The Graduate Program in Medicine (Endocrinology) is academically affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at UFRJ, located within the Health Sciences Center (CCS), which houses traditional institutes for education, research, and extension. It collaborates on research projects with the Martagão Gesteira Institute of Pediatrics and Puericulture (IPPMG), the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics (IBCCF), the Institute of Collective Health Studies (IESC), the Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory of COPPE, the School of Dentistry, the School of Physical Education and Sports (EEFD), the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), and the Josué de Castro Institute of Nutrition (INJC).