Curriculum Vitae
JOANA DOS SANTOS AFONSO
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- JOANA DOS SANTOS AFONSO
- Date of birth
- 1997/05/09
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- AFONSO, J.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D51F-CE38-2298
Email addresses
- joana.afonso@careceiver.com (Professional)
- joana.afonso@novasbe.pt (Professional)
- joana.afonso@patient-innovation.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Campus de Carcavelos. Rua da Holanda, 1. , 2775-405 , Carcavelos - Portugal, Carcavelos , Portugal (Professional)
- Campo dos Mártires da Pátria 130, 1169-056 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanasantosafonso/ (Professional)
- www.careceiver.com (Professional)
- https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/pt/docentes-e-investigacao/centros-de-conhecimento/open-user-innovation/equipa (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nursing
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2023/03 - 2025
Ongoing
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Level 1 Certification: Medical Co-Investigator and Study Center Staff (Diploma de especialização)
Major in Clinical and Scientific Research
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
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2022/09/14 - 2024/09/24
Concluded
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Mestrado em Enfermagem de Reabilitação (Mestrado)
Major in Enfermagem de Reabilitação
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal
"Prevenção das Lesões Musculoesqueléticas no Cuidador Informal: Intervenções do Enfermeiro Especialista em Enfermagem de Reabilitação
" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 Valores |
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2024/05/10 - 2024/05/31
Concluded
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Certified Course: Evidence-Based Practice in Health (Outros)
Major in Nursing
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal
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2023 - 2023
Concluded
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Certified Course: Prescrição de Produtos de Apoio (Outros)
Major in Rehabilitation Nursing
Ordem dos Enfermeiros, Portugal
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2023 - 2023
Concluded
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Certified Course: Reabilitação à Pessoa Amputada (Outros)
Major in Rehabilitation Nursing
Ordem dos Enfermeiros, Portugal
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2023 - 2023
Concluded
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Novas Tecnologias em Enfermagem de Reabilitação (Outros)
Major in Rehabilitation Nursing
Ordem dos Enfermeiros, Portugal
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2022/10 - 2022/12
Concluded
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Entrepreneurship Academy (Diploma de especialização)
Major in Empreendedorismo e Inovação
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
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2015/09 - 2019/07
Concluded
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Nursing Degree (Licenciatura)
Major in Nursing
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal
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17 Valores |
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2012/09 - 2015/07
Concluded
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Ciências e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária João de Barros , Portugal
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16 Valores |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/02 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
| Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal (...) |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - Current | Enfermeiro (Enfermagem) | Careceiver, Portugal |
| 2022/02 - 2023/12 | Enfermeiro (Enfermagem) | Unilabs Portugal, Portugal |
| Unilabs Portugal, Portugal | ||
| 2022 - 2023 | Enfermeiro (Enfermagem) | Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2022 | Enfermeiro (Enfermagem) | Residências Montepio (Lisboa - Entrecampos), Portugal |
| Residências Montepio (Lisboa - Entrecampos), Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - Current | President | Careceiver, Portugal |
| Careceiver, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Book chapter |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/05 | Saúde e Educação Digital- Careceiver para um cuidado personalizado. | III Jornadas de Enfermagem: ONE HEALTH - Conquistas e Desafios
Egas Moniz School of Health & Science (Almada, Portugal)
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| 2024/03 | Decision Making - Innovation and Business Entrepreneurship | Keynote Executive Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2024/03 | Pitch: Commercial vs Investors - Innovation and Business Entrepreneurship | Keynote Executive Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisbon, Portugal) (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2024/03 | Research, Development, Innovation, and Internationalization of Entrepreneurship | 10ª Semana da Empregabilidade - Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (Setúbal , Portugal)
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| 2024/02 | Um olhar sobre o cuidador informal: Projeto Careceiver | Jornadas - Um Foco no Integrar a Saúde
ACES Lisboa Norte (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2024/02 | Investigação e Desenvolvimento; Inovação; Internacionalização; Empreendedorismo | Semana da Empregabilidade 2024
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (Setúbal , Portugal)
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| 2024/01 | Patient Innovation Project | 16º Fórum Internacional de Empreendedorismo em Enfermagem Coimbra
Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra (Coimbra , Portugal)
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| 2023/11 | Inovação e Tecnologias para o Cuidador - Careceiver | Tendências e Inovações no Cuidado e Apoio ao Cuidador
Câmara Municipal de Sintra (Sintra, Portugal)
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| 2023/11 | Welcome Build-up Session: Nova SBE Open & User Innovation Knowledge Center | Knowledge Centers Welcome Session
Nova School of Business and Economics (Cascais, Portugal)
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| 2023/11 | Science for All - Inclusion and Sustainability OUI KC Patient Innovation | European Researchers' Night 22/23
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2023/05 | Value for Health CoLAB: Meet The StartUp! Careceiver | Meet The StartUp!
