The research conducted at IDOR is reflected in the research lines of the Doctoral Program with emphasis on the clinical and translational approach, resulting in the transfer of knowledge and technologies to professionals who will work in the academic, healthcare or business areas.
In addition to the active participation of researchers in the national and international press disclosing the research linked to the program, especially the recent research on ZIKA, other actions should be highlighted:

• IDOR’s researchers, Jorge Salluh, Marcio Soares and Fernando Bozza, who conduct projects related to intensive care, have access to more than 1,200 ICU beds in Rede D'Or São Luiz health organization and lead several research projects in an international network in this field, with recent publications in the Lancet and JAMA. Among the research results, the impact on the reduction of mortality of ICU patients after the application of the daily checklist proposed in the international network project stands out.
• Another highly productive research line of the program - "Connectivity and Neuroplasticity", develops important projects on agenesis of the corpus callosum that has led to the creation of the Association of Parents and Patients with Disorders of the Corpus Callosum (APPACC) led by the Program permanent supervisor, Fernanda Tovar Moll, and has the voluntary participation of several specialists in neurology, audiology and speech-language therapy and psychology to give support to patients and their families.
• Celeste Elia, permanent supervisor and coordinator of the Program, led the creation of the GEDIERJ- Study Group of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in order to have a forum for clinical and scientific discussion of complex cases, create a patient database and promote actions with government agencies to ensure patients' access to immunobiological drugs. This group is an essential basis for the clinical and bench works of the program's research line, "Inflammation and Carcinogenesis", led by the supervisor Heitor Siffert Pereira e Souza.
• The pediatric research group developed “CLARIPED”, a tool for simple, objective and easy to use pediatric emergency risk classification, already being tested in some public and private hospitals of Rio de Janeiro, and could soon be adopted nationwide. The social impact of the implementation of this instrument is significant mainly in the pediatric emergency public services that suffer from overcrowding, as it can decrease the time of medical assistance and increase reliability in diagnosis and treatment.