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Carolina Travassos completed the MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Coimbra (UC) in 2016. Her MSc dissertation was carried out at the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP) under the OrthoCT project and focused on the manipulation of phantoms and radiation detectors, planning experiments in linear accelerators, and data processing/analysis. The main outputs from her work were presented at the 2016 IEEE NSS/MIC Conference (poster, 1st author), for which she was awarded a travel grant. She was also a co-author of 4 other outputs from this project. During the last year of her master's, she also collaborated on a project started at the curricular unit of Databases and Data Analysis regarding density clustering in eye fundus images from diabetic retinopathy patients. This project was presented at 2 international conferences (posters) and in a book chapter (1st author). In 2017, she joined the Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), a research unit hosted at Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), UC, as a research fellow. She enrolled in a project aiming to understand the role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in empathy for pain. She worked with neurofeedback based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) and acquired experience in designing/programming fMRI studies/tasks, and acquiring and analyzing fMRI data. The results of this work were presented at the 2019 rtFIN Conference (poster, 1st author) and at the 15th MEDICON Conference (oral communication). She also published a journal article (1st author) in Frontiers in Neurology (2022: Q1). The empathy for pain paradigm developed in this work is currently been used in a clinical research project from Coimbra university medical center (CHUC) involving neurostimulation of stroke patients. Currently, she attends the PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the Universidade de Coimbra with the support of CIBIT and Siemens Healthineers Portugal. In the first year, she performed the courses from the doctoral program and defended the thesis project (19 values). After that, she has been working on planning and developing an electrical stimulation device for somatosensory stimulation in the magnetic resonance environment allowing for personalized stimulation designs and somatosensory detailed mapping. In line with that, she published a systematic review (1st author) at Frontiers in Neuroscience (2022: Q1). She has also done an internship at the University Medical Center of Utrecht to learn about somatosensory mapping using ultra-high field fMRI (7T). This was the result of a grant awarded by the Euro-BioImaging Pilot User Access Fund - a highly competitive fund that selected 10 projects out of more than 80 applications received. Highlights: - Participation as Research Fellow in 2 projects (EXPL/PSI-GER/0948/2021 and SAICT 000016 BIGDATIMAGE); - Publication of 5 articles in journals (1st author in 2), 1 section of a book (first author), 1 conference abstract (1st author), 1 conference paper (1st author), and 7 posters (1st author in 5); - International experience at UMC Utrecht; - Organization of 9 events: PubhD initiative, 2 science clubs in public schools, 2 scientific exhibitions, 2 symposiums, 1 summer school, and 1 workshop (2021); - Participation in 23 events, including courses, workshops, and science communication initiatives; - Receive 5 awards (including 3 student merit honors, 1 travel grant for participation in an international conference, and 1 grant for international internship); -Co-founder of 2 student associations at UC (IEEE student branch and Women in Engineering); -Mentoring 4 students (summer internships). The main keywords of her curriculum are biomedical engineering, health sciences, neuroscience, magnetic resonance imaging, neurofeedback, medical physics, and image processing.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ANA CAROLINA GONÇALVES SOUSA TRAVASSOS

Citation names

  • Travassos, C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
631E-936F-DCED
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8555-9844

Email addresses

  • atravassos@uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 239488510 (Professional)

