UMIB's group "Endocrine and Metabolic Research" had fruitful participation on the "Congresso Português de Endocrinologia". Sofia S. Pereira, Ph.D., a researcher at UMIB was awarded a fellowship "SPEDM - HRA Pharma Iberia" in the Cushing Syndrom area with the project “Comprehensive molecular characterization of ACTH-producing cells within Primary Bilateral...
Mariana P. Monteiro, General-Director of UMIB and Principal Investigator of the Metabolic and Endocrine Research group, has been granted with the Associate Professor with habilitation degree of ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Porto. Professor Mariana P. Monteiro has received the honor after successfully...
Mariana P. Monteiro, MD, PhD, General Coordinator of UMIB and Principal Investigator of the Endocrine and Metabolic Research group, has joined the Expert Panel of the World Heart Federation. Mariana is the only South European researcher in the Expert Panel of the most important world organization dedicated to cardiovascular...
Recent data of the Portuguese Observatory on Diabetes elicits that the hospitalization risk due to COVID-19 is three times higher in diabetic patients. From those, 20% had to be transferred to the Intensive Care Unit. In this context, Prof. Mariana P. Monteiro, General Coordinator of the Unit for Multidisciplinary Research...
A team of UMIB researchers from the Endocrine, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Research group, has been award with the 2nd Prize at the Research Contest on Morphologic Sciences 2019! The prize has been awarded on the 25th May, at the 53rd Scientific Meeting of the Portuguese Anatomic Society / 6th Scientific Meeting of the Portuguese...
The team of UMIB researchers from the Endocrine, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research group, composed by the General Coordinator Prof. Dr. Mariana P. Monteiro, by Dr. Mário Nora and Prof. Dr. Marta Guimarães, has won the 3rd edition of the Banco Carregosa/SRNOM prize, with their work "The metabolic gastric bypass contribution for the study and treatment of...
Sílvia Almeida, PhD student of Medical Sciences, successfuly defended her PhD thesis, entitled "Obesity and peridontal disease", after a public defence on the 10th May 2019! On behalf of UMIB, we congratulate Sílvia, and Prof. Dr. Pedro Ferraz and Prof. Dr. Mariana Monteiro, her advisor and co-supervisor respectively, for this achievement!
