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From 7 to 9 March, ciTechCare was represented at the 20th Portuguese Diabetes Congress by Marlene Lages, PhD fellow at ciTechCare, who joined the healthcare professionals and researchers to learn and discuss the challenges of diabetes in Portugal and worldwide. In this edition, the PhD fellow presented the poster entitled “Relationship between body mass index, intake of vitamins A, C, E and B6 and lung function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” and moderated a poster session in the field of Fundamental Research. As some studies have shown a beneficial association between increased dietary intake of vitamins A, C,

Maria Pedro Guarino, the ciTechCare Coordinator, participated in the BIOSTEC 2024 – 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, as a Program Chair of BIODEVICES 2024 – 17th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices from february 21 to 23, in Rome, Italy. The coordinator and researcher of this research unit also chaired a discussion panel during the opening session of the conference titled “Biomedical Engineering in the Era of Digital Transition and Integrated Health Data,” which delved into crucial topics shaping the future of healthcare and technology integration. BIOSTEC is sponsored by the Institute for Systems

From 16 to 19 January, ciTechCare received the visit of international partners of Startup Leiria in FANS project, an initiative funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ program that aims to create solutions for the integration of migrants. The presence of this working group of the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Center of the Czech Republic allowed them to better understand the focus of Startup Leiria in the softlanding of foreign entrepreneurs, as well as their experiences. Some of the projects incubated in the Startup Leiria Ecosystem, working in migrant integration, such as Inpulsar, Speak and Aproximar, explained their work to these partners, who