Addresses

  • ICNAS - Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde. Azinhaga Santa Comba, Celas, 3000-548 , Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/04 - 2024/10
Ongoing
 Medical Devices (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2023/09/01
Ongoing
 PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Unraveling neural circuitries underliyng phantom limb pain in the human brain" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011 - 2016
Concluded
 MSc in Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Especialização em Imagem e Radiação
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Caracterização Experimental de Feixes de Megavoltagem para Imagiologia por Raios Ortogonais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2008/09 - 2011/09
Concluded
 Ciências e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário)
Agrupamento de Escolas de Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
 18
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09/01 - Current PhD Student/Researcher Siemens Healthcare, Unipessoal, Lda., Portugal
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2019/08/31 Researcher at ICNAS - Coimbra, corresponding to the BIGDATIMAGE project. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2017/01/04 - 2017/06/01 Researcher at LIP - Coimbra, corresponding to the Orthogonal Ray Imaging project. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Portugal
2015/09/23 - 2016/09/23 Researcher internship at LIP - Coimbra, corresponding to the master thesis leading to MSc. degree in Biomedical Engineering issued by the University of Coimbra. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
2014/07/01 - 2014/09/01 Summer internship at CSB - CHUC, corresponding to the summer internships program of biomedical engineering. Experience in the handling human simulators of low and high fidelity and preparation of clin Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro simulação Biomédica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01 - Current Playback the music of the brain - decoding emotions elicited by music in the human brain
EXPL/PSI-GER/0948/2021
Researcher
Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/06/01 - 2019/09/01 BIGDATIMAGE - From computational modelling and clinical research to the development of neuroimaging big data platforms for discovery of novel biomarker
SAICT 000016 BIGDATIMAGE
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics
UID/FIS/50007/2019
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Pólo de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Travassos, C.; Monteiro, R.; Oliveira, S.; Baptista, C.; Carrilho, F.; Furtado, P.. "Density Clustering for Automatic Lesion Detection in Diabetic Retinopathy from Eye Background Images". In Applied Physical Chemistry. 2018.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Travassos, C.; Sayal, Alexandre; Direito, Bruno; Castelhano, Joao; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Travassos, C.. "Triggering human pain empathy with real-time fMRI Neurofeedback". Paper presented in 15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON), Coimbra, 2019.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Travassos, C.; Simoes, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo; Barros, M. A.; Lencart, Joana; Rachinhas, Paulo J.B. M.; Santos, Joao A.M.; et al. "Experimental characterization of megavoltage beams for orthogonal ray imaging". Paper presented in Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Strasbourg, 2016.
    Published • 10.1109/nssmic.2016.8069472
Conference poster
  1. Travassos, C.. "Exploring Upper Limb Soamtotopy in the human S1: A novel approach using custom electrocutaenous stimulation". Paper presented in 4th Annual Meeting of the ISMRM Iberian Chapter, 2024.
  2. Travassos, C.; Sayal, Alexandre; Fonte, Paulo; Bruno Miguel Direito Pereira Leitão; Teresa Maria da Silva Sousa; Miguel Castelo-Branco. Corresponding author: Travassos, C.. "Exploring Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex Organization of the Upper Limb with Customized fMRI Stimulation Mapping". Paper presented in 2nd Annual Meeting of Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), 2023.
  3. Travassos, C.; Sayal, Alexandre; Bruno Miguel Direito Pereira Leitão; Sousa, Teresa; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Impact of Gender, Stimulation frequency, and Electrode position on the Perception Thresholds for Upper-limb Electrical Stimulation". Paper presented in 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, 2023.
  4. Travassos, C.; Sayal, Alexandre; Fonte, Paulo; Direito, Bruno; Sousa, T.; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Developing a new electrical stimulation device for mapping the human somatosensory system". Paper presented in 1st Annual Meeting of Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), 2022.
  5. Travassos, C.; Sayal, Alexandre; Direito, Bruno; Castelhano, Joao. "Targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the context of pain-empathy: a neurofeedback experiment using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging". Paper presented in Real time functional imaging and neurofeedback conference (RT-FIN), 2019.
  6. Simões, H.; Lopes, A. L.; Travassos, Ana; Crespo, P.. "Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Orthogonal Ray Imaging for Monitoring Head Radiotherapy". Paper presented in International Conference on Monte Carlo Techniques for Medical Applications (MCMA), 2017.
  7. Furtado, P.; Travassos, C.; Monteiro, R.; Oliveira, S.; Baptista, C.; Carrilho, F.. "Segmentation of Eye Fundus Images by density clustering in diabetic retinopathy". 2017.
    10.1109/bhi.2017.7897196
  8. Travassos, C.; Simões, H.; Barros, M. A.; Crespo, P.; Lencart, J.; Rachinhas, P. J. B. M.; Santos, J. A. M.. "Experimental Viability of the use of Megavoltage Beams for Orthogonal Ray Imaging". Paper presented in 5th Portuguese Meeting in Biomedical Engineering, 2017.
  9. Travassos, Ana; Monteiro, R.; Oliveira, S.; Baptista, C.; Martins, D.; Carrilho, F.; Furtado, P.. "Density segmentation in detection of diabetic retinopathy". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Advanced Technologies Treatments for Diabetes, 2017.
  10. Travassos, C.; Simoes, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo; Barros, Mariana Alves; Lencart, Joana; Rachinhas, Paulo J.B. M.; Santos, Joao A.M.. "Experimental characterization of megavoltage beams for orthogonal ray imaging". Paper presented in 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2016.
    10.1109/nssmic.2016.8069472
Journal article
  1. Travassos, Ana Carolina; Sayal, Alexandre; Direito, Bruno; Sousa, Teresa; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Impact of Gender, Stimulation frequency, and Electrode position on the Perception Thresholds for Upper-limb Electrical Stimulation". IBRO Neuroscience Reports 15 (2023): S721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1466.
