Strengthening clinical research in Brazil involves the creation, expansion, or consolidation of new centers, and especially the recovery of university hospitals and a stronger link between teaching and research. Interaction between biomedical and basic research is indispensable to generate national knowledge on specific issues and to structure the health technology production sector. Changes in the country's demographic and epidemiological profile have brought cardiovascular diseases, neoplasms, psychiatric diseases, diseases associated with urbanization, accidents/violence, and diseases of ageing to the list of health research priorities. Brazil still displays important endemics in its epidemiological profile: dengue, malaria, schistosomiasis, Hansen's disease, and viral hepatites, among others. Consolidation of research in cellular and molecular biology applied to medicine is indispensable for medical practice in the country to remain up-to-date and competitive, as well as to allow interactions with the productive sector and the implementation of a national biotechnology complex.
Clinical research; Scientific and technological development; Research agenda
