Sobre Nós

UCP has a long experience in the health sector, in particular the School of Biotechnology is internationally recognised for the excellence of its research. The Faculty of Dental Medicine in Viseu has distinguished itself in its teaching and care activities and in its research at the SalivaTech laboratory. The Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing is one of the national leaders in nursing training and has outstanding research activity in palliative care. Now the recently created Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Católica (CMS) has implemented an integrated curriculum taught with student-centred methodologies. The participation of Católica as a whole in the Católica-Luz Clinical Academic Centre (CAC-CL) will strongly promote the interdisciplinarity of this organisation.

A atividade de ensino e assistencial será apoiada e potenciada por dois centros de investigação: o CIIS – Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar na Saúde e o CBI - Católica Biomedical Research Institute. O CIIS é uma unidade de investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia e visa fomentar interdisciplinaridade entre as várias unidades de ensino nas ciências da saúde na UCP. A plataforma CatolicaMed do CIIS promove a investigação clínica e translacional e posiciona-se como elo de contacto e colaboração estreita entre investigadores laboratoriais e investigadores clínicos, estes últimos sendo profissionais do Hospital da Luz. O CBI é o centro de investigação fundamental da FM, sediado no Campus do Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciências, e contará com a integração de investigadores detentores de bolsas European Research Council (ERC) e líderes a nível mundial nos seus campos de investigação. Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health and CBR – Católica Biomedical Research Institute. CIIS is a research unit of the Foundation for Science and Technology and aims to foster interdisciplinarity between the various teaching units in the health sciences at UCP. The CIIS CatolicaMed platform promotes clinical and translational research and is positioned as a link of contact and close collaboration between laboratory researchers and clinical researchers, the latter being professionals at Hospital da Luz. The CBR is CMS’s fundamental research centre, based on the campus of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciências, and includes researchers who hold European Research Council (ERC) grants and are world leaders in their fields of research.