Networks & Partnerships

RESEARCH UNITS

NOVA Medical School integrates two research units funded and rated as excellent by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

The Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) is dedicated to translational, clinical, and public health research and results from a consortium between NOVA Medical School, the National School of Public Health, the University of Évora, the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health, and Fraunhofer AICOS.

iNOVA4Health is a translational medicine program that brings together partners in biomedical and clinical research affiliated with NOVA University Lisbon: NOVA Medical School, the Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology (iBET), the Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology (ITQB NOVA), the Portuguese Oncology Institute of Lisbon Francisco Gentil (IPOLFG), and the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology (NIMSB).

CHRC

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iNOVA4Health

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Associated Laboratories

LS4Future

The Associate Laboratory Life Sciences for a Healthy and Sustainable Future (LS4FUTURE) is a unique infrastructure in Portugal dedicated to the study of Life Sciences, at different levels of complexity through fundamental, applied, and translational research.

It gathers top-level scientists and critical mass in the Life Sciences area by bringing together:

Four Research Units: MOSTMICRO-ITQB NOVA, iNOVA4Health, Green-it and Gulbenkian Ciência.
Five Institutions: ITQB NOVA, NOVA Medical School, iBET, IGC and IPO Lisboa.

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REAL

The Associated Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health (REAL) is a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional and highly collaborative associated laboratory aiming at advancing translation science and medicine, in a bench-to-bedside approach, discovering and developing new diagnostic tools and treatments and ensuring that proven strategies for disease treatment and prevention are effectively implemented within the community.

REAL brings together:

3 R&D Units - Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC), the Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) and The Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys).

4 Affiliated Schools - NOVA Medical School, National School of Public Health (ENSP), Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), and Faculty of Sciences and Technology (NOVA-FCT).

3 Partner Institutions - University of Évora (UE), University of Coimbra (UC), University of Lisbon (UL).

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Collaborative Laboratories

VOH.CoLAB

VOH.CoLAB is a non-profit private organization whose mission is to measure value in Health. The founding partners, which includes NOVA Medical School, have centralized competencies and resources to create this CoLAB to accelerate the fundamental restructuring of Healthcare delivery towards a paradigm shift to Value-Based Healthcare, in which Citizens’ engagement is essential.

Founding Partners: NOVA University Lisbon, CUF, Vodafone and Fraunhofer Portugal

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CoLAB TRIALS

CoLAB TRIALS is a collaborative laboratory that brings together Healthcare Units, Universities, a Pharma/Biotech Industry association, and a Centre for Laboratory Medicine.

Its ecosystem makes it a critical partner supporting the development of innovative health products, through regulatory compliance and clinical validation.

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Centro Clínico Académico de Lisboa (CCAL)

The CCAL is a Clinical Academic Center (CAC), created as a consortium, which includes six Local Health Units (Estuário do Tejo, Lezíria, Lisboa Ocidental, Litoral Alentejano, Médio Tejo and São José), the Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Lisbon and two Academic Institutions (National School of Public Health and NOVA Medical School of NOVA University Lisbon).

Its mission is to make organized and systematic use of the synergies between its members, developing and consolidating a structure that integrates the provision of health care and the development of teaching and research activities.

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