2014
ISD is qualified as a Social Organization linked to the Ministry of Education / IIN-ELS starts operating in Macaíba
The Santos Dumont Institute (ISD) is a Social Organization (OS) linked to the Ministry of Education (MEC) located in the city of Macaíba, in Rio Grande do Norte.
ISD works in the areas of maternal and child health, health of people with disabilities, neuroscience and neuroengineering.
Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience (IIN-ELS)
With a focus on translational research, IIN-ELS is a teaching and research center in the areas of neuroscience and neuroengineering, developing studies mainly in the areas of Neuromodulation and Brain-Machine Interface. Since 2013, it has offered the first Master's Degree in Neuroengineering in Brazil, authorized by CAPES.
Anita Garibaldi Health Education and Research Center (Anita)
Part of the Unified Health System (SUS), Anita operates as a school for health professions, developing actions that range from undergraduate courses to continuing education. It is a reference service for multidisciplinary care for maternal and child health and people with disabilities in Rio Grande do Norte.
The ISD has recently improved the procedures and standards for access to its open laboratories and has outlined the research facilities that best differentiate the region. Thus, four major laboratory areas have been listed: Human Electrophysiology; Microscopy; Neuroengineering (including Neuroprosthetics) and Neurorehabilitation (ZeroG, Gymnasium).
The recent activation of a new power substation will allow the installation of new neurorehabilitation and clinical research laboratories, the creation of a prosthetics and orthotics workshop, in addition to the expansion of existing laboratories.
ISD is qualified as a Social Organization linked to the Ministry of Education / IIN-ELS starts operating in Macaíba
ISD is qualified as CER level III - Auditory, intellectual and physical rehabilitation
Creation of the Multiprofessional Residency in Care for People with Disabilities
IIN-ELS permanent building inaugurated / ISD is certified as a Charitable Healthcare Entity
ISD is qualified as CER level IV - Including visual rehabilitation / Recognition as Public Utility by the State of RN
ISD receives honor from AL-RN for contributions in the area of Psychology
ISD is accredited as a Paralympic Reference Center by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee
ISD completes 10 years of qualification as a Social Organization.
The main research areas of the ISD are Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) and Neuromodulation. In the postgraduate course, the central theme is neuroengineering, an interdisciplinary research area that integrates neuroscience and engineering methods to study the functioning and develop solutions for dysfunctions associated with the nervous system.
ISD has the distinction of carrying out translational research, which begins with basic science and ends with the practical application of the knowledge learned.
The Program was designed to overcome barriers between degrees in exact, biological and human sciences.
The Santos Dumont Institute offers Brazil's first free master's degree in Neuroengineering and the only Multiprofessional Residency program in Health Care for People with Disabilities in Brazil.
Extension activities are focused on the treatment of neurogenic bladder and bowel and prenatal care for quilombola communities.
ISD healthcare is provided through lines of care. These are made up of multidisciplinary teams focused on offering specialized care with an integrated approach to the user and their health condition, filling gaps in the care provided to newborns. These are:
The Santos Dumont Institute offers several practical scenarios for academic activities and mandatory curricular internships for courses in the health area and related fields, relating health care and research activities and integrating teaching, service and community.
The work is carried out via the SUS and includes the areas of high-risk prenatal care; Infectious Diseases during pregnancy; Specialized Assistance Service for children living with HIV/AIDS; fetal medicine; Early Identification and Stimulation Outpatient Clinic and the Specialized Rehabilitation Center IV, which works with the rehabilitation of people with physical, visual, hearing and intellectual disabilities.
