The FMUL 2016 Activities Report was discussed and approved by the School Board on 21 April last. In 2016, and in order to continue its mission, FMUL defined as strategic the objectives listed below: To promote the image of the Faculty within ULisboa, nationally and internationally; To consolidate the commitment with the Lisbon Medical Academic Centre and ULisboa; To improve teaching, namely clinical teaching; To create new teaching-learning areas; To promote Pedagogy and Medical Education; To consolidate its network of partnerships; To reaffirm the FMUL before society; To foster modernization and organizational innovation. The fulfilment of these objectives, through the various […]

Malaria is a disease transmitted by the bite of the female “Anopheles” mosquito infected with the parasite of the “Plasmodium” type. According to the World Health Organization, malaria was responsible for the deaths of about 429,000 people in 2015. On 6 June, a clinical trial to test a new approach to the development of Pb malaria vaccine (PfCS @ UIS4) was initiated in the Netherlands (Rotterdam and Nijmegen). This will be the first clinical trial in healthy volunteers and results from the collaboration between the team led by Miguel Prudêncio (Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Medicine) and the PATH […]

The 12th National Meeting on HIV/Hepatitis Co-Infection took place last weekend on 2-3 June. Fernando Maltez, Guest Assistant at the Medical Faculty of the University of Lisbon, attended the meeting as moderator of the panel dedicated to the treatment of hepatitis C. Source and Image Credits : News Farma Channel on Youtube

The University of Lisbon Award 2017 was granted on 26 May to immunologist Maria de Sousa, Retired Professor of the Professor Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute of the  University of Porto. Maria de Sousa graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and was one of the first Portuguese women whose scientific discoveries gained international recognition. “The University of Lisbon distinguishes a woman who contributed in a remarkable way to the progress of Science and to the standing of Portugal in the World”. The University of Lisbon Award, established with the support of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, […]

In 2017, the Leiden Ranking, after measuring the performance of 902 universities in 54 countries, considers the University of Lisbon as the best classified in the Iberian Peninsula. At the European level, ULisboa is ranked 31st, ranking 117th worldwide. You can read the full article here. Source: Diário de Notícias

Euromelanoma Day was promoted on 17 May. The Social Responsibility Project of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Faculty to Help, in collaboration with the Portuguese League against Cancer, promoted the day with an awareness raising initiative on this topic, alerting to the risks of intensive and abusive sun exposure and its direct relationship with skin cancer, especially melanoma. Following this awareness campaign, the Faculty to Help, together with the Board of the Dermatology and Venereology University Clinic, conducted a dermatological screening within the FMUL community that is still ongoing. Up to 22 June 2017, there were […]

Na sequência do processo eleitoral que teve lugar nos dias 5 e 6 de junho, foram empossados no dia 19 do mesmo mês, os novos membros dos Órgãos Sociais da Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa – AEFML. Poderá verificar abaixo a lista completa dos membros que compõem os vários Órgãos da AEFML. MESA DA REUNIÃO GERAL DE ALUNOS Presidente: Rafael Pereira Inácio. Vice-Presidente: Joana Lebre Branco Vieira de Melo. Secretária: Carolina Cabrita Abreu. DIREÇÃO Presidente: Teresa Sofia Balancho Valido. Vice-Presidentes: João Francisco Ferreira Simões; Sebastião da Gama Castanheira Martins. Tesoureiro: Beatriz Colmonero Pimentel de Oliveira. Secretário: […]