In 2023, with funding from the FNDCT, the National Institute of Endocrine Disruptors and Endocrine-Metabolic Repercussions, coordinated by Prof. Denise Pires de Carvalho and composed of researchers from UFRJ, UERJ, UFF, UFES, and UNIFESP, was granted financial resources from CNPq/FNDCT, CAPES, and FAPERJ, totaling an investment of approximately five million Brazilian reais to be allocated to consumables, operational costs, innovative extension scholarships, junior postdoctoral and visiting professorships.

Permanent advisors from the Endocrinology Postgraduate Program who are part of the new INCT include Prof. Leandro Miranda-Alves, Prof. Andrea Claudia Freitas Ferreira, and Prof. Glaecir Roseni Mundstock Dias, in addition to the proposer, Prof. Denise Pires de Carvalho.

In this project, we propose to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms of different Endocrine Disruptors (EDs) such as bisphenols, phthalates, tributyltin, pesticides, parabens, and triclosan in experimental rodent and zebrafish models, as well as to evaluate maternal-child health in the PIPA Project cohort. Thus, we aim to elucidate mechanisms involved in endocrine disruption and endocrine-metabolic repercussions, in order to alert regulatory agencies for the correct categorization of these substances, foster discussions on public policies to control their use, promote investments for their substitution, and through outreach actions, engage in education and awareness of the general population.