Research in Cardiovascular Sciences

Recommended Prerequisites

Graduation in Health Sciences or related subject.

Teaching Methods

a) Conferences/ talks concerning specific themes

b) Seminaries/ round tables concerning emerging and controversial themes in the cardiovascular field

c) Individual and group work with the objective of promoting the scientific method in raising research hypotheses

The evaluation will include:

a) Presentation of a research article concerning a specific theme of the course.

b) Presentation and discussion of a proposal for a potential research project.

c) Multiple choice test.

Learning Outcomes

One of the main characteristics of MIB is how it allows students to choose their curricular units and, in this way, mold their academic path within the Course, according to their scientific objectives and ambitions. In addition to the courses considered to be structural and transversal to all MIB specialization areas, at the start of the course, students that want to specialize in Cardiovascular Sciences must register in the CC010 curricular unit. To complete this curricular unit the student will select specialized advanced courses that will allow them to acquire competences and knowledge in the Cardiovascular Sciences field, which will serve as the foundation to carry out a high merit scientific and technical masters dissertation. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Within the scope of this curricular unit, students should attend advanced courses that fit their scientific and technical objectives, and that address themes which fit within the scope of the Carddiovascular Sciences specialization branch. General subjects to be addressed in Cardiovascular Sciences:

A. Molecular and Cellular biology in cardiovascular research

1. Mechanisms of protein quality control in cardiac cells - Proteostasis

2. miRNA: Transcriptional regulation of  cardiac homeostasis

3. Genomics of Cardiomyopathies

B. Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine

1. the role of cardiac microenvironment in heart regeneration

2. repairing and regenerating heart tissue with cell therapy

C.  Cardiovascular imaging and diagnostics

D. Clinical cardiovascular epidemiology

E. Vascular Medicine

1. endothelial metabolic dysfunction

F. Cardiovascular Pharmacology

G. Computational  modeling of cardiovascular function.

Head Lecturer(s)

Henrique Manuel Paixão dos Santos Girão

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Presentation and discussion of scientific papers : 20.0%
Exam: 30.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

Artigos científicos publicados em revistas internacionais da especialidade com revisão por pares

Scientific papers published in international scientific  journals with peer-review