Established in 1994, the Cardiovascular R&D Center (UnIC, Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Cardiovascular - www.unic ... .med.up.pt) aims at high impact clinical research namely randomized controlled clinical trials and prospective clinical studies, as well as further technological development and biotechnology application in translational research, reinforcing partnerships with industry and international networks. Based on a dynamic research structure, national and international collaborations were established and are continuously encouraged, either with academia or with industry, enabling a self-sustainable strategy. Our strategy based on translational research, joins clinicians and fundamental researchers to pursue a common goal of unravelling cardiovascular disease pathophysiology and optimizing patient care. Presently, UnIC includes 136 researchers from several Departments of FMUP and Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João (CHUSJ), combining basic and clinical sciences to achieve a solid translational and integrative perspective, in a “bench to bedside and back again” approach. Thus, UnIC relies on the strong collaboration between researcher physicians from multiple medical specialities related to cardiovascular medicine such as cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, internal medicine and anaesthesiology, and biologists, biochemists, engineers, statisticians and other professionals fully committed to CVD research. WEBSITE: www.unic.med.up.pt FACEBOOK: @unic.cardiovascular | www.facebook.com/unic.cardiovascular INSTAGRAM: @unic.cardiovascular | www.instagram.com/unic.cardiovascular TWITTER: @unic_cardiovasc | www.twitter.com/UnIC_cardiovasc LINKEDIN: @unic-cardiovascular | www.linkedin.com/company/unic-cardiovascular read more