Ana Cláudia Barbosa da Rocha (7C1D-690A-8F12)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Cláudia Barbosa da Rocha

Ana Cláudia Barbosa da Rocha completed her degree in Orthoptics in 2021 at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto – School of Health. She also obtained a Master’s degree in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience in 2025 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra. Currently, she works as an Orthoptist at AIBILI – the Association for Biomedical Research and Innovation in Light and Image (Coimbra, Portugal), where she integrates as a Researcher in 8 projects at the Clinical Trials Center (CEC). Additionally, she is the Technical Operations Manager and Orthoptist Grader Coordinator at the Coimbra Ophthalmology Reading Center (CORC). She also holds a position as an invited teacher in the Orthoptics program at the School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and she is a researcher at the RISE-HEALTH@TBIO. Her work focuses on Vision Sciences and Neurosciences with a primary interest in ophthalmological diseases and neurodegenerative disorders.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Cláudia Barbosa da Rocha

Citation names

Rocha, Ana
Rocha, Ana Cláudia
Ana Cláudia Rocha

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7C1D-690A-8F12
ORCID iD: 0009-0000-9014-0362

Email addresses

acbr747937@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

AIBILI - Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Celas, 3000-548, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaclaudiarocha15/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/09/19 - 2025/02/27 Concluded	Msc in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience (Mestrado) Major in Mestrado em Neurociências Molecular e de Translação Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Retinal Changes and Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with No Diabetic Retinopathy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2025/01/20 - 2025/01/20 Concluded	Good Clinical Practice: A refresher Course for all Site Personnel Working on Clinical Research Studies (including ICH E6, Revision 2 Changes (Outros) Syneos Health Germany Munich, Germany	Approved
2022/01/15 - 2022/01/15 Concluded	Good Clinical Practice: A refresher Course for all Site Personnel Working on Clinical Research Studies (including ICH E6, Revision 2 Changes) (Outros) Syneos Health Germany Munich, Germany	Approved
2017/09/15 - 2021/07/19 Concluded	Orthoptics (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal	16
2021/02/02 - 2021/05/20 Concluded	Curricular Internship (Outros) Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga EPE, Portugal	19
2021/04/15 - 2021/04/29 Concluded	Clinical Electrophysiology Course (Outros) Centro Hospitalar de Setubal EPE, Portugal	18
2020/09 - 2020/12 Concluded	Curricular Internship (Outros) Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos EPE, Portugal	18

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11 - Current	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/01/05 - Current	Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Ortoptista)	Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal
	Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal
2021/11/09 - 2021/12/28	Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Ortoptista)	Hospital das Forças Armadas Pólo do Porto, Portugal
	Hospital das Forças Armadas Pólo do Porto, Portugal
2021/10/26 - 2021/11/02	Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Ortoptista)	Grupro Trofa Saúde, Portugal
	Hospital Privado de Alfena, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/11/08 - Current	Technical Operations Manager/Orthoptist Grader Coordinator	Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal
	CORC - Coimbra Ophthalmology Reading Centre, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022 - Current	MACUSTAR / ECR-AMD-2017-13 - Development of novel clinical endpoints for interventional clinical trials with a regulatory and patient access intention in patients with intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03349801 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	European Union, Bélgica Ongoing
2022 - 2024	RECOGNISED / ECR-RET-2019-14 - Retinal and cognitive dysfunction in type 2 diabetes: unraveling the common pathways and identification of patients at risk of dementia ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04281186 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Fundació Hospital Universitari V all D’Hebron Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2024/11 - Current	A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of 2 Doses of EYE103 Compared With Ranibizumab (0.5 mg) in Participants With DME (BRUNELLO) NCT06571045 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Ongoing
2024 - Current	Vamikibart in Participants With Uveitic Macular Edema (Sandcat) NCT05642325 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Ongoing
2024 - Current	A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Masked, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study To Evaluate The Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, And Pharmacodynamics Of Satralizumab In Participants With Moderate-To-Severe Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) NCT06106828 Researcher	Ongoing
2023/09 - Current	Randomized, Double-Masked, Active-Controlled, Phase 3 Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Aflibercept 8 mg in Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion EU-CT number: 2022-502174-16-00 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Bayer AG Ongoing
2023/04 - Current	A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Doubçe-Masked, Sham-Controlled Study to Investigate the Efficay, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of RO7200220 Administered Intravitreally in Patients with Macular Edema EU Trial Number: 2022-501793-19-00 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	F Hoffmann-La Roche AG Ongoing
2022/03/25 - Current	RICHARD - Retinal ischemia characterization in diabetes NCT05112445 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Ongoing
2022 - Current	CHART / ECR-RET-2020-15 - Characterization of Retinal disease progression in eyes with NPDR in diabetes Type 2 using non-invasive procedures ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04636307 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Ongoing
2023/04 - 2024/11/01	Diabetic Retinopathy Classification: ETDRS 7-fields vs Widefield Imaging (Clarus 500 and Optos California) NCT05746975 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Concluded
2022 - 2024	NEON: A Phase 2 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked proof-of-concept study to investigate the efficacy and safety of runcaciguat (BAY 1101042) in patients with moderately severe to severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy 2020-002333-15 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Bayer AG Concluded
2022/01 - 2023/06	RHONE-X: A Multicenter, Open-Label Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of Faricimab in Patients With Diabetic Macular Edema NCT04432831 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	F Hoffmann-La Roche AG Concluded
2022/01 - 2023/04	MyLight: A 52-week Multicenter, Randomized, Double-masked, 2-arm Parallel Study to Compare Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of SOK583A1 to Eylea®, Administered Intravitreally, in Patients With Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration NCT04864834 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Novartis AG Concluded
2022 - 2022/11/30	AMDMetab - CEC/010/20 - Metabolomics: A Novel Tool for Investigating the Pathogenesis of Age-related Macular Degeneration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04241536 Researcher Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal	Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Ana Rita Santos; Ana Catarina Almeida; Ana Cláudia Rocha; Débora Reste-Ferreira; Inês Pereira Marques; Torcato Santos; José Cunha-Vaz. "Combination of Ultra-widefield Colour Fundus Photography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography identify different subtypes of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2023, Vol.64, 2560.". Paper presented in ARVO Annual Meeting 2023, 2023.
Conference poster	Ana Cláudia Rocha; Ana Rita Santos; Débora Reste-Ferreira; Inês Pereira Marques; Noemi Lois; Rafael Simó; José Cunha-Vaz. "Retinal neurovascular structure is compromised in patients without "overt" Diabetic Retinopathy". Paper presented in ARVO Annual Meeting 2025, 2025. Ana Cláudia Rocha; Ana Rita Santos; Marta Lopes; Diana Ramos; Torcato Santos; Débora Reste-Ferreira; José Cunha-Vaz. "ETDRS Grading with CLARUS Ultra-widefield images shows agreement with 7-field Colour Fundus Photography". Paper presented in EasDec Conference 2023, 2023. Ana Rita Santos; Ana Catarina Almeida; Ana Cláudia Rocha; Débora Reste-Ferreira; Inês Pereira Marques; Torcato Santos; José Cunha-Vaz. "Combination of Ultra-widefield Colour Fundus Photography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography identify different subtypes of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy". Paper presented in ARVO Annual Meeting 2023, 2023. Ana Cláudia Rocha; Sofia Sampaio; Ana Rita Santos; Mateus, Catarina. "Sensibilidade da perimetria Blue-on-Yellow vs FDT vs PEC na deteção de danos glaucomatosos precoces em doentes com glaucoma normotensional". Paper presented in 22º Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas, 2022.
