News # 22 | jul/ago. 2011 « News@fmul News@fmul

News # 22 | jul/ago. 2011

Editorial Note

In this 22nd edition of our Newsletter we gave prominence to our Faculty’s Student Association and interviewed its new President, student Francisco Silva, who told us about the various future projects of AEFML and about the activities carried out by one of the oldest student representation associations in the country. We have also highlighted the participation of our Library team at the EAHIL Workshop in Turkey. This participation aimed to exchange experiences and to acquire new knowledge among Librarians and Health Care Specialists from various countries. We have publicized the 8th AstraZeneca/FMUL Research Scholarship Competition, so that interested students may […]

FMUL News

Academic Informations – FMUL

Deadlines for Enrolment/Registration and other Academic Acts The beginning of the 2011/12 academic year is getting closer, and time has come to disclose the Enrolment/Registration schedule. For students coming to year 1, for the first time, and for those with a bachelor degree, the period is 19-23 September 2011. With regard to all other students, there will be two enrolment stages: stage 1 takes place between 22 August and 11 September, and it is for students who have completed all subjects and whose grades are published in the Online Registry Office; stage 2 is for all those who did not […]

EAHIL Workshop 2011 – Participation of the FMUL Library

Koç University Istanbul – Turkey 5 – 8 July Once more, EAHIL – European Association for Health Information and Libraries – organized the meeting that brought together Librarians and Health Information Specialists from 38 countries in a workshop where the exchange of experiences and acquisition of new knowledge were constant, amidst a pleasant atmosphere enabled by the Koç University in Istanbul. For four days, and around the topic “Active Learning and Research Partners in Health ”, the event included 11 continuing education courses, 3 plenary sessions, 21 presentations, 23 posters and several round tables organized by groups set up according […]

University of Lisbon introduces “99 Measures for the Future”

A session to announce the strategy “99 Measures for the Future” of the Support Services of the UL was held at the Main Hall of the Rector’s Office of the University of Lisbon on 15 July. The event aimed to disclose and discuss the 99 measures to improve the structure of the Technical and Administrative Support Services for Education and Research of the University of Lisbon. The session was full and featured speeches by the Rector, Professor António Sampaio da Nóvoa, the Vice-Rector, Professor Carlos Lobo, the Prorector, Professor Pedro Veiga, and by the Executive Director of the Centre for […]

Professor Henrique Bicha Castelo honoured by the President of the Republic

Professor Henrique Bicha Castelo has been honoured with the award Grande Oficial da Ordem de Mérito (Grand Officer of the Order of Merit) by Professor Cavaco Silva in the last month of June. Head of Unit and Director of the Surgery Department at the Northern Lisbon Hospital Centre, he is a full professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. He is the current Chairman of the Portuguese Surgery Society and a top specialist in this field in Portugal, in addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and of the Royal College of […]

News Report / Profile

Francisco Silva Interview – the new presidente of AEFML

The Editorial Team interviewed the new President of the Students’ Association of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon (AEFML). We tried to know which are his motivations and perspectives in this mandate. Newsletter: What are the main challenges (projects and activities) the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon Students’ Association (AEFML) needs to address in 2011/2012, and what are the predicted main obstacles that need to be overcome? Franscsco Silva: As AEFML, according to the statutes, is the only legitimate representative of all FMUL students, clearly it is its duty to defend the interests of the students of our Academy in the widest […]

More and Better

Faculdade de Ajudar – Campanha de recolha de material escolar e livros infantis

A iniciativa Faculdade de Ajudar vai promover entre 5 de Setembro e 7 de Outubro uma nova campanha. Iremos fazer uma recolha de material escolar e livros infantis (0-3 anos), que terá como Instituição beneficiária a Associação Cultural Moinho da Juventude. A área social é uma das áreas de intervenção da Faculdade de Ajudar, e nesta campanha vamos recolher material escolar e livros infantis para posteriormente entregar às crianças do Moinho da Juventude, inseridas em agregados familiares mais desfavorecidos. Solicitamos que o material escolar e os livros infantis sejam novos ou usados em bom estado. Material escolar: Lápis de […]

Twinning Project: the two sides of the same coin

Today’s and Tomorrow’s Medicine The teaching of medicine today shall be the medicine of tomorrow. Teachers are responsible for unravelling the great treatises of medicine, debugging their excesses, and offer them to students in the form of subtle works of art so that they can be appreciated and understood. As for students, they are responsible for fostering the interest and knowledge of the art, as well as for improving it. To improve means to identify gaps and fill them. It is in this context that the Twinning Project comes about: to bridge a gap of yesterday’s medicine – that of […]

BESup summer internships welcome 29 students of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon in 2011

The BESup summer internship programme is an initiative of Bank Espírito Santo that aims to offer university students a real professional experience during the course of their academic training. The 2011 edition is the 6th of the programme, involving 195 interns from distinct training areas – Health, Economics, Management, Law and Engineering, among others – the internships will take place at several institutions besides Bank Espírito Santo: Hospitals that are part of ES Saúde, AMI, Institute of Molecular Medicine, PT, OPWAY, Locarent, Tranquilidade, ES Viagens, ES Informática, BES Investimento, and renowned law firms, namely Aguiar-Branco & Associados, Amaral Cabral […]

Research and Advanced Education

8th AstraZeneca Foundation / Faculty of Medicine Univ. Lisbon Research Scholarship Competition

Applications to the 8th AstraZeneca Foundation/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon Research Scholarship are open between 1 and 30 September 2011. The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) and the AstraZeneca Foundation set up this Annual Research Scholarship with the purpose of funding a research project in the field of health. Recent medical graduates must submit their proposals to FMUL (medical degrees must have been attained no longer than 5 years earlier at the time of application). Regulations and application form available here Poster Contacts: Office for the Support of Scientific and Technological Research and […]

Scientific Research Projects for Students – Applications invited in October

Are you a student and wish to be involved in a research project? When you become a doctor, do you want to be a researcher? Apply to the “Educating through Science” Programme (PEC), which aims to encourage undergraduate students to carry out scientific research, enabling them to be directly involved in the planning and execution of laboratory or clinical research projects as part of a research team of a unit of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) or Santa Maria Hospital (HSM), under the supervision of a tutor. Applications to […]

GAPIC – NEW HOUR OF OPERATION

From September on the attendance of GAPIC will be held by Joana Almeida, Mondays to Fridays 14h00 – 17h00. Contacts: GAPIC – Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica, Tecnológica e Inovação Edifício Egas Moniz Piso 0 – Sala 10 Av. Prof. Egas Moniz – 1649-028 Lisboa Telefone 21 799 94 20 | Telefone interno 47006 E-mail: gapicmail@fm.ul.pt | www.fm.ul.pt/GAPIC Horário de Atendimento: 2ª a 6ª Feira | 14h às 17h

Academic Examinations at the Faculty Of Medicine of The University of Lisbon

MASTER’S DEGREES Pain Sciences (1ª edition) Title of the Thesis: Evaluation of the effectiveness of pain treatment in cancer patients Maria da Graça de Mesquita Araújo Ghira more Health Communication (1ª edition) Title of the Thesis: Social Marketing for Health – The perception of young Africans and Portuguese-Africans residing in the Quinta da Fonte neighbourhood about ICE (information, education, communication) strategies used in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Maria João Garcia more Palliative Care (3ª edition) Title of the Thesis: Mental adjustment of women with breast cancer. Andreina Gonçalves Tavares more Palliative Care (5ª edition) Title of the Thesis: Spirituality […]

Lecturers’ Participation in Academic Examination Panels in other institutions

(by 11 August 2011) DOCTORAL DEGREES Lecturer: Manuel Diamantino Pires Bicho Exam: Ph.D. in the area of Biology – specializing in Molecular Genetics Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon). Lecturer: Manuel Diamantino Pires Bicho Exam: Ph.D. in the area of Biochemistry Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade do Algarve (Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of the Algarve). Lecturer: Margarida Gama Carvalho Exam: Ph.D. in Pharmacy – specializing in Cell and Molecular Biology Institution: Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de […]

Instituto de Medicina Molecular Seminars

Workshop Emerging Tools in Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy for Systems Biology 04/ 05/ 06/ Setembro 2011 09:00 – 18:00 Egas Moniz Building Workshop Emerging Tools in Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy for Systems Biology Co-organized by the Inserm (France) and the IMM Seminar IMM Monday Lectures 12 Setembro 2011 Egas Moniz Building – Floor 0 – Room 52 Lecture in Neurosurgery Antonio Lobo Antunes IMM Host: Luisa Figueiredo

Science Space

Reabilitação de cicatrizes – Artigo de revisão –

Resumo: Os autores apresentam uma revisão da literatura internacional acerca do estado da arte na abordagem preventiva e terapêutica das cicatrizes anómalas, nomeadamente cicatrizes hipertróficas e quelóides. Estas são respostas exageradas do tecido conjuntivo a estímulos nóxicos. Os autores focam em particular as diferentes técnicas disponíveis na Medicina Física e de Reabilitação e a experiência do Serviço no tratamento destas cicatrizes. Palavras-chave: reabilitação, cinesiterapia, cicatrizes Abstract: The authors present a revision of the international literature on the state of the art of the preventive and therapeutical approach of abnormal scars like hyperthrofic scars and keloids. These are exaggerated connective tissue […]

Open Space

Life beyond medicine… Music

I will be honest. Living out of medicine alone is not for me. At least this is what I feel now. I am simply unable to live in that world alone. Basically, and giving it a bit more thought, I am unable to live in a medium of “exclusivity policy” anywhere. I think it is uncomfortable, claustrophobic and even disabling. Perhaps this is the reason I choose to leave this cocoon (beware, it is a huge cocoon) and explore other worlds. Music is one of them. In fact, it is the largest. My other worlds are politics, philosophy, life. But […]

Beyond Medicine…Being an Animator at CUPAV

There is a vast world full of opportunities Beyond Medicine that makes us richer as young people, students and future professionals. In many areas of our culture and society, we are likely to be identified with groups, causes and homes. This is what Centro Universitário Padre António Vieira – Priest António Vieira University Centre (CUPAV) is: not merely a home or a group of people; it extends far beyond that. Run by the Jesuits, it is a university area for university people. There is a group of animators to ensure that activities reach other people, and also to organize the […]

Science and Health Research

In this section we continue to divulge online resources, which may be personal web pages, blogs, institutional portals, etc. A large part will be dedicated to the medical sciences. In the present edition, we focus essentially on scientific dissemination ScienceResearch This is a search engine created in 2009, which allows you to search the so-called ‘Deep Web’, where one can find pages that are not indexed or which have specific characteristics that mean they are not found using conventional search engines. You can read more about Deep Web, which is believed to be hundreds of times bigger than ‘Surface web’ […]

Reason vs. Emotion: Complementary or Contradictory? Current challenges in the workplace

In a very general definition, emotion is a neural impulse that makes an organism take a particular action. However, we can describe it as sudden and acute affective state triggered by a perception, which can be external or internal, or a representation, which can be real or imagined, characterised by a more or less intense activation of the neurological processes, such as glandular, muscular, respiratory, cardiac, and vasomotor changes. It is in adaptive decision-making that emotions play an important role, showing that there is no reason without emotion. In themselves, emotions cannot show anything; they are not able to speak, […]

Keep in Mind

VI YES MEETING – YOUNG EUROPEAN SCIENTIST MEETING

The VI YES – Young European Scientist Metting, organized by students of the Faculty of Medicine of Porto, will take place on 16-18 September 2011. Additional information here

JANSSEN NEUROSCIENCE AWARD

The application period for the Janssen Neuroscience Award is open until 30 September 2011. It is a research award worth 50,000 Euros and it aims to reward a scientific work of excellence in this field undertaken at Portuguese institutions. . The works may be submitted by a single person or by a group of people (research team) through the website site www.janssen.pt, and must have been carried out as part of a scientific project work in the field of Neurosciences completed after 30 September 2008. The works must equally have been totally or mostly carried out at Portuguese institutions – […]

6th CALL for submission of PROPOSALS – TOPIC HEALTH, of the R&DT FP7

On 20 July 2011 the European Commission published the 6th set of calls for the submission of proposals on the Topic Health for the R&DT FP7 – in the Participant Portal, which corresponds to the 2012 Working Programme (WP 2012) and encompasses 2 major competitions: • FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-1 – (indicative budget: 546.000.000€) – Submission and evaluation of proposals in two stages | Deadline for 1st stage (submission of pre-proposal): 4 October 2011 – 34 topics • FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-2 – (indicative budget: 108.000.000€) – Submission and evaluation of proposals in two stages | Deadline for 1st stage (submission of pre-proposal): 27 September 2011 – 3 […]

MEXICO PRIZE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2011

We hereby announce the opening of the international competition, which runs until 1 October, for submission of works in the field of humanities, science and technology undertaken by scientists or researchers from Latin America and Caribbean countries and from Portugal and Spain competing for the Mexico Prize for Science and Technology 2011. This Prize was set up in 1990 by the Presidency of the Republic of Mexico, and in 2010 was awarded to a Portuguese scientist for the first time: Full Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos, of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. Contacts: Telefones: (52-55) 5524-4558 […]