Curriculum Vitae
Alexandra Fernandes de Carvalho
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Alexandra Fernandes de Carvalho
Citation names
- Carvalho, Alexandra
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 521D-9560-03BC
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2667-2959
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Reproductive Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2020/09 - 2023/09
Ongoing
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Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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2019/07 - 2019/07
Concluded
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Clinical embryologist (Título de especialista)
European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Belgium
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2014/09 - 2016/06
Concluded
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Master Degree in Experimental Pathology. (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Histological, immunohistochemistry and functional evaluation of human ovarian tissue after cryopreservation." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
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2011/09 - 2014/07
Concluded
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Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
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15 |
Affiliation
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/03 - Current | Assistente Principal (Técnico Superior de Saúde) | Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal |
| Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/01 - Current | Preservation of Reproductive Potential in Oncological Patients: Angiogenesis Stimulation of Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissue Graft
CSD006003#IV0337
Other
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Merck SA
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 - 2018 | Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of The 20th European Testis Workshop. (2018/05/23 - 2018/05/27)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/10 - Current | Fertility education and reproductive decision-making: why, who, when and how?
Workshop
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Fertility education and reproductive decision-making: why, who, when and how?
European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Belgium
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| 2021/09/08 - Current | Honorable Mention for the presentation of the e-Poster - 'Informing to Decide: The Importance of Literacy in Reproductive
Health and Fertility' - at the hybrid event 'Health Literacy, an Emerging Challenge - "Citizen Centrality," which took place
at the Congress Center of the HUC Campus of the Coimbra University Hospital Center
Conference
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Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
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| 2023/06/25 - 2023/06/28 | ESHRE annual meeting
Congress
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ESHRE annual meeting
European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Belgium
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| 2022/07/03 - 2022/07/06 | ESHRE annual meeting
Congress
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ESHRE annual meeting |
| 2018/04/24 - 2018/04/25 | Attendance in Sperm Selection for ICSI training course by Dr. Lodovico Parmegiani at Origio, Denmark.
Workshop
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Sperm Selection for ICSI training course
CooperSurgical Inc, United States
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| 2018/03 - 2018/03 | Workshop presentation about gametes cryopreservation from Biology Department of University of Coimbra.
Meeting
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II Meet Lab Coimbra. |
| 2017/09 - 2017/09 | Course of Sciences in Laboratory Animals, Function A, C, Modules 20, 21 and 22, organized by the Centre for Neuroscience and
Cell Biology.
Workshop
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Accreditation in Laboratory Animal Science
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021 - Current | National representative member of The International Reproductive Health Education Collaboration (IRHEC), from the European
Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). IRHEC is a part of a multidisciplinary global initiative devoted to
enhancing awareness of reproductive health. Our mission is to elevate reproductive health awareness through a life course
approach, aiming to enhance reproductive health outcomes and empower decision-making in family planning for adolescents, individuals
of reproductive age, primary healthcare
Member
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European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Belgium |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/01 - 2023/06 | 'Personalized Medicine – What Is the Role of FSH, LH, and Estrogen Receptor Polymorphisms in Ovarian Function?' | Beatriz Querido |