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Immune Health

Medicine ULisboa for Health, Clinical Research and Innovation

Advancing immune science
to understand, prevent and
treat immune-mediated diseases.

Immune Health is a research area dedicated to understanding, preserving and restoring the immune system across the lifespan. It integrates basic, translational and clinical research to address immune-mediated, inflammatory, infectious, allergic and degenerative diseases, as well as immune ageing, vaccination, transplantation and host–microbiome interactions.

By combining multidisciplinary expertise, Immune Health connects mechanistic discoveries with patient-centred clinical research through biomarkers, imaging, biobanks, real-world data, clinical trials and digital health tools. Its goal is to enable earlier diagnosis, improve risk stratification, predict treatment response and accelerate the development of innovative precision therapies.

Through interdisciplinary research, advanced training and international partnerships, Immune Health fosters collaboration between scientists, clinicians, patients, industry and health-care institutions, translating scientific discoveries into clinical practice and health innovation.

2 Research Groups

Rheumatology

1. Rheumatology

Group Leader: João Eurico Fonseca, MD, PhD

Intensive Care

2. Intensive Care

Group Leader: Susana Fernandes, MD, PhD

OTHER AREAS

Collaboration
drives innovation in
women's and child health

We welcome collaborations with researchers, clinicians, patients, industry partners and institutions to advance immune health through research, innovation and clinical translation.

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