Editorial Note
Editorial note
In the editorial note of the previous edition, Professor Alexandre Ribeiro called our attention to a series of facts that allow us to look to 2011 beyond the dark clouds that continuously cast their shadows over the most pessimistic.
Indeed, there are several indicators among us, members of the University of Lisbon, based on which we believe that, in the present year of 2011 when we celebrate the centenary of its refoundation, it will live up to its history.
As an example, in the realm of the Faculty of Medicine, Professor Carmo Fonseca, the winner of the prestigious Pessoa Prize 2010, and whose interview you will be able to read in the present edition, states that “the year of 2010 was excellent for IMM – Institute of Molecular Medicine - which was awarded a record number of prizes and started new international projects”. As she affirms, in 2011 we want to raise awareness of the IMM and of its international credibility”.
We continue to bring FMUL to our readers, and this time it is the turn of the Endocrinology University Clinic. We publish an interview with its Director, Professor João Martins, who introduces it and helps us know more about it, its origins and the team he directs.
This edition has other interesting sections, of which we highlight two: the third and last part of the paper «Bags and Rucksacks: “weights” today and “burdens” tomorrow», a remarkable text about an important public health issue demanding serious thought on behalf of the portuguese authorities, as the text shows; also the piece about the talk “Humour in Medicine”, which, in a memorable and good humoured session, brought together distinct personalities such as Professor António Vaz Carneiro and comedian Ricardo Araújo Pereira, for whom the secret behind humour is simple and lies in "awareness of death", as “the sooner we realize it exists, the more we enjoy life”.
Indeed, there are several indicators among us, members of the University of Lisbon, based on which we believe that, in the present year of 2011 when we celebrate the centenary of its refoundation, it will live up to its history.
As an example, in the realm of the Faculty of Medicine, Professor Carmo Fonseca, the winner of the prestigious Pessoa Prize 2010, and whose interview you will be able to read in the present edition, states that “the year of 2010 was excellent for IMM – Institute of Molecular Medicine - which was awarded a record number of prizes and started new international projects”. As she affirms, in 2011 we want to raise awareness of the IMM and of its international credibility”.
We continue to bring FMUL to our readers, and this time it is the turn of the Endocrinology University Clinic. We publish an interview with its Director, Professor João Martins, who introduces it and helps us know more about it, its origins and the team he directs.
This edition has other interesting sections, of which we highlight two: the third and last part of the paper «Bags and Rucksacks: “weights” today and “burdens” tomorrow», a remarkable text about an important public health issue demanding serious thought on behalf of the portuguese authorities, as the text shows; also the piece about the talk “Humour in Medicine”, which, in a memorable and good humoured session, brought together distinct personalities such as Professor António Vaz Carneiro and comedian Ricardo Araújo Pereira, for whom the secret behind humour is simple and lies in "awareness of death", as “the sooner we realize it exists, the more we enjoy life”.
André Silva
Editorial Team
news@fm.ul.pt