    10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1466
  2. Travassos, C.; Sayal, Alexandre; Direito, Bruno; Pereira, João; Sousa, Teresa; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. Corresponding author: Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Assessing MR-compatibility of somatosensory stimulation devices: A systematic review on testing methodologies". Frontiers in Neuroscience 17 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1071749.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnins.2023.1071749
  3. Travassos, C.; Sayal, Alexandre; Bruno Miguel Direito Pereira Leitão; Castelhano, Joao; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Volitional Modulation of the Left DLPFC Neural Activity Based on a Pain Empathy Paradigm—A Potential Novel Therapeutic Target for Pain". Frontiers in Neurology 11 714 (2020): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2020.00714/full.
    10.3389/fneur.2020.00714
  4. Simões, Hugo; Lopes, A. L.; Travassos, C.; Crespo, Paulo. "Abstract ID: 153 Monte Carlo simulation study of orthogonal ray imaging for monitoring head radiotherapy". Physica Medica 42 (2017): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.09.080.
    10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.09.080
  5. Simoes, H.; Lopes, A. L.; Travassos, Carolina; Crespo, Paulo; Barros, M. A.; Lencart, J.; Rachinhas, P. J. B. M.; Santos, Joao A. M.. "Monitoring Tumor Lung Irradiation With Megavoltage Patient-Scattered Radiation: A Full System Simulation Study". IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 1 5 (2017): 452-459. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/trpms.2017.2724139.
    10.1109/trpms.2017.2724139
  6. Lopes, A. L.; Simões, Hugo; Travassos, C.; Crespo, P.. "Patient Compton Scattered Radiation for Monitoring Prostate Radiotherapy with Gold Fiducial Markers: A Simulation Study". International Journal of Pharma Medicine and Biological Sciences 6 3 (2017): 77-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijpmbs.6.3.77-82.
    10.18178/ijpmbs.6.3.77-82
Preprint
  1. Carolina Travassos; Alexandre Sayal; Paulo Fonte; Nuno Carolino; Bruno Direito; Luis Lopes; Sonia Afonso; et al. "Development and assessment of a new multichannel electrocutaneous device for non-invasive somatosensory stimulation for magnetic resonance applications". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.27.595320.
    10.1101/2024.05.27.595320
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Travassos, Ana Carolina Gonçalves Sousa. "Caraterização Experimental de Feixes de Megavoltagem para Imagiologia por Raios Ortogonais". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/32640.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/15 Da Ideia de Investigação à Publicação Científica (From idea to scientific publication) Escola de Verão, CIBIT
CIBIT (Portugal)
2024/05/06 Desvendar o Potencial da Ciencia Aberta: Perspectivas da Engenharia Biomedica e Ciencia de Dados Encontro Comunidades de Ciência Aberta, Universidade de Coimbra
(Portugal)
2022/07/26 From Research Idea to Scientific Publication - Scientific Method. Talk at the CIBIT Summer School 2022. CIBIT Summer School
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/03/31 Biomedical engineering career pathways - Where to next? Biomedical Engineering Alumni Meeting
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/04/05 Pitch presentation of my PhD project entitled "Unraveling neural circuitries of phantom limb pain in the human brain" during the IV Feira Emprego - NEDF. IV Feira Emprego - NEDF
Núcleo de Estudantes do Departamento de Física (Portugal)
2021/03/31 Let's Talk About Neuroscience: from a Biomedical Engineer Perspective EMBS Talks
EMBS, UC (Portugal)
2021/03/04 Pitch presentation of my PhD project entitled "Unraveling neural circuitries of phantom limb pain in the human brain" during the XVI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes em Engenharia Biomédica (ENEEB). XVI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes em Engenharia Biomédica
2020/01 Oral presentation: Exploit the therapeutic potential of neurofeedback to alter neural plasticity in clinical populations: a multimodal approach based on real-time fMRI and fNIRS. Research Methods Workshop Presentation
Departamento de Informática da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/09/28 Triggering human pain empathy with real-time fMRI Neurofeedback 15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
(Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current PubhD Coimbra: PhD students of the University of Coimbra present their work in a pub. The activity happens monthly in different pubs in the city; each session counts three PhD students from the University of Coimbra. (2022)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/07/19 Summer school (5 days) on neuroscience, intended for university students, at CIBIT: includes talks, lab visits, debates, and a project competition. This year, we counted more than 60 participants from biological, medical, and engineering backgrounds. Website: https://cibit-uc.github.io/summerschool/ (2024/07/15 - 2024/07/19)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/07 Science showcase at CIBIT-ICNAS: an initiative aiming to bring the community to the lab. Includes a science showcase, an escape room game, cyclotron visits, neurofeedback and virtual reality demos, and a debate on "Os desafios da saúde mental nos Jovens" with experts in the field (psychologists, psychiatrists, etc). Website: https://www.uc.pt/icnas/eventos/a-noite-no-icnas/ (2024/07/19 - 2024/07/19)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2023/07/17 - 2023/07/20 CIBIT Summer school "Uma volta ao cérebro em 4 dias" (https://cibit-uc.github.io/summerschool/) - 4-day summer school dedicated to the theme of neurosciences (including talks, lab visits, and debates) intended for university students. This year we count more than 60 participants from biological, medical, and engineering backgrounds coming from all over the country. (2023/07/17 - 2023/07/20)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
2023/02/15 - 2023/03/22 Science club: "Clube de Ciência Viva - Escola Montes Claros". The project aims to promote scientific literacy among young students by covering topics such as social dilemmas related to climate change, neurodevelopment, mental health, and programming. Carolina is part of the team that facilitates programming lessons, with the main goal of promoting familiarity with programming terms and introducing a programming mindset. By the end of the course, kids should be able to program their own interactive game using programming blocks (Software: Scratch). (2023/01/01 - 2023/06/30)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Agrupamento de Escolas Martim de Freitas, Portugal

Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal
2021/08/01 - 2023/02/25 "Uma Janela para o Cérebro" is a project that aimed to bring together researchers from different backgrounds (neuroscience and design/informatics) to develop artifacts that convey the research carried out at Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT). The outputs from this collaboration were exhibited to the general public at Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra (Exhibition: "O Brain! My Brain!" , 21/01/20-25/02/2023). This project was funded by the "Promotion of Scientific Culture" of the University of Coimbra. (2023/01/21 - 2023/02/25)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/09 - 2022/09/09 Member of the organizing team of the Symposium: Playback the music of the brain (https://cibit-uc.github.io/brainplayback-symposium2022/) that happened at Exploratório de Ciência Viva, Coimbra, on September 9th. (2022/09/09 - 2022/09/09)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal
2022/07/26 - 2022/07/29 Summer School at CIBIT (https://cibit-uc.github.io/summerschool/). (2022/07/26 - 2022/07/29)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal
2021/03/06 - 2021/03/06 Workshop on Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) during the XVI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica (ENEEB). (2021/03/06 - 2021/03/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Encontro Nacional de Estudante de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/01 Science club: Clube de Ciência Viva - Escola Martim de Freitas. Project started in 2019 resulting from a joint application from CIBIT and Martim de Freitas school to the initiative from the General-board of Education (Direcção-geral da Educação): the Clubes Ciência Viva na Escola, financed by POCH. The main goals of the club were the promotion of scientific literacy over young students and highlight the benefits of open science. Materials developed are openly shared on GitHub (https://github.com/CIBIT-ICNAS/clube-ciencia-viva). (2019/09 - 2021/01)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Agrupamento de Escolas Martim de Freitas, Portugal

Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Member of the team responsible for organizing the Post Graduate Virtual Meeting 2021 of the British & Irish Chapter and the Iberian Chapter of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). (2021/04/15 - 2021/04/16)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States
2018/03 - 2018/03 Event: Brain Week 2018 - activities organized by CIBIT in colaboration with Agrupamento de Escolas Martim de Freitas (2018/03/13 - 2018/03/14)
Exhibition
 Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/29 - Current Professional Training Certificate - General Intellectual Property Course
Seminar
 General Intellectual Property Course
Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Intelectual, Portugal
2023/12/07 - 2033/12/07 Anual Meeting of Cochrane Portugal
Conference
 Anual Meeting of Cochrane Portugal
Cochrane Portugal, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2033/06/30 "Cientista Regressa à Escola" is a science communication activity that promotes the return of scientists to their childhood schools to carry out science workshops (https://www.cientistaregressaescola.pt/). This is an initiative from Native Scientist, a non-profit organization aiming to broaden the horizons of underserved children by connecting them with scientists and promoting science literacy and higher education (https://www.nativescientist.com/).
Other
2024/07/02 - 2024/07/03 Poster and pitch presentation at the 4th Annual Meeting of the ISMRM Iberian Chapter at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), Porto.
Conference
 4th Annual Meeting of the ISMRM Iberian Chapter
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States
2024/01 - 2024/02 Online course: "Warm-up Project Owner"
Mindera Code Academy, Portugal
2023/10/30 - 2023/10/30 Workshop (online): the formalism of the scientific report.
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 European Researchers' Night 2023 - volunteer
Exhibition
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2023/09/25 Online course "Effective Science Communication" from Nature Masterclass.
Other
2023/07/17 - 2023/07/17 From Research Idea to Scientific Publication - Scientific Method. Talk at the CIBIT Summer School 2023.
Symposium
 CIBIT Summer School 2023
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
2023/07/04 - 2023/07/05 Webinar about Good Clinical Practices from "Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica."
Agência de investigação clínica e inovação biomédica, Portugal
2023/06/20 - 2023/06/20 Meeting on autism and neurodiversity, from CIBIT. Topics: diagnosis, intervention, and daily life of people with autism spectrum disorder.
Meeting
 Autismo e Neurodiversidade: do diagnóstico à intervenção e transição para a vida adulta
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
2023/04/15 - 2023/04/15 MRI Safety Course (1-day, presential) from Siemens Healthcare, Portugal, and Sociedade Portuguesa de Radiologia e Medicina Nuclear.
Symposium
 MRI Safety Course
Sociedade Portuguesa de Radiologia e Medicina Nuclear, Portugal

