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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

Sónia Santos participates in the Science Meeting 2025 with a poster on Heart Failure

22 July 2025

From July 9 to 11, the Science and Technology Exhibition, organized by the Foundation for Science and Technology and the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture – Ciência Viva brought together the scientific community and key players from the science and innovation ecosystem at the Nova School of Business & Economics to promote and discuss the scientific research in Portugal, inspiring new ideas and fostering transformative collaborations. Sónia Santos, a PhD fellow at ciTechCare in the area of heart failure and the autonomic nervous system, was present with the poster presentation “Data-driven phenotyping in HFpEF: A protocol paving the way

Joana Cruz is a guest lecturer at the ERS Pulmonary Rehabilitation Course

22 July 2025

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) held an intensive Course on Pulmonary Rehabilitation on June 23, 24, and 25 of 2025, aimed at physicians, physiotherapists, and other healthcare professionals. A team of national and international experts, including Joana Cruz, PhD, a researcher at ciTechCare in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Physical Activity, taught the course which took place at the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research Laboratory (Lab3R) of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Aveiro, bringing together specialists and participants from 17 countries. Professor Joana Cruz was invited to lecture the session “Assessment of physical inactivity and problematic activities of daily living