Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Vasco C Romão
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Romão, Vasco
- Romao VC
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 771D-0A5C-626B
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5603-9436
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Rheumatology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Italian | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014/05 - 2020/07
Concluded
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Medicina (Doutoramento)
Major in Rheumatology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Synovial pathobiology and patient stratification in Rheumatoid Arthritis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Unanimously approved Cum Laude |
2019/02
Concluded
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EUSTAR Course on Systemic Sclerosis (Pós-Graduação)
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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2012/01/01 - 2018/10/30
Concluded
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Rheumatology Internship (Título de especialista)
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
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19.8 / 20 |
2018/04
Concluded
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Salivary Gland Ultrasonography in Sjögren’s Syndrome: Theory and Practice Workshop (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Johns Hopkins Medicine, United States
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2017/12
Concluded
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EMEUNET Peer Review Mentoring Program (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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2017/10
Concluded
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FLxFlow Course - Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
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2017/06
Concluded
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EULAR European Certificate of Rheumatology (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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84% |
2017/05
Concluded
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EULAR Scientifically Endorsed Course on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Pós-Graduação)
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology S A S, Italy
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2017/04
Concluded
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Laboratory Animal Science (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
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86% |
2016/11
Concluded
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Advanced Life Support (Pós-Graduação)
European Resuscitation Council, Belgium
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2016/04
Concluded
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EULAR Immunology Course (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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2015/11
Concluded
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Bioimaging NanoCourse on Microscopy (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
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2015/11
Concluded
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Flow Cytometry CAML Advanced Course (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
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2012/09/01 - 2015/09/30
Concluded
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EULAR On-line Course on Rheumatic Diseases (Pós-Graduação)
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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89% |
2014/01/01 - 2014/12/31
Concluded
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Clinical Scholars Research Training Certificate Program II (Pós-Graduação)
Harvard Medical School, United States
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Approved |
2013/01/01 - 2013/12/31
Concluded
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Clinical Scholars Research Training Certificate Program I (Pós-Graduação)
Harvard Medical School, United States
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Approved |
2013/07 - 2013/07
Concluded
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EULAR Epidemiology Course (Pós-Graduação)
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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2012/09/14 - 2012/09/16
Concluded
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Intermediate Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course (Pós-Graduação)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal
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2012/01/27 - 2012/01/29
Concluded
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II Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course (Pós-Graduação)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal
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2009
Concluded
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Integrated Master in Medicine (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Avaliação do efeito dos agregados de LPS na velocidade de hemólise." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18/20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2012/01/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/11 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
2016 - 2020/10 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Other Careers
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018/11 - Current | Assistente (Médica) | Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal |
Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017 - 2019 | Pharmacovigilance Delegate | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal | ||
2012/01/01 - 2018/10/31 | Rheumatology Fellow | Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal |
2013/05/01 - 2015/01/31 | EMEUNET Country Liaison (Portugal) | European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland |
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 | Harvard Medical School Portugal Clinical Scholars Research Training Program Fellow | Harvard Medical School, United States |
2014/02/01 - 2014/07/31 | Clinical Research Fellow | Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry William Harvey Research Institute, United Kingdom |
2011/01/01 - 2011/12/31 | General Medical Fellow | Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2019 - Current | 3TR - Taxonomy, Treatment, Targets and Remission. Identification of the Molecular Mechanisms of non-response to Treatments,
Relapses and Remission in Autoimmune, Inflammatory, and Allergic Conditions
IMI - 3TR
Researcher
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2016 - 2021 | Blood biomarkers of synovial tissue phenotype as predictors of response to TNF inhibitors and tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis.
SPR 2016
Principal investigator
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2016 - 2021 | IL-6-blockade in rheumatoid arthritis patients: impact on Tfh subsets and humoral responses.
SPR 2016
Principal investigator
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2014 - 2019 | Clinical, pathobiological and immunogenetic differences in elderly- and younger onset rheumatoid arthritis.
Fundo SPR 2015 2016
PhD Student Fellow
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2014 - 2018 | R4RA Trial
R4RA
Research Fellow
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2012 - 2016 | Tuberculosis prevention in patients with immune mediated inflammatory diseases treated with biological therapy
CHULN 2013
Principal investigator
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2020 - Current | linical course and predictors of severe coronavirus disease 19 among patients with rheumatic diseases in portugal – a multicentre,
observational, nationwide study
COVID ReumapT
Principal investigator
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2023/02/01 - 2024/07/31 | Revelando os eventos moleculares de desregulação imunológica levando ao linfoma associado à Síndrome de Sjögren
2022.05498.PTDC
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2021 - Current | CovidVac - Caracterização da imunidade neutralizante de indivíduos vacinados para a COVID-19 ao longo de 12 meses
Covidvac
Principal investigator
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2021 - Current | Vacinação COVID em doenças raras e complexas do tecido conjuntivo: estudo observacional prospetivo multicêntrico (VACCINATE)
Vaccinate
Researcher
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2019 - Current | TWINSS (CFZ533B2201): A 48-week, 6-arm randomized controlled trial of CFZ533 in two distinct patient populations with Sjögren’s
Syndrome to assess the safety and efficacy of multiple CFZ533 doses administered subcutaneously.
TWINSS
Principal investigator
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2018 - Current | Immune response to Hepatitis B and Influenza vaccines in rheumatic patients under biological therapies.
HBV immune
Supervisor
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2017 - Current | B cells in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: effect of immunosuppressive treatment
B CELLS JIA
Researcher
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2015 - Current | OLISSYPO Cohort
OLYSSIPO
Principal investigator
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2014 - Current | Impact of Dysregulated Follicular Helper T (Tfh) Cell Subsets in Human Autoimmunity
Tfh
Researcher
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2021 - 2022 | Off-label use of mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of rare and complex rheumatic connective tissue diseases
MMF
Principal investigator
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2018 - 2022 | STRAP: Stratification of Biologic Therapies for RA by Pathobiology: A randomised, open- labelled biopsy-driven stratification
trial in DMARD inadequate responder patients randomised to Etanercept, Tocilizumab or Rituximab.
STRAP
Researcher
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2017 - 2019 | CVAY736A2201: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter phase 2 dose-ranging study to assess the safety and
efficacy of multiple VAY736 doses administered subcutaneously in patients with moderate to severe primary Sjögren’s Syndrome.
CVAY
Researcher
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2017 - 2018 | SÖURCE (BP30037): A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Parallel Group Phase 2A Study To Assess The
Efficacy of RO5459072 In Patients With Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
SOURCE
Researcher
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2015 - 2018 | R4RA: A Randomised, open labelled study in anti-TNFa inadequate responders to investigate the mechanisms for Response - Resistance
to Rituximab versus Tocilizumab in RA
R4RA
Researcher
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2012 - 2017 | EULAR/ACR Diagnostic and Classification Criteria in Vasculitis study.
DCVAS
Researcher
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2015 - 2016 | Protocolo Reuma.pt — Síndrome de Sjögren
SS ReumaPT
Principal investigator
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2014 - 2015 | TO SPACE (ML28790): Multi-national, multicentre open-label, phase IIIb study to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability and safety
of SC TCZ, administered as monotherapy or in combination with oral /SC MTX or other nbDMARDs, in patients with active RA with
an inadequate response to nbDMARDs or to one an
TOSPACE
Researcher
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2013 - 2015 | Lúpus eritematoso sistémico em Portugal: caracterização de subpopulações com início precoce e tardio de doença.
SLE GENDER
Researcher
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2013 - 2015 | Avaliação de dano e a sua associação a fatores clínicos e laboratoriais de doentes com LES em Portugal.
SLE DAMAGE
Researcher
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2014 - 2014 | I4V-MC-JADV: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- and Active-Controlled, Phase 3 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety
of Baricitinib in Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have Had an Inadequate Response to
Methotrexate Therapy.
I4V-MC-JADV
Researcher
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2013 - 2014 | Comparação da Sensibilidade dos Critérios de Classificação ACR 1997 e SLICC 2012 para LES.
LES ACR SLICC
Researcher
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2013 - 2014 | Overactive bladder symptom bother and health-related quality of life in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and primary
Sjögren syndrome.
