The Institute of Cardiovascular Physiopathology was created in 1992
as a Laboratory, part of the Department of Pathology of the School
of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires with the aim of performing
and promoting activities related to cardiovascular research. At
that time, investigators from other universities and institutes
found at the Department of Pathology adequate facilities to start
working in cardiovascular research. With the support of the rest
of the Department, “the Laboratory”, as it was called
back then, started to grow very fast and thanks to grants both public
and private, different research lines were developed.
Part of its primary objectives, in addition to research, are teaching
and the formation of human resources. Hence, from the beginning,
the staff of the Institute was dedicated to undergraduate and post-graduate
teaching activities. In this regard, several courses have been developed
with the Argentine Society of Cardiology (SAC) and the Argentine
Federation of Cardiology (FAC). No less important are the activities
on Bioethics and Medical Humanism that are also performed at the
Institute specifically oriented to the young scholars and doctoral
thesis students.
There are two signature activities that are carried out in our Institute.
On the one hand the presence and participation of undergraduate
students in programmed research tasks, and on the other, the different
humanistic and bioethics-oriented research programs, which are mainly
related to the teaching of medicine. It is worth-mentioning that
the presence of undergraduate students in the Institute, actively
collaborating in cardiovascular research, has been continuous since
the creation of the Institute, and was reinforced in the last years
with the creation of the Students' Association for the Science in
the School of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires (AECUBA)
that was launched at the Institute.
At present, in addition to its contribution to the formation of
undergraduate and post-graduate students, fellows, and the tutoring
of more than 10 thesis in preparation, the Institute is proud to
maintain an interesting scientific production by publishing on a
regular basis in both national and international journals of medium
and high impact. It is of particular importance our collaborative
association with the Department of Interventional Cardiology of
the Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires. This facilitates the performance
of clinical research as well as the formation of young cardiologists
infusing a strong scientific orientation in their professional careers.
Due to the academic and scientific growth of our Institute, as from
2008 we have additioned a sub site at the School of Veterinary Sciences
of the University of Buenos Aires, which allowed us to increase
the number of transgenic animals, and also to include more doctoral
thesis students as well as research projects.
Ricardo J. Gelpi
Director
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