Núcleo de Informática Biomédica

The Núcleo de Informática Biomédica (in English, Center for Biomedical Informatics) of the State University of Campinas (NIB), in Campinas, Brazil, was an interdisciplinary center for research, development and education in medical informatics, founded July 1983 by the University, under the deanship of Dr. José Aristodemo Pinotti. Its founder and first director was Dr. Renato M.E. Sabbatini. NIB closed down in February 2004, after the retirement of Dr. Sabbatini.

NIB was one of the earliest university-based research centers on the subject of biomedical informatics to be officially established in the country.

R&D on Internet applications in health

Starting 1996, NIB created with a number of websites devoted to promote the awareness of general public to health-related information, such as, among others:

• the Brazilian Virtual Hospital (the third of its kind in the world);
• the Virtual Sports Center;
• the Brazilian Virtual Veterinary Hospital,
• the Virtual Odontology Center;
• the Visible Human Image Database in South America;^{[not in citation given]}
• the Health & Life On-line Magazine;^{[dead link]}
• the Brain & Mind On-Line Magazine;
• the NutriWeb On-Line Magazine
• several bulletins and newsletter distributed by email lists.^{[citation needed]}

NIB also created the first^{[citation needed]} Brazilian project of scientific electronic publishing, the e*pub Group,^{[dead link]} where several pioneering,^{[citation needed]} exclusively on-line publications were created under it, such as the On-Line Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery^{[dead link]} and the On-Line Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine.^{[dead link]}

External links

• Sabbatini, R.M.E. History of Health Informatics in Brazil Informatica Médica 1(5), 1998 (In Portuguese)
• Nutriweb On-Line Magazine. In Portuguese, only.
• Brain & Mind On-line Magazine. In English and Portuguese.