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João André Figueiredo Pereira. Completed the MsC in Biomedical Engineering in 2017 at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade de Coimbra. Currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Coimbra with a Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) funded project entitled "Inducing neuroplasticity in stroke: a connectivity-based neurofeedback approach using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)" currently being developed at Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT). Published 5 articles in journals. Organized 5 events. Participated in 11 events. Co-supervised 2 works of course completion of LSc/BSc. Has received 8 awards and/or honors. Participated as Master Student Fellow in 1 project, and in other 4 projects. Works in the area of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Medical Engineering. In his professional activities interacted with 22 collaborators co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific outputs are: functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) ; Neuroimaging; Neurofeedback; functional near-infrared Spectroscpy (fNIRS); Functional Connectivity; Innovation in Healthcare.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João André Figueiredo Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8F1D-AECC-5828
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9620-1904

Email addresses

  • joaoandrefpereira@gmail.com (Professional)
  • jpereira@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade de Coimbra, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde Azinhaga de, R. Santa Comba, 3000-548, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/09/01 - 2023/09/01
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Biomédica (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012/11/01 - 2017/02/27
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Imagem e Radiação
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Real-time fMRI neurofeedback based on Interhemispheric functional connectivity: a motor imagery paradigm" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/09/01 - 2012/11/01
Attended
 Engenharia Física (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/06/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/10/01 - 2016/06/30 Vice-President Núcleo de Estudantes do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (NEDF), Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/03/01 - 2019/11/30 Starship Fellow - EITH Health Innovation Fellowship Program 2019 EIT Health, Germany
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2016/04/01 - 2016/06/30 Product Developer Vega Ventures, Portugal
Vega Ventures, Portugal
(...)
2015/09/01 - 2015/09/30 Summer Internship at ICNAS-Produção Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2024/12/30 Inducing neuroplasticity in stroke: a connectivity-based neurofeedback approach using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
2020.04899.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/06/30 - 2023/06/30 Playback the music of the brain - decoding emotions elicited by musical sounds in the human brain
EXPL/PSI-GER/0948/2021
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021 - 2022 Window to the Brain / Janela para o cérebro
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Technical development
Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
 Universidade de Coimbra
Ongoing
2017/06/01 - 2020/12/23 BIGDATIMAGE-From computational modelling and clinical research to the development of neuroimaging big data platforms for discovery of novel biomarker
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000016
Master Student Fellow
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/12 - 2024/09/11 Volitional neuromodulation as a potential therapeutic approach for OCD
2022.04701.PTDC
10.54499/2022.04701.PTDC
FCT 2022.04701.PTDC
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2019/03/01 - 2019/11/06 EIT Health - Starship Innovation Fellowship Program
Starship Program
Other
EIT Health, Germany

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Universidad de Navarra IESE Business School, Spain

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Spain
Ongoing
2016/02/01 - 2017/02/27 BRAINTRAIN: Taking imaging into the therapeutic domain: Self-regulation of brain systems for mental disorders
FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1 - 602186
Other
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Pereira, João; Direito, Bruno; Sayal, Alexandre; Ferreira, Carlos; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Optimization of a Motor Imagery Paradigm for Self-modulation of Bilateral Premotor Interhemispheric Functional Connectivity in fMRI Neurofeedback". Paper presented in XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019, Coimbra, 2019.
    Accepted • 10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_212
  2. Fernandes, Tiago; Pereira, João; Direito, Bruno; Sayal, Alexandre; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Statistical validation of State-Space Granger Causality with Time-Reverse Surrogate and its boundaries in fMRI data". Paper presented in 15th International Conference on Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Lisboa, 2018.
Conference poster
  1. Pereira, João; Lührs, Michael; Teresa Sousa; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Direito, Bruno. "Quantifying the Influence of Respiratory Oscillations in fNIRS Data". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Neuro Symposium 2023, 2023.
  2. Pereira, João; Lührs, Michael; Teresa Maria da Silva Sousa (921A-4C43-3CE6); Sorger, Bettina; Goebel, Rainer; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Bruno Miguel Direito Pereira Leitão (CA13-D8F8-290E). "Assessing the impact of the systemic physiological activity: a multi-paradigm fNIRS study". Paper presented in sfNIRS 2022, 2022.
  3. Pereira, João; Bruno Miguel Direito Pereira Leitão (CA13-D8F8-290E); Michael Luhrs; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Teresa Maria da Silva Sousa (921A-4C43-3CE6). Corresponding author: Pereira, João. "Characterization of Spatial and Temporal Dynamics Between Hemodynamic Responses Measured by fMRI and fNIRS". Paper presented in Society of fNIRS Virtual Conference 2021, 2021.
  4. Ramos, Manuel; Direito, Bruno; Sayal, Alexandre; Pereira, João; Sousa, Teresa. "Directly exploring the neural correlates of feedback-related reward saliency during fMRI-based Neurofeedback". Paper presented in real time functional imaging and neurofeedback conference (RT-FIN), 2019.
  5. Pereira, João; Direito, Bruno; Sayal, Alexandre; Ferreira, Carlos. "Self-Modulation of Premotor Cortex Interhemispheric Connectivity in a Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback Study Using an Adaptive Approach". Paper presented in Real-time functional imaging and neurofeedback conference (RT-FIN), 2019.
  6. Direito, Bruno; Mouga, Susana; Sayal, Alexandre; Pereira, João; Simões, Marco; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Exploring success: understanding individual variability in an rt-fMRI NF clinical trial". Paper presented in Symposium on Neurofeedback and other neurotechnologies in psychiatry: Braintrain Annual Meeting, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Pereira, Daniela Jardim; Pereira, João; Sayal, Alexandre; Morais, Sofia; Macedo, António; Direito, Bruno; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Functional and structural connectivity success predictors of real time fMRI neurofeedback targeting DLPFC: contributions from central executive, salience and default mode networks". Network Neuroscience (2023): 1-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/netn_a_00338.
    10.1162/netn_a_00338
  2. Schroeder, Philipp A.; Artemenko, Christina; Kosie, Jessica E.; Cockx, Helena; Stute, Katharina; Pereira, João; Klein, Franziska; Mehler, David M. A.. Corresponding author: Mehler, David M. A.. "Using preregistration as a tool for transparent fNIRS study design". Neurophotonics 10 02 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.nph.10.2.023515.
    10.1117/1.nph.10.2.023515
  3. Pereira, Daniela Jardim; Sayal, Alexandre; Pereira, João; Morais, Sofia; Macedo, António; Direito, Bruno; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Neurofeedback-dependent influence of the ventral striatum using a working memory paradigm targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 17 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1014223.
    10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1014223
  4. Pereira, João; Bruno Miguel Direito Pereira Leitão (CA13-D8F8-290E); Lührs, Michael; Miguel de Sá e Sousa de Castelo Branco; Teresa Maria da Silva Sousa. "Multimodal assessment of the spatial correspondence between fNIRS and fMRI hemodynamic responses in motor tasks". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29123-9.
    10.1038/s41598-023-29123-9
  5. Ana Carolina Gonçalves Sousa Travassos; Alexandre Sayal Campos (0017-DA99-AAD5); Bruno Miguel Direito Pereira Leitão (CA13-D8F8-290E); Pereira, João; Teresa Maria da Silva Sousa; 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.
    10.3389/fnins.2023.1071749
  6. Direito, Bruno; Ramos, Manuel; Pereira, João; Sayal, Alexandre; Sousa, Teresa; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Directly Exploring the Neural Correlates of Feedback-Related Reward Saliency and Valence During Real-Time fMRI-Based Neurofeedback". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 14 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.578119.
    10.3389/fnhum.2020.578119
  7. Rodrigues, Aline Teotonio; Sousa, Camila Tavares; Pereira, João; Figueiredo, Isabel Vitória; Lima, Tácio de Mendonça. "Mobile Applications (Apps) to Support the Hepatitis C Treatment: A Systematic Search in App Stores". Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43441-020-00201-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s43441-020-00201-8
  8. Fernandes, Tiago Timóteo; Direito, Bruno; Sayal, Alexandre; Pereira, João; Andrade, Alexandre; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "The boundaries of State-Space Granger Causality Analysis applied to BOLD simulated data: a comparative modelling and simulation approach". Journal of Neuroscience Methods (2020): 108758. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108758.
    10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108758
  9. Fernandes, Tiago (FE12-299B-14F0); Direito, Bruno (CA13-D8F8-290E); Sayal, Alexandre (0017-DA99-AAD5); Pereira, João; Andrade, Alexandre; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "The boundaries of State-Space Granger Causality Analysis applied to BOLD simulated data: a comparative modelling and simulation approach". bioarxiv (2020):
    Open access • Published • doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.10.033258
  10. Pereira, João. "Self-Modulation of Premotor Cortex Interhemispheric Connectivity in a Real-Time fMRI Neurofeeback Study Using an Adaptive Approach". Brain Connectivity (2019): https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/brain.2019.0697.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2019.0697
Preprint
  1. Pereira, Daniela; Morais, Sofia; Sayal, Alexandre; Pereira, João; Meneses, Sofia; Cardoso, Graça Areias; Direito, Bruno; Macedo, Antonio; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Neurofeedback Training of Executive Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Distinct Effects on Brain Activity Levels and Compensatory Connectivity Changes". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4345566.
    10.2139/ssrn.4345566
  2. Schroeder, Philipp A.; Artemenko, Christina; Kosie, Jessica Elizabeth; Cockx, Helena; Stute, Katharina; Pereira, João; Klein, Franziska; Mehler, David Marc Anton. "Using preregistration as a tool for transparent fNIRS study design". 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/zfawx.
    10.31222/osf.io/zfawx
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pereira, João. "Real-time fMRI neurofeedback based on interhemispheric functional connectivity: a motor imagery paradigm". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2017. https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/84359.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2019. "Support bar with sensors measuring touch location and force providing information about a person's balance (FRED - Fall Reduction and Evaluation Device)".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/01/20 Connectivity based Neurofeedback to boost neuroplasticity in stroke using fNIRS Research Methods Workshop Presentation
Departamento de Informática da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/12/19 Shed some light on brain function using functional spectroscopy (fNIRS) Equipamentos de Imagiologia Médica
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/09/28 Self-Modulation of Premotor Cortex Interhemispheric Connectivity in a Real-Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurofeedback Study Using an Adaptive Approach 5th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON 2019)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/12/10 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fundamentals and applications (functional Tasks and Neurofeedback ) Biomedical Engineer MSc Class 'Instrumentation for Medical Imaging'
Paulo Crespo
2018/09/25 Exploring success: understanding individual variability in an rt-fMRI NF clinical trial BRAINTRAIN Annual General Meeting and BRAINTRAIN Symposium
(Maastricht)
2018/07/18 Real time functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI Neurofeedback Presentation to Exchange Students
Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
2018/04/17 Directed functional connectivity in simulated fMRI data and in Neurofeedback task (STIPED WP7) STIPED Anual Meeting presentation of WP7: Mechanisms of clinical efficacy of brain stimulation in children and adolescents
Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
2017/09/15 Activation and functional connectivity based real-time fMRI neurofeedback (fMRI-NF) - BRAINTRAIN project Exchange Students Presentation
Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
2017/07/25 Activation and functional connectivity based real-time fMRI neurofeedback (fMRI-NF) - BRAINTRAIN project Exchange Students Presentation
Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
2017/02/18 Real-time fMRI neurofeedback based on Interhemispheric functional connectivity: a motor imagery paradigm 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG 2017)
IEEE (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/12/16 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fundamentals and applications (Neurofeedback) MSc Biomedical Engineer class 'Instrumentation for Medical Imaging'
Paulo Crespo

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/03/01 - 2021/09/01 Biomedical Engineering applied to the study of the brain - optimization of a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) setup
Co-supervisor of Laura Gaspar
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Biomédica (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02/17 - 2020/06/30 Characterization of motor network using a multimodal - fNIRS and fMRI - approach
Co-supervisor of Nelson Martins
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Biomédica (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/03/06 - 2021/03/06 From Neuroimaging to Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) Workshop inserted within ENEEB (National Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Students) 2021 (2021/03/06 - 2021/03/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
2021/03/03 - 2021/03/03 Virtual Visit to Coimbra Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT) inserted within ENEEB (National Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Students) 2021 (2021/03/03 - 2021/03/03)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
2020/01/24 - 2020/01/24 Aliança para o Cancro do Pulmão (2020/01/24 - 2020/01/24)
Round table (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal

Pulmonale, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portugal

AstraZeneca AB, Sweden
2018/03/13 - 2018/03/14 Brain Week 2018 (Escola EB 2,3 Martim de Freitas)- grupo MCB (2018/03/13 - 2018/03/19)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/10/24 - 2016/10/25 Medical Devices in Brain Research Symposium – from design to clinical application (2016/10/24 - 2016/10/25)
Symposium (Other)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/01/25 - 2021/02/06 Virtual fNIRS Training Course 2021 - NIRx
Workshop
2020/06/15 - 2020/08/10 HelloAIRIS 2020 - Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Workshop
EIT Health, Germany

Leitat, Spain

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Sweden
2020/07/20 - 2020/07/23 Neuroprosthetics - Virtual Summer School 2020
Workshop
Université de Montréal Faculté de Médecine, Canada

McGill University Department of Medicine, Canada

Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

HEC Montréal, Canada
2020/06/15 - 2020/06/19 ARTscientific webinar 2020 - Revealing the art of Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Other
Artinis Medical Systems BV, Netherlands
2020/04/20 - 2020/04/24 g.tec's BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School 2020
Workshop
2020/04/16 - 2020/04/24 NIRx Advanced fNIRS workshop - London
Workshop
2020/04/20 - 2020/04/22 NYC Neuromodulation Online 2020 Conference- Invasive and Non-invasive Neuro-Stimulation for Evaluation and Recovery of Motor Function
Conference
 NYC Neuromodulation Online 2020 Conference
The City College of New York Department of Biomedical Engineering, United States
2019/11/15 - 2019/11/15 g.tec's Brain-Computer Interface Workshop
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2018/04/17 - 2018/04/17 World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018 ; Global Health Tallk “Artificial Intelligence and Health: Future Perspectives”
Conference
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/04/04 - 2017/04/07 Bial Foundation 12th Symposium "Behind and Beyond the Brain"
Conference
 Behind and Beyond the Brain
Fundação Bial, Portugal
2015/03/30 - 2015/04/01 Euro Mini Conference on Improving Healthcare : new challenges, new approaches
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020/07/23 Estudo dos correlatos neuronais da perceção visual e do movimento através espectroscopia funcional de luz próxima ao infravermelho (fNIRS)
Thesis Member
 Nelson Filipe de Matos Martins (Other)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2015/02/06 - 2015/02/20 Experimental Radiobiology and Radioprotection (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/07/03 - 2020/07/24 F1000Research (2046-1402) F1000 Research Ltd

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019/07 - 2019/09 Brain Decoding Bi-stable stimuli using fNIRS Mafalda Ferreira
Distinctions

Award

2019 The Best Pitch Award - Starship 2019 EIT Health
EIT Health, Germany
2019 Junior EIT Health Alumni Pitch Competition - Audience Award
EIT Health, Germany
2019 Best Poster Award - "Neural mechanisms in brain-computer interfacing" category - Real-time functional imaging and neurofeedback conference (RT-FIN)
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
2018 PROT IERA
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016 Honorable Mention Award Road Safety Innovation Competition
Portugal’s Automobile Club, Portugal

BP Portugal, Portugal

Associação Nacional de Inovação , Portugal

CRUP - Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas, Portugal
2016 Ministry of Science and Technology and Higher Education’s 'Born from Knowledge' finalist
Ministry of Science and Technology and Higher Education’s, Portugal
2016 Honorable mention at “BIG Smart Cities” Final by Public Vote
Vodafone Power Lab, Portugal
2015 Innovation and Technical Entrepreneurship Competition
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal