The new Management Board of the Northern Lisbon Hospital Centre was appointed following a proposal made by the Ministers of State and of Finance and Health. The Committee for Public Administration Recruitment and Selection was heard on this matter and it ruled favourably on these appointments. Chaired by Dr Carlos José das Neves Martins, the new board of directors of CHLN consists of Dr Manuel Francisco Roque Santos and of Professor Carlos Manuel Morais da Costa, both Executive Members, of Professor Maria do Céu Lourinho Soares Machado, Clinical Director and of Nurse Catarina das Dores Praça dos Santos Batuca, Nurse-Director. […]

Project conducted by the Team of Professor Miguel Castanho wins Science Without Borders Programme Scholarship Prof. Doutor Miguel Castanho, Director of the Biochemistry Institute of FMUL and Coordinator of the Physical Biochemistry Unit of the IMM Following the several scientific collaboration projects that Professor Miguel Castanho (Director of the Biochemistry Institute of FMUL and Coordinator of the Physical Biochemistry Unit of the IMM) has had with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ), particularly on the study of the Dengue virus, the UFRJ invited him to join its postgraduate programme in Medical […]

The Portuguese Collaborating Centre of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Network (CCPRCI), which has been created recently at our School under the Centre for the Study of Evidence-Based Medicine (CEMBE) will start its training activities this year with the offer of a course on how to conduct systematic literature reviews. The CCPRCI Coordinator, Professor João Costa, is responsible for the pedagogical content and the course is open to all members of FMUL. Further details about the dates, topics, applications, etc. will be announced in due course. A. Vaz Carneiro, Director do CCPRCI

Applications are open. A group of Portuguese universities and polytechnics launched an Erasmus program to allow 220 Portuguese students internships in 33 European countries and the selection process is still ongoing. The “Erasmus Al Sud, Connecting Regions, Creating Worlds” initiative is coordinated by the University of Lisbon and is offering internships for half a year in companies, hospitals and institutions of higher education in Europe. Read more.

“First three volumes of the complete works of Jesuit preacher out in April. Research led to finding of unpublished texts. For the first time, the complete work of Father António Vieira will be gathered, including letters, sermons, prophecy, politics, theater, including unpublished texts – the edition of 30 volumes by Círculo de Leitores will cost €500 000 euros and the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) is the main sponsor, joining the University of Lisbon (UL).” Read full story in Público.

The money invested in higher education in Portugal is below the average of European countries, the Council of Deans of Portuguese Universities (CRUP) says. Learn more.

O Júri do Prémio Universidade de Lisboa 2013 – instituído com o apoio do Banco Santander Totta – presidido por António Sampaio da Nóvoa, decidiu atribuir o Prémio Universidade de Lisboa 2013 ao Prof. Doutor João Lobo Antunes, Presidente da Assembleia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de lisboa, Neurocirurgião e Professor universitário: – por se tratar de uma das figuras que mais contribuiu para o desenvolvimento e projeção da moderna cultura científica em Portugal. A ele se deve uma vigorosa expansão de fronteiras institucionais, com particular destaque para a criação do Instituto de Medicina Molecular e, mais recentemente, para o processo […]