Siemens Healthcare, Unipessoal, Lda., Portugal
2022/10 - 2022/10 Online course: Introduction to data management for clinical research studies, from The Global Health Network.
Workshop
The Global Health Network, United Kingdom
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30 European Researchers' Night 2022 - volunteer.
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (NEI)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2022/05/23 - 2022/05/30 Two-day course on "Science Communication: non-specialized audiences".
Other
 Science Communication: non-specialized audiences
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2022/03/10 - 2022/03/12 Course on Medical Device MR Safety Specialist (Germany)
Seminar
 Medical Device MR Safety Specialist
Magnetic Resonance Institute for Safety, Technology, and Research (MRI-STaR), Germany
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (NEI)
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (NEI)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02/25 - 2021/02/25 Workshop: Ferramentas de Apoio à Investigação - Estratégias de Interação Online
Seminar
 Formações iiiUC - Ferramentas de Apoio à Investigação
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2021/02/11 - 2021/02/11 Workshop: Ferramentas de Apoio à Investigação - Ciência Vitae
Seminar
 Formações iiiUC - Ferramentas de Apoio à Investigação
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/02 Mind Your Data - conference about data science organized by JEST (Junior Enterprise for Science and Technology), University of Coimbra.
Symposium
 Mind Your Data
Junior Enterprise for Science and Technology, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/01 Online course - Good Clinical Practices E6 (R2) Certificate: 27e48050-efd4-467e-a6f7-3caca647d18b
Other
The Global Health Network, United Kingdom
2021/01 - 2021/01 Online course: Introduction to Clinical Research Certificate: 906b5fd8-6509-4112-a7a6-2f0ba3a1f019
Other
The Global Health Network, United Kingdom
2020/11 - 2020/11 Online course: O Essencial da Gestão de Dados de Investigação Certificate: 86cb5a771bff4346b7664db07d98894e
Other
Secretaria-Geral da Educação e Ciência, Portugal
2020/09 - 2020/09 Online course: Network Neuroscience, organized by the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 936) from Hamburg University.
Other
Universität Hamburg, Germany
2020/08 - 2020/08 Online course: MR Physiscs - Generating and Acquiring the MR signal, made available by Siemens Healthineers.
Other
Siemens Healthineers, Portugal
2019/12/07 - 2019/12/11 Conference: Real-time functional imaging and neurofeedback conference (RtFIN)(https://www.rtfin2019.org/107020).
Conference
 Real-time functional imaging and neurofeedback conference (RT-FIN)
2019/11/15 - 2019/11/15 Workshop: g.tec's Brain-Computer Interface
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Conference: 12th Symposium "Behind and Beyond the Brain"
Symposium
Fundação Bial, Portugal
2017/10 - 2017/10 Workshop: "Como Calcular Tamanhos Amostrais"
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/06 - 2017/06 Course: Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
Other
National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States
2016/11 - 2016/11 Short course: Biology for Imaging Scientists (Course given by Dr. Patrice Laquerriere, Dr. Patrice Marchand, and Dra. Natassja Muller during the IEEE NSS/MIC, 2016)
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, United States
2016/06 - 2016/06 Workshop: JMP Statistical Discovery Software: Engineering Workshop
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/02 Course: Radioprotection and Experimental Radiobiology: a sequence of talks about radiation, clinical dosimetry, radiation protection and safety, and quality control.
Seminar
 Radioprotection and Experimental Radiobiology Course
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/03 - Current Non-Conformist Scientist (NCS) - a non-profit organization based in Boston aiming to promote the role of women in science. Member of the communication team (role: newsletter edition). Member of the communication team (role: newsletter edition).
2019/09 - 2020/09 IEEE - Student Branch, UC Treasure
2019/09 - 2020/09 IEEE - Women in Engineering (WiE), UC Chair
2019/09 - 2020 IEEE - Women in Engineering (WiE), UC Member
2018/09 - 2020 IEEE - Student Branch, UC Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/01 - 2021 Post Graduate Virtual Meeting 2021 of the British & Irish Chapter and Iberian Chapter of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) ISMRM

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/29 - 2024/02/29 Workshop "Introduction to Github, project management and colaborative work" (available here: https://omarcostahamido.github.io/IntroToGithub/). (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/01 - Current Cartas com Ciência Confidential information
2022/10/01 - 2022/12/01 Summer internship at CIBIT Laura Angeja
2022/08/01 - 2022/10/01 Summer internship at CIBIT Matilde Freitas
2021/08/01 - 2021/09 Summer internship at CIBIT Catarina Martins
2021/08 - 2021/09 Summer internship at CIBIT Inês Bem-Haja

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/10/01 - 2022/10/31 Short-term internship at UMC Utrecht to acquire somatosensory data in an ultra-high field fMRI scanner (7T) and learn about somatosensory data analysis (namely, population receptive field analysis). This was the result of a grant awarded by the Euro-BioImaging Pilot User Access Fund - a highly competitive fund that selected 10 projects out of more than 80 applications received. Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT), Portugal, Portugal

Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Netherlands
Distinctions

Award

2022 Euro-BioImaging Pilot User Access Fund
Euro-BioImaging, Finland
2016 Trainee Grantee Award
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, United States
2011 Merit student
Câmara Municipal de Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
2010 Merit Student
Câmara Municipal de Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
2009 Merit student
Câmara Municipal de Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal