The Lipid Laboratory is linked to the Department of Clinical Medicine.

Lines of research: investigation of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, with emphasis on reverse cholesterol transport, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, inflammation and lifestyle interventions (diet and physical exercise) in humans and models of experimental atherosclerosis.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 10

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Edna Regina Nakandakare 

       Professor Marisa Passarelli 

The Rheumatology Research Laboratory is linked to the Department of Clinical Medicine.

Lines of research: autoimmunity and rheumatological diseases; clinical, diagnosis, co-infection and treatment of Lyme disease in Brazil; extracellular matrix in diffuse connective tissue diseases; experimental model of osteoarthritis and scleroderma; pathophysiology of the inflammatory response; therapy in chronic inflammatory arthritis; osteoporosis and rheumatological diseases; molecular and cellular biology applied to osteometabolic diseases; SLE, vasculitis and Takayasu’s disease; sports medicine, spine and rheumatological diseases.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 17

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Bruno Gualano 

       Professor Danieli Castro Oliveira de Andrade

The Experimental Surgery Research Laboratory is linked to the Department of Surgery. 

Lines of research: trauma, shock, sepsis, artificial blood substitutes, ischemia and reperfusion, multiple organ dysfunction, transplants, ischemic preconditioning; stem cells in paraplegia; vascular substitutes; volume replacement; hypertenic solutions; splanchnic perfusion; tumor prognostic markers; angiogenesis; immunopathology of experimental models; immunology of experimental models; minimally invasive surgery; experimental oncology; morphology and biomechanics of the aorta.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 26

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Marilia Cerqueira Leite Seelaender 

       Professor José Pinhata Otoch

The Head and Neck Surgery Laboratory is linked to the Department of Surgery.

Lines of research: prevention and early diagnosis of oral cancer; primary prevention of oral cancer; treatment of oral cavity cancer; oncological treatment of head and neck cancer; endovascular surgery; aortic aneurysm; 'Genome' project; carcinogenesis of head and neck cancer and immunotherapy of head and neck cancer.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 28

Responsible researchers:

The Head and Neck Surgery Laboratory is linked to the Department of Surgery.

Lines of research: prevention and early diagnosis of oral cancer; primary prevention of oral cancer; treatment of oral cavity cancer; oncological treatment of head and neck cancer; endovascular surgery; aortic aneurysm; genome project; carcinogenesis of head and neck cancer and immunotherapy of head and neck cancer.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 28

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Luiz Paulo Kowalski 

       Dr. Raquel Ajub Moyses

The Rehabilitation Sciences Laboratory is linked to the Department of Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy.

Lines of research: function and dysfunction in physiotherapy; speech therapy, language; hearing; social intervention in occupational therapy.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 34

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Claudia Regina Furquim de Andrade 

       Professor Eliane Schochat

The Epidemiology and Immunobiology Laboratory is linked to the Department of Preventive Medicine.

Lines of research: epidemiology of neoplasms; epidemiology of AIDS and other communicable diseases; immunopathogenesis of leishmaniasis; diagnostic methods and therapeutic alternatives for neglected diseases; HIV/leishmania co-infection.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 38 

Responsible researchers:

       Dr. Renata Bertazzi Levy 

       Professor Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna

The Immunohematology and Forensic Hematology Laboratory is linked to the Department of Legal Medicine, Medical Ethics, Social and Occupational Medicine.

Lines of research: study of human identification procedures and techniques mainly for forensic purposes; ‘Caminho de Volta’ project: technology (DNA Bank) in the search for missing children in the State of São Paulo; forensic sciences including toxicology and anthropology; application of mutagenicity tests in occupationally exposed populations; molecular epidemiology: biomarkers of susceptibility in cancer; clinical bioethics; health; gender and labor; assessment of the health conditions of female workers as a result of the intersection between work relations and other social relations.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 40

Responsible researchers: 

The Immunohematology and Forensic Hematology Laboratory is linked to the Department of Legal Medicine, Medical Ethics, Social and Occupational Medicine.

Lines of research: study of human identification procedures and techniques mainly for forensic purposes; ‘Caminho de Volta’ project: technology (DNA Bank) in the search for missing children in the State of São Paulo; forensic sciences including toxicology and anthropology; application of mutagenicity tests in occupationally exposed populations; molecular epidemiology: biomarkers of susceptibility in cancer; clinical bioethics; health; gender and labor; assessment of the health conditions of female workers as a result of the intersection between work relations and other social relations.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 40

Responsible researchers:

The Protozoology Laboratory is linked to the Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.

Lines of research: human protozoology and study of major endemic diseases such as malaria, leishmaniasis, American trypanosomiasis, toxoplasmosis and others, in their epidemiological, parasitological, molecular, diagnostic, clinical aspects, therapeutic interventions, vaccines and vector control, through experimental, hospital & field studies within the areas of greater occurrence in the country and abroad.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 49

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Silvia Figueiredo Costa 

       Dr. Andrés Jimenez Galisteo Junior 

The Protozoology Laboratory is linked to the Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.

Lines of research: human protozoology and study of major endemic diseases such as malaria, leishmaniasis, American trypanosomiasis, toxoplasmosis and others, in their epidemiological, parasitological, molecular, diagnostic, clinical aspects, therapeutic interventions, vaccines and vector control, through experimental, hospital & field studies within the areas of greater occurrence in the country and abroad.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 49

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Silvia Figueiredo Costa 

       Dr. Andrés Jimenez Galisteo Junior 

The Infectious Diseases Pathology Laboratory is linked to the Pathology Department.

Lines of research: Immunopathology and pathogenesis of human/canine/experimental cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis; acute and chronic inflammatory response of the host to Leishmania infection in the presence of vector saliva; hepatitis; Chagas disease; pathogenesis of digestive tract injuries; genetic changes in cancer of the digestive system and their correlation with clinical and pathological conditions; study of changes caused by different surgical techniques and their correlation with the spread of malignant neoplasms; improvement of methods for detecting metastasis of digestive neoplasms.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 50

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett 

       Professor Márcia Dalastra Laurenti

The Physiotherapy Research Laboratory is linked to the Department of Speech Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. 

The Bacteriology Laboratory and linked to the Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases until 2019 with production until 2018. 

Lines of research: Research in neurophysiology applied to functionality; clinical research in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy and intensive therapy; investigation of human movement and posture.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 54

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Clarice Tanaka 

       Professor Celso Ricardo Fernandes de Carvalho

The Dermatology and Immunodeficiencies Research Laboratory is linked to the Department of Dermatology.

Lines of research: infectious and parasitic dermatoses; immunodermatology; viral immunology; experimental immunomodulation; immunopathology of HIV infection; immunopathology of primary immunodeficiencies; immunopathology of secondary, infectious or metabolic immunodeficiencies; immunopathology of primary infections; immunoregulation; human retrovirus.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 56

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Maria Notomi Sato 

       Professor Valéria Aoki

The Medical Informatics Laboratory is linked to the Department of Pathology.

Lines of research: applications of the ‘Fuzzy’ logic in biomedicine; learning and cognition: physiology and electrophysiological pathology of cognition; biomedical engineering; epidemiology of communicable diseases; mathematical physics; geosciences; medical informatics; teaching methods and techniques; mathematical models applied to epidemiology; collective health and telemedicine.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 01

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Marcelo Nascimento Burattini 

       Professor Chao Lung Wen

The Immunohematology and Forensic Hematology Laboratory is linked to the Department of Legal Medicine, Medical Ethics, Social and Occupational Medicine.

Lines of research: study of human identification procedures and techniques mainly for forensic purposes; ‘Caminho de Volta’ project: technology (DNA Bank) in the search for missing children in the State of São Paulo; forensic sciences including toxicology and anthropology; application of mutagenicity tests in occupationally exposed populations; molecular epidemiology: biomarkers of susceptibility in cancer; clinical bioethics; health; gender and labor; assessment of the health conditions of female workers as a result of the intersection between work relations and other social relations.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 40

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Vilma Leyton 

       Professor Cintia Fridman Rave

The Molecular Genetics and Cardiology Laboratory is linked to the Cardiopneumology Department.

Lines of research: identification and characterization of biomarkers for use in medical decision support algorithms; development of strategies for repairing organs with low regenerative capacity; genetics of cardiovascular diseases; evolution of cardiac chambers; developmental biology of the heart; congenital heart defects; signaling by retinoic acid; development of viral vectors carrying tumor suppressor and immunostimulatory genes for cancer gene therapy.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 13

Responsible researchers:

       Professor José Eduardo Krieger 

       Professor Adriana Castello Costa Girardi

The Nuclear Medicine Laboratory is linked to the Department of Radiology and Oncology.

Lines of research: critical analysis of functional neuroimaging methods in the assessment of neurological and psychiatric disorders; nuclear medicine and clinical application of radioisotopes.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 43

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Carlos Alberto Buchpiguel 

       Dr. Fausto Haruki Hironaka 

The Cardiovascular Pathology Laboratory is linked to the Pathology Department.

Lines of research: morphofunctional study of cardiovascular changes; analysis of the hemodynamic repercussions of congestive heart failure; study of the clinical management of patients admitted to an intensive care unit; endothelial cell response to aggression; biology of adrenocortical neoplasms; pathophysiology of aging; brain aging and dementia.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 22

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Carlos Augusto Gonçalves Pasqualucci 

       Dr. Renata Elaine Paraizo Leite 

The Aging Research Laboratory has the primary goal of developing new research on different aspects of aging and its associated conditions.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 66

Responsible researchers: 

       Professor Eduardo Ferriolli 

       Professor Thiago Junqueira Avelino da Silva 

The Genetics and Molecular Hematology Laboratory is linked to the Department of Clinical Medicine.

Lines of research: Genetics and molecular hematology; cell and gene therapy; onco-hematology; hemostasis; lipid metabolism.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 31

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Vanderson Geraldo Rocha 

       Professor José Alexandre Marzagão Barbuto

The Magnetic Resonance Laboratory in Neuroradiology is linked to the Department of Radiology and Oncology.

Lines of research: imaging research focused on magnetic resonance imaging in neuroradiology with conventional and functional techniques, ultrasound and conventional radiology.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 44

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Claudia da Costa Leite  

       Dr. Maria Concépcion Garcia Otaduy 

The Microsurgery/Plastic Surgery Laboratory is linked to the Department of Surgery.

Lines of research: experimental and clinical investigation of the mechanisms of formation of pathological scars; surgical techniques and factors determining the outcome of tissue transplants; modern techniques of peripheral nerve microsurgery: critical evaluation; skin in plastic surgery; perspective on the use of information technology in medical education, among others.

Medical Investigation Laboratory (LIM): 04

Responsible researchers:

       Professor Rolf Gemperli 

       Professor Cristina Pires Camargo