CCUL is a research center of the Lisbon School of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL) integrating the Lisbon Academic Med ... ical Centre (CAML), together with the Santa Maria University Hospital (HSM-CHULN) and the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM). Our mission is: - To promote multidisciplinary science of excellence in the Cardiovascular field; - To provide graduated teaching education and structured training programmes; - To strength national collaborations being more competitive in attracting national funding; - To increase worldwide scientific network to internationalize medicine, science and education, thus having global impact and being more competitive to attract diverse ranges of research funding and researchers; - To involve society promoting scientific literacy, educating people to prevent and reduce Cardiovascular disease. In 2021, CCUL integrated the RISE, a consortium with CINTESIS, Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, and UnIC, Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Cardiovascular – two R&D units hosted at Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and CI-IPOP, Centro de Investigação do Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, hosted at IPO-Porto. RISE was awarded with the title of Laboratório Associado. RISE will focus on health research and innovation, aiming to perform translational and clinical research – from preclinical and clinical stages to community level – by connecting universities to health providers, at both a regional and a national level. E: CCUL@medicina.ulisboa.pt read more