The Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (ISPUP) is part of 8 research projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), under the Call for IC&DT Projects in all scientific fields. ISPUP is the proponent institution of 4 projects and a participant institution in another 4. The 8 projects represent a research funding of almost 400 thousand euros for the Institute.
The researchers Maria José Azevedo, Samantha Morais, Patrícia Padrão and José Azevedo are responsible for the 4 exploratory research projects that have ISPUP as proposing institution and that, together, amount to an amount of over 190 thousand euros.
Maria Inês Azevedo leads the project named Impact of bronchiectasis treatments on lung and blood microbiomes, developed in partnership with the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, the University Hospital Centre of S. João and the Institute of Health Research and Innovation of the U.Porto.
Researcher Samantha Morais is the main responsible for the project The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis, treatment and survival of patients with cancer, in partnership with the Portuguese Oncology Institute (IPO) of Porto.
In turn, Patrícia Padrão was also awarded FCT funding for the development of the project Development and validation of a photograph-based instrument to assess nutrition literacy, in collaboration with the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the University of Porto.
José Azevedo received funding for the research project Searching, Selecting and Spreading: the three S’s of an infodemic, of which he is the main researcher.
Still within the scope of exploratory projects, ISPUP integrates as participating institution the project named Advances in Survival analysis under double truncation and Multi-State models. Software development and cohort based-studies, led by the University of Minho.
Participation in 3 projects of scientific research and technological development (IC&DT)
Under the scope of the scientific research and technological development projects (IC&DT), the ISPUP received funding as participating entity in 3 projects, collecting an amount higher than 200 thousand euros.
Promoting healthy indoor environments with spotlight on endocrine disruptors: elucidating the links between environmental exposure, neurodevelopment and social behavior in children, is one of the projects in which the ISPUP participates, and that is led by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.
The Institute is also a partner in the research project Nontuberculous mycobacteria from drinking water: beyond the lung disease epidemic, led by the Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNBC/UC).
Finally, it also includes the project Dissemination, Monitoring and Surveillance of the Portuguese 24-Hour Movement Guidelines: making the whole day matter, whose proponent is the Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto (FADEUP).
In total, the 8 research projects represent a funding of almost 400 thousand euros for the Institute.
The results of the Call for IC&DT Projects in all scientific domains were announced on 28 July by the FCT. For more information about the call, please consult the link.
