Research meeting with Prof. Ricardo Azziz

• Grant number: 14/25636-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 24, 2015
• End date: May 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Principal Investigator: Edmund Chada Baracat
• Grantee: Edmund Chada Baracat
• Visiting researcher: Ricardo Azziz
• Visiting researcher institution: Georgia Regents University, United States
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Collaboration of Professor Ricardo Azziz in the development of research projects on polycystic ovaries and to bring academic and teaching novelties to the Faculty and current students of the Discipline of Gynecology from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine. Description of Activities: Professor Ricardo Azziz will interact with Professor Edmund Chada Baracat to enhance student's network, academic activities and the students shall appreciate learning through research. The main activities will include a visit to the campus of the FMUSP; discuss research regarding insulin resistance in women suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome, physiopathology of Polycystic Ovaries, and molecular biology of insulin resistance. (AU)