HEITOR SHIMIZUResearchers from Brazil and the United States meet at a FAPESP event at the University of MichiganHEITOR SHIMIZU
The 13th edition of the FAPESP Week International Symposium was held March 28 to April 1, 2016, in Michigan and Ohio to strengthen ties between researchers from São Paulo and the United States. The meetings took place at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and at Ohio State University in Columbus. FAPESP has cooperation agreements with both institutions. “These two universities stand out because they are interested in reinforcing long-term partnerships in all fields of knowledge,” according to Marcelo Knobel, professor at the Institute of Physics of the University of Campinas (Unicamp) and deputy coordinator of research collaboration at FAPESP. Joseph Kolars, professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, pointed out the impact the partnerships have on the fields of health and medicine: “One example is the prevalence of adrenal cancer in Brazil, which has one of the highest rates in the world, while the disease is rare in the United States. Regardless, we have experience with it, and thanks to our collaboration with the Brazilians, we have made progress in treating this disease.” Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, scientific director of FAPESP, believes that the rapprochement has achieved good results in the last few years since FAPESP signed a cooperation agreement with Ohio State University in 2013. “Researchers from São Paulo State have produced many articles in recent years in collaboration with colleagues from Ohio. The number jumped from 40 articles per year in 2009 to about 300 in 2015,” Brito Cruz told Agência FAPESP.
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