Curriculum Vitae
Baltazar Cá
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Baltazar Cá
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Cá, Baltazar
- Cá, B.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 3D12-3EDB-23AE
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-0376-7755
Email addresses
- b.ca@bandim.org (Professional)
- baltazar.ca@inasa.gw (Professional)
- baltaz10@gmail.com (Personal)
- balcas10@hotmail.com (Personal)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 964713717 (Personal)
- (+245) 966402027 (Personal)
- Telephone
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- (245) 955513686 (Professional)
Addresses
- Instituto Nacional de Saúde Pública (INASA) - AV. dos combatentes da Liberdade da Pátria -Ed 3 de Agosto, 861 1004 , Bissau , Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (Professional)
- Projecto de Saúde Bandim-Apartado 8611004 Bissau codex , 8611004-00, Bissau , Bandim, Guinea-Bissau (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.bandim.org/ (Scholar)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/baltazar-c%C3%A1-a0701a74/ (Professional)
- https://www.inasa.gw/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) |
| French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2015/10/01 - 2020/01/28
Concluded
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Biologia Molecular e Celular (Doutoramento)
Major in Molecular and cell biology
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Understanding host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis: lessons from Mycobacterium africanum." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved |
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2011/10/01 - 2014/07/22
Concluded
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Mestrado em Saúde Tropical (Mestrado)
Major in Clinical Pathology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
"Importância epidemiológica dos roedores como reservatórios de Leptospira spp. na cidade de Bissau (Guiné-Bissau) e áreas
limítrofes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 |
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2003/09/01 - 2006/07/01
Concluded
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Environmental health : L'hygiene du milieu (Licence)
Major in Poblic Health, Preventive medice
Institut de Formation aux Carrières de Santé, Morocco
"Les organismes génétiquement modifiés et leurs impacts sur la santé et environnement." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/10/01 - Current | Invited Principal Investigator (Research) | Bandim Health Project, Guinea-Bissau |
| pbb Planung+Projektsteuerung GmbH, Germany | ||
| 2012/11/02 - Current | Research Assistant (Research) | Instituto Nacional Saúde Pública - Projecto Saúde de Bandim-INASA/PSB, Guinea-Bissau |
| 2015/01/29 - 2021/06/30 | Research Assistant (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | ||
| 2013/09/02 - 2014/04/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal |
| Leptospirosis and Lyme Borreliosis Teaching & Research Unit , Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/04/09 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Brazil |
| 2024/10/01 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Lusófona da Guiné, Guinea-Bissau |
| Ensino Lusófona, Portugal |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010/03/01 - 2012/02/28 | Assistente Principal (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Laboratório) | HCI Construções SA, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014/06/15 - 2015/12/25 | Lab Technician | Agroleico-Laboratorio de Analises Quimicas e Bacteriologicas, Portugal |
| Agroleico-Laboratorio de Analises Quimicas e Bacteriologicas, Portugal | ||
| 2007/01/02 - 2009/12/29 | Public Health Technician | Ministry of Public Health / National Public Health Laboratory, Guinea-Bissau |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/03/01 - Current | Understanding host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis: lessons from Mycobacterium africanum
AgaKhan-PR711901BIM
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2018/05/06 - Current | Molecular stratification of latent tuberculosis: a persisting memory?
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028955
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2015/10/01 - 2019/12/31 | Understanding host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis: lessons from Mycobacterium africanum
SFRH/BD/ 114403/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2016/11 - 2017/11 | Apoio à Investigação estudantes doutoramento PALOP
146397 -
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Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/08/09 - 2025/12/30 | The West Africa mathematical Modeling Capacity Development (WAMCAD)
WAMCAD
Principal investigator
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ongoing
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| 2021/12/01 - 2024/12/30 | From latent infection to active disease: understanding the evolution of tuberculosis disease using Mycobacterium africanum
infections in Guinea-Bissau
TMA2020CDF-3181
Post-doc
Instituto Nacional Saúde Pública - Projecto Saúde de Bandim-INASA/PSB, Guinea-Bissau
Bandim Health Project, Guinea-Bissau |
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
Ongoing
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| 2022/08/01 - 2022/12/30 | Avaliação da suscetibilidade dos vetores do paludismo aos inseticidas na Guiné-Bissau
NFM3
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Bandim Health Project, Guinea-Bissau
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Fundo Global, NFM3 para o Paludismo da UNDP
Concluded
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| 2022/01/02 - 2022/12/30 | Resposta imunitária à infeção por SARS-CoV-2 ou vacina e efeitos na população geral e grupos específicos
NFM3
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Bandim Health Project, Guinea-Bissau
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Célula de Gestão do PNDS, Guiné-Bissau com financiamento do Fundo Mundial, NFM3
Ongoing
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| 2021/08/01 - 2021/12/30 | Estudo da Eficácia e Segurança do Artemether 20 mg – lumetantrina 120 mg para o tratamento da paludismo não complicado por
Plasmodium falciparum na Guiné-Bissau
NFM3, GFATM
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Bandim Health Project, Guinea-Bissau
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NFM3, GFATM para Malaria através do UNDP, Guiné-Bissau
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Online resource |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/11/06 | Experimental evidence for the in vivo attenuation of Mycobacterium africanum | 4th MCBiology Symposium: From InCell to Excell
Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Sciences (I3s) (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2019/09/20 | Experimental Evidence for Limited in vivo Virulence of Mycobacterium africanum | MycoPORTO 2019: Meeting of Spanish Groups Working in Mycobacteria
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar – University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/11/30 | In vivo evidence of Mycobacterium africanum attenuation | 7th i3S Annual Meeting
Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Sciences (i3S) (Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal)
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| 2017/09/29 | The Impact of HIV and Diabetes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure and disease severity: a study focused in Porto | MycoZAR 2017
Meeting of Spanish Groups Working in Mycobacteria (Zaragoza, Spain)
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| 2014/05/10 | Epidemiological Importance of rodents as leptospira spp. reservoirs in the city of Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) and neighbouring areas | Master in Medical Microbiology symposium
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (Lisbon , Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/12/05 - 2018/12/06 | The first workshop was organized to officially launch the project in Bissau and was opened to participants outside the team.
This workshop was directed to clinical aspects of tuberculosis. The other two workshops aimed at training the Maf_TB field
team in important aspects of the work to be developed. (2018/12/05 - 2018/12/06)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Nacional Saúde Pública - Projecto Saúde de Bandim-INASA/PSB, Guinea-Bissau |
| 2016/11/17 - 2016/11/17 | 2nd Annual MCBiology Symposium ‘Orchestrating life, from molecules to cells’. This one-day symposium at the Institute for
Innovation and Health Research (i3S) I3S in Porto, Portugal, which covers developments in microbiology, biotechnology and
cell and tissue organization.
Talks by leading experts and by the PhD students themselves, panel discussions and informal whiteboard sessions we ambition
to create the proper environment that stimulates networking among early-career scientists and high-profile experts. (2016/11/17 - 2016/11/17)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2020/03/01 - 2020/10/01 | I actively volunteered to the COVID-19 task force in I3S, both in the diagnosis and to implement new research areas owing
to my expertise with BSL3 pathogens.
Other
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COVID 19 -Task Force
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2017/06/14 - 2017/06/16 | XLIII SPI Annual Meeting
Meeting
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Breaking the barriers of immunotherapy and vaccination: realities and challenges
Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
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| 2016/09/01 - 2016/11/30 | The course gives a practical and theoretic introduction on handling, housing and using laboratory animals. Also how to replace,
refine and reduce the use of live animals for research.
Other
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Introductory course in Laboratory Animal Science (FELASA Cat.B)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2015/05/20 - 2015/05/22 | An International Marine and Atmospheric Science Symposium, jointly organized by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Kiel and the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas was held in Mindelo, Cabo Verde on May 20-22, 2015 to commemorate
10 years of cooperation between the two institutions.
Symposium
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International Marine and Atmospheric Science Symposium
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel & the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, Cape Verde
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| 2014/11/03 - 2014/11/04 | This seminar series was designed to showcase the research and programmatic work of the extensive network of faculty and partners
working in WASH in Portugal.
Seminar
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International Seminar on Drinking Water: Global Access Quality and Microbiology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
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| 2014/05/04 - 2014/07/07 | This quality control course primarily covers concerns of the control of errors in the performance of tests, and verification
of test results.
Other
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Quality control in microbiology (25H)
Associação Industrial Portuguesa Câmara de Comércio e Indústria, Portugal
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| 2014/04/01 - 2014/07/01 | This course on HACCP system, identifies specific hazards and measures for their control to ensure the safety of food.
Other
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Implementation and Evaluation of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point HACCP System (50)
Associação Industrial Portuguesa Câmara de Comércio e Indústria, Portugal
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| 2013/12/20 - 2014/06/07 | This general training aim is to provide information on how to improve the required competencies of trainers and teachers in
all forms, with special attention to an apprenticeship.
Other
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Initial Pedagogical Training of Trainers - CCP n.º F623015/2014 (90H).
Centro de Formação Profissional dos Trabalhadores de Escritório, Comércio, Serviços e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
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| 2013/12/15 - 2014/04/20 | This introductory course on the concept of hygiene, which defines the set of practices associated with the preservation of
health.
Other
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Hygiene and Safety in Food Industry [25H]
Centro de Formação Profissional para o Sector Alimentar , Portugal
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| 2013/11/04 - 2013/12/23 | This module is concerned with the control of occupational health hazards that arise as a result of or during work activities.
Other
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Safety, Hygiene and Occupational Health in Laboratory
Centro de Formação Profissional para o Sector Alimentar , Portugal
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| 2013/03/20 - 2013/03/21 | 2nd National Congress of Tropical Medicine
Symposium
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Tuberculosis Multidrug-Resistant (MDR-TB)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/07/02 - Current | European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - Young Scientist Membership | Member |
| 2016/10/18 - Current | Portuguese Society for Immunology | Member |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/03/01 - 2018/07/30 | Outclass Medicina - Estágios Extracurriculares | Cátia Carvalho |
Distinctions
Award
| 2021 | SPI Best Paper Award 2021
SPI | Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2019 | NEF Ambassador
Next Esintein Forum, Rwanda
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