Curriculum Vitae
Andreia Calisto de Freitas
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Andreia Calisto de Freitas
Citation names
- Freitas, Andreia
- A. C. Freitas
- Freitas, Andreia C.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1A15-B04E-1E36
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5340-1471
- Google Scholar ID
- B0LIxqYAAAAJ&hl
Email addresses
- andreia.freitas@ibet.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Avenida da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering - Medical Engineering
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2014/03/03 - 2018/06/30
Concluded
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Biomedical Science (Doctor of Philosophy)
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry William Harvey Research Institute, United Kingdom
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom "Improving real-time MRI for the clinical assessment of velar closure and velopharyngeal motion during speech" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2008 - 2013
Concluded
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Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Perfil: Radiações em Diagnóstico e Terapia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Delayed enhancement cardiac MRI: reduction of image artefacts in patients with irregular heart rate" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 valores |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/02/01 - Current | Science and Technology Management | Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal |
| 2018/12/05 - 2021/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 2017/09/01 - 2018/07/31 | Research Assistant (Research) | King's College London Cardiovascular Division, United Kingdom |
| 2014/03/03 - 2017/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom |
| Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry William Harvey Research Institute, United Kingdom | ||
| 2012/10/01 - 2013/06/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | King's College London Cardiovascular Division, United Kingdom |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2019/02 - 2019/07 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2014/03/03 - 2017/08/31 | Improving real-time MRI methodologies for the assessment of velar closure and velopharyngeal motion in patients with cleft
palate
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PhD Student Fellow
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
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Cleft: bridging the gap Barts Health NHS Trust Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2018/12/05 - Current | Myocardium T1 Quantification in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Enabled by Highly- Accelerated Acquisitions and Robust Motion
Correction
FCT: PTDC_EMD-EMD_29686_2017
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2018/10/01 - 2018/12/31 | Improving T2 and B1 estimation in the brain with multi spin-echo sequences and a fusion bootstrap moves solver (FBMS)
FCT - IF/00364/2013
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2017/09/01 - 2018/07/31 | Novel methodologies for MR fingerprinting in the quantitative mapping of the heart
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Researcher
King's College London Cardiovascular Division, United Kingdom
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King's Health Partners
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2012/09/01 - 2013/06/30 | Multi-tissue modelling to improve cardiac DE MRI in arrhythmia patients
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Master Student Fellow
King's College London Cardiovascular Division, United Kingdom
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2020/11/10 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a multifunctional tool: from the dynamics of vocal tract motion in speech disabilities to relaxometry quantification in heart disease, brain and knee degeneration | Invited speaker at monthly lab seminars
Computational MRI lab, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, TECHNION Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)
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| 2020/02/07 | "Raios-X, submarinos e protões: uma viagem pela história da imagem médica" | IST laboratórios abertos 2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2017/05/19 | Improved real-time MRI to visualise velopharyngeal motion during speech using accelerated radial through-time GRAPPA | Selected work for oral presentation at international conference
34th Annual meeting of ESMRMB, Barcelona 2017 (Barcelona, Spain)
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| 2016/10/01 | Cartesian and non-Cartesian 3T real-time speech MRI: a comparison of image quality in the assessment of velopharyngeal closure | Selected work for oral presentation at international conference
33rd Annual meeting of ESMRMB, Vienna 2016 (Vienna, Austria)
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| 2016/06/04 | Knowledge dissemination and science engagement event organised by postgraduate students to share current research activities throughout QMUL. Preparation and presentation of an oral communication entitled “Seeing Speech: using MRI to image how we speak!”. | Cafe Scientifique
Queen Mary University of London
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| 2015/06 | Event organised by postgraduate students as part of the graduate festival week at QMUL. Preparation and presentation of a presentation entitled “What happens inside my head when I speak?” to enter the Fusion Multidisciplinary competition (PechaKucha model, 20 images of 20 seconds), selected 2nd place for best presentation (June 2015). | Fusion Multidisciplinary Competition
Queen Mary University of London
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| 2015/05/30 | Real-time speech MRI: a comparison of Cartesian and non-Cartesian sequences | Selected work for oral presentation at international conference
23rd Annual meeting of ISMRM, Toronto, 2015 (Toronto, Canada)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2020/09/30 - 2021/07/31 | Optimizing T2 Quantitative Estimation of Knee Cartilage with Magnetic Resonance Imaging applying Dictionary-based Methods
Co-supervisor of Ângelo Nunes
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Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2020/07/01 - 2020/09/30 | Mapeamento de T2 na Cartilagem do Joelho
Supervisor of Miriam Sobral
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Biomedical Engineering degree - curricular internship (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2019/07/01 - 2019/09/30 | Accuracy and precision of preclinical renal T2 mapping using monoexponential fitting and dictionary matching methods
Supervisor of Carlota Santos
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Biomedical Engineering Master degree - short internship (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/09/01 - Current | Co-organizer of the weekly lab seminars at Instituto Superior Técnico. Responsible for inviting external or internal speakers,
organize the monthly calendar and book seminar room. (2019/09/01)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 2023/12/01 - 2023/12/21 | Assisted the iBET Alumni Coordinator with various activities related to the organization of the 1st iBET Alumni event: design
of digital invitation, creating of forms for signup, organization of speed networking session. (2023/12/21)
Meeting
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| 2021/02/01 - 2021/04/16 | Abstract reviewer and invited session moderator (2021/04/15 - 2021/04/16)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Iberian and British/Irish ISMRM regional chapters, Portugal |
| 2017/03/10 - 2017/03/10 | Science event “Workshop – after my doctoral degree, what now?!”, Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the
UK (PARSUK). Networking and science dissemination event organised for members of PARSUK. Responsible for the overall organisation
of the event, contact selected speakers and support of invited members of PARSUK based in London (10th March 2017). (2017/03/10 - 2017/03/10)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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| 2016/12/09 - 2016/12/09 | Science event “Speed Networking”, Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PARSUK), London UK. Networking
and science dissemination event organised for members of PARSUK. Responsible for overall organisation of the event, contact
selected speakers and support of invited members of PARSUK based in London (9th December 2016). (2016/12/09 - 2016/12/09)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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| 2011 - 2012 | 4th International Workshop on Biomedical Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. Member of the organisation
committee. Responsible for coffee-break and venue organisation and preparation of conference printed material (October 2011
to April 2012). (2011 - 2012)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/10/19 - Current | Responsible for designing and overall production of graphical materials (flyers and roll-ups) for job fairs and other events
aimed at recruiting new students and talent. Additionally, I was also part of the team representing iBET in Job FEST 2023,
the jobs and entrepreneurship fair organized by Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, NOVA university of Lisbon.
Festival
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Job FEST 2023 - FCT NOVA |
| 2023/05/13 - Current | Responsible for organizing and mediating the participation of iBET's scientists in the "ITQB Open Day" event. An event dedicated
to science outreach and dissemination, where scientists had the opportunity to explain their work to the general public. Also
responsible for photographing the event and disseminating the institute's participation on our digital platforms.
Festival
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ITQB Open Day |
| 2023/03/29 - 2023/03/29 | Member of the iBET team that participated and represented the institute on the "Tech4Innov" event organized by ANI - Agência
Nacional de Inovação. A one-day event aiming to showcase technological results of R&D and innovation from entities within
the National Innovation System.
Conference
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Tech4Innov - O presente e o futuro da inovação em Portugal |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2015/01/01 - Current | International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine | |
| 2016/10/01 - 2017/09/01 | PARSUK (Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK) | Ambassador for the region of London (responsible for members in that region, organizer of networking events) |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/02/01 - 2019/07/31 | Taught laboratory classes of the "Medical Imaging" module, part of the 1st year MSc in Biomedical Engineering curriculum | Medical Imaging (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2019/02/01 - Current | Multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers through the migraine cycle | Ana Fouto |
| 2016 - 2017 | Investigate the minimal temporal resolution required to accurately sample the motion of vocal articulators with MRI, compared to the gold-standard x-ray videofluoroscopy. | Matthieu Ruthven |
Distinctions
Award
| 2016 | Best abstract award
Annual Workshop on Biomedical Engineering (WBME2016), Portugal
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