Curriculum Vitae
Rita Alexandra Batista Francisco
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rita Alexandra Batista Francisco
Citation names
- Francisco, Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 6114-753E-7789
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4398-3401
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Spanish; Castilian | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2017/03/01 - 2021/05
Ongoing
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Programa doutoral em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
"Deciphering immunological aspects of Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) using a multidisciplinary approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2018/12 - 2018/12
Concluded
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Systematic reviews and meta-analysis (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2017/05 - 2018/12
Concluded
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EUPATI Expert Training course for Patients and Patient Representatives on the Medicines Research & Development Process. (Outros)
European Patient Academy on Therapeutic Innovation, Belgium
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2018/04 - 2018/04
Concluded
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Science and the media – bringing together scientists, journalists and society (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2017/03 - 2017/06
Concluded
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ExPRESS Expert Patient and Researcher (Outros)
EURORDIS - European Organisation for Rare Diseases, France
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2015 - 2015
Concluded
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Basic Pedagocial Training Certificate: Training of Trainers CCP (Outros)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
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2012/10 - 2014/12
Concluded
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Genética Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
"Understanding the role of KRAS-regulated autophagy in colorectal cancer: therapeutic implications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013/07/15 - 2013/07/26
Concluded
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Cancer therapy: from basic research to clinic (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2013/06/12 - 2013/06/28
Concluded
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Mammalian and Yeast cells as complementary cell models in programmed cell death (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2013/06/05 - 2013/06/14
Concluded
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Nanoparticles and the Immune System (Risks and Therapeutic opportunities (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2009/10 - 2012/07
Concluded
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Genética e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2016/05 - 2017/02 | Researcher (Research) | REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
| REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal | ||
| 2015/03 - 2015/09 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2017/03/28 - Current | Estudante de doutoramento | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2016/05 - 2017/02 | Social communication manager and international patient liason | Portuguese Association for CDG, Portugal |
| Portuguese Association for CDG, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2017/03 - Current | Deciphering immunological aspects of Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) using a multidisciplinary approach
SFRH/BD/124326/2016
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Fundação para as Ciências e da Tecnologia |
Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2020/01/31 | APCDG and the CGMJM: a collaborative relationship of proximity | XLVIII Conferências de Genética Doutor Jacinto Magalhães
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2019/07 | Challenges of CDG diagnosis | 4th World Conference on CDG
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2019 | The Chalenge of CDG Diagnosis | IV Congresso Médico-Científico dos Açores – uMED
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
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| 2018/11/30 | Moving from talking to patients to talking with patients | The Voice of the Costumer
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2018/11 | Keeping an eye on O- Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) | SPDMI 2018
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/04/21 | Inmunología y CDG | CDG families meeting Spain
AESCDG - Asociación Española del Síndrome CDG (Madrid)
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| 2018/02 | Researching what matters for the CDG community by a CDG sibling | 2018 SBP Rare Disease Day Symposium & CDG Family Conference
(San Diego, United States)
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| 2017/10/26 | Why research driven by patient groups really matters? APCDG case study | Jornadas do Medicamento: Da molécula à Sociedade
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2017/07 | A new approach to boost biomedical knowledge across rare diseases The symptom profile of children and adults with CDG: Family experiences | Workshop from the Educational Program of Excellence on CDG
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2017/07 | Probing the extent of liver involvement in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) through an electronic patient/caregiver questionnaire | International Scientific CDG Symposium,
(Leuven, Belgium)
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| 2017/05/16 | Understanding Heart Involvement in CDG | How patient centricity shapes the future of healthcare in Portugal: Results from CDG&Allies-PPAIN
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2017/03 | Congenital disorders of glycosylation and the liver - literature review and online questionnaire | Symposium from the Portuguese Society of Metabolic Disease
(Évora, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/04/15 - Current | Open Day at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCT) 2019. It is a day-long educational event for young students are invited
to come to the University to learn more about the courses and type of work developed there. (2019/04/24)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2017/01 - Current | World CDG Awareness Day Comemorative Event (2017/05/16)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2016/11 - Current | Organization of Workshops of the Educacional Program of Excellence on CDG (2017 - 2018)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2016/01 - Current | World CDG Awareness Comemorative Event (2016/05/16)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2018/06 - 2019/06 | 4th edition of World CDG Conference for Families and Professionals.
This is an international educational and community-event that happens biannually. I integrated the organising committee and
my functions involved: speaker and topics identification and invitation, logitics and follow-up, participant registration,
among others. (2019/07/26 - 2019/07/27)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2016/09 - 2017/09 | 3rd edition of World CDG Conference for Families and Professionals.
This is an international educational and community-event that happens biannually. I integrated the organising committee and
my functions involved: speaker and topics identification and invitation, logitics and follow-up, participant registration,
among others. (2017/07/15 - 2017/07/16)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2019/01 - Current | Refood Almada | Voluntária |
| 2019 - Current | Board member of the Portuguese Association for CDG (APCDG) | Board member and volunteer |
| 2018/03 - Current | Board member of EUPATI Portugal | Board member |
| 2010 - 2012 | Núcleo de Estudantes de Genética e Biotecnologia - AdnGB | Board Member |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2020/03 - Current | Rare2030 Young Citizen - This is a project led by the european organisation for rare diseases (EURORDIS) which aims to promote
the involvement of young citizens in various areas related to rare diseases, such as research and policy-making.
Member
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EURORDIS - European Organisation for Rare Diseases, France |
| 2016/12 - Current | Member of the patient board and the patient steering committee at the European Reference Network for rare metabolic diseases
(MetabERN). Integrate the steering committe of MetabERN which aims to identify priorities and projects to be carried out in
a patient-centric manner, in order to improve the care, education and research on rare metabolic diseases across Europe
Member
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Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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| 2019/06/06 - Current | Integrated the jury of the BSc's research training defense work of the student Erik Caeiro Cardoso
Evaluator
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2019/07/18 | Written interview about CDG : Doenças congénitas da glicosilação: "Queremos estimular a investigação nestas doenças tão raras" | NewsFarma |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
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| 2019/12/02 - Current | Interviewee at the TV program "Ajudar Quem Ajuda" at canal S+ | Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) and their impact on families' lives |
| 2019/10/11 - Current | Interviewee at the tv program "Casos Singulares" at Canal S+. | Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) |