LUTS SS SLE
Principal investigator
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2012 - 2014 | Comparative effectiveness of tocilizumab and TNF inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
TNF-TCZ
Researcher
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2012 - 2013 | Collaborative European Registries for the Evaluation of Rituximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis (CERERRA)
CERERRA
Researcher
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Manual |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2021 - Current | Gastrointestinal Involvement in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2021 - Current | Caracterização da população de doentes com Esclerose Sistémica seguidas em consulta de Reumatologia no Hospital de Santa Maria
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2020 - Current | Immune response to hepatitis B and influenza vaccines in patients under biological therapies
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2020 - Current | EARLY_JAKi: JAK-STAT signaling pathway as key to chronic arthritis onset
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2020 - 2021 | Giant cell arteritis: characterization of a single-centre cohort
Supervisor
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Integrated Master In Medicine (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2020 - 2021 | Clinical Course and Predictors of Severe Coronavirus Disease 19 Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2017 - 2021 | Consulta Multidisciplinar de Síndrome de Sjögren: caracterização clínica dos primeiros 100 doentes
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2015 - 2017 | Joint counts variability in rheumatoid arthritis patients followed in a real-life setting.
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2018 | T follicular helper cells and T follicular regulatory cells in systemic lupus erythematosus.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Miguel de Bragança Schön (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2012 - Current | Portuguese Society of Rheumatology | Member |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020 - Current | Member of the EULAR Task Force for Recommendations in Training in Rheumatology
Member
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European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland |
2019 - Current | Co-Chair of Study Group on Systemic Rheumatic Diseases (GEDRESIS)
Coordinator
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal |
2019 - Current | Coordinator of the Early Arthritis Clinic
Coordinator
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Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal |
2017 - Current | Junior Disease Coordinator for Sjögren's Syndrome, ERN-ReCONNET
Coordinator
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European Reference Networks, Belgium |
2017 - Current | Member of the EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Experimental and Translational Investigative Alliance Study Group (eSSential)
Member
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European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland |
2015 - Current | Coordinator of the Sjögren's Syndrome Clinic
Coordinator
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Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal |
2013 - Current | Member of the EULAR Synovitis Study Group (ESSG)
Member
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European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland |
2012 - Current | Member of the Study Group on Rheumatoid Arthritis (GEAR)
Member
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal |
2020 - 2022 | Member of the EULAR Synovitis Study Group Task Force Group for Synovial Tissue Recommendations
Member
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European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland |
2018 - 2019 | Member of the EULAR-Sjögren's Syndrome Task Force Group for Treatment Recommendations
Member
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European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland |
2014 - 2017 | EMEUNET Working Group member
Member
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European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2022 - 2022 | EULAR 2022 | EULAR |
2021 - 2021 | EULAR 2021 | EULAR |
2020 - 2020 | EULAR 2020 | EULAR |
2019 - 2019 | XXI Congresso Português de Reumatologia | Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia |
2017 - 2017 | EULAR 2017 | EULAR |
2016 - 2016 | EULAR 2016 | EULAR |
2015 - 2015 | EULAR 2015 | EULAR |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2020/01 - Current | Rheumatology Internship | Matilde Bandeira |
Distinctions
Award
2020 | Honorable Mention for Oral Presentation, XXII Portuguese Congress of Rheumatology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal
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2018 | 2nd place of the Medical Board award Prof. Jorge Horta
Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
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2018 | Honourable Mention for Poster Presentation, XX Portuguese Congress of Rheumatology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal
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2015 | 2nd Prize for Best Poster in Jornadas CHULN
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
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Other distinction
2017 | EULAR Travel Grant 2017
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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2017 | Research Bursary SPR 2017 / JAKIE Program
Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal
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2016 | Research Bursary from the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology Research and Training Support Fund 2016
Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal
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2015 | Research Bursary from the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology Research and Training Support Fund 2015
Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal
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2014 | Honourable Mention for Oral Presentation, XVII Congresso Portugue^s de Reumatologia, Albufeira, Portugal, May 2014 |
2014 | EULAR Scientific Training Bursary, 6 months research fellowship, Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, Queen Mary
University of London
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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2014 | Training Bursary from the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology Research and Training Support Fund 2014, for 6 months research
fellowship, Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London
Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Portugal
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2014 | Interno Doutorando PhD Bursary
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2013 | Best Poster Award - "Can we safely start biological therapy in rheumatic patients with prior history of active tuberculosis?" |
2013 | EULAR Travel Grant, 2013 EULAR Epidemiology Course, Berlin, Germany
European League Against Rheumatism, Switzerland
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2009 | Universidade de Lisboa - Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award
Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal
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2009 | Professor Manuel Machado Macedo Award
Centro de Estudos Professor Manuel Machado Macedo, Portugal
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2007 | Merit Scholarship
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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