The Board of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and the Board of Directors of CHLN would like to publicly express their deepest thanks to all the professionals of both institutions who were involved in the joint effort to respond promptly and with the highest professionalism to the fire on the past Wednesday night, which partially destroyed our Aula Magna. We would like to highlight the excellent collaboration between the teams of both institutions in monitoring the whole process. We are still in the aftermath and evaluating the damages, but we can say that the prompt action […]

The ophthalmology department of the Northern Lisbon Hospital Centre (CHLN) introduced a new surgical technique in the area of Glaucoma in Portugal. The person responsible for using this innovative technique was Professor Luís Abegão Pinto, Professor at FMUL and Ophthalmologist at Santa Maria Hospital. According to the Professor, the surgery consists in the adaptation and fusion of two techniques that will allow patients greater safety in the long term, thus decreasing the probability of causing damage to the eye structures. The use of this surgical technique leads to a shorter postoperative period, with a shorter recovery period. Before being used […]

Created by the Ministry of Health, the João Lobo Antunes Bioethics Award aims to distinguish work that contributes, “due to its relevance, originality and degree of innovation, to the advancement of the discipline of Bioethics in its various aspects.” Applications for this award must be submitted between 1 and 31 January 2018. Read the regulations and the dispatch published in the government’ Official Gazette here Additional information here Source: National Health Service

⇒ For the School Council: Lecturers and researchers: Total registered voters – five hundred and sixty four (564) Total voters – fifty seven (57) Voters in the List of Representatives of Lecturers and Researchers presented by Professor José Ferro (single list – Delegate: Professor Helena Cortez Pinto) – fifty four (54) Blank votes – two (2) Null votes – one (1) Non-teaching and non-research staff: Total registered voters – one hundred and forty nine (149) Total voters – eighty seven (87) Voters on the T List of non-teaching and non-research representatives presented by Sónia Barroso (MA) (single list – Delegate: Margarida […]

Maria de Sousa, “one of the first Portuguese women to be recognized internationally for her scientific discoveries”, Immunologist, Retired Professor of the Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Porto, and former student of our Faculty, on 13 November received the University of Lisbon Award 2017. This Award aims to distinguish an individual for his or her notable contribution to the advance of science or culture and for emphasizing the stance of Portugal in the world. The Professor started her speech evoking Bernardino Machado “To be educated is to be free. If, due  to the prestige of the name it […]

The University of Lisbon, in partnership with Caixa Geral de Depósitos, has granted the University of Lisbon/Caixa Geral de Depósitos Scientific Awards to reward scientific research and encourage international publication. These awards are granted to several study areas and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon was awarded through its Lecturers. Of note is the award of the ULisboa/CGD Scientific Award in the areas of Biology, Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology to Nuno Correia dos Santos, and in the area of Health to Joaquim Coutinho Ferreira, both Lecturers at FMUL. It is also worth mentioning that during the […]

The study “Hepatitis C – Evaluation of the prevalence (and risk behaviours) in an injected drug use environment” was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Northern Lisbon Hospital Centre (CHLN), the Lisbon Academic Studies Centre (CAML) and the National Commission for Data Protection, under the coordination of Professor Francisco Antunes, from the Institute of Environmental Health – Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. On 20 and 31 October, the training of the first group of study researchers took place in the espaço Intendente of the Group of Activists undergoing Treatment (GAT). All information in the November Newsletter of the […]

On 15 November, Beyond MEd, the annual meeting of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) on Medical Education, was held at the João Lobo Antunes Grand Auditorium of the Egas Moniz Building. This event began four years ago as a joint initiative of the Pedagogical Council and the FMUL Student Association, initially receiving the name “Pedagogy and Medical Education Day – PME Day”. In the following editions, the Department of Medical Education also became a partner and, over the years, it has been growing within the School, with a growing number of participants, which this year […]

No âmbito da cooperação com os PALOP´s, ao abrigo da Plataforma de Apoio ao Financiamento e Desenvolvimento do Projecto de Cooperação com a África Lusófona, envolvendo a Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL) / Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina (AIDFM) e a Indústria Farmacêutica realizou-se em Maputo – Moçambique, o X Curso de Actualização sobre Sida, Tuberculose e Hepatites, de 06 a 09 de Novembro de 2017 (Programa do Curso e figura 1). Este Curso foi organizado pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL) e pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade […]