Agreements with Foreign Institutions:

International exchanges aim to foster collaborative research and joint activities with foreign institutions, promoting the mobility of students, faculty, and resources, ultimately enhancing the quality of knowledge.

  1. Scientific collaboration with the University of Porto, Portugal, for research in Heart Failure and Epidemiology.

  2. Agreement with Harvard Medical School, USA, for exchange involving: (1) studies on adaptive mechanisms in heart failure, particularly peripheral vascular reactivity. The role of peripheral circulation in heart failure is increasingly recognized as fundamentally important. This agreement involves the use of non-invasive techniques to characterize peripheral circulation adaptations in heart failure. Participation with the TIMI Group for coordination of international multicenter studies; (2) atherosclerosis; (3) arrhythmia and electrophysiology.

  3. Agreement with Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, USA, for exchange in: (1) Magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocardial infarction. The application of MRI to study ischemic or infarcted human heart muscle is a major scientific and technological innovation; (2) Gene therapy and molecular biology, enabling the planning of more precise therapeutic interventions; (3) Tomographic diagnosis of coronary obstruction; (4) Coronary calcification analysis by tomography.

  4. Collaboration with the NIH, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA (the largest U.S. government research institution), on the development of sodium-23 MRI imaging. Dr. David Bluemke is the NIH partner and Director of Radiology at the NIH.

  5. Agreement with the Università del Sacro Cuore (Center for Clinical Physiology and Hypertension), Milan, Italy, for exchange in human atherosclerosis studies. This agreement aims to investigate the basic mechanisms of human atherosclerotic plaque development through the analysis of plaque samples removed during atherectomy and correlated with clinical presentations.

  6. Collaboration with the National Institute of Cardiology of Mexico.

  7. Collaboration with the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.

  8. Collaboration with Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA.

  9. Scientific collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, on studies of autonomic regulation and cardiovascular implications, and effects of physical exercise. Collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, USA, through Prof. Katherine Detre, on epidemiological studies related to cardiovascular disease, including statistical study evaluations.

  10. Agreement with the Mayo Clinic Foundation through Profs. Robert Frye and Bernard J. Gersh on comparative studies between coronary and diabetic patients undergoing clinical treatment, surgery, and angioplasty. Long-term follow-up – BARI II-D Study.

  11. Collaboration with the University of Vermont through Prof. David J. Schneider on genetic studies (polymorphisms), cellular inflammation, and coagulation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with or without extracorporeal circulation.

  12. Exchange with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Prof. Mark E. Molitch recently visited Brazil and gave a lecture on Diabetic Nephropathy; he is part of the BARI 2D Coordinating Center.

  13. Collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine on joint research studies – MASS/Stanford – focusing on the operational costs of research protocols.

  14. Collaboration with Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Prof. Valentin Fuster, in the Freedom study. This is a comparative study group involving diabetic patients with coronary artery disease undergoing surgery or stenting.

  15. Collaboration with the Image Processing and Informatics Lab, University of Southern California, USA, on a joint project to develop a Grid-based infrastructure for medical applications using Internet-2 and RNP-2. This is part of the “Advanced Network for Research and Development of Distributed Systems in Medicine” Project, sponsored by the Brazilian National Research Network (RNP)/Ministry of Science and Technology (with publications in international journals and conferences).

  16. In partnership with Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, conducting studies on the influence of risk factors on subclinical atherosclerosis and the association between adiposity and risk factors. Professional Training Program for Foreign Physicians (PCPME – FMUSP) in Luanda, Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Guatemala.

  17. Collaboration with the University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA, Prof. Thomas R. Porter, and the Echocardiography Laboratory.

  18. Collaboration with the Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy, Prof. Eugenio Picano, Echocardiography Laboratory.

  19. Agreement 1753 CPqD/Zerbini Foundation – Collaborative System for Distribution of Dynamic Medical Images.

  20. Undergraduate student exchange: participation in the Mobility Program through Universitätsklinikum Jena, Germany.

  21. Collaboration with the Università Degli Studi di Milano, Center for Clinical Physiology and Hypertension, Milan, Italy, for exchange studies on arterial hypertension and the autonomic nervous system in both patient and animal experiments.

  22. Consortium for Biomedical Science Exchange (CAPES-FIPSE).

  23. Agreement with Wright State University. Responsible: Prof. Mariana Morris (Pharmacology and Toxicology Laboratory).

  24. Agreement with Wake Forest. Responsible: Prof. Debra Diz (Hypertension Laboratory).

  25. Agreement with The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Prof. Dr. James D. Thomas, Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Section.

  26. Agreement with the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Dr. William F. Armstrong III, Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory.

  27. Agreement with Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Prof. Dr. Joe Kislo, Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory.

  28. InCor has an agreement with the University of Surrey, England, for research on a new biomarker for atherosclerosis, also involving the Brazilian Fleury laboratory. Senior researchers in the project include Dr. Raul Dias dos Santos Filho (Director of the Clinical Unit of Dyslipidemia), Dr. Maria de Lourdes Higuchi (Director of the Inflammation and Infection Laboratory in Cardiology), and Dr. José Antonio F. Ramires.

  29. Exchange between a group from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and Prof. Dr. José Eduardo Krieger, Director of the Genetics and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory at InCor, to study a new treatment to restore post-infarction blood flow to the heart muscle. The new technique uses tissue engineering concepts to combine cells and a biopolymeric matrix to prevent death of cells near the infarct area and stimulate the formation of new blood vessels.

  30. Partnership with Erasmus University of Brussels through Prof. Jean Louis Vincent, Department of Intensive Care, and the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at InCor and ICESP, coordinated by Prof. Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar. It involves postgraduate student exchange and joint clinical studies.

  31. Partnership with St Trust College, London, through Prof. Andrew Rhodes, Department of Intensive Care, and the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at InCor and ICESP, coordinated by Prof. Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar. It involves postgraduate student exchange and joint clinical studies.

  32. Partnership with Columbia University, New York, Department of Cardiology, through Prof. Paolo Colombo and FMUSP Cardiology, coordinated by Prof. Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar. It involves postgraduate student exchange and joint clinical studies.

  33. InCor-Hachioji Cardiovascular Check-Up Program, a partnership between the Heart Institute of HC-FMUSP and the Hachioji Medical Center of Tokyo Medical University, with support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. Minister Akiba visited the Institute’s care, teaching, and research facilities and endorsed the choice of InCor as a partner for this Japanese government project to disseminate Japan’s medical technology worldwide.

  34. Mission of the Newton Fund in Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, aimed at joint projects and researcher exchange between institutions.

  35. Center for Healthcare Advancement and Outcomes and Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL, USA, on the study of cardiovascular risk factors.

  36. Patient Assistance Project through Digital Technology Education – Catholic University of Portugal – Porto, Portugal.

  37. Lusophone Project for Continuing Education in Arterial Hypertension – Portuguese Society of Hypertension and the University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal).

  38. Specific agreement between the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the National University of La Plata and InCor-FMUSP for joint execution of research projects on echocardiography, human resources training, and scientific and technical exchange.

Agreements with National Institutions:

National exchanges involve collaborative research and joint activities with other programs in Brazil, promoting the mobility of students, faculty, and resources, and enhancing knowledge quality.

  1. Agreement with UNICAMP, Cardiology Service and Coagulation Laboratory, for research on genetic markers in ischemic heart disease. Scientific cooperation contract to structure the Myocardial Research Laboratory.

  2. Scientific collaboration with UNICAMP for development in the fields of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.

  3. EMBRAPA in conjunction with the Coronary Heart Disease Clinical Unit of InCor HC-FMUSP in the thematic research project: “Study on coffee and the heart,” with two ongoing thesis projects.

  4. University of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo.

  5. Federal University of Maranhão.

  6. Federal University of Bahia.

  7. Federal University of Pernambuco.

  8. Ribeirão Preto Heart Hospital.

  9. Hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo – “New Heart” project – assistance and research in heart failure and transplantation, with training for public health professionals.

  10. Memorandum of Understanding with the School of Physical Education and Sport at USP for the development of the Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program.

  11. Federal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP, collaborative work with Prof. Paulo Tucci.

  12. Collaboration with the School of Public Health: SABE Project “Health, Wellbeing, and Aging” – a longitudinal study on the living and health conditions of elderly individuals in São Paulo.

  13. Scientific collaboration with the Center for Preventive Medicine and the Cardiology Program at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, in the area of cardiovascular risk factors.

  14. Joint research in Arterial Hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome, and the Autonomic Nervous System with Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE.

  15. Patient Assistance Project through Digital Technology Education – UNIFESP/UNESP/São Camilo University Center.

  16. Blood Pressure Screening Project – University of São Paulo – Ribeirão Preto.