Research Centre in Preventive Medicine
Objectives
- Development of undergraduate and postgraduate curricula.
- Identifying risk factors of the environment and their correlation with indicators of health and illness from specific public health issues.
- Quantifying the risk caused by environmental factors identified the population.
- Developing strategies for informing and training people in understanding the meaning of a "healthy lifestyle".
- Scientific knowledge through research of experimental pathophysiological mechanisms of diseases with high impact in the population and their correlation with factors in the environment.
- Achieve collaboration with other research institutions in the country and abroad and carry out exchanges of experience and joint projects.
Organization
The Research Center for Studies in Preventive Medicine (CSMP) is a professional and scientific, non-profit, unincorporated organisation, operating within the XXIXth Department of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes" Timisoara.
Center Address:
Institute of Public Health "Prof. Dr. Leonida Geogescu "
Bul. Victor Babes nr. 16, cod 300226 Timisoara,
location of the Discipline of Hygiene of UMF Timisoara.
Research priorities
- Risk behaviours in young population
- Physical development of human being
- Air pollution in relationship with health and diseases
- Food-human carcinogenesis relationship
- Oxidative stress-antioxidant mechanisms relationship
- Smoking-endothelial dysfunction relationship
Main Projects
“Risk Behaviors within the Young Population in the West Area of Romania”, CNCSIS Grant type A code CNCSIS 1167/2003, 2003-2005 Director: Prof. dr. Vlaicu Brigitha
“Stochastic Modeling of The Effect of Meteorological Factors
Modifying The Risk of Airway Diseases due to Air Pollution in Turnu-Severin”,
Romanian-German cooperation in Science and Technology Protocol, MOE 04/R70,
2005-2006
Director: Conf. dr. Petrescu Cristina
Interdisciplinary research programs, participation with other collective research university in research grants on topics of research.
Educational Programs
University Curricula
- According to the curricula and approved educational plans
- Master degree (in the phase of proposal under the new legislation)
Postgraduate education programs
- Ph.D.
- Postgraduate studies of continuing medical education, twice a year
- Resident physicians coordination in Hygiene specialty
- Hygiene stages and courses for resident physicians
- Competence course in scholar medicine
• proposed curricula for the Ministry of Health
• Course organization (ongoing) - Health education programs
Contact
Research Centre in Preventive Medicine
Director
Prof. univ. Dr. Brigitha VLAICU
Institute of Public Health “Prof. Dr. Leonida Georgescu”
Departament of Hygiene
300226 Timişoara
Bul. Victor Babeş nr.16
Tel/Fax: +40-256-492101
E-mail: vlaicu@umft.ro
