Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Cristina Frazão Lopes Alho
Citation names
- Alho, Ana
- Ana C Alho
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 7F1F-164E-9201
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8803-3453
Telephones
- Telephone
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- (+351) 919597809 (Personal)
Addresses
- Av. Prof. Egas Moniz MB, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Hematology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Medicine at Work
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014/10 - 2024/03/07
Concluded
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Programa Doutoral do Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (ramo de Medicina; ramo de Ciências Biomédicas; ramo de Ciências
e Tecnologias da Saúde) (Doutoramento)
Major in Hematologia
Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "Homeostasis of CD4+ Regulatory T cells after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Praise and distinction by unanimity |
2003/09/01 - 2009/07/31
Concluded
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Estudos Básicos de Medicina (Mestrado integrado)
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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17 |
2007/08/01 - 2008/07/31
Attended
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Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Centre Hospitalier Henri Mondor d'Aurillac, France
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16 |
1999/09/01 - 2003/07/31
Concluded
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Ensino Superior (Ensino secundário)
Colégio de São Miguel, Portugal
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18 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2013/08/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal |
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal | ||
2013/08/01 - 2015/04/30 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Dana Farber Cancer Institute, United States |
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, United States (...) |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/09/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
2012/10/01 - 2013/09/30 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
2004/09/01 - 2009/07/31 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Other Careers
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2010/01/01 - 2019/10/23 | Assistente (Médica) | Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal |
Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/10 - Current | Medical Assistant of Clinical Hematology | Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal |
Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal | ||
2015/07 - 2019/10 | Clinical Hematology Fellow | Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal |
Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal | ||
2011/01 - 2013/06 | Clinical Hematology Fellow | Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal |
Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal | ||
2010 - 2010 | Clinical Resident | Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal |
Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/07/01 - 2023/06/30 | Mechanisms and factors of impaired regulation by CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in loss of immune tolerance after allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cells transplantation
SFRH/SINTD/97816/2013
Harvard Medical School, United States
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2012 - 2016 | Induction of Immune Tolerance after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
HMSP-ICT/0001/201
Research Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Harvard Medical School Portugal Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/03/29 - 2024/09/28 | Recipient-specific regulatory T cells: in vitro generation and expansion for subsequent clinical translation in Hematopoietic
Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)
PTDC/MEC-HEM/5281/2020
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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2015/01/01 - 2021/06/01 | Repair of tissue and organ damage in refractory chronic GVHD after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by the infusion
of purified allogeneic donor regulatory T lymphocytes (TREGeneration)
Research Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Horizon 2020
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Instituto de Medicina Molecular
UID/BIM/50005/2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2018/11 | Reconstituição imune T na Doença de Enxerto Contra Hospedeiro Crónica após alotransplante de dador não relacionado: análise de três grupos clínicos. | Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Hematology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia (Vilamoura, Portugal)
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2017/11 | Impacto da dose de timoglobulina na sobrevivência dos doentes após transplante alogénico de dador não familiar por leucemia aguda | Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Hematology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia (Vilamoura, Portugal)
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2013/11 | Importância da resposta e terapêuticas pos-transplantação autóloga de progenitores hematopoiéticos (TAPH): experiência de um Centro | Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Hematology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia (Vilamoura, Portugal)
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2013/11 | Relação das Cadeias Leves Livres séricas: poderoso factor prognóstico na sobrevivência de doentes com mieloma múltiplo de novo e ISS II na era dos novos agentes terapêuticos | Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Hematology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia (Vilamoura, Portugal)
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2012/11 | Neurological complications after HSCT-Retrospective analysis of a center | Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Hematology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia (Porto, Portugal)
