Inês Duarte Pais (2A14-36BA-EA9B)

Curriculum Vitae

Inês Duarte Pais

Orthoptist dedicated to the study of ophthalmologic, neuro-ophthalmologic, and neurodegenerative diseases, exploring their impact on both ocular and cortical levels. Inês Pais has achieved her degree in Orthoptics at School of Health of the Polytechnic University of Porto in 2021, and her MSc in Biomedical Research (Vision Sciences) at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra in 2023. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Biomedicine and Health Sciences (PhDBCS) at the School of Medicine, University of Minho, Portugal. Inês is an invited assistant at School of Health of Porto and a member of the Centre for Translational Health and Medical Biotechnology Research (TBIO)/Health Research Network (RISE-HEALTH). Additionally, she is an orthoptist grader at Coimbra Ophthalmology Reading Centre - Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image (AIBILI). Inês has developed a diverse range of interests within Ophthalmology and Neuro-Ophthalmology. She has been participating in research studies focusing on Diabetic Retinopathy, Age-related Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, as well as neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Her research also extends to diseases of the optic nerve, chiasm, and retrochiasm.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Inês Duarte Pais

Citation names

Pais, Inês

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2A14-36BA-EA9B
ORCID iD: 0009-0009-7636-6416

Addresses

Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 400, 4200-072, Porto, Porto , Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.ess.ipp.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024/07 - 2027 Ongoing	Doutoramento em Biomedicina e Ciências da Saúde (PhDBCS) - Escola de Medicina (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Concluded	Master in Biomedical Research - Vision Sciences branch (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "Evaluating the neuro-visual impact of high-efficacy treatments on disease control in early Multiple Sclerosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Excellent
2022/02/23 - 2022/07/20 Concluded	Laboratory Rotation - Master Student (Outros) Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	18/20
2022/01/01 - 2022/07/01 Concluded	Laboratory Rotation - Master Student (Outros) Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE Hospital Geral, Portugal	19/20
2022/04/12 - 2022/05/06 Concluded	Laboratory Rotation- Master Student (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal	19/20
2021/01/31 - 2021/05/27 Concluded	Curricular Internship (Outros) Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	16/20
2021/04/15 - 2021/04/29 Concluded	Clinical Electrophysiology Course (Outros) Centro Hospitalar de Setubal EPE, Portugal	16/20
2020/10/05 - 2021/01/21 Concluded	Curricular Internship (Outros) Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Portugal	17/20
2020 - 2021 Concluded	Curricular Internship (Outros) Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal	16/20
2017 - 2021 Concluded	Orthoptics (Licenciatura) Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal	15/20
2013 - 2014 Concluded	Preliminary English Test (PET) (Ensino básico 3º ciclo) Cambridge English Language Assessment Spain and Portugal, Spain	Pass with Merit

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Center for Translational Health and Medical Biotechnology Research (TBIO)/Health Research Network (RISE-Health), Portugal

2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE Hospital Geral, Portugal
2021/06/07 - 2021/07/07	Research Trainee (Research)	Neurology Department - Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
	Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE Hospital Geral, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01 - Current	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/06/30 - 2021/12/31	Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Ortoptista)	Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal
	Clinical Trials Centre , Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/01 - Current	Orthoptist Grader (CORC)	Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal
	Coimbra Ophthalmology Reading Centre, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024 - Current	Bilateral tempoparietal junction high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation combined with computerized social cognition training in Schizophrenia: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, parallel group trial BiSCo Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Under evaluation
2023 - Current	Combining noninvasive brain stimulation and augmented reality-based dichoptic therapy for treating amblyopic adults NiBS4Vision Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Under evaluation
2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Evaluating the impact of high-efficacy treatments on disease control in early MS: beyond NEDA N/A Research Fellow	Roche Farmaceutica Quimica Lda Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2024 - Current	HD-tDCS on visual cortex induced changes in visual and cortical function in healthy young adults 2VIS Researcher Centre for Translational Health and Medical Biotechnology Reasearch - TBIO, Portugal	Center for Trabnslational Health and Medical Biotechnology Reseach - TBIO Ongoing
2024 - Current	A comprehensive screening of visual impairment and digital media use in a population based cohort of Portuguese young children VISCREEN Researcher Centre for Translational Health and Medical Biotechnology Reasearch - TBIO, Portugal	Center for Trabnslational Health and Medical Biotechnology Reseach - TBIO Ongoing
2024 - Current	Optical coherence tomography as a biomarker of cognitive improvement following a virtual reality cognitive training intervention in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with mild cognitive impairment OCT4COG Researcher	Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc Under evaluation
2021/06/30 - 2021/12/31	RECOGNISED - Retinal and cognitive dysfunction in type 2 diabetes: unravelling the common pathways and identification of patients at risk of dementia NCT04281186 Researcher Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca Grup de Recerca Diabetis i Metabolisme, Spain	Ongoing
2021/06/30 - 2021/12/31	CHART - Characterization of Retinal disease progression in eyes with NPDR in diabetes Type 2 using non-invasive procedures NCT04636307 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/06/30 - 2021/12/31	PROGRESS 10 - 10-year Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy. Identification of Signs and Surrogate outcomes. NCT03010397 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/06/30 - 2021/12/31	AMDMetab - Metabolomics: A Novel Tool for Investigating the Pathogenesis of Age-related Macular Degeneration NCT04241536 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Santos, AR; Santos, T; Coimbra, R; Pais, Inês; Versos, C; Marques, IP; Cunha-Vaz, JG. "A Conversion Model for OCTA Vessel Density Metrics in Diabetic Eyes: AngioVue vs Angioplex". Paper presented in ARVO Annual Meeting, 2022, Denver, 2022.
Conference poster	Mateus, C; Dias, L; Rodrigues, M; Magalhães, R; Pais, Inês; Ferreira, S; Rocha, N. "The impact of display screen use on visual function at an early age". Paper presented in 34º International Congress on Occupational Health, 2024. Lemos, J; Cidade, F; Castelhano, J; Pais, Inês; Matos, Sara; Jorge, André; Martins, AI; Santana, I. "Bringing the eye tracker to the neurology clinic - testing your brain while waiting for your appointment". Paper presented in Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia - Hot Topics 2023, 2023. Matos, S; Jorge, A; Pais, Inês; Martins, AI; Correia, I; Nunes, CC; Macário, MC; Batista, S; Lemos,J. "OCT in Multiple Sclerosis: Beyond the optic neuritis versus non-optic neuritis universe". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Neurologia - Hot Topics 2023, 2023. Sobral-Pinho, A; Pais, Inês; Jorge, A; Martins, AI; Lemos, J. "Sequential non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in the same eye". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Neurologia - Hot Topics 2023, 2023. Jorge, A; Ferreira, N; Matos, S; Pais, Inês; Pereira, D; Martins, AI; Geraldo, A; Batista, S; Lemos, J. "Sequential demyelinating optic neuritis in idiopathic intracranial hypertension". Paper presented in Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia - Hot Topics 2023, 2023.
Journal article	Madureira, Beatriz; Matos, Sara; Jorge, André; Pais, Inês; Pais, Rui Pedro; Correia, Inês; Martins, Ana Inês; Lemos, João. "Isolated Ptosis as the Single Clinical Manifestation of Anti-Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Syndrome". Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/wno.0000000000002174. 10.1097/wno.0000000000002174

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/06/28	"Acabei o curso. E agora?" - Testemunho na área da investigação	"Acabei o curso. E agora?" Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Escola Superior de Saúde do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/06/05	Moderator of the panel on 'Academic Mobility in Orthoptics and Vision Sciences'	VII JORNADAS DE ORTÓPTICA E CIÊNCIAS DA VISÃO Universidade do Mindelo (Cape Verde , Cape Verde)
2024/04/19	Evaluating the Neuro-visual Impact of High-Efficacy Treatments on Disease Control in Early Multiple Sclerosis	XXIV Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas (Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2023/11/09	"Optical Coherence Tomography as a non-invasive marker of cerebral Alzheimer´s dementia pathology before dementia"	Congresso Nacional de Neurologia - Hot Topics 2023 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/17	"Optical coherence tomography as a non-invasive marker of cerebral Alzheimer's Dementia pathology before Dementia"	37ª Reunião do Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência, Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/04/15	"Ocular Neuromyotonia"	Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas (Évora, Portugal)
2022/05/15	"Clinical utility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in retrochiasmal disease"	Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/07/13	"Current challenges in OCT-A imaging"	Neurology Service Meeting Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/06/28 - 2024/06/28	"Acabei o curso. E agora?" (2024/06/28 - 2024/06/28) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2019/10/10 - 2019/10/10	Conference "Visual Impairment and Rehabilitation: Inclusion of People with Visual Impairment in Society"/ "Deficiência Visual e Reabilitação: a Inclusão da Pessoa com Deficiência Visual na Sociedade" (2019/10/10 - 2019/10/10) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/05/31 - 2024/06/05	VII JORNADAS DE ORTÓPTICA E CIÊNCIAS DA VISÃO Conference	VII JORNADAS DE ORTÓPTICA E CIÊNCIAS DA VISÃO Universidade do Mindelo, Cape Verde Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2024/04/18 - 2024/04/20	XXIV CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE ORTOPTISTAS Congress	XXIV Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas Associação Portuguesa de Ortoptistas , Portugal
2023/11/09 - 2023/11/11	Congresso Nacional de Neurologia Congress	Congresso Nacional de Neurologia - Hot Topics 2023 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia, Portugal
2023/11/08 - 2023/11/08	Diplopia Course Congress	Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia - Hot Topics 2023 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia, Portugal
2023/06/17 - 2023/06/17	37ª Reunião do Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência Conference	37ª Reunião do Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência , Portugal
2023/04/13 - 2023/04/15	XXIII CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE ORTOPTISTAS Conference	XXIII CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE ORTOPTISTAS Associação Portuguesa de Ortoptistas (APOR), Portugal
2022/05/13 - 2022/05/13	XXII CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE ORTOPTISTAS Congress	XXII CONGRESSO NACIONAL DE ORTOPTISTAS Associação Portuguesa de Ortoptistas (APOR), Portugal
2021/07/06 - 2021/07/06	Good Clinical Practice-ICH Guidelines E6 R2 Workshop	Good Clinical Practice-ICH Guidelines E6 R2 Syneos Health Inc, United States
2021/04/29 - 2021/04/29	HARMSWAND: Other Approach to Assess Diplopia	Webinar: HARMSWAND: Other Approach to Assess Diplopia Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2021/04/25 - 2021/04/25	"Visão Binocular e Insuficiência de Convergência"- Lusíadas Knowledge Center	Webinar - Binocular Vision and Convergence Insufficiency - Lusíadas Knowledge Center Grupo Lusíadas Saúde, Portugal
2021/04/17 - 2021/04/17	Virtual Perspectives 2021- Contact Lenses	Webinar - Virtual Perspectives 2021- Contact Lenses CooperVision Inc, Portugal
2021/04/17 - 2021/04/17	Optical Coherence Tomography in the Posterior Segment \| OCT and OCT- Angiography Workshop	Optical Coherence Tomography in the Posterior Segment \| OCT and OCT- Angiography Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal
2020/11/13 - 2020/11/13	Paralisias Oculomotoras'/ Curso EUPO (VIRTUAL)- XIX Reunião de Oftalmologia do Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central	Webinar - Paralisias Oculomotoras'/ Curso EUPO (VIRTUAL)- XIX Reunião de Oftalmologia do Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal
2020/06/04 - 2020/06/04	Tomografia de Coerência Óptica: Análise e Interpretação de Resultados Workshop	Tomografia de Coerência Óptica: Análise e Interpretação de Resultados Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2020/06/03 - 2020/06/03	Seeing Color Through Different Eyes - Individual Differences in Human Color Perception \| OSA Color Technical Group	Webinar - Seeing Color Through Different Eyes - Individual Differences in Human Color Perception University of Nevada Reno Nevada Center for Applied Research, United States
2020/05/03 - 2020/05/03	Miopia, a ametropia do Futuro	Webinar - Miopia, a ametropia do Futuro Essilor Portugal, Portugal
2020/04/06 - 2020/04/06	Optical Coherence Tomography Course - Interpretation and Analysis of results Conference	Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2020/02/26 - 2020/02/26	Princípios Gerais do Socorrismo Other	Mass Training da Cruz Vermelha Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/10/22 - 2019/10/22	Pesquisa de Informação Científica Workshop	Pesquisa de Informação Científica Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2019/10/10 - 2019/10/10	"Deficiência Visual e Reabilitação: A inclusão da pessoa com Deficiência Visual na Sociedade" Conference	"Deficiência Visual e Reabilitação: A inclusão da pessoa com Deficiência Visual na Sociedade" Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2019/04/11 - 2019/04/11	"Orientação e Mobilidade na Deficiência Visual" Other	"Orientação e Mobilidade na Deficiência Visual" Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022 - Current	EURETINA - European Society of Retina Specialists	Member n. 5088
2021 - Current	Associação Portuguesa de Ortoptistas (APOR)	Member n. 847

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/02 - 2024/07	Curricular Unit: Seminários Multidisciplinares \| Multidisciplinary Seminars	Degree in Orthoptics (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07	Curricular Unit: Casos Clínicos \| Clinical Cases	Degree in Orthoptics (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07	Curricular Unit: Dispositivos Médicos \| Medical Device	Health Products and Food Supplements (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2021 - 2023	Member of the Self-Assessment Committee for the Orthoptics study cycle at ESS\|P.Porto, acting as student / Membro da Comissão de Auto-Avaliação do ciclo de estudos em Ortóptica da ESS\|P.Porto, na qualidade de estudante Member	Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (A3ES), Portugal, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2023	Orlando Leitão Award - Best Oral Communication Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia, Portugal
2023	António Flores Award - 2nd Best E-Poster Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia, Portugal
2022	António Flores Award - 1st Best E-Poster Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2023	Merit Board Coimbra University 2022/2023 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal