Joana Carrilho (291E-CA7D-0CA9)

Curriculum Vitae

Joana Carrilho

Joana Carrilho (female) holds a PhD. in Biomedical Sciences, preceded by a BSc. in Aquatic Sciences (Applied Biology), both from the University of Porto. Between the years of 2002 and 2013, she was uninterruptedly linked to scientific research in the field of genetics, having received several awards in international conferences for the best presentation and best poster. Along with scientific growth, she has also developed teaching and communication skills, being a certified trainer and facilitator in Innovation (FORTH methodology) specially in the field of Health, and an awarded mentor in debate and public speaking. Previously to her position at the University of Porto, she worked as a consultant for the internationalization, management and planning of international projects and submission of H2020 and other funding schemes’ proposals. Recently, she worked in innovation as a tech transfer officer and as the manager of several entrepreneurship programs. She has also managed programs in policy improvement through the sharing of good practices between European countries. Currently, she is responsible for the management of several international projects in which the Competence Center in Active and Healthy Ageing participates, namely the coordination of the INNOV4LIFE project (Cross-Border Living Lab in Digital Health), and the management of the EIT Health Hub U.Porto, among others. Academically, she is a researcher in CINTESIS@RISE (as part of the Competence Center in Healthy and Active Ageing), and her main areas of research are the development of Collaborative Innovation Ecosystems in Digital Health; Open Innovation and Real-World Technology Validation; Health Technology Adoption and Adherence; and the development of Climate Resilient Smart Healthy Age-Friendly Environments. Finally, she is also engaged in teaching a course in Digital Health, a partnership between the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Biomedical Sciences Institute of U.Porto, which was awarded for Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation. Since 2025, she is also the Head of Strategy of ADOPTDIGI2CARE, a spin-off of the University of Porto dedicated to research, development, and capacity-building for professionals and organisations, in the field of digital health. In this capacity she is responsible for the outline of new R&D projects focused on Digital Health Technologies development and adoption.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Joana Carrilho

Citation names

Carrilho, Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 291E-CA7D-0CA9
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5897-1155

Email addresses

jcarrilho@ff.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Centro de Competências em Envelhecimento Ativo e Saudável da Universidade do Porto | Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto | Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira nº. 228, Edificio 2, Piso 3, Sala 33, 4050-313, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Care Sciences and Services
Medical and Health Sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019 - 2019 Concluded	Healthcare Innovation Leader (Outros) Health IL - Israel Innovation Institute, Israel
2018/11 - 2018/11 Concluded	Forth Innovation Method (Outros) Major in Metodologia de Inovação em contexto corporativo Forth Innnovation Institute, Hungary
2013 Concluded	Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal "Caracterização e mapeamento de marcadores moleculares em espécies da familia Veneridae de interesse comercial em Portugal e Espanha. Estudo da hibridação entre Ruditapes decussatus e Ruditapes philippinarum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	n/a
2006 Concluded	Licenciatura em Ciências do Meio Aquático (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal	16 valores (dezasseis valores)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	RISE - Health Research Network, Portugal

2002/09/01 - 2013/02/13	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/02 - Current	Head of Strategy	ADOPTDIGI2CARE LDA, Portugal

2019 - Current	Gestora de Projetos Internacionais	Universidade do Porto Centro de Competências em Envelhecimento Ativo e Saudável, Portugal

2017/01 - 2019	Gestora de Projetos e Tecnologias	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
	Reitoria da Universidade do Porto - U. Porto Inovação, Portugal
2015/05 - 2016/02	Consultora Internacional	Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, Portugal

2006 - 2013	Colaboradora no leccionamento da disciplina de Genética da Licenciatura em Ciências do Meio Aquático	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

2006 - 2013	Colaboradora no leccionamento da disciplina Genética Médica no Mestrado Integrado em Medicina	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

2006 - 2013	Colaboradora no leccionamento da disciplina Citogenética Animal do Mestrado Integrado em Med. Veterinária	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/09/01 - Current	Building Outstanding Opportunities for Science and Talent 101217321 Researcher	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2025/03/01 - Current	Healthcare 5.0 supporting the transformative shift of regions 03C0915 Principal investigator	Interreg Europe Ongoing
2024/09/01 - Current	Advancing Geriatric Education for Nurses and Techs at High University (AGE-MEDU) 2024-1-HR01-KA220-HED-000252764 Researcher	Erasmus Plus Ongoing
2024/09/01 - Current	Fostering Innovation & the Twin Transition for iNclusive EnvironmentS and Smart homes 101180300 Technical development	Horizon 2020
2018 - Current	EIT Health - European Institute of Innovation and Technology - Health NA Principal investigator Universidade do Porto, Portugal	EIT Health Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2026/08/31	INNOV4LIFE - Ecossistema Transfronteiriço de Inovação Colaborativa em Saúde Digital 0088_INNOV4LIFE_1_P Principal investigator	European Regional Development Fund Ongoing
2023/01 - 2025/12/31	Smart Health Innovation & Future Technologies Hub 101095720 Technical development Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2024/01/01 - 2025/03/30	COHES.io - COnnedted Health EcoSystems via Open Innovation 101134913 Researcher	Horizon Europe Excellent Science Ongoing
2021 - 2024/10/31	Virtual Biomedical and STEM/STEAM Education 2021-1-HU01-KA220-HED-000032251 Principal investigator	Erasmus Plus Ongoing
2021 - 2024/10	INVENTHEI INVENTHEI Principal investigator	EIT Health EIT RawMaterials GmbH Ongoing
2020 - 2024	AgES - Actively aGing European Seniors 2020-1-TR01-KA204-092414 Principal investigator	Erasmus Plus Ongoing
2020 - 2024	Smart & Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems (SHAPES) 857159 Technical development	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2021 - 2023	Behavioral and adherence model for improving quality, health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of healthcare (BEAMER) 101034369 Principal investigator	Innovative Medicines Initiative Ongoing
2020 - 2023	Cooperation and training on innovation and entrepreneurship in the eHealth community (CONNECT) 2020-1-RO01-KA203-080244 Principal investigator	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2021 - 2022	Innovation Networks for Scaling Active and Healthy Ageing (IN-4-AHA) 101017603 Technical development	Horizon 2020 Concluded
2020 - 2022	LIDS - Learning important digital skills 2019-1-DE02-KA204-006342 Technical development	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2020 - 2021	Improving Health Research in EU through FAIR Data (FAIR4HEALTH) 824666 Technical development	Horizon 2020 Concluded
2019 - 2020	SPIN UP 0609_SPIN_UP_1_E Technical development Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2019 - 2020	SHERPA DO MAR 0466_SHERPA_DO_MAR_1_E Principal investigator Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2019 - 2020	ADSA - Atlantic Digital Startup Academy EAPA_21/2016 Technical development Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2017 - 2020	Helium - Health Innovation Experimental Landscape through Policy Improvement PGI01462 Principal investigator Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2018 - 2019/12	UNI+i 0050_UNI_PLUS_I_2_P Principal investigator Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2017 - 2019	U.Norte Inova NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000005 Technical development Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2017 - 2018	BIP - Business Ignition Programme BIP - NORTE-02-0651-FEDER-000021 Principal investigator Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2017 - 2018	NOE - Noroeste Empreendedor POCI-02-0651-FEDER-016143 Technical development Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2017 - 2018	SOLA - Spin-off Lean Acceleration 561897-EPP-1-2015-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP Technical development Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Erasmus Plus Concluded
2017 - 2018	Restartup NORTE-02-0651-FEDER-000012 Technical development Universidade do Porto, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2015/05 - 2016/02	BINGO: Bringing INnovation to onGOing water management - a better future under Climate Change (2015-2019) 641739 Technical development Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	Rocha, Pedro; Laranjeiro, Sofia; Carrilho, Joana; Midão, Luís; Almada, Marta; Paúl, Constança; Costa, Elísio. A Unidade Curricular de Saúde Digital: formação para o empreendedorismo e inovação num contexto de transição digital.. 2022.
Conference paper	Marcelo Brites-Pereira; Carrilho, Joana; Midão, Luís; Costa, Elísio. "Therapeutic Serious Games for patients underhaemodialysis treatment". Paper presented in Challenges 2024: Espaços e Caminhos OnLife, Braga, 2024. Accepted
Journal article	Bonanno, Elena Gatt; Figueiredo, Teodora; Mimoso, Inês Figueiroa; Morgado, Maria Inês; Carrilho, Joana; Midão, Luís; Costa, Elísio. "Polypharmacy Prevalence Among Older Adults Based on the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe: An Update". Journal of Clinical Medicine 14 4 (2025): 1330. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14041330. Published • 10.3390/jcm14041330 Mimoso, Inês; Figueiredo, Teodora; Midão, Luís; Carrilho, Joana; Henriques, Diogo Videira; Alves, Sara; Duarte, Natália; et al. "Co-Creation in the Development of Digital Therapeutics: A Narrative Review". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21 12 (2024): 1589. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21121589. 10.3390/ijerph21121589 Figueiredo, Teodora; Midão, Luís; Carrilho, Joana; Videira Henriques, Diogo; Alves, Sara; Duarte, Natália; Bessa, Maria João; et al. "A comprehensive analysis of digital health-focused Living Labs: innovative approaches to dementia". Frontiers in Medicine 11 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1418612. 10.3389/fmed.2024.1418612 Cláudia Campos; Robbin Kappelhof; Joana Carrilho; Luis Midão; Diogo Henriques; Elísio Costa. "Role of twinnings in scaling up innovative solutions across Europe". BMJ Innovations (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2023-001141. 10.1136/bmjinnov-2023-001141 Giovanni Cerullo; Teodora Figueiredo; Constantino Coelho; Cláudia Silva Campos; António Videira-Silva; Joana Carrilho; Luís Midão; Elísio Costa. "Palliative Care in the Ageing European Population: A Cross-Country Comparison". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21010113. 10.3390/ijerph21010113 Figueiredo, Teodora; Midão, Luís; Sampaio, Rute; Carrilho, Joana; Coelho, Constantino; Cerullo, Giovanni; Di Paola, Antonella; et al. "Managing Non-Cancer Chronic Pain in Frail Older Adults: A Pilot Study Based on a Multidisciplinary Approach". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 24 (2023): 7150. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20247150. Published • 10.3390/ijerph20247150 Carrilho, Joana; Diogo Videira; Cláudia Campos; Luis Midão; Elísio Costa. Corresponding author: Carrilho, Joana. "Changing the paradigm in health and care services: modern value chains using open innovation for the creation of new digital health solutions". Frontiers in Digital Health 5 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1216357. Published • 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1216357 Midão, L.; Almada, M.; Carrilho, J.; Sampaio, R.; Costa, E.. "Pharmacological Adherence Behavior Changes during COVID-19 Outbreak in a Portugal Patient Cohort". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 3 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85122965892&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3390/ijerph19031135 Carrilho, J.; Pérez-García, C.; Leitão, A.; Malheiro, I.; Pasantes, J.J.. "Cytogenetic characterization and mapping of rDNAs, core histone genes and telomeric sequences in Venerupis aurea and Tapes rhomboides (Bivalvia: Veneridae)". Genetica 139 6 (2011): 823-831. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959275157&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10709-011-9587-8 Carrilho, J.; Leitão, A.; Vicente, C.; Malheiro, I.. "Cytogenetics of Anodonta cygnea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) as possible indicator of environmental adversity". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 80 2 (2008): 303-306. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53449087116&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.07.019
Thesis / Dissertation	Joana Carrilho Rodrigues da Silva. "Caracterização e mapeamento de marcadores moleculares em espécies da família Veneridae de interesse comercial em Portugal e Espanha. Estudo da hibridação entre Ruditapes decussatus e Ruditapes philippinarum.". PhD, 2013. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/73893.

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/01/01 - Current	Fostering Adoption and Adherence in Digital Health Technology Innovation Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal