Linhas de Pesquisa

Translational and Integrated Pathology

The basis of the research developed in this line is based on the One World - One Medicine - One Health approach, which integrates environmental, human and animal factors in the context of One Health. Experimental and clinical research is aimed at understanding the pathophysiology and treatment of diseases and disorders related to environmental factors, including:

• neurodegenerative diseases caused by stress, toxic agents, pharmacological, nutritional or biological factors, as well as mental disorders;
• neglected infectious diseases, emerging diseases or those associated with variations in immunocompetence;
• neoplastic diseases.

Ecotoxicology and Therapeutic Innovations

This line of research includes studies on the evolution of diseases and disorders in different animal species, resulting from anthropogenic interference in nature, especially through exposure to toxic agents. It also includes the evaluation of substances that affect the neuro-immune-endocrine axis, using experimental and behavioral models. The research investigates sustainable therapeutic solutions for these and other problems of human and veterinary relevance, under the One Health approach, focusing on the use of plant extracts from plants, especially those native to the Atlantic Forest and the Amazon, Brazilian biomes with a high degree of biodiversity.
In addition, the line includes the use of new drugs and the elucidation of the mechanisms of action of dynamized inputs or highly diluted homeopathic products, applied in Brazilian agriculture and in other countries.