Journal article	Luís Mendes; Ana Cláudia Rocha; Marta Lopes; Ana Almeida; Nicole Duarte; Débora Reste-Ferreira; António Cunha-Vaz Martinho; et al. "Microaneurysm counting as a biomarker for the hyperperfusion stage of NPDR". Ophthalmology and Therapy (2025): Submitted Inês Marques; Débora Reste-Ferreira; Torcato Santos; Luís Mendes; Ana Cláudia Rocha; Francesco Bandello; Mariacristina Parravano; et al. "One-year progression of mild to severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy using non-invansive imaging. The CHART study". British Journal of Ophthalmology (2025): Submitted Inês Pereira Marques; Débora Reste-Ferreira; Torcato Santos; Luís Mendes; Ana Cláudia Rocha; Taffeta Ching Ning Yamaguchi; Laszlo Marton Fazekas; José Cunha-Vaz. "One year progression of changes in capillary perfusion in advanced stages of NPDR - The RICHARD Study". Ophthalmology Science (2025): Submitted Santos, Ana Rita; Ghate, Sejal; Lopes, Marta; Rocha, Ana; Santos, Torcato; Reste-Ferreira, Débora; Manivannan, Niranchana; Foote, Katharina; Cunha-Vaz, José. "ETDRS grading with CLARUS ultra-widefield images shows agreement with 7-fields colour fundus photography". BMC Ophthalmology 24 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-024-03537-z. 10.1186/s12886-024-03537-z Santos, Ana Rita; Almeida, Ana Catarina; Rocha, Ana Cláudia; Reste-Ferreira, Débora; Marques, Inês Pereira; Cunha-Vaz Martinho, António; Mendes, Luís; et al. "Central and Peripheral Involvement of the Retina in the Initial Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy". Retina (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/iae.0000000000004021. 10.1097/iae.0000000000004021 Santos, Torcato; Santos, Ana Rita; Almeida, Ana Catarina; Rocha, Ana Cláudia; Reste-Ferreira, Débora; Marques, Inês Pereira; Cunha-Vaz Martinho, António; et al. "Retinal Capillary Nonperfusion in Preclinical Diabetic Retinopathy". Ophthalmic Research 66 1 (2023): 1327-1334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000534553. 10.1159/000534553
Thesis / Dissertation	"Retinal Changes and Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with No Diabetic Retinopathy". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, 2025.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/04/12	Retinal Changes and Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with No Diabetic Retinopathy	25º Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas Associação Portuguesa Ortoptistas (Aveiro, Portugal)
2024/12/07	Can CLARUS and OPTOS UWF images replace the Standard 7-fields Fundus Photographs? Comparison between the 3 devices	FLORETINA ICOOR MEETING
2024/10/26	Retinal Changes and Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with No Diabetic Retinopathy	1st Scientific Meeting of Orthoptics Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
2024/09/18	Audio-narreted presentation with title: "Retinal neurovascular structure is compromised in patients without “overt” Diabetic Retinopathy "	24th EURETINA Congress
2024/04/19	New OCTA biomarkers for staging Diabetic Retinopathy	Congresso Nacional dos Ortoptistas APOR (Lisboa, Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2023/11/30	CLARUS (or Wide-Field Fundus Imaging) Improves ETDRS Grading with Classic 7-fields Fundus Photographs	Floretina ICOOR 2023 (Roma, Italy)
2023/04	CLARUS (or Wide-Field Fundus Imaging) Improves ETDRS Grading with Classic 7-fields Fundus Photographs	Congresso Nacional dos Ortoptistas (Évora, Portugal)
2022/05/14	Microaneurysm Turnover in Mild NPDR is Associated with Progression and Development of Vision-Threatening Complications: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study	Congresso Nacional dos Ortoptistas APOR - Associação Portuguesa dos Ortoptistas (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	Orientação de Estágio Supervisor	Orthoptics (Degree) Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/05/03 - 2025/05/08	ARVO 2025 Conference	ARVO Annual Meeting 2025 The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc, United States
2025/04/11 - 2025/04/13	25º Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas Congress	APOR - Associação Portuguesa dos Ortoptistas, Portugal
2024/12/05 - 2024/12/08	FLORetina ICOOR Meeting 2024 - 12nd International Congress on OCT and OCT angiography Congress	AP Meetings, Italy
2024/10/25 - 2024/10/26	1º Reunião Científica de Ortóptica Congress	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2024/09/19 - 2024/09/22	24th EURETINA Congress Congress	European Society of Retina Specialists, Ireland
2024/04/18 - 2024/04/20	24º Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas Congress	APOR - Associação Portuguesa dos Ortoptistas, Portugal
2024/03/01 - 2024/03/02	8º Reunião GER Congress	Grupo de Estudos da Retina, Portugal
2023/11/30 - 2023/12/03	FLORetina ICOOR Meeting 2023 - 11th International Congress on OCT and OCT angiography Congress	AP Meetings, Italy
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/03	EasDec Conference 2023 Conference	Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal
2023/04/13 - 2023/04/15	23º Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas Congress	APOR - Associação Portuguesa dos Ortoptistas, Portugal
2022/05/13 - 2022/05/15	22º Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas Congress	APOR - Associação Portuguesa dos Ortoptistas, Portugal
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/23	Estrabismo 2021 Congress	Clínica DYTO, Spain
2021/09/15 - 2021/09/15	Webinar SPO - Retinoblastoma: the importance of early diagnosis Workshop	Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Portugal
2021/04/21 - 2021/04/21	OCT LIVE Virtual Workshop: OCT Angiography Module Workshop	Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Germany
2021/04/17 - 2021/04/17	Online course: Optical Coherence Tomography in the Posterior Segment \| OCT and OCT angiography Workshop	Associação para a Investigação Biomédica e Inovação em Luz e Imagem, Portugal
2021/03/24 - 2021/03/24	Webinar CIRP: Cálculo da lente para cirurgia de catarata no doente com queratocone estável Workshop	Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Portugal
2021/02/27 - 2021/02/27	Seminário: Cirurgia Refrativa Seminar	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/10/10 - 2019/10/10	Conferência "Deficiência Visual e Reabilitação: A inclusão da pessoa com deficiência visual na sociedade" Conference	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024 - Current	EURETINA - European Society of Retina Specialists
2024 - Current	ARVO - The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2022 - Current	Associação Portuguesa Ortoptistas (APOR)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current	Curricular Unit: "Psicofísica da Visão/Psychophysics of Vision"	Degree in Orthoptics	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/11 - Current	Curricular Unit: "Perimetria/Perimetry"	Degree in Orthoptics	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2025/02/12 - 2025/03/12	Course: "Microcredential: Primary Vision Health Care / Microcredencial: Cuidados Primários de Saúde da Visão"	(Outros)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal