Clinical Research Service

CHUP's commitment to research translates into the transfer of knowledge from a Hospital Center that provides clinical support to the major pathologies of the population but also to specific and rare conditions. The expertise in technological progress and innovation has enabled the development of strategic research areas and the establishment of consortia that bring together what is done in Hospital de Santo António, Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte, and Centro de Genética Médica.

In 2018, the Clinical Research Service (SIC) was created with the mission of organizing, supporting, and fostering research, development, and innovation activities of other services and hospital units, departments, and professionals or at their direct responsibility.


SIC is composed of two units:

  - Clinical Trial Unit

  - Research and Innovation Support Unit

 

The Research and Innovation Support Unit incorporates Technical and Financial Management, Research Projects, and Communication and Scientific Publications.

SIC manages the institutional Research and Development Fund, which provides its professionals with financial support for doctoral fellowships, projects, personal development incentives, and scientific merit awards. The Hospital Center's Scholarship and Awards Committee is integrated into SIC.

 

Awards

The Sollari Allegro Awards represent CHUP incentives for teaching, training, and research activities given to CHUP Departments and to authors of original articles considered relevant to the Institution.


Fellowships
Research incentives are provided annually through intra-mural grants. In order to identify and promote promising and valuable scientific initiatives, CHUP Fellowship and Awards Committee evaluates basic, clinical, and translational research projects presented by research teams and groups organized in the Hospital Centre and doctoral projects of CHUP professionals. 
 

Partnerships and Cooperation






Consortiums

The Hospital Center is a member of the PtCRIN Consortium, an infrastructure dedicated to promoting national and international research cooperation.  This link has been key in the contact with other research centers, supporting regulatory guidelines for clinical trials and retrieving funds for investigator-initiated clinical trials. PtCRIN partners with the European Network Infrastructure (ECRIN).

The Porto4Ageing consortium intends to aggregate and be a space for discussion of issues related to active and healthy aging in the metropolitan region of Porto. The consortium brings together more than 90 organizations from the Northern Region of Portugal and involves universities, research centers, policymakers, users, and industry.