{"id":13418,"date":"2025-07-24T09:42:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cac-cl.pt\/?page_id=13418"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:38:09","slug":"research-innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cac-cl.pt\/pt\/research-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Research & Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A plataforma\u00a0Cat\u00f3lica Biomedical Research Centre<\/a>\u00a0(CBR) is a non-profit institute founded in 2022 with the vision of making progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. Our goal is to be recognised internationally as a leading biomedical research institute.<\/p>

Nos pr\u00f3ximos 10 anos, estabeleceremos 16 equipas multidisciplinares com um amplo portf\u00f3lio de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o que aborda quest\u00f5es fundamentais relacionadas com desafios de sa\u00fade e investiga\u00e7\u00e3o cl\u00ednica. A nossa miss\u00e3o \u00e9 capacitar investigadores talentosos que combinam tecnologias inovadoras da biomedicina, biologia e engenharia, promovendo um ambiente colaborativo e criativo que potencia a discuss\u00e3o e se foca nas solu\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>

O CBR faz parte de um ecossistema que aspira promover a sa\u00fade humana atrav\u00e9s da investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e inova\u00e7\u00e3o na educa\u00e7\u00e3o e pr\u00e1tica m\u00e9dica. Juntamente com a\u00a0Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica<\/a>\u00a0da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa, do Hospital da Luz Lisboa e da Uni\u00e3o das Miseric\u00f3rdias Portuguesas, o CBR participa no primeiro Centro Acad\u00e9mico Cl\u00ednico n\u00e3o governamental em Portugal.<\/p>

O CBR est\u00e1 atualmente sediado no campus do Instituto Gulbenkian de Ci\u00eancia, em Oeiras, para capitalizar os recursos dispon\u00edveis e infraestruturas altamente especializadas. Esta colabora\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 oficializada e regulamentada por um Memorando de Entendimento entre a Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa e a Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Gulbenkian.<\/p>

Os nossos investigadores t\u00eam acesso a instala\u00e7\u00f5es de \u00faltima gera\u00e7\u00e3o, como microscopia \u00f3ptica e eletr\u00f3nica avan\u00e7ada, citometria de fluxo, gen\u00f3mica e instala\u00e7\u00f5es para animais modelo (ratos, peixe-zebra, Drosophila). Simultaneamente, a proximidade do campus da Faculdade de Medicin em Sintra (10 km), permite uma intera\u00e7\u00e3o pr\u00f3xima com os estudantes e restante corpo docente.<\/p>

The CBR has a horizontal organisation and is led by its Director and Board of Directors. They are supported by the Scientific Advisory Board, which plays an important role in driving the institute\u2019s strategy and reviewing its work. The Societal Advisory Board, in turn, provides guidelines on the strategic relationship with relevant social actors in order to bring society\u2019s needs to the scientific agenda, disseminate research results and build competences among citizens.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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A plataforma Center for Interdisciplinary in Health<\/a> (CIIS) \u00e9 uma unidade de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em sa\u00fade da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa e conta com tr\u00eas centros regionais (Lisboa, Porto e Viseu). A sua investiga\u00e7\u00e3o interdisciplinar aborda quest\u00f5es cient\u00edficas sob diferentes perspectivas, preocupadando-se com:<\/p>

  1. A natureza dos processos, da mol\u00e9cula \u00e0 mente;<\/li>
  2. O percurso de vida, estudando os mecanismos para a aprendizagem e a plasticidade neuronal na inf\u00e2ncia, as altera\u00e7\u00f5es associadas ao envelhecimento e as necessidades diferenciadas de cuidado no fim de vida, nomeadamente cuidados paliativos;<\/li>
  3. The human being\u2019s relationship with the world, the stage for studies of language and communication in its many forms, or the study of cognition;<\/li>
  4. A perspetiva de Sa\u00fade global envolvendo os mecanismos de resposta na sa\u00fade, doen\u00e7a e na resolu\u00e7\u00e3o desta.<\/li><\/ol>

    A educa\u00e7\u00e3o e motiva\u00e7\u00e3o do paciente s\u00e3o uma preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o fundamental a que o CIIS d\u00e1 aten\u00e7\u00e3o especial, criando solu\u00e7\u00f5es e estrat\u00e9gias para envolver e dar poder aos indiv\u00edduos e comunidades vulner\u00e1veis, no que diz respeito aos processos de sa\u00fade, doen\u00e7a e recupera\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>

    O CIIS visa contribuir para o desenvolvimento da Medicina de Precis\u00e3o e Biomarcadores, bem como para criar solu\u00e7\u00f5es em Sa\u00fade Digital, alinhando-se assim com o Plano Nacional de Ci\u00eancia e Tecnologia, bem com as Estrat\u00e9gias de Especializa\u00e7\u00e3o Inteligentes nacional e regionais.<\/p>

    In FCT\u2019s 2017\/18 assessment of R&D centres, CIIS was rated Very Good.<\/p>

    Scientific production has grown significantly and the number of applications for national and international funding has also increased over the past year, with the highlight here being the \u201cCorpus & Avatar of the Portuguese Sign Language\u201d project (Ref. PTDC\/LLT-LIN\/29887\/2017), with FCT funding of \u20ac240,000.00 over 3 years.<\/p>

    O Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Interdisciplinar em Sa\u00fade tem por objetivo contribuir com solu\u00e7\u00f5es para uma abordagem \u00e0 Sa\u00fade em 4Ps: Preditiva, Preventiva, Personalizada e Participativa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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    A plataforma\u00a0Cat\u00f3licaMed<\/a>\u00a0platform is part of UCP\u2019s\u00a0Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Interdisciplinar em Sa\u00fade<\/a>\u00a0(CIIS), estando sediada na\u00a0Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica<\/a>, dedicando-se \u00e0 investiga\u00e7\u00e3o cl\u00ednica e translacional.<\/p>

    Cat\u00f3licaMed was created with the formal accreditation of Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa\u2019s Integrated Master\u2019s Degree in Medicine on the 1st September 2020 by the Portuguese Accreditation Agency A3ES.<\/p>

    Since its inception, several researchers have been invited to join. The group is expanding rapidly and is currently made up of 14 Integrated Researchers and 18 Collaborating Researchers. The platform has a diverse number of researchers ranging from vaccinology to psychiatry, gastroenterology, cardiology and other relevant clinical disciplines. A list of the integrated researchers can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>

    A plataforma Cat\u00f3licaMed \u00e9 coordenada pelo Diretor Adjunto do CIIS Professor Doutor Paulo Bettencourt.\u00a0Paulo Bettencourt<\/strong>.<\/p>

    Para apoiar as atividades desta plataforma em crescimento, a Cat\u00f3licaMed ampliou os seus laborat\u00f3rios no novo edif\u00edcio da Faculdade de Medicina, no campus de Sintra da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa. Os novos laborat\u00f3rios ocupam uma \u00e1rea total de 891m2, incluindo 18 gabinetes para funcion\u00e1rios, salas de estudo para alunos de p\u00f3s-gradua\u00e7\u00e3o com \u00e1rea de 271m2 e laborat\u00f3rios com uma \u00e1rea de 620m2. A nova \u00e1rea laboratorial tem capacidade estimada para 175 professores, funcion\u00e1rios e alunos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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    In the area of research,\u00a0Hospital da Luz Learning Health<\/a>:<\/p>