The lines of research cover epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic, and molecular aspects of the health-disease process in children and adolescents, explored through modern approaches and advanced technologies developed in equipped laboratories.
1 – Congenital and Acquired Heart Diseases in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
It aims to study the clinical and laboratory aspects, evolution, treatment, and outcome of congenital and acquired heart disease in children, adolescents, and young adults.
Advisor:
Paulo Henrique Manso
2 – Child and Adolescent Growth, Physical Development, and Metabolism
It aims to assess the impacts of nutrition/food and inborn errors on physical growth and metabolism, considering the influence of genetic inheritance and the environment on the occurrence of diseases using methods to assess dietary history, nutritional status, and growth.
Advisors:
Carlos Eduardo Martinelli Junior
Fabio Carmona
Heloisa Bettiol
Ivan Savioli Ferraz
Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro
José Simon Camelo Junior
Luiz Antonio Del Ciampo
Marco Antonio Barbieri
Marisa Marcia Mussi
Raphael Del Roio Liberatore Junior
Viviane Cunha Cardoso
3 – Hematological and Oncological Diseases in Childhood
It aims to investigate the epidemiological, clinical, genetic, and molecular aspects of the main hematological and oncological diseases.
Advisors:
Carlos Alberto Scrideli
Elvis Terci Valera
Luiz Gonzaga Tone
Sonir Roberto Rauber Antonini
4 – Medical Education
It aims to study aspects related to medical education and its repercussions on the learning of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Advisors:
Ana Paula de Carvalho Panzeri Carlotti
Fabio Carmona
5 – Clinical-Epidemiological Studies in the Neonatal Period
It aims to study the clinical and epidemiological characteristics peculiar to the fetus and newborn, and assess the consequences of preterm birth on child development.
Advisors:
Ana Paula de Carvalho Panzeri Carlotti
Fabio Carmona
José Simon Camelo Junior
Marisa Marcia Mussi
Raphael Del Roio Liberatore Junior
Regina Sawamura
Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri
6 – Clinical and Laboratory Studies in Pediatric Intensive Medicine
It aims to study the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory aspects of critically ill pediatric patients.
Advisors:
Alessandra Kimie Matsuno
Ana Paula de Carvalho Panzeri Carlotti
Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro
Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri
7 – Studies on Ontogeny and Changes in the Immune Response in Children and Adolescents
It assesses the ontogeny of the immune response and epidemiological and molecular characteristics, risk factors, clinical manifestations, laboratory alterations, diagnostic resources, treatment, and prognosis of primary immunodeficiencies, allergic diseases, and autoimmune diseases.
Advisors:
Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro
Luciana Martins de Carvalho
Luisa Karla de Paula Arruda
Pérsio Roxo Junior
Virginia Paes Leme Ferriani
8 – Studies on Hormonal Functions and Alterations in Children and Adolescents
It aims to assess aspects of hormonal function and its influence on normal children and children and adolescents affected by developmental problems and hormonal changes.
Advisors:
Carlos Eduardo Martinelli Junior
Heloisa Bettiol
Marco Antonio Barbieri
Raphael Del Roio Liberatore Junior
Sonir Roberto Rauber Antonini
9 – Epidemiological, Clinical, and Laboratory Studies on Perinatal, Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Health
It studies the diseases peculiar to the fetus and newborn from the perspective of comprehensive health care and analyzes epidemiological health indicators in the perinatal period, evaluating their impact on the physical, pubertal, emotional, affective, and cognitive development of children and adolescents and their associations with risk factors for non-communicable adult chronic diseases.
Advisors:
Fabio Carmona
Heloisa Bettiol
Luiz Antonio Del Ciampo
Marco Antonio Barbieri
Raphael Del Roio Liberatore Junior
Ricardo Zorzetto Nicoliello Vêncio
Sonir Roberto Rauber Antonini
Viviane Cunha Cardoso
Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri
10 – In vitro and in vivo studies on New Therapeutic Agents Applied to Child and Adolescent Health
It investigates new therapeutic possibilities for health problems in children and adolescents using in vitro and in vivo experimental models in animals and humans.
Advisors:
Carlos Alberto Scrideli
Fabio Carmona
Pérsio Roxo Junior
Sonir Roberto Rauber Antonini
Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri
11 – Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases in Children and Adolescents
It investigates the main epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory aspects of digestive tract diseases that affect children and studies nutritional and morphofunctional aspects of disaccharidases.
Advisor:
Regina Sawamura
12 – Infections
It studies the epidemiology of infections in children and adolescents, the clinical manifestations, the immune response to pathogens, the laboratory aspects of diagnosis and the molecular characteristics of the infecting agents aiming at the characterization of infections in our environment and the planning of prevention measures.
Advisors:
Alessandra Kimie Matsuno
Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro
José Simon Camelo Junior
Marisa Marcia Mussi
13 – Immune Response to Natural or Active Immunization in Children and Pregnant Women
It investigates the capacity of humoral and cellular immune responses to immunizing agents in pregnant women and children with special birth characteristics and immune function, such as prematurity, intrauterine growth restriction, immunodeficiencies, and rheumatic diseases.
Advisors:
Luciana Martins de Carvalho
Marisa Marcia Mussi
Paulo Henrique Manso
Virginia Paes Leme Ferriani