Elizondo Omaña, Rodrigo Enrique

Guzmán López, Santos

Morelos Avalos, Rodolfo

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1665-5796 © 2014 Revista Medicina Universitaria. Facultad de Medicina UANL. Publicado por Elsevier México. Todos los derechos reservados.Medicina Universitaria 2014;16(63):102-103www.elsevier.com.mxmedicinauniversitaria* Corresponding author: Francisco I. Madero and Avenida Gonzalitos, Mitras Centro, Z.P. 64460, Monterrey, N.L, México. Telephone: +52 (81) 8329 4171. E-mail address: rod_omana@yahoo.com (R. E. Elizondo-Omaña).“It is important to point out that the most brilliant discove-ries have been due, not to the knowledge of written logic, but to that vivid logic that each individual possesses in their spirit, with which ideas are tilled…”Santiago Ramón y Cajal Spanish NeuropathologistScientiic activity in medicine increases every year. In the United States of America, many medical schools offer un-dergraduate students opportunities to participate in re-search in different areas of clinical and basic medicine. These opportunities have increased and strengthened the activities related to medical research.1-6 In Mexico, other Medical Schools, such as the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and the Benemérita Universidad Autóno-ma de Puebla (BUAP) have bachelor degree programs in biomedicine that are mainly oriented towards laboratory re-search (www.biomedicas.unam.mx; www.minerva.buap.mx).7,8 At the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), during the past 30 years, the School of Medicine has Student Research Groups in Medicine (GESTIMED) that focus on care and research in medicine (www.medicina.uanl.mx).9In 2003, because of the interest of professors and stu-dents in developing original scientiic activity, the Research Group in Anatomy (GIA) of the Department of Anatomy was established. In the years before its formation, the scientiic activity of the department was isolated and characterized by individual efforts with little productivity with regard to publications. But thanks to the interest of undergraduate students and the firm support of Santos Guzman-López, Doctor of Medicine Head of the Department, the establish-ment and recognition of the group allowed strategic develo-pment and organized growth with a clear objective: contributing to the solution of problems of different medi-cal specialties through the development of knowledge in morphology.The activities of the group are related to the promotion and dissemination of science and the scientiic method with a focus on humanity and are based on the values of honesty, respect and conidence. The group´s mission is to contribu-te to the formation of human resources that can assist in the development of the institution and in the solution of problems in society, as well as generate useful knowledge for human development. The GIA is currently composed of an enthusiastic group of professors and undergraduate and graduate students of the School of Medicine. We are convinced of the transforming power of permanent training, continuous education, and teamwork. The GIA is organized as a general research group with subgroups in areas of interest and common problems. To date, the subgroups of the GIA are: GIA-Bones and Joints, GIA-Peripheral Nerves, GIA-Neurosciences, and GIA-Vascu-lar. The group has 64 students (from 2nd to 12th semesters) integrated and organized in different research lines of the SPECIAL ARTICLEThe Anatomy Research Group (GIA) 10 years after its founding: Past, present and futureR. Morales-Avalos, R. E. Elizondo-Omaña*, S. Guzmán-LópezAnatomy Research Group, Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, N. L., MexicoReceived: February 2014;  Accepted: February 2014Documento descargado de http://www.elsevier.es el 24-08-2016The Anatomy Research Group (GIA) 10 years after its founding: Past, present and future 103Department of Human Anatomy. It currently has 42 publica-tions in peer-reviewed journals, 1 international and 6 natio-nal awards in research; 6 of its members have done research clerkships abroad; 120 oral presentations in basic and clini-cal science have been offered in congresses, and inancial resources have been obtained through local and internatio-nal grants; 4 of its professors are members of the National Researchers System (SNI), and one is the editor of an inter-national medical journal.There are 6 research lines in the Department of Human Anatomy that have generated national and international pu-blications, presentations in congresses and associations with other departments and services, both internal as well as ex-ternal to the School of Medicine. The main lines of research are: 1) Morphological studies in anatomical specimens for use in minimally invasive surgical approaches; 2) morpholo-gical and functional study of peripheral nerve injury in mu-rine models; 3) morphological and functional study of global and focal cerebral ischemia in animal models for pathophy-siological study and the application of neuroprotective agents; 4) the study of the adaptive morphological response of vascular grafts and its regulation; 5) use of stem cells as treatment after central nervous system damage in a mouse model; and 6) morphological changes in aging. It is impor-tant to mention that much of the research is designed, pro-posed, and developed by students, always with the support of a professor as advisor in the subject area and from a methodological point of view. It is noteworthy to mention that the students themselves have an internal coordination that allows members to sup-port new members in the initial guidance for the conduction of protocols, motivating their implementation. This way, solutions have been developed for the immense amount of work required for the operation of the group. This has been achieved thanks to the contribution of department profes-sors and external consultants in internal training, and the support provided for attendance to conferences and courses at other research institutions. This year, the GIA celebrates its tenth anniversary with the presentation of the First Research Symposium on Ana-tomy entitled “Contributions to the Clinical Practice of Anatomical Research” at the XXVII National Congress of Me-dical Research conducted in the city of Monterrey, Mexico from October 10 to 12, 2013. Faculty advisors from each line of research as well as student members of the group participated in this symposium. The objective was to de-monstrate the involvement of undergraduates in biomedical research and encourage students to join groups and re-search projects.We are conident that the coming years will be marked by strong and sustained growth, with the maturation of all pro-cesses, agreements, and joint projects with researchers from other departments and services, and from national and foreign institutions, with the integration of multidisciplinary teams to better understand, expand, and diversify scientiic knowledge in various areas of the biomedical sciences.Conlicts of interestThe authors have no conlicts of interest to declare.FundingNo inancial support was provided.References1. Corr PB. Issues in developing the medical scientist, part 4: rela-tionship between academia and the biomedical industry and the role of industry in developing medical scientist: American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR). Journal of Investigati-ve Medicine 2005;53:113-115.2. Crook ED. Issues in developing the medical scientist: introduc-tion to the series. Journal of Investigative Medicine 2004;52:241.3. Jeffe DB, Andriole DA. A National cohort study of MD-PhD gra-duates of medical schools with and without funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences´ medical scien-tist training program. Academic Medicine 2011;86:953-961.4. McPhaul MJ. Issues in developing the medical scientist, part 2: Fostering research among medical students. Journal of Investi-gative Medicine 2004;52:292-295.5. Crook ED. Issues in developing the medical scientist, part 1: in-terview with Dr. Robert W. Schrier, MD. J Investig Med 2004;52:242-245.6. Shapiro B. The United States Medical Scientist Training Pro-gram. Clin Invest Med 1997;20:251-254.7. Accessed on March 2014. www.biomedicas.unam.mx8. Accessed on March 2014. www.minerva.buap.mx9. Accessed on March 2014. www.medicina.uanl.mxDocumento descargado de http://www.elsevier.es el 24-08-2016

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