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Research interests
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Domain of specialization: Mathematical modelling of human physiology and pharmacology for
educational simulation and statistical methods applied to biomedical and
health/medical research. Current research interests: Statistical methods applied to health research, teaching methods
to improve the educational process, and modelling and control of physiological
systems for educational simulation. Other professional interests/activities:
Computational numerical methods,
programming languages, and software design and development |
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Scientific adviser
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Co-Adviser of Carla Gouveia in the
Doctorate of Health Sciences and Tecnology,
University of Aveiro, entitled “Neuromuscular
Electrostimulation vs TraditionalTherapy in the
Stroke Patient with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Randomized Study”. Started in
September 2022 and to be concluded in September
2025. Co-Adviser of João Batista in the Doctorate
of Health Sciences and Tecnology, University of Aveiro, entitled “tDCS
stimulation protocol - impact on social interaction and communication of
children with Autism: A Double-Blind RCT”. Started in September 2023 and to be concluded in September 2026. Adviser of Matilde Gomes in the
Master of Medical Statistics, University of Aveiro,
entitled “Relatório de estágio no Centro Hospital e
Universitário de Coimbra, EPE, em análise estatística na àrea
de Invevestigação Clínica”. Concluded in December 2023. Adviser of Gabriela Nogueira in the
Master of Medical Statistics, University of Aveiro,
entitled “Experiência em context
de vida real do uso de BIC/TAF/FTC num hospital Português para o tratamento
da infeção por HIV-1”. Concluded in December 2023. Adviser of Juliana Reis in the Master of
Medical Statistics, University of Aveiro, entitled
“Impact of simple and complex wounds on nursing workload assessment in an
intensive care unit between 2015 and 2019”. () Concluded in December 2022. Adviser of Doris Abejide in the Master of
Medical Statistics, University of Aveiro, entitled
“Intraclass correlation coefficient for inter- and
intra-rater reliability based on numerical
outcomes”. () Concluded in December 2022. Adviser of Vânia Semedo in the Master of
Medical Statistics, University of Aveiro, entitled
“Relatório de Estágio
Curricular Realizado na
CEFAR- Associação Nacional das Farmácias”
[Portuguese]. () Concluded in December 2022. Co-Adviser of Maria Domingues in the
Master of of Medical Imaging
Technologies, University of Aveiro, entitled “Variabilidade do volume do reto e o impacto do
horário de CT/tratamento de radioterapia em doentes com adenocarcinoma da
próstata” [Portuguese]. Concluded in December 2022 Adviser of Beatriz Viegas in the
Master of Medical Statistics, University of Aveiro,
entitled “Relatório de Estágio Curricular Realizado
na PORDATA – Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos” [Portuguese]. (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/34569).
Concluded in July 2022. Adviser of Mariana Fernandes in the Master of Medical Statistics, University
of Aveiro, entitled “Relatório de estágio no
Serviço de Urologia e Transplantação Renal do Centro Hospitalar e
Universitário de Coimbra, EPE” [Portuguese].
(http://hdl.handle.net/10773/33818) Concluded in December 2021. Co-Adviser of Carla Gouveia in Master of Speach Therapy, University of Aveiro, entitled
“Electroestimulação versus Terapia Tradicional no paciente com ELA com
Disfagia orofaríngea: Efeitos na Qualidade de Vida” [Portuguese]. Concluded
in February 2021. Co-Adviser of Susana Portinha in Master of Speach
Therapy, University of Aveiro, entitled “Prevalence
of sarcopenic dysphagia in the geriatric
population”. Concluded in December 2020. Co-Adviser of Serafim Guimarães in the Doctorate of Health
Sciences and Tecnology, University of Aveiro, entitled “Patient Reported Outcome Measures in
Chronic Kidney Disease: analysis of self-reported indicators of experiencing
chronic disease”. (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/27993) Concluded in September
2019. Co-Adviser of Fábio Costa in Master of Multimedia Communication, University of Aveiro, entitled
“e-CuidHaMUs- Plataforma de apoio á promoção da
saúde e do bem estar” [Portuguese]. Concluded
in December 2019. Co-Adviser of Filipa Cerveira in Master of Speach
Therapy, University of Aveiro, entitled “Tradução e Validação para o Português Europeu do “ORAL
HEALTH ASSESSMENT TOOL (OHAT) for LONG-TERM CARE”” [Portuguese]. (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/29748). Concluded
in December 2019. Co-Adviser of Tiago Ribeiro in Master of Multimedia Communication, University of Aveiro, entitled
“Implementação de um sistema de monitorização de dados clínicos” [Portuguese].
Concluded
in December 2018. Adviser of Inês Machado in the
Master of Gerontology, University
of Aveiro, entitled “Identificação das pessoas
idosas frágeis na comunidade” [Portuguese].
(http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23031) Concluded in December 2017. Co-Adviser of Mauro Antunes in the
Master in Industrial Automation Engineering, University of Aveiro, entitled “Simulador de auscultação pulmonar”
[Portuguese]. (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23770) Concluded in December 2017. Co-Adviser of Isac
Cossa in the Master in Industrial Automation
Engineering, University of Aveiro, entitled “Geração de fala para manequim de simulação clínica” [Portuguese]. (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23676) Concluded
in November 2017. Co-Adviser of Helena Paninhos
in the Master of Medical Imaging Technologies, University of Aveiro, entitled “Discovery IQ 4R- otimização
da imagem PET-CT em ambiente clínico” [Portuguese].
(http://hdl.handle.net/10773/18794) Concluded in July 2017. Adviser of Maria José Santiago in the
Master of Mathematics and Applications, University of Aveiro,
entitled “Métodos para estimação
da fiabilidade e concordância
entre avaliadores” [Portuguese] (). Concluded in December 2016. Adviser of Lénia Costa in the
Master of Gerontology, University
of Aveiro, entitled “Promoção do cuidado centrado
na funcionalidade em lares: perceção das ajudantes de lar” [Portuguese]
(http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16391). Concluded in July 2016. Adviser of Liliana Abreu in the
Master of Speech Therapy,
School of Health Sciences
of Alcoitão, entitled “Protocolo de Segurança na
Avaliação Nasolaringoscópica da Deglutição(PSAND):
contributo para a validação cultural e linguística do português Europeu”
[Portuguese] (http://comum.rcaap.pt/handle/10400.26/16640). Concluded in May 2016. Co-Adviser of Liliana Tribuna in the
Master of Medical Imaging Technologies, University of Aveiro, entitled
“Relatórios estruturados em imagiologia mamária” [Portuguese]. (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17155) Concluded in December 2016. Co-Adviser of Verónica
Ribau in the Master of Medical Imaging
Technologies, University of Aveiro, entitled “Hipertrofia ventricular direita
pelo eletrocardiograma e ecocardiograma” [Portuguese]
(http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16586). Concluded in July 2016. Co-Adviser of Cátia Rodrigues in the Master of Multimedia
Communication, University of Aveiro, entitled
“Sistema de monitorização de dados clínicos no âmbito do LabEP” [Portuguese] (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16362). Concluded in December 2015. Co-Adviser of Ana Almeida in the Master of Sciences in Education
(Special Education), School of Education of Lisboa,
entitled “Inclusão educativa
dos alunos com multideficiência
– Importância das unidades
especializadas em multideficiência” [Portuguese]
(http://hdl.handle.net/10437/1481). Concluded
in December 2011. |
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Participation in jury members
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President of the jury in Master’s thesis
defense of Eline Barbosa entitled “Monitorização ambulatorial da pressão
arterial em grávidas com disturbios hipertensivos”
[Portuguese] in the Master of Medical Statistics. December
2023 Examiner member in Master’s thesis defense of Lino
Carvalho entitled “Efeitos de Sobredosagem na
Indução da Anestesia: Análise Multivariada de Dados” [Portuguese] in the
Master of Biostatistics and
Biometrics. University Aberta, Porto, Portugal. December
2023 President of the jury in Master’s thesis
defense of Guilherme Rodrigues entitled “Decoding
the genetic architecture of functional status in COPD: Lasso and its
derivatives for feature selection” in the Master of Medical Statistics. June 2023 Examiner member in Master’s thesis defense of João
Oliveira entitled “Programação de relatórios de dados
clínicos para submissão regulamentar de ensaios clínicos de phase I” in the Master of Clinical Bioinformatics.
June 2023 President of the jury in Master’s thesis defense of Miguel
Cabral entitled “Desenvolvimento e análise de um
sistema de recomendação para sugestão de artigos médicos” [Portuguese] in the Master of Medical Statistics. November 2022 Examiner member in Master’s thesis defense
of Diogo Ribeiro entitled “Internship in Medical Writing at a Clinical
Research Organization” in the Master of Pharmaceutical Biomedicine. December
2016 Examiner member in Master’s thesis defense
of Liljana Georgievska da
Silva entitled “Curricular Internship Report in Medical Writing at Blueclinical” in the Master of Pharmaceutical Biomedicine
(http://hdl.handle.net/10773/15799). December 2015 Examiner member in Master’s thesis defense
of Ana Farrica entitled “Internship in Clinical
Data Management at a Clinical Research Organization (CRO)” in the Master of
Pharmaceutical Biomedicine (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/15136). July 2015 |
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Scholarships
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Responsible
for the BII-BIOMATH-5-2023 scholarship (5 months duration), with the
financial support of the Foundation for Science and Technology/MCTES, through
the Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications
(CIDMA), ref. UIDP/04106/2020, with the financial support of the Foundation
for Science and Technology/MCTES, through national funds (PIDDAC) entitled “Análise estatística de desenhos adaptativos e cruzados
em ensaios clínicos” [Portuguese]. 2023 Responsible
for the BI-BIOMATH-5-2022 scholarship (3 months duration), with the financial
support of the Foundation for Science and Technology/MCTES, through the
Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA),
ref. UIDP/04106/2020, with the financial support of the Foundation for
Science and Technology/MCTES, through national funds (PIDDAC) entitled “Análise estatística de desenhos
cruzados em ensaios clínicos” [Portuguese]. 2022 Responsible for the BI-BIOMATH-3-2021 scholarship (4 months duration),
with the financial support of the Foundation for Science and
Technology/MCTES, through the Center for Research and Development in
Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA), ref. UIDP/04106/2020, with the
financial support of the Foundation for Science and Technology/MCTES, through
national funds (PIDDAC) entitled “Análise estatística de desenhos adaptativos em ensaios clínicos” [Portuguese]. 2021 Responsible for the BI-BIOMATH-5-2021 scholarship (4 months duration),
with the financial support of the Foundation for Science and
Technology/MCTES, through the Center for Research and Development in
Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA), ref. UIDP/04106/2020, with the
financial support of the Foundation for Science and Technology/MCTES, through
national funds (PIDDAC) entitled “Análises fatoriais confirmatórias e modelação de equações estruturais em escalas psicossociais e de saúde no trabalho”
[Portuguese]. 2021 |
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