Innovation Centre
A state-of-the-art research infrastructure designed to accelerate the development and validation of digital health tools for managing chronic non-communicable diseases. It comprises multiple specialised labs, including a Prototyping Lab, Intelligent Systems Lab, and Digital Health Lab, which foster cutting-edge research and the application of AI and advanced technology in healthcare. Additionally, the centre features a Simulation Lab that utilises biomedical simulation with high-fidelity models, patient actors, and virtual reality, creating immersive clinical scenarios for enhanced training and development.
The Innovation Center aims to facilitate data collection and storage from large epidemiological and clinical studiesfor R&D. It also aims to boost the development and validation of digital tools and new healthcare solutions. It includes the Fraunhofer AICOS Portugal prototyping lab, Intelligent systems lab and digital health lab, which is composed by 5 laboratories distributed in each management unit. The Center also includes NMS Simulation Lab - uses biomedical simulation with high-fidelity models patient actors and virtual reality to create clinical scenarios with great immersive power. UE contributes with the Human Motricity Lab, which presents high tech equipment as force plates, high-speed cameras, and physiological marker systems, to allow cutting-edge research. The Lab also actively engages in field activities, utilizing portable systems for assessing physical activity, sports performance and motor behavior in the real-world.-CHRC has intense activity in epidemiological studies, whose coordination involve participants recruiting, mobile diagnostic devices, clinical analyzes and support van. NMS conducts epidemiological studies, namely Reuma.Pt, Cohort EpiDoC, Saude.Come, PORTHOS; ENSP-NOVA also conducts large studies such Portuguese Morbidity Database, the National Health Interview Surveys, the COVID-19 Barometer Social Opinion. From these studies, health-related variables and biological human samples of 100000 citizens were collected.