Internacionalização

Between 2021 and 2024, UNIP's Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology consolidated its commitment to internationalization through various actions. The main internationalization activities are listed below:

International research networks:

• GIRI (France) - International research network on high dilutions and homeopathy. Led by Prof. Leoni V. Bonamin (LVB), it involved teachers, students, graduates and post-docs in international internships, scientific events, publications and partnerships with research centers in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Slovenia and Argentina. Six theses/dissertations were linked to this network.
• WWL (World Water Lab, Netherlands) - Focused on the physical-chemical properties of water and its applications in health. Includes participation in disciplines at UNIP, special editions of journals, communications at UN events, and co-authorship of international articles. He has collaborated with scientists such as Voeikov, Jerman and Tournier.
• UCEVA-UNIP Network (Colombia) - Formalized in 2022, it promotes scientific and technical exchange with UCEVA. It involves the mobility of lecturers and students, joint courses, lectures, boards and scientific production, with the highlight being a book chapter published in 2024.
• Viscum album homeopathic network in oncology (Brazil/Switzerland) - Multicenter, focused on the effects of high dilutions of Viscum album. It includes UFRJ, UNIP and the Swiss HRI-SCR, with growing scientific production (dissertations, theses, ICs) and participation in events such as the XXXVII GIRI Meeting in 2024.
• Network on Epigenetics and Multidisciplinarity - Articulated by Prof. RAS, it brings together researchers from Brazil, the Netherlands, Argentina, Uruguay and Australia. Based on collaborations begun in 2010, it has resulted in relevant publications (Nature Communications, Brain Research) and ongoing international projects, such as CAPES-AUGM.
• Microsporidiosis Network (Brazil, Argentina and Mexico) - Consolidated, it promotes academic exchanges and research collaboration on parasites of human and veterinary importance. It involves short and long-term internships, PDSE scholarships and the development of doctoral projects.

Mechanisms used by the PPG-PAE to generate an internationalization environment

• Offering bilingual courses (Portuguese-English and Portuguese-Spanish), with the regular participation of foreign teachers from countries such as Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Holland, France, Chile, the United States and Colombia.
• Theses and dissertations were defended with international members on the evaluation boards, involving institutions in Mexico, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Colombia and Portugal. On the other hand, professors from the program have also taken part in panels at foreign institutions, such as in South Africa, strengthening international academic ties.
• Strategies to attract foreign researchers and encourage international mobility of teachers and students. The main actions include:
  - International academic cooperation: Professors from the program have acted as supervisors and co-supervisors of doctoral students in partnership with institutions in Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico. Projects have been submitted to CAPES, such as CAPES-AUGM involving Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
  - Internships and missions abroad: Two doctoral students undertook international internships - one in Switzerland (HRI-SCR) and the other in Argentina (UNC), with support from CAPES-PDSE and partner institutions. Professors also took part in technical missions and international events, such as the World Water Forum (Senegal), the UN Water Conference (USA), workshops in Germany and scientific events in Paris, where Prof. LVB received the Yves LASNE Award.
  Reception of foreign researchers:
  - Researchers from Argentina, Switzerland and France have made technical visits to UNIP, participated in workshops and planned multicenter projects in collaboration with the program. Foreign students and professors have also taken part in academic events promoted by the PPG-PAE.
  International scientific collaboration:
  - Professors from the program have contributed articles and book chapters in co-authorship with researchers from institutions in various countries (Argentina, Peru, Canada, Costa Rica). They have also participated in international guidelines on high dilution research.
• International funding for research projects:
  - AHVMF (USA): Prof. LVB supervised a doctoral student funded by the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Foundation (2021 Grant), with results presented at an international event and published in a Qualis A2 journal.
  - FMRC (France): In 2024, the multicenter TERRA Project, coordinated by Dr. Pierre Dorfman, began, with funding from the Fonds de Dotation Madeleine et Rolland Conte (FMRC). The project involves researchers from six countries, including Brazil, and includes the participation of professors and post-doctoral students from the program.
  - FONCYT-PICT (Argentina): Prof. RAS is collaborating on a project coordinated by Prof. Liliana Sosa of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, funded by the Argentine agency FONCYT for the period 2022 to 2026.
  - VFK (Switzerland): A doctoral student, supervised by Prof. ECPH, undertook a 30-day internship at the HRI-SCR (Arlesheim, Switzerland), with full funding from the Swiss organization Verein für Krebsforschung (VFK).
• Editing international journals:
  - Prof. LVB: Deputy Editor of the journal Homeopathy (Thieme Publishers - Qualis A2) since 2015 and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of High Dilution Research - IJHDR since 2019, an open access journal with no fees (diamond standard), indexed in international databases such as Scopus and BVS.
  - Prof. Thiago B. Kirsten: Atua como Review Editor no Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience (Qualis A4) e como Guest Editor no Journal of Visualized Experiments (Qualis B1).
  - Prof. ECPH: Member of the editorial board of the journal Homeopathy.
• All 12 permanent professors are reviewers for international journals.
• The extensive participation of faculty and students in international face-to-face and online congresses (60 events) in various countries (such as the USA, UK, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Argentina, South Africa and others) shows the strong international presence of the PPG-PAE, promoting visibility, scientific cooperation and qualified training with a global impact.
• Organization of International Events:
  - Prof. Bondan served as an invited mentor at the professional development session of the PNIRS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 in Boulder (USA).
  - Profas. Elizabeth and Anuska organized two workshops with international participation - on international mobility (2022) and flow cytometry (2023), with the presence of Prof. Dr. Juan Sebastian Henao and students from UCEVA (Colombia).
  - Prof. Leoni was part of the organizing and editorial committee for four GIRI annual meetings: XXXIV (2021 - Rio de Janeiro), XXXV (2022 - Berlin), XXXVI (2023 - Farmington, USA), XXXVII (2024 - Ljubljana, Slovenia), the HRI Conference - London 2023, promoted by the Homeopathy Research Institute, UK.
• Full articles and international abstracts in the four-year period - 101 full publications and 137 abstracts published, all with international co-authors.

