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ciTechCare hosted a Campus 5 O’Clock Talk on Medical Devices

16 October 2025

On 18th September 2025, ciTechCare hosted a Campus 5 O’Clock Talk, an ciTechCare initiative that aims to foster the dissemination of scientific knowledge and innovation in healthcare. This session was part of the MAP02 project’s dissemination activities.Solange Castanheira, research fellow at ciTechCare in the MAP02 project, led the seminar, presenting an in-depth overview of the medical device certification process. The discussion addressed regulatory frameworks, quality standards, and methodologies essential for translating biomedical innovations into clinically safe and commercially viable solutions.With a focus on devices in pharmaceutical technology and health innovation, the presentation examined regulatory requirements, ethical considerations, and certification procedures,

Sónia Santos participates in the RUN Discovery Student Academy Programme, in Austria

30 September 2025

Doctoral fellow in Biomedical Sciences with a focus on heart failure, Sónia Santos participated in the Offline Week of the RUN Discovery Student Academy, an international mentoring programme coordinated by the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FHV). The programme, which runs from 8 April to 16 December, brought together final-year undergraduate students, master’s students, and early-stage PhD researchers in Dornbirn, Austria, from 15 to 19 September. The RUN Discovery Student Academy is designed to support both academic and personal development through a structured set of online sessions and individual mentoring over a six-month period. This culminates in an intensive on-site

FCT awards 3 funded PhD scholarships to ciTechCare

20 August 2025

Flávio Costa, Rita Novo and Sara Pimenta are the most recent PhD research fellows at ciTechCare. The three applications submitted for the award of doctoral research fellowships were approved and will be funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) over the 4 coming years, enabling the fellows to undertake their research activities leading to the academic degree of Doctor. In the field of Life and Health Sciences, Flávio Costa’s PhD project will take place in a non-academic environment, in collaboration with the University of Coimbra (Center for Innovation in Biomedicine and Biotechnology), under the supervision of Prof. Bruno

ciTechCare was present in the thematic week “Learning and Playing” at Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan

16 August 2025

Rafael Pinheiro, researcher at ciTechCare, took part in the thematic week “Learning and Playing,” promoted by the National ERASMUS+ Education and Training Agency, as part of the “Study & Research in Portugal” initiative, held at EXPO 2025 Osaka, Japan, from July 23 to 25. Through a video presented at EXPO 2025 Osaka, the researcher spoke about the work developed at ciTechCare, initially through a postdoctoral fellowship in the field of artificial intelligence applied to health, and afterwards about what he has been able to achieve professionally through his ongoing three-year contract. Rafael Pinheiro also explained that, as a researcher, he

15th Challenges in Cardiology highlights advances and current perspectives in Heart Failure

3 August 2025

Sónia Santos, a doctoral fellow at ciTechCare conducting research in the field of heart failure, participated in the 15th edition of the “Challenges in Cardiology” congress, held on June 27, 2025, at Hotel Villa Batalha in Leiria. Her participation was made possible through the awarding of one of the ten grants allocated to “Students in the Health Sciences.” This scientific event, organized by Professor João Morais—former Director of the Cardiology Department at the Local Health Unit of the Leiria Region and researcher at ciTechCare—brought together several nationally recognized experts in the cardiovascular field. The congress promoted in-depth discussions on current

Catarina Marques completes PhD at ciTechCare in Occupational Health and Safety

30 July 2025

On July 17th, Catarina Marques successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Infection Prevention and Control in a Portuguese Long-term Healthcare Unit – an ongoing challenge against Antimicrobial Resistance”, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Under the supervision of researchers Helena Ferreira, from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto, and Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, from ciTechCare, the doctoral project demonstrated that multidrug-resistant bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes are widely disseminated in the long-term care unit under study, contaminating surfaces, the air, and colonizing patients. This represents a real risk to patients and healthcare professionals, highlighting