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Claudia Faria received the medical degree by the University of Coimbra (Portugal) in 2001 and became a board-certified Neurosurgeon in 2010. She joined the Programme for Advanced Medical Education (2009) sponsored by Fundação Gulbenkian, Fundação Champalimaud, Ministério da Saúde e Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and developed her research project at the Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto (Canada). She obtained her PhD degree in the Medicine (Neurosurgery) from the University of Lisbon in 2014. Claudia Faria is currently a consultant neurosurgeon at Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), a scientist at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa. Claudia Faria published 6 book chapters and 52 papers in international peer-reviewed journals with over 3500 citations and an H-index of 22. She published in journals with high impact factor including Nature, Cancer Cell and Lancet Oncology. Claudia Faria has secured funding in competitive calls from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Fundação Amélia de Mello and Fundação Millennium bcp. She participated in 6 research projects, being the principal investigator in 5 projects. She received prestigious national and international awards including the Phil Gold Scientist-in-Training Award (2013, Montreal, Canada), the Codman Award by the Portuguese Neurosurgical Society (2017),the best poster award at the EurOPDX Workshop (Switzerland, 2018), Gilead Génese Award (2022) and the Honourable Mention from Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica (2022). Claudia Faria has supervised 4 PhD students, 10 MSc students and 1 post-doctoral fellow and 15 Medical Residents and Specialists. Claudia Faria has been appointed President of the Portuguese Neuro-Oncology Association (APNO), Chair of the Young Investigators and Innovators Group of the European Society for Pediatric Oncology - Brain Tumor Group (SIOPE BTG), coordinator at CHULN of the National Reference Centre for Pediatric Oncology - tumors of the Central Nervous System, in the south region of Portugal, Portugal’s representative in the Board of National Directors of the European translational network EATRIS-ERIC, and Director of the Neurosurgery University Clinic at FMUL . She is founder and coordinator of the Brain Tumor Bank at the Biobanco-iMM since 2012 and Co-Director of the Biobanco-iMM since 2018. Claudia Faria participates in the organization of several meetings including the annual meetings of the APNO and of the European Combined Neuro-Oncology Course of SIOPE BTG. She also engages in Science Outreach activities, organizing the participation of the Brain Tumor Team (BTT) in running events, to create awareness and to fundraise for brain tumor research at iMM.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Claudia Maria Coelho de Faria

Citation names

  • Cláudia Faria
  • Cláudia C Faria

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AD1B-C408-B6A8
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1259-9922

Email addresses

  • claudiafaria@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • claudiamfaria@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Paediatrics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2014
Concluded
 Medicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Using genomics for drug discovery in medulloblastoma" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinção e Louvor
2010
Concluded
 Especialização em Neurocirurgia (Diploma de especialização)
Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
 20 valores
2001
Concluded
 Medicina (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 16 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2014 - Current Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2010 - 2013 Researcher (Research) Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Canada

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010 - Current Assistente (Médica) Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Portugal
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Portugal
2004 - 2010 Interno (Médica) Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Portugal
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Portugal
2002 - 2003 Interno (Médica) Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Member of Ethics Committee Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2023 - Current Membership Committee European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), Switzerland
2022 - Current Subrepresentative at CHULN European Reference Network of Rare Endocrine Conditions (Endo-ERN), Netherlands
2021 - Current Membro da direcção Sociedade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa , Portugal
2020/11 - Current Chair Board of Directors EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Netherlands
EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Netherlands
2020/09 - Current Co-Chair of Craniopharyngioma working group SIOPe: European Society for Pediatric Oncology, Belgium
SIOPe: European Society for Pediatric Oncology, Belgium
2020/09 - Current Académica Correspondente Academia Nacional de Medicina de Portugal, Portugal
Academia Nacional de Medicina de Portugal, Portugal
2020 - Current Delegada em representação de Portugal The European Association for Neurosurgical Societies, Belgium
2018 - Current Co-Director of the Biobank Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2018 - Current Portugal's representative in the Board of National Directors of the European translational network EATRIS-ERIC EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Netherlands
2017 - Current Membro do Conselho de Escola Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - Current National Coordinator European Reference Network in Craniofacial Anomalies (ERN-CRANIO), Netherlands
2016 - Current Team Member Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica, Tecnológica e Inovação (GAPIC), Portugal
2016 - Current Chair of the Young Investigators and Innovators Group Society for Pediatric Oncology , Switzerland
2016 - Current Coordinator at CHLN-HSM European Reference Network in Craniofacial Anomalies (ERN-CRANIO), Netherlands
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2012 - Current Founder and Coordinator of the Brain Tumor Bank Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Membro da direcção Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro, Portugal
2016 - 2021 Presidente Associação Portuguesa de Neuro-Oncologia, Portugal
2016 - 2021 Member of the training section Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Director of the Neurosurgery University Clinic Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - Current Coordinator at HSM-CHULN of the National Reference Network for Pediatric Oncology – CNS Tumors of the south region of Portugal Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte EPE Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023 - 2026 Developing Tools for Early Detection and Treatment of Brain Metastatic Cancer.
