Foreword
Research Structures
Energy, Environment, and Biodiversity
- Metallic Materials Engineering
- Solar Energy
- Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Fields and Forests of the Atlantic Forest
- Economic, Human, and Environmental Development
- Primatology
- Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation of Carnivores
- Oleochemistry: Processes and Products
- Technologies to Mitigate Environmental Impacts
- Ichthyology
- Ornithology
- The Center for Wind Energy
Humanities and Ethics
- Fundamental Rights
- Theological and Ethical Anthropology
- The Political Authoritarianism and Press in Contemporary Brazil
- Christology within the Contemporary Latin American Context
- Law and Bioethics
- Clinical Bioethics
- Ecclesiology and Emergent Problems
- Analytic Epistemology
- Ethics, Contemporaneity, and Deconstruction: The Philosophical Criticism of Violence
- Immigration, Towns, and Foreigners Narratives of Brazil (1864–1964)
- Criminal Procedure and Democratic Rule of Law
Culture and Education
- Southern Writers Collection
- Architecture and Heritage
- Culture, Subjectivity, and Formative Policies
- Between the Memories and Stories of Schools at Rio Grande do Sul: From the Deutscher Hilfsverein to Farroupilha School (1858-2008)
- Enunciation and Discourse
- Education for Health and Inclusive Education
- Teaching of Physics
- Format Y: Formation in Mathematics for Generation Y
- History of Literature: The Investigation and Diffusion of Sources
- Reading Literature: The School and Other Social Agencies
- Chemical Education
- Relationship between the Nature of Science and Science Education
- Literature, History, and Theories on the Imaginary
- Training of Professors, Licentiates, and Pedagogical Practices
Society and Development
- Companies and Organizations
- Law and Economy
- Study and Research on Violence
- Family, Social Work, and Health
- Architecture and Industrialization
- Agribusiness
- Social Well-being Economics
- Applied Mathematics
- Class Action Lawsuits
- Psychology and Social Policies: Memory, History, and Production of the Present Time
- Inter-organizational Relationships and Systemic Competitiveness
- Parties, Elections, and Political Communication
- Fundamental Principles of Tax Law
- Social Demands and Policies
Information and Communication Technology
- Wireless, Wired, and Optic Communications
- Organizational Communication
- Strategy and Innovation
- Hardware Project Support
- Computing Molecular Biophysics – The Modeling and Simulation of Biosystems
- Technological Development in Telehealth
- Resource Management and Virtualization
- The Management and Governance of Information Technology
- International News at the Global Village
- Communication Science
- Ubiquity and Technological Convergences in Communication
- Aerospace Research
- The Performance Evaluation Group
- The Group on Systems, Signals, and Computing
Biology and Health
- Cancer and Other Pathologies of the Oral and Maxillofacial Region
- Memory
- Molecular and Functional Biology
- Cardiometabolic Risk, Aging, and Nutrition
- Health Education and Work
- Structural Biochemistry
- Pediatric Respirology
- Applied Pharmacology: Characterization of Mechanisms Involved in Pain, Inflammation and Cancer
- Immunology and Immunodiagnostics
- Nephrology
- Neurosciences
- Orthodontics
- The Promotion of Health in Longevity
- Olympic Studies and Health Sciences
- Nerve Regeneration
- Intensive Neonatal Medicine and Congenital Infections
- Aerospace Pharmacy
- Medical Imaging
- Pulmonology
- Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders
- Metabolic Transformations of Purines of Biological Importance
- The Study of Parasitosis, Biochemical Parameters, and Hematological Parameters Associated with Aging
- Aerospace Science
- Bioethics and Ethics Applied to Animals
- Pharmacovigilance
- Evaluation and Intervention in the Life Cycle
- Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
- Modification of Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk
- Nanostructures and Nanoscopy
- Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- Psychology of Occupational Health
- Memory and Neurodegeneration
- Epidemiology, Neurology, and Immunology
- Chemistry of Natural Products
- Health Economics
Research Structures and Researchers
- RESEARCH STRUCTURES AND RESEARCHERS
- Business School: Management, Accounting and Economics (FACE)
- School of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU)
- School of Biosciences (FABIO)
- School of Aeronautical Sciences (FACA)
- School of Social Communication (FAMECOS)
- Law School (FADIR)
- School of Education (FACED)
- School of Physical Education and Sport Science (FEFID)
- School of Nursing, Nutrition and Physiotherapy (FAENFI)
- School of Engineering (FENG)
- School of Pharmacy (FFARM)
- School of Philosophy and Human Sciences (FFCH)
- School of Physics (FAFIS)
- School of Computer Science (FACIN)
- School of Letters: Languages, Linguistics and Literature (FALE)
- School of Mathematics (FAMAT)
- School of Medicine (FAMED)
- School of Dentistry (FO)
- School of Psychology (FAPSI)
- School of Chemistry (FAQUI)
- School of Social Work (FSS)
- School of Theology (FATEO)
- Institute of Bioethics (IB)
- Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology (IGG)
- Institute of Research and Development (IDÉIA)
- Institute of Biomedical Research (IPB)
- Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology (INTOX)
- Institute of the Brain (InsCer)
- Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IMA)
- Museum of Sciences and Technology (MCT)
Changes in lifestyle from multiple perspectives
The Research Group on the Modification of Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk (MERC), led by Professor Ana Maria Pandolfo Feoli, began in 2009. Professors and students from the School of Nursing, Nutrition, and Physiotherapy (FAENFI) participate, in addition to the Schools of Bioscience, Psychology, and Pharmacy. The main characteristic of the group, which also distinguishes the group, is its multidisciplinary approach.
MERC has two research lines: Health promotion in patients with non-transmittable chronic diseases and Metabolic changes in non-transmittable chronic diseases. Various research projects are underway to evaluate diet quality, stages of motivation for the change in behavioral problems, functional capacity, biochemical (inflammation, lipid profile, and resistance to insulin) and genetic markers (polymorphisms), the autonomic nervous system (heart rate variability), and quality of life.
The initiative of the group with greatest impact so far is a clinical trial designed to evaluate lifestyle modifications and its influence on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in individuals with metabolic syndrome. Based on this project, various subprojects have been developed, focusing different areas of activity. The study proposed three different intervention approaches: the standard one (consisting of follow up by the Family Health Units), and orientations in group or individually, with activities mainly in nursing, nutrition, physiotherapy, and psychology. These different intervention groups allow the analysis of many aspects which could influence the response to life style modification. Each collaborator expands research upon his or her own specific field. Nutrition, for example, studies the dietary quality of patients before and after intervention. There is also psychological monitoring, the development of physical exercise (Physiotherapy), the matter of the quality of life (Nursing) and the influence of genetic polymorphisms in the response to life style modification (Pharmacy).