and also by European countries that have undergone bailout situations, due to the advances made in health care, such as the computerization of […]

Protocolo celebrado entre a FMUL e a Associação Instituto Piaget de Angola

No passado dia 8 de janeiro, foi celebrado um Protocolo de Cooperação entre a Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa e a Associação Instituto Piaget de Angola (AIPA). Este protocolo visa a permuta de informação bibliográfica e de material didático e informativo, considerado importante pelas duas Instituições; a utilização recíproca de recursos humanos e materiais disponíveis, de acordo com regras próprias a estabelecer para o efeito; o desenvolvimento de contactos com entidades do exterior, visando a frequência de estágios por alunos dos anos terminais das duas Instituições; realização de projetos de investigação fundamental ou aplicada e de trabalhos de prestação de serviços, […]

Entrevista do Reitor da ULisboa, Prof. Doutor António Cruz Serra, à SIC Notícias

Na sequência da reunião do Conselho de Ministros que aprovou o Orçamento de Estado 2014 para as Universidades, foi decidido um corte que ronda uma descida de quase 30 milhões de euros para as universidades. Em entrevista à SIC Notícias, no passado dia 4 de fevereiro, o Reitor da Universidade de Lisboa, António Cruz Serra, salientou que com estes cortes torna-se insustentável o equilíbrio das contas públicas dentro das universidades, sentindo-se repercussões muito graves ao nível do seu funcionamento. Veja aqui a entrevista completa

News Report / Profile

Coordinators of the Administrative Centres of FMUL – Balance of 3 years of existence

Interview with the Coordinators of the Administrative Centres of FMUL polos@fm.ul.pt 1. “Inform, Know, Simplify” was the motto that started this project. It is still the same or would you add any other action? At the time of its inception in September 2010, the immediate goal was to make the CPA known to the FMUL community, earn its trust and inform about CPA’s mission and objectives, especially to the academic units (secretariats and lecturers). Three years later, we believe that the dissemination and implementation we did were successful, and this is the starting point for a more consistent and conscientious […]

More and Better

University of Lisbon in second place in the Ibero-American ranking for scientific output

The new University of Lisbon came second in the Ibero-American ranking that evaluates the scientific output of higher education institutions, ahead of all its Spanish counterparts. The result achieved by the University of Lisbon is mostly an outcome of the merger between the Classical and Technical Universities, which were already two of the best national universities in the SCImago list (26th and 14th, respectively, in the 2013 ranking). Moreover, the integration process of the teams of the two institutions is not yet very visible, given that the reorganization process with regard to research is “still at an early stage”, according […]

Ações de Formação para Pessoal Não-Docente SPUL | 2014

Oferta formativa já prevista Com o objetivo de aumentar as qualificações e melhorar as competências dos colaboradores da ULisboa, o Núcleo de Avaliação e Formação de Pessoal Não Docente e Não Investigador, disponibiliza ações de formação/cursos pré-formatados que, pelas suas características de transversalidade se adequam à generalidade dos colaboradores e Unidades Orgânicas. Todas as ações são ministradas em formato presencial. Segue a listagem dos cursos previstos até Junho de 2014: Formação à medida das Unidades Orgânicas O Núcleo de Avaliação e Formação de Pessoal Não Docente e Não Investigador, privilegia um contacto próximo com as Unidades Orgânicas no sentido de […]

Research and Advanced Education

Research Day – Balance of a very special day

The second edition of Research Day of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon(FMUL) was held on 11 December and organized by the Office for the Support of Scientific and Technological Research and Innovation (GAPIC) in close collaboration with the Students’ Association of FMUL (AEFML). This day is simultaneously an icon, proof of, and celebration of scientific experiences for our medical students. Including these experiences in the academic path of medical students also attests the fulfilment of the explicit mission of GAPIC. The opening session was attended by FMUL professors J. Fernandes e Fernandes, Director of the Faculty, Rui […]

Structural analysis of the scientic research networks of CAML

ABSTRACT The Academic Medical Centre (CAML) is a Consortium that includes the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) and the Northern Lisbon Hospital Centre – Santa Maria Hospital (CHLN-HSM), linking together three areas of activity, namely higher education, scientific research and hospital care. The study Structural analysis of scientific research networks of the CAML focused on the analysis of the relationships developed around scientific research in the CAML, in which the IMM plays a pivotal role. From a methodological viewpoint, this study was based on the collection of data through a […]

Dia da Investigação – Entrevista ao Presidente do Conselho Científico, Prof. Doutor Rui Victorino

1. Qual a importância do Dia da Investigação para os Estudantes de Medicina na FMUL? O Dia da Investigação para os estudantes da FMUL é sem dúvida uma importante iniciativa do GAPIC – Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica – em colaboração com a Associação de Estudantes da FML que muito contribui para dar visibilidade a todo o trabalho de investigação científica realizada por estudantes no âmbito do Gabinete. O contacto ao longo do curso médico com a investigação é fundamental na formação do médico. A realização de projectos científicos que são alvo de discussão e crítica neste dia é sem […]

Experience of the 16th “Education through Science” Programme | Gulbenkian/FMUL Scholarships

Benedict Paul Both, year 4 student at the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon Winner of the 16th “Educating through Science” Programme | Gulbenkian/FMUL Scholarships Research Day of the Faculty of the University of Lisbon Before starting to tell you about my experience, I would like to thank and express my gratitude to the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, the Institute of Molecular Medicine and GAPIC/Gulbenkian not only for the opportunity to participate in the 16th “Educating through Science” Programme but also for all the attention paid to students since our admission to the faculty. It all started with a conversation I had with one […]

Lecturers’ Participation in Academic Examination Panels in other institutions

Lecturers’ Participation in Academic Examination Panels in other institutions (between July and December 2013) DOCTORAL DEGREES Lecturer: Francisco José Nunes Antunes Exam: PhD in Biomedical Sciences – Parasitology Specialty Institution: Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, New University of Lisbon) Lecturer: João Pedro Monteiro e Louco Machado de Simas Exam: PhD in Biomedical Sciences – Molecular and Cell Biology Specialty Institution: Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, New University of Lisbon) Lecturer: Luísa Maria Vaqueiro Lopes Exam: PhD in Pharmacy […]

Session on Research Opportunities for Students – Research Day

In recent years, scientific research has got closer to medical students, and this has been reflected in the growing interest shown by students and the opening of several Laboratories, Institutes and University Clinics of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) to them. The existence of the Lisbon Academic Medical Centre (CAML), which comprises the Faculty, Santa Maria Hospital and the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), is critical to ensure that every student has endless opportunities to learn about, share science, and conduct scientific projects. For these reasons, the Students’ Association of the Faculty of Medicine of […]

Publications of the Cardiology Service

We congratulate the researchers of the Cardiology Service for their recent publications in highly prestigious scientific journals and which are already available at the website of GAIC These publications are: – Caldeira, D., M. Barra, A. T. Santos, D. de Abreu, F. J. Pinto, J. J. Ferreira and J. Costa. “Risk of drug-induced liver injury with the new oral anticoagulants: systematic review and meta-analysis.” Heart Published Online First: 29 January 2014 view doi – Caldeira D., J. Costa, F. J. Pinto, J. J. Ferreira. “The risk of infection with new oral anticoagulants: A meta-analysis.” Int J Cardiol (Jan 2014) view […]

Publicações Científicas FMUL / HSM / IMM (Janeiro/Fevereiro 2014)

A Newsletter pretende, neste espaço, dar aos seus leitores uma perspectiva da produção científica realizada na Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa / Hospital de Santa Maria / Instituto de Medicina Molecular. Para aceder ao texto integral dos artigos, deverá estar conectado à rede da FMUL. Janeiro/Fevereiro de 2014. The Rigid Amphipathic Fusion Inhibitor dUY11 Acts through Photosensitization of Viruses Vigant, Frederic ; Hollmann, Axel ; Lee, Jihye ; Santos, Nuno C ; Jung, Michael E ; Lee, Benhur. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY Volume: 88. Issue: 3. Pages: 1849-1853. Published: FEB 2014 Abstract Intracameral bevacizumab as an adjunct to trabeculectomy: a 1-year […]

Open Space

António Damásio wins psychology international award

António Damásio was awarded the prestigious 2014 Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. The Portuguese scientist was honoured due to the hypothesis he advanced about somatic markers, showing how emotions influence decision making. Read the full article here. Source: Newspaper Sol

Scientific breakthroughs in 2013 and predictions for 2014

Newspaper I published an interesting summary of 2013 about science in Portugal in the issue of 2 January, containing the views of Maria do Carmo Fonseca, Carlos Fiolhais and Tiago Rodrigues, who also made predictions for the year that has just started. This article is well worth reading. Learn more

Movies and Medicine, by Dr. António Pais Lacerda

News@FMUL invited Dr. António Pais de Lacerda*, an “expert” in films related to medicine, to contribute with some movie suggestions for its readers. In addition to being the founder and president of MedCine Film Festival (Cascais, 2009), this FMUL lecturer has developed and maintains an updated lists of this type of movies that is given to students in Module III-I, in the first year of the Integrated Master Degree in Medicine. News@FMUL thanks him for his precious support to medical culture and the “seventh art”. * Assistant Lecturer of the Subjects of Module III-I “Clinical Medicine – The Physician, the […]

Pesquisar Ciência e Saúde

Continuamos neste espaço a divulgar recursos on-line, os quais poderão ser páginas pessoais, blogues, portais institucionais, etc. Privilegiaremos aqueles de utilização simples e intuitiva, preferencialmente gratuitos. Parte substancial será dedicada às ciências médicas. Nesta edição, apresentamos mais algumas sugestões, que poderão inclusivamente ser acrescentadas aos favoritos. Open Library Informação da página: “One web page for every book ever published. It’s a lofty but achievable goal. To build Open Library, we need hundreds of millions of book records, a wiki interface, and lots of people who are willing to contribute their time and effort to building the site. To date, we […]

Listening to FMUL

Gauging Research Day

GAPIC gapicmail@fm.ul.pt When gauging the opinion of participants about Research Day by means of a survey, it appears that it was, once again, a successful event, as all participants unanimously indicated that this day should continue to be promoted (95,8%). This second edition attracted 218 registrations, and of these 69.3% actually attended the event. The vast majority of the 151 participants were from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (94%), mostly students of the Integrated Master Degree in Medicine (93.4%) in year 3 (24.8%) and year 4 (24.8%). Link to Graphs – Characteristics of participants Seventy two […]

Keep in Mind

AIMS Meeting | 6th and 7th March

Fifth edition of the AIMS Meeting to be held at FMUL 6-9 March 2014 The fifth edition of the Annual International Medical Students Meeting (AIMS Meeting), organized by students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon aims to bring together Portuguese and foreign students to learn about and discuss the future of Medicine in the fields of Oncology, Ophthalmology and Innovation. Rowan Gillies, the youngest ever president of Doctors Without Borders, and Tiago Rodrigues, a researcher at Cambridge who devised a technique for early detection of cancer, will be two of the guests. The international panel […]

2.º Workshop de Endoscopia | 21 de Março

O 2.º Workshop de Endoscopia conta com a presença de convidados estrangeiros de renome que irão participar nas demonstrações ao vivo e nas palestras. Consulte o PROGRAMA. Inscrições gratuitas mas limitadas. Contactos do secretariado: paula.guerreiro@chln.min-saude.pt

APDIS Meeting -“As Bibliotecas da Saúde: que futuro?” | 27th and 28th March

Venue: Aula Magna of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon The 9th APDIS Meeting: “As Bibliotecas da Saúde: que futuro?” (Health Libraries: what future?) intends to be a space for reflection about the future of libraries in the field of health and, consequently, of the professionals who work in them, given the current complexity of approaches in accessing technical and scientific information. Technological advances and the ease of access to medical information through the Internet and different media led to new paradigms, both with regard to the context in which libraries operate (universities, hospitals, medical teams, clinical […]