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2012/11 | Caracterização epidemiológica da PTI em Portugal - Análise intermédia | Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Hematology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia (Vilamoura, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2018/05 - 2018/05 | Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease - a risk factor for Secondary Malignancies after allogeneic stem-cell transplant
Supervisor
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Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2016/01 - 2018/02 | Clinical Scholars Research Training (CSRT) Certificate Program
Other
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Program in translational research and information
Harvard Medical School Portugal, Portugal
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2017/05 - 2017/05 | Good Clinical Practice Course - Eurotrials
Other
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Good Clinical Practice Course
Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal
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2013/07 - 2014/06 | Bone Marrow Transplant Grand Rounds
Other
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DFCI/HMS, United States
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2014/03 - 2014/04 | Intermediate Biostatistics for Medical Researchers
Other
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Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
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2013/09 - 2013/10 | Introductory Biostatistics for Medical Researchers
Other
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Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
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2013/09 - 2013/09 | Introduction to Clinical Research
Other
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Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
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2007/08 - 2007/08 | Volunteer work: holidays for disabled children and parents
Other
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Volunteer
Centro de apoio a deficientes profundos João Paulo II, Portugal
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2006/08 - 2006/08 | Volunteer work: Participation in the Missão humanitária em Honduras project
Other
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Projeto de missão humanitária em Honduras
Grupo católico Verbum Dei, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa., Portugal |
2005/08 - 2005/08 | Volunteer program working with disabled children
Other
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Volunteer
Centro de apoio a deficientes profundos João Paulo II, Portugal
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2005/07 - 2005/07 | Harvard Medical International Problem-Based Learning Module
Other
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Harvard Medical School Portugal, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2023/06/27 | Insuficiência respiratória em doente imunodeprimido: Revisão narrativa de um caso clínico
(Thesis) Arguer
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João Bernardo Pereira (Master)
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2023/05/30 | Transfusions in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia under palliative care: a systematic review.
(Thesis) Arguer
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Rafael de Lima Terceiro (Master)
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2017/06/01 | Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease: second line therapy review. Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa - Clínica Universitária de
Hematologia
(Thesis) Arguer
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Frederico Manuel Gomes Forte Portugal Gaspar (Master)
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2019/01 - Current | Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia (SPH) | Junior member (n.º 594) |
2009/09 - Current | Ordem dos Médicos de Portugal | Member (Ordem dos Médicos de Portugal – OM 49677) |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2018 - Current | Clinical Trial: REACH 2 Multicenter, phase III, randomized, open-label trial. PI: Prof. Doutor João Forjaz de Lacerda. Role
of the candidate: observe the patient
Member
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2018 - 2020 | Clinical Trial: HATCY (CR-AIR-00) Multicenter, phase III, randomized controlled, open-label trial. Principal investigator
(PI): Prof. Doutor João Forjaz de Lacerda. Role of the candidate: observe the patient and report adverse events
Member
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2018 - 2020 | Clinical Trial: GRAVITAS 301 Multicenter, phase III, randomized, double-blind placebo control PI: Prof. Doutor João Forjaz
de Lacerda. Role of the candidate: observe clinical trial candidate
Member
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Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/10/01 - Current | Consultant hematologist at Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, | Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal |
2023/01/01 - Current | Consultant hematologist at the Center for Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders (ERN- RITA), CAML | Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2023/08/01 - 2033/08/31 | Tutoring of student from medical school- exchange program | Iaroslava Komarova |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | Bolsa de Investigação da SPH
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia, Portugal
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2018 | Merit-based award - Poster Achievement Award "Prémio Jovem Hematologista 2018"
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia, Portugal
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2018 | 3rd prize - Recognition of Excellence for the Capstone Manuscript
Portugal Clinical Scholars Research Training (PTCSRT), Portugal
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2014 | Merit-based award - Abstract Achievement Award
American Society of Hematology, United States
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2012 | Merit-based award - Poster Achievement Award
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia, Portugal
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2007 | Merit-based award (5th year of medical school) Erasmus scholarship. EU commission – Univ.Paris XII
Conseil de l'Union Europeenne, Belgium
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