The Board of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon wishes the whole Academic Community, Employees and Friends, a Holy and Merry Christmas, and that 2018 will be a year full of personal, family and professional achievements for each of you. Season’s Greetings!   The Director Fausto J. Pinto

The Santa Casa 2017 Neuroscience awards honoured two Professors of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Maria José Diógenes and Bruno André Miranda. At a ceremony held at the Ajuda National Palace on 30 November, three works received awards by Santa Casa da Misericórdia, which, once again, awarded scholarships to researchers in the field of Neuroscience. Maria José Diógenes, a Researcher and Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, received the Mantero Belard Prize, and a team from the University of Minho, led by António Salgado, was granted the Melo e Castro […]

A Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon who retired last November, José Pereira Miguel now assumes the position of President of the General Council of the Higher College of Nursing of Coimbra. His vast cv includes the positions of Director of the Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health and of the Institute of Environmental Health. Between 2001 and 2005, he was Director General of Health, High Commissioner for Health and President of the Dr Ricardo Jorge National Institute of Health. José Pereira Miguel was also honoured in 2015 with the Grand Cross of […]

Professor José Melo Cristino was awarded the Professor Nicolau Van Uden Prize by the Portuguese Society of Microbiology. Nicolau Van Uden was a doctor and researcher who profoundly influenced the national academic and scientific community and was responsible for the emergence of modern experimental biology in Portugal. This prize aims to recognize the work conducted by Professor José Melo Cristino, a notable doctor in Microbiology who has figured prominently nationally and internationally and who has played an important role in the guidance of young microbiologists. A Full Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon […]

  A pedido do Presidente da Comissão Eleitoral, Prof. Doutor J. Ducla Soares, procede-se à divulgação dos Resultados Eleitorais obtidos: Para o Conselho de Escola: Docentes e Investigadores: Total de inscritos – quinhentos e sessenta e quatro (564) Total de votantes – cinquenta e sete (57) Votantes na Lista dos representantes docentes e investigadores apresentada pelo Prof. José Ferro (lista única – Mandatária: Prof.ª Helena Cortez Pinto) – cinquenta e quatro (54) Votos brancos – dois (2) Votos nulos – um (1) Não Docentes e Não Investigadores: Total de inscritos – cento e quarenta e nove (149) Total de votantes […]

The European Antibiotic Awareness Day was celebrated on 18 November and Visão magazine did not let this date be forgotten, publishing a subject of great sensitivity: abuse in the use of antibiotics. The uncontrolled intake of antibiotics will translate into the genetic alteration of bacteria, making them multiresistant, which, according to the experts’ predictions, in 2050 will be the main cause of death, surpassing cancer. The resistance phenomenon is natural because, as living organisms, bacteria also have the ability to adapt. The problem is that abuse of antibiotics intake accelerates this process. According to Miguel Castanho, Professor at the Faculty […]

No passado dia 12 de dezembro, pelas 12:00, na sala da Direção e Conselhos da FMUL, tomaram posse os novos membros efetivos eleitos do Conselho de Escola e do Conselho Pedagógico. Usaram da palavra o Diretor da FMUL, Professor Doutor Fausto Pinto e o Reitor da Universidade de Lisboa, Professor Doutor António Cruz Serra, tendo ambos destacado a importância deste acto eleitoral para a vida da Universidade de Lisboa. Chamamos também a sua atenção para a notícia dos resultados destas eleições nesta edição da Newsletter.