HORIZON-WIDERA 2022
Principal investigator
2022 - 2025 Exploiting UBE2C as a prognostic marker and therapeutic target in human brain metástases
2022.08774.PTDC
Principal investigator
2022 - 2025 Explorando o estado imunológico do glioblastoma dependente de HOXA9/WNT6: oportunidades para novas terapias de precisão
2022.04859.PTDC
Researcher
2022 - 2024 UBE2C as a prognostic marker and therapeutic target in patients with breast cancer brain metastases
Gilead Génese Award
Principal investigator
2021 - 2022 Clinical validation of CCL2/CCR2 signaling pathway in metastatic medulloblastoma
na
Principal investigator
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Clinical validation of molecular targets involved in glioblastoma recurrence
na
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Concluded
2017 - 2018 Identification of novel therapies for pediatric pilocytic astrocytoma
na
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação Amélia de Mello
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2012 - Current Project to Create a Brain Tumor Bank at Biobanco-iMM
na
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Ongoing
2022 - 2025 Exploiting UBE2C as a prognostic marker and therapeutic target in human brain metastases
2022.08774.PTDC
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2021 - 2024 IL7R in lung cancer development, metastasis and resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
n.a.
Post-doc
Ongoing
2016 - 2024 Unraveling the biology of pediatric and adult pilocytic astrocytomas through genomics
na
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Concluded
2018 - 2022 Using genomics to identify novel targeted therapies in brain metastases
02/SAICT/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016 - 2019 PRECISE: Accelerating progress toward the new era of precision medicine"
LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-016394
Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2017 Using genomics to identify genetic drivers of brain tumor metastases
na
Principal investigator
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cascão, Rita; Faria, Claudia C.. "Optimizing the role of immunotherapy for the treatment of glioblastoma". In New Insights Into Glioblastoma, 553-591. Elsevier, 2023.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-99873-4.00012-8
  2. Diogo Roque; Cláudia C Faria; Domingos Coiteiro. "Neoplasias intracranianas". In Neurologia Fundamental. LIDEL, 2023.
    Published
  3. Faria, Claudia; Yuzo Terakawa; Rutka, James T. "8. Neurogenetic Basis of Pediatric Neurosurgical Conditions". In Principle and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2015.
    10.1055/b-0034-98048
  4. Faria, Claudia; Diaz, Roberto J.; Rutka, James T. "Novel Therapies and Next Generation Clinical Trials in Medulloblastoma". In Medulloblastoma Book, Dr. Dimitris Kombogiorgas. Nova Science Publishers, 2014.
    Published
  5. Nadi, Mustafa; Faria, Claudia; Rutka, James T.. "Pathogenesis of Medulloblastoma: Role of Molecular Genetic Alterations". In Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 12, 107-119. Springer Netherlands, 2013.
    10.1007/978-94-007-7217-5_9
  6. C., Claudia; A., Christian; T., James. "New Molecular Targets and Treatments for Pediatric Brain Tumors". In Evolution of the Molecular Biology of Brain Tumors and the Therapeutic Implications. InTech, 2013.
    10.5772/53300
  7. Faria, Claudia; Smith, Christian; Rutk, James. "The Role of HGF/c-Met Pathway Signaling in Human Medulloblastoma". In Molecular Targets of CNS Tumors. InTech, 2011.