Value for Health CoLAB (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2023/05 | Patient Innovation: Sharing solutions, improving life | Human-Centered Design na Saúde
Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha (Caldas da Rainha , Portugal)
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| 2023/05 | (Re)inventing the Disease - Patient Innovation | EENSP-NOVA Future Public Health Summit 2023
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2023/02 | Use of Technologies in Reducing the Impact of Social Isolation due to Covid-19 | III Jornadas Científicas Universitárias e Politécnicas da Egas Moniz JEM
Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz (Almada, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/09/25 - Current | Conhecimento- Inovação- Impacto
Round table
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Cuidadores- melhorar a vida de quem cuida. , Portugal
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| 2024/09 - Current | Patient Innovation - Sharing Solutions, Improving Life
Exhibition
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal
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| 2023/09 - Current | Open and User Innovation - Patient Innovation
Exhibition
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European Researchers’ Night
Patient Innovation Association , Portugal
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| 2023/06 - Current | Guest at the Institutional transformation in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Exhibition
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InnovAID Project - 2nd Multiplier Event
Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2020 - Current | Conference Moderator - Comunicações Livres: Cuidado Centrado na Pessoa
Conference
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I Jornadas de Enfermagem Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/09 - Current | Colégio da Especialidade de Enfermagem de Reabilitação | |
| 2023 - Current | Patient Innovation Association | Research Fellow |
| 2019 - Current | Portuguese Order of Nurses / Ordem dos Enfermeiros | Registered Nurse |
| 2016 - 2019 | Educational Council - Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz | Nursing Student Representative |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/09 - Current | Staff at Estoril Conferences 2023 - 5th Patient Innovation Awards
Other
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
| 2024/01 - 2024/11 | Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2024
Member
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Patient Innovation Association , Portugal |
| 2024/01 - 2024/06 | III Jornadas de Enfermagem: 20 anos de Enfermagem na ESSEM - One Health - Conquistas e Desafios.
Member
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Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal |
| 2023/05 - 2023/10 | HEALTH INNOVATION
From Ideas to Impact: As health professionals, patients, and caregivers
contribute to technological advances in health.
Member
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
| 2023/01 - 2023/10 | Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2023
Member
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Patient Innovation Association , Portugal |
| 2022 - 2023 | III Jornadas Universitárias e Politécnicas da Egas Moniz (JEM)
Member
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Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2023 | Jornadas Científicas Egas Moniz
Member
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Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2021 | II Jornadas de Enfermagem
Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz
Member
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Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal |
| 2019 - 2020 | I Jornadas de Enfermagem
Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz
Member
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Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - Current | Mentorship Impact Journey - Ideia NINJA | Ideia NINJA - Casa de Impacto, Portugal |
| 2023 - Current | GIRA Platform Lisbon Supportive online environments for users seeking mental health resources. | Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal GIRA | Grupo de Intervenção e Reabilitação Activa, Portugal |
| 2023 - Current | PlenaMENTE Programme - Mental Health Initiative Students Mental Health Egas Moniz Ecosystem | Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal Hospital Garcia de Orta EPE, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2022 | Project Saúde Mental Almada Seixal Platform: Supportive online environments for users seeking mental health resources. | Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Fábrica de Unicórnios. Fantasia de Moedas ou o futuro de Lisboa? Is there any kind of funding available for startups? Will it be an expanded copy of Startup Lisboa, an incubator that offers space, structure, and mentoring to entrepreneurs, but with the catchy name of Unicorn Factory? | Jornal Sol |
| 2021 | The winners of the 2nd edition of the Mais Ajuda Program have been announced. There are 10 social innovation projects aimed at addressing the challenges faced by the older population, combating loneliness, and supporting caregivers. | Link to Leaders |
| 2021 | The winners of the 2nd edition of the More Help Program have been announced: CARECEIVER by Joana Afonso | Dinheiro Vivo |
| 2020 | A global healthcare community dedicated to capturing and disseminating the best evidence-based ideas and practices: Careceiver - RN Joana Afonso | Qatar Foundation: Word Innovation Summit for Health (WISH)- Young Innovators |
| 2020 | There is a group of people delivering personal protective equipment to those on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19. So far, they have delivered more than 3000 visors in the region, also finding solutions to other problems that are reported to them: Careceiver | Boletim Mensal de Almada |
| 2019/11 | Participation of the Careceiver Project, founded by Nurse Joana Santos Afonso, in the European Innovation Academy is recognised in technological entrepreneurship education through its non-profit educational programs, which are developed through partnerships with professionals from leading institutions around the world, such as Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, Google, among others. | Revista Saúde e Bem-Estar |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - Current | RENASCENÇA As 3 das Manhãs- Web Summit Special Emission Quick Interviews: Startup Careceiver - Nurse Joana Afonso | As 3 das Manhãs- Web Summit Special Emission |
| 2021 - Current | RENASCENÇA Mais Ajuda: Careceiver 2021 Winner Report The 10 winners of the second edition of the Mais Ajuda Program are now known. 5 IPSS's and 5 Startups. | Mais Ajuda: Careceiver Reportagem do Vencedor 2021 |
| 2020 - Current | RENASCENÇA Simple or complex, the projects of the 3rd edition of the Bootcamp from the Patient Innovation platform are solutions created by caregivers and patients for their health problems. | Patient Innovation: Careceiver |
Distinctions
Award
| 2024 | Honorable Distintion to the Team Patient Innovation Association
TOP HEALTH AWARDS, Portugal
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| 2023 | Santa Casa Challenge
Casa do Impacto, Portugal
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| 2023 | H- Innova - Health Innovation Hub
Premivalor Consulting , Portugal
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| 2021 | Mais Ajuda
LIDL & Beta-i Incubator, Portugal
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| 2019 | Lince Empreendedor
Associação Empresarial do Baixo Ave, Portugal
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| 2019 | Nacional e-Training Center 4 Social Impact
Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, Portugal
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| 2019 | European e-Training Center 4 Social Impact
Enterprise Social Drosostalida, Greece
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| 2019 | II Mostra Nacional do Jovem Empreendedor
Fundação da Juventude, Portugal
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Title
| 2015 | Academic and Civic Merit
Escola Secundária João de Barros , Portugal
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