International Program for Science, Technology and Innovation in Health (PICTIS)
Centre for research, innovation, technological development, and entrepreneurship in health, coordinated by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz/Brazil) and the University of Aveiro (UA/Portugal)
About the program
Our labs
Innovative mechanism for international cooperation
About the program
PICTIS is structured as sectorial laboratories specialized in generating processes, products, and services, with special attention to the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and the Portuguese National Health Service (SNS). As such, it is committed to communicating knowledge and technologies for the welfare of societies.
It is an innovative mechanism for international cooperation that embodies the Fiocruz Innovation Policy (endorsed by the Brazilian Legal Framework for Science, Technology, and Innovation), and the University of Aveiro Strategic Plan, both aimed at the internationalization of Science and Technology Institutions.
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Sectorial laboratories
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Supporting institutions from 15 countries
Our mission
To produce and disseminate knowledge and technological innovation in health, promoting the creation and improvement of processes, products, and services through the development of international cooperation networks and scientific and technological entrepreneurship.
Our vision of the future
To be recognized as an international centre of excellence in Science, Technology, and Innovation in Health.
What we do
Our actions are in line with the objectives of the Brazil-European Union Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement (S&T) in the field of research and innovation, in which Fiocruz plays a central role in health innovation
Education
Offer of courses in national and international Postgraduate Programs at participating institutions, exchange of students and professors, technical visits, immersion programs in the European S, T&I ecosystem, and international compact courses (summer school).
Research
Collaborative projects, participation in international consortia and networks, technical-scientific events, and researchers mobility programs.
Technological development, innovation and entrepreneurship
Internationalization support, softlanding , access to environments that promote innovation and matchmaking with public and private European organizations.
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Structure and Organization
Six Sectorial Research Laboratories (LabSec) constitute the core of the Platform, with multidisciplinary teams composed of researchers and professors from the University of Aveiro (UA), the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and Ibero-American and European universities
Sectorial Laboratories
LabSecs are defined by networking and structured as multi-user laboratory-platforms. They use the installed capacity of partner institutions and act based on Memoranda of Understanding, Cooperation Agreements, Letters of Commitment and Letters of Support.
LabSec 1
Innovation
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Generate scientific knowledge in innovation management, ST&I policies, entrepreneurship, health innovation ecosystems and technology transfer and make connections with the business fabric.
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LabSec 2
One Health/Global Health
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Generate scientific knowledge in the single health/global health approach for the promotion of healthy and sustainable territories and conduct research on biodiversity and environmental health information.
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LabSec 3
Digital Health and Industry 4.0 in the Biopharmaceutical Sector
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Conduct projects, initiatives and activities that link concepts, elements and tools advocated by Industry 4.0, such as artificial intelligence and the internet of things (IoT), to healthcare.
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LabSec 4
Pharmaceuticals, Medicines and Bioproducts
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Generate knowledge for the use of big data in health, technological prospecting and study of forward-looking technologies (nano and bio), information and communication science and the management and translation of scientific and technological knowledge in health.
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LabSec 5
Biotechnology
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Generate knowledge in biotechnology, cellular, molecular, computational biology, proteomics, protein engineering, algorithmic models for exploring genomic sequences and seeking targets for diagnoses and therapies.
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LabSec 6
Collective Health/Primary Care/Humanities
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Generate scientific knowledge, evaluate health systems and programs, law, health and citizenship, health promotion, social determinants, equity (gender and race/ethnicity), diversity, violence, migration, public policies, and social inequalities in health.
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Team
A highly qualified team from several Higher Education Institutions and Research Centers in Brazil and Europe
Sectorial Laboratories
LabSec 1
LabSec 2
LabSec 3
LabSec 4
LabSec 5
LabSec 6
LabSec 1
LabSec 1
Dr. David Resende
Universidade de Aveiro
Dr. Carlos Eduardo de Andrade Lima da Rocha
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Augusto Raupp
– Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia / Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovações (INT-MCTI)
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Branca Terra
– Universidade de Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Caio Ramalho
– Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Fabio de Oliveira Paula
– Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Francisco José Duarte
– Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Klena Sarges
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Mariza Almeida
– Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Paulo Figueiredo
– Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Paulo Vinícius Petriz
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Ricardo Leal
– Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Roberta S.B. Rodrigues
– Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Tereza Santos
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
LabSec 2
LabSec 2
Dr. José Luís Passos Cordeiro
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz e Universidade de Aveiro
Dra. Cecilia S. Andreazzi
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz e Universidade Complutense de Madri
Carlos Fonseca
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Artur Jorge da Costa Peixoto Alves
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Cecilia S. Andreazzi
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Artur Augusto Velho Mendes Junior
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Cristiane d’Avila
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Daniel Dourado
– Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Fernando Sicuro
– Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Gisela Lara da Costa
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Javier Perez-Tris
– Universidade Complutense de Madrid (UCM-Espanha)
José Paulo Gagliardi Leite
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Josman D. Palmeira
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
– Universidade do Porto (U.Porto)
Letícia Kawano
– HCOR
Manoel Marques Evangelista de Oliveira
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Marcia Chame
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Maria Cristina Gonçalves Guardado
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Marize Pereira Miagostovich
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Renata J. Medeiros
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Ulisses Azeiteiro
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
LabSec 3
LabSec 3
Dra. Cláudia Pernencar
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Dr. Felipe Rodrigues da Silva
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Cristina Bicharra
– Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
Cristina Orsolin
– Unisinos
Fabio Dault
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Fernando Serva
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Igor Machado
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Inga Freire Saboia
– Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
– Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA)
Klena Sarges
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Luciana da Silva Madeira
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Luciana Mirott
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Márcio Cataldi
– Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Mário Jorge Ferreira Rodrigues
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Marlene Amorim
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Misael Elias de Morais
– Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB)
Moacyr Galo
– Sa.Global Head
Monique Borges
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Odorico Monteiro
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Tagleorge Marques Silveira
– Departamento de Electrónica, Telecomunicações
– Informática/Universidade de Aveiro (DETI/UA)
Valdenio Araújo
– Agência Brasileira de Desenvolvimento Industrial (ABDI)
LabSec 4
LabSec 4
Dr. Jorge Lima de Magalhães
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz e Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical – IHMT – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Adelaide Antunes
– Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
– Escola de Química da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (EQ-UFRJ)
Andrew Farlow
– University of Oxford
Bob Allkin
– Kew Gardens, London
Carla Silveira
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Floriano Paes Júnior
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Henrique Koch Chaves
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Iniza Araújo
– Universidade de Cabo Verde (Univ. Cabo Verde)
Joaquim Netto
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Luc Quoniam
– Aix Marseille Université
Luciana da Silva Madeira
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Luciana Mirott
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Mariza Almeida
– Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Suzana Borschiver
– Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
– Escola de Química da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (INPI e EQ-UFRJ)
LabSec 5
LabSec 5
Dra. Sandra Vieira
Universidade de Aveiro
Dr. Paulo Carvalho
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
André Nobrega Pitaluga
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Bianca Gouveia
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Catarina Marques
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Cileyda Curty
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
– Hospital Universitário Gaffrée e Guinle da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (HUGG/UNIRIO)
Elmo Eduardo Amaral
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Floriano Paes Júnior
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Luciana Mirott
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Marcelo Pelajo
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Priscila P. C. Cury
– Hospital Universitário Gaffrée e Guinle da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (HUGG/UNIRIO)
Sónia Ferreira
– Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Vanessa Salete de Paula
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
LabSec 6
LabSec 6
Dra. Helena Loureiro
Universidade de Aveiro
Dra. Angélica Baptista Silva
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Artemisia O. C. Monteiro
– Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (UNILAB)
Carlile Lavor
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Clélia Christina Mello Silva Almeida da Costa
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Violeta Maria de Siqueira Holanda
– Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (UNILAB)
Elyne Montenegro Engstrom
– Coordenadora do Programa Profissional de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Tania Araújo-Jorge
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Patricia da Silva Von Der Way
– Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Vera Rodrigues
– Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (UNILAB)
Coordination
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) was founded in 1900 under the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Currently with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro and units throughout the country, it is recognized as the most prominent and influential health science and technology institution in Latin America. Its mission is to produce and disseminate knowledge and technologies towards strengthening the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and to contribute to promoting health, quality of life and the reduction of social inequalities.
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University of Aveiro
The University of Aveiro (UA), founded in 1973, is a public foundation under private law whose mission is to contribute to and develop graduate and postgraduate education and training, research and cooperation with society. The UA’s mission is to create, share and apply knowledge, involving the whole community through teaching, research and cooperation with the surrounding environment, in order to make a clear difference for individuals and society.
Stakeholders
PICTIS has the support of 65 institutions from 15 countries that express themselves in letters and official communiqués, such as the Delegation of the European Union in Brazil, the Embassy of Portugal in Brasília, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal, the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) and the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission (Brussels), among others
Universities and TC
Government, Multilateral Organizations, and Diplomatic Bodies
Associations and Networks
Companies
Where we are
PICTIS is at the PCI Creative Science Park – Science and Innovation Park of Aveiro, which is aimed at promoting innovation and entrepreneurship projects in conjunction with the University of Aveiro.
With an area of 3,000 m², the PCI has spaces designed to receive researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovation companies in the areas of Information, Communication, Electronics (TICE) and Health Technologies.
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Contact us
Phone: (Direct)
+351-927 485 955
Parque de Ciência e Inovação – PCI Creative Science Park Aveiro
Via do Conhecimento, Edifício Central,
3830-352, Ílhavo, Portugal