    10.5772/23296
Conference abstract
  1. Ramaswamy, Vijay; Remke, Marc; Bouffet, Eric; Shih, David; Faria, Claudia; Schüller, Ulrich; Gururangan, Sri; et al. "Abstract 3552: Subgroup-specific pattern of recurrence in medulloblastoma.". Paper presented in 104th American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2013.
    10.1158/1538-7445.am2013-3552
  2. Faria, Claudia; Dubuc, Adrian; Golbourn, Brian; Diaz, Roberto J.; Agnihotri, Sameer; Smith, Christian A.; Taylor, Michael D.; Rutka, James T. "Effective targeting of metastatic phenotypes in medulloblastona with foretinib, a multikinase Inhibitor that crosses the blood-brain barrier". Paper presented in 36th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, Kauai, 2013.
  3. Faria, Claudia; Dubuc, Adrian M; Golbourn, Brian J.; Diaz, Roberto J.; Agnihotri, Sameer; Smith, Christian; Taylor, Michael D.; Rutka, James T. "Effective targeting of metastatic phenotypes in medulloblastona with foretinib, a multikinase Inhibitor that crosses the blood-brain barrier.". Paper presented in 36th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, 2013.
  4. Faria, Claudia; Golbourn, Brian J.; Smith, Christian; Rutka, James T. "Foretinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor of cMET and PDGFR¿, crosses the blood brain barrier and reduces dissemination in medulloblastoma xenografts". Paper presented in 15th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Toronto, 2012.
  5. Faria, Claudia C.; Golbourn, Brian J.; Smith, Christian A.; Rutka, James T.. "Abstract 847: Foretinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor of cMET and PDGFRa, in the treatment of disseminated medulloblastoma". Paper presented in 103rd American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2012.
    10.1158/1538-7445.am2012-847
  6. Faria, Claudia; Golbourn, Brian J.; Smith, Christian A.; Rutka, James T. "Foretinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor of cMET and PDGFR¿, crosses the blood brain barrier and reduces dissemination in medulloblastoma xenografts.". Paper presented in International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, 2012.
Conference poster
  1. Eunice Paisana; Rita Casca~o; Carlos Custo´dia; Nan Qin; Daniel Picard; David Pauck; Ta^nia Carvalho; et al. "UBE2C promotes metastatic disease and can be a therapeutic target". Paper presented in 13th EMBO Young Scientists Forum, 2023.
  2. Carlos Custo´dia; Rita Casca~o; Eunice Paisana; Daniel Picard; Marc Remke; Joa~o T. Barata ; Cláudia C Faria. "CCR2 as a potential therapeutic target to treat medulloblastoma". Paper presented in 13th EMBO Young Scientists Forum, 2023.
  3. Custodia, Carlos; Cascão, Rita; Paisana, Eunice; Daniel Picard; Marc Remke; João T Barata; Cláudia C Faria. "Inhibition of CCR2 as a potential therapeutic approach to treat medulloblastoma". Paper presented in III ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting, 2023.
  4. Luísa Silva; Cláudia C Faria; André M. Graça. "Timing of Intervention in Posthaemorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation of Prematurity and its Impact in Neurodevelopment at 2 years of age". Paper presented in Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies, 2023.
  5. Samuel Lemos; Carlos Casimiro; Maria Manuel Santos; José Miguéns; Cláudia C Faria. "A ventral brainstem neurenteric cyst - case report and surgical vídeo". Paper presented in 28th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), 2023.
  6. Samuel Lemos; Bruno Boaventura; Maria Manuel Santos; José Guimarães-Ferreira; José Miguéns; Cláudia C Faria. "Bilateral fronto-orbital advancement vs a two-step surgery to treat unicoronal craniosynostosis". Paper presented in 28th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), 2023.
  7. Carlos Daniel Casimiro; Samuel Sequeira Lemos; Maria Manuel Santos; José Miguéns; Cláudia C Faria. "Growing Skull Fractures of the Posterior Fossa - case report and review of the literature". Paper presented in 28th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), 2023.
  8. Ana Brito Seixas; Samuel Sequeira Lemos; Filipa Prata; José Gonçalo Marques; José Miguéns; Cláudia C Faria; Maria Manuel Santos. "Ventriculostomia endoscópica para tratamento de hidrocefalia secundária a tuberculose do sistema nervoso central – case report". Paper presented in 38º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (SPNC), 2023.
  9. Susana Duarte ; Ricardo Peschiera; André Barata; João Passos; Cláudia C Faria; et. al. "Glaucoma congénito: a pista para um diagnóstico sistémico". Paper presented in Jornadas de Pediatria do Hospital de Santa Maria, 2023.
  10. "Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzymes promote leptomeningeal dissemination and decrease survival in patients with brain metastatic disease". 2021.
  11. Blümel, Lena; Kerl, Kornelius; Qin, Nan; Berlandi, Johannes; Thiel, Katharina; Tegeder, Isabel; Jeibmann, Astrid; et al. "Targeting primary ciliogenesis in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors". Paper presented in SNO Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Basic and Translational Research Conference, 2019.
  12. Nan Qin; Langini, Maike; Picard, Daniel; Paisana, Eunice; Cascão, Rita; Custodia, Carlos; Meyer, Frauke-Dorothee; et al. "Cellular heterogeneity drives aggressive tumorigenesis in MYC-driven medulloblastoma". Paper presented in SNO Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Basic and Translational Research Conference, 2019.
  13. Maria João Palha; Faria, Claudia; José Gonçalo Marques. "Infecção de sistema derivação ventrículo-peritoneal – como tratar?". Paper presented in XXIII Jornadas de Pediatria do Hospital de Santa Maria, 2017.
  14. "Proteogenomics reveals three distinct biological pilocytic astrocytoma subgroups". Paper presented in SNO Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Basic and Translational Research Conference in 2017, 2017.
  15. Faria, Claudia; Carlos Custodia; Rita Cascão; João T Barata. "Patient-derived xenografts from brain metastases of diverse primary tumors". Paper presented in EuroPDX Workshop, 2016.
  16. J Cruz Teixeira; D Simão; Faria, Claudia; José Miguéns. "Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in adult population – One surgery fits all?". Paper presented in European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Meeting, 2016.
  17. Alexandra Santos; Faria, Claudia; José Pimentel; José Miguéns; Seromenho-Santos, Alexandra; Valsassina, Rita; Pimentel, José; Miguéns, José; Faria, Claudia C.. "Lumbar pseudo-tail associated with dermal sinus – case report". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional de Neurocirurgia – Neuroiberia, 2016.
    10.1016/j.neucir.2017.06.003
  18. Pedro Duarte Batista; José Pedro Lavrador; Edson Oliveira; José Pimentel; Faria, Claudia; Domingos Coiteiro. "Glioblastoma quiasmático do adulto – caso clínico e revisão da literatura.". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional de Neurocirurgia – Neuroiberia 2016, 2016.
  19. Pedro Duarte Batista; José Pedro Lavrador; Faria, Claudia. "Tratamento cirúrgico de metástases cerebrais - Estudo retrospetivo de uma única instituição.". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional de Neurocirurgia – Neuroiberia 2016, 2016.
  20. Alexandra Santos; Faria, Claudia; Edson Oliveira; Sérgio Livraghi; José Pimentel; José Miguéns. "Primary spinal intradural mesenchymal chondrosarcoma". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional de Neurocirurgia – Neuroiberia 2016, 2016.
  21. Ana Sequeira; Tatiana Lourenço; Tania Vassalo; Inês Sangalho; Bárbara Águas; Faria, Claudia; A Siborro Azevedo. "Adenomas da hipófise em adolescentes com amenorreia". Paper presented in XXII Jornadas de Pediatria do Hospital de Santa Maria, 2016.
  22. Filipa Jalles; Marta Janeiro; Faria, Claudia; José Miguéns; Miroslava Gonçalves. "Medula Ancorada – um caso atípico de dor abdominal.". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Pediatria, 2015.
  23. Cunha S.; Turpin A.; Silva L.; Faria, Claudia; José Miguéns; Guimarães-Ferreira J; Fernandes V. "Fenda craniofacial bilateral complexa – um desafio reconstructivo". Paper presented in XLV Congresso Nacional de Cirurgia Plástica, Reconstructiva e Estética, 2015.