Partner institutions

Germany

• VFK – Verein fuer Krebsforschung (Society for Cancer Research) – Arlesheim (also cited as Switzerland, but active in international cooperation)
• University of Ulm – Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics

Argentina

• Universidade Maimônides – Buenos Aires
• Universidade Nacional de Córdoba (UNC) – Centro de Microscopía Electrónica

Australia

• Global Homeopathy Foundation (GHF)

Chile

• (Participation mentioned in other contexts; does not appear as an institutional partnership in this section)

Colombia

• Universidad Central del Valle del Cauca (UCEVA) – Tuluá

Costa Rica

• University of Costa Rica – Laboratorio de Docencia en Cirugía y Cáncer (DCLab)
• University of Costa Rica – Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Pathology (LAPECOM)

Slovenia

• Bion Institute – Ljubljana

Spain

• World Fish Migration Foundation – Segovia

United States

• University of Washington in Seattle
• Emory University – Department of Medicine – Atlanta, GA
• Nova Southeastern University – Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine – Clearwater, FL
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM) – Homeopathy Journal (Editor-in-chief) – Londres (UK-based institution)
• PNIRS – Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (organiza eventos nos EUA)

France

• (French institutions are not explicitly mentioned in this passage)

Holanda

• Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam – Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Italy

• Università di Verona – Patologia Generale

Mexico

• Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León – Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária

Peru

• Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería – Instituto de Ingeniería Química y Textil – Lima

United Kingdom

• DiagnOx Laboratory – Oxford
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM) – Homeopathy Journal
• Homeopathy Research Institute – Londres

Romania

• University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest – Research Center for Studies of Food Quality and Agricultural Products

Switzerland

• VFK - Verein fuer Krebsforschung (Society for Cancer Research) - Arlesheim (also listed as Germany)

LIFE IN THE CAMPUS

At UNIP’s Campi

UNIP campuses are located throughout Brazil. The graduate students will attend classes in some of the campuses located in the city of Sao Paulo and develop the experimental part of their projects. Students from all over Brazil and Latin American countries meet and exchange experiences in their free time or in the restaurants and cafeterias of the campuses. People with the most diverse professional backgrounds in human and veterinary health exchange experiences during the course, stimulating multidisciplinary debates that contribute to their professional and academic growth.

In order to access the campuses, you will need the UNIP Student ID Card.

You will have access to the Library, student computer room, research labs, and teachers' room on campus. The teachers will always be available both physically and remotely.

In the vicinity of the campuses, you find restaurants, snack bars, and bars from those classified as five-star to those where you can enjoy a happy hour with your folks, in opportunities for “all pockets”. In addition to great restaurants, a massive network of cinemas and theaters showing blockbusters and worldwide releases can be accessed after a day of experiments.

All campuses are contemplated with the public transportation system with routes designed to operate in points located in the main building block.

Student Life

GP-EEP students move from their homes or work environment to UNIP laboratories, classes, or experiments. Around the campuses, there are public, private parking lots and excellent access to public transport. It is not uncommon to change campuses, so be prepared to know some corners of the city of Sao Paulo!

Living in Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo is the central city of one of the largest metropolises in the world. It is the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere and the eighth in the world in terms of population. In economic terms, it is the third largest GDP in Brazil and loses only to the state of Sao Paulo and the country itself. It is a city that vibrates 24 hours a day, every day. To study, the various campuses of UNIP take you to know the four corners of the city, which in itself is already a tourist adventure to know its different neighborhoods.

Sao Paulo offers several opportunities for Leisure, Gastronomy, Culture, Education, and, when necessary, for Health.

Sao Paulo has several municipal parks full of families, athletes, and pets on weekends and holidays. The most famous of the city is the Parque do Ibirapuera. However, others also stand out, such as the Aclima?ao Park, Carmo Park, ?gua Branca Park, Trianon Park, Sao Paulo Botanical Garden, Horto Florestal, as well as state parks, such as Villa Lobos State Park and Cantareira State Park, among many others.

Sao Paulo is one of the main gastronomic centers of the Southern Hemisphere. In its bars and restaurants, from the simplest to the most sophisticated, the world cuisine is contemplated, in an authentic tour among the five continents, of Italy, Portugal, Germany, France, China, Japan, India, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Egypt, Morocco. The national cuisine is also revealed in restaurants representing gastronomy from the Northeast, North, South, Central-West, and the neighboring states of Minas Gerais, Paran?, and Rio de Janeiro.

If the idea is to take a cultural tour, the theaters, cinemas, the Pinacoteca, the Municipal Libraries, the Centro Cultural can be part of your itinerary. You find fun in a movie theater throughout the city, from blockbusters to the alternative movies you see exclusively at the Sao Paulo Film Festival. The Sala Sao Paulo is home to the Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, a classical building whose architecture dates back to the Coffee Cycle period and the Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, where excellent music of all time can be appreciated.

Sao Paulo is the city that holds the best hospital network in the South Hemisphere that encompasses those that are more accessible, and those that serve the Unified Health System, to those private and fancy hospitals with international certificates.

If the intention is to shop, the various Malls and Rua 25 de Mar?o may be your choice! Stores specialized in electronics, tools, artistic materials, laboratory materials, raw materials for cosmetics, grains, spices, among many others, are easily found in the most central neighborhoods of the city.

Commuting around the city is easy, and there are many buses, metro, and train options, plus a vast network of parking lots in case the commute is by car. Taxi services and apps are also available.

Where to stay

Sao Paulo offers a vast possibility of housing for students who do not reside in the city and choose to live near the University. Prices vary significantly by region, rental services, hotels, AirBnB, and guesthouses and can be accessed on specialized websites.

Testimonials

“Moving to Sao Paulo to dedicate to the doctorate was a decision that made much sense. The city itself offers many options (cultural, professional, with regards to meeting people). It includes the specific learning that I seek and carry with me, related to learning from the common coexistence and respect to my friends, among other important things. During this period that I am here, everything I live made much sense, including learning to get around the city and the people I met. I have the opportunity to know the places I visited - and many yet go, the diversity and particularities that only living in a huge city like Sao Paulo offers". Amanda Leal da Silva, Ph.D. student.

Visa

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FAQ/COVID-19

The Paulista University - UNIP strictly complies with government determinations regarding the Biosafety Protocols to be adopted in its Campuses during the SARS-COV-2 Pandemic. See the links below for more information.

• https://www.unip.br/protocolo/
• https://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/coronavirus
• https://covid.saude.gov.br/