  24. Margarida Cunha; Francisca Palha; Cristiana Freixo; Faria, Claudia; Bárbara Águas; A Siborro Azevedo. "Macroprolactinoma: a rare disease in peditric age. Case Report". Paper presented in 19th European Meeting of the International Association for Adolescent Health, 2015.
  25. Inês Carneiro; Ana Sousa Pareira; Sara Pinto; Faria, Claudia; José Gonçalo Marques. "Infecção de Sistema de Derivação Ventrículo-peritoneal por Propionibacterium acnes". Paper presented in XIV Jornadas Nacionais de Infecciologia Pediátrica, 2015.
  26. Diaz, Roberto J.; Michael Cusimano; Luck, Amanda; Faria, Claudia; Golbourn, Brian J.; Sabha, Nesrin; James Loukides; Smith, Christian A.; Rutka, James T. "Establishment of a patient-derived clival chordoma tumor line". Paper presented in Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting, 2014.
  27. Faria, Claudia; Moxon-Emre, Iska; Scantlebury, Nadia; Taylor, Michael D.; Malkin, David; Laughlin, Suzanne; Law, Nicole; et al. "Long-term outcome in medulloblastoma subgroups". Paper presented in 16th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), 2014.
  28. Ramaswamy, Vijay; Remke, Marc; Shih, David; Wang, Xin; Northcott, Paul A; Faria, Claudia; Raybaud, Charles; et al. "Duration of the pre-diagnostic interval in medulloblastoma is subgroup-specific". Paper presented in 16th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), 2014.
  29. Taylor, Michael D.; Ramaswamy, Vijay; Bouffet, Eric; Aldape, Kenneth; Cho, Yoon-Jae; Weiss, William; Joanna Phillips; et al. "Posterior fossa ependymoma subgroups have distinct therapeutic and prognostic implications (A Global Ependymoma Network of Excellence (GENE) Collaborative Study)". Paper presented in . 16th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO)., 2014.
  30. Ramaswamy, Vijay; Remke, Marc; Bouffet, Eric; Shih, David; Faria, Claudia; Schüller, Ulrich; Gururangan, Sri; et al. "Abstract 3552: Subgroup-specific pattern of recurrence in medulloblastoma.". Paper presented in 104th American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, 2013.
    10.1158/1538-7445.am2013-3552
  31. Diaz, Roberto J.; Golbourn, Brian J.; Faria, Claudia; Danielle McKenzie; Daniel Picard; Ian Clarke; Smith, Christian A.; et al. "Subgroup targeted therapy for c-Myc overexpressing medulloblastoma with Aurora kinase B/C inhibitor AZD1152-HPQA". Paper presented in 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, 2012.
  32. Diaz, Roberto J.; Golbourn, Brian J.; Faria, Claudia; Danielle McKenzie; Picard, Daniel; Ian Clarke; Smith, Christian A.; et al. "Subgroup targeted therapy for c-Myc overexpressing medulloblastoma with Aurora kinase B/C inhibitor AZD1152-HPQA". Paper presented in SickKids Research Institute Scientific Retreat., 2012.
  33. Faria, Claudia; Golbourn, Brian J.; Smith, Christian A.; Rutka, James T. "Foretinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor of cMET and PDGFR¿, crosses the blood brain barrier and reduces dissemination in medulloblastoma xenografts". Paper presented in 15th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, 2012.
  34. Faria, Claudia C.; Golbourn, Brian J.; Smith, Christian A.; Rutka, James T.. "Abstract 847: Foretinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor of cMET and PDGFRa, in the treatment of disseminated medulloblastoma". Paper presented in 103rd American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, 2012.
    10.1158/1538-7445.am2012-847
  35. Faria, Claudia; Golbourn, Brian J.; Smith, Christian; Rutka, James T. "Foretinib, a mutikinase inhibitor of cMET and PDGFR¿ in the treatment of medulloblastoma". Paper presented in Sick Kids Research Institute Annual Retreat, 2011.
  36. Faria, Claudia; Golbourn, Brian J.; Smith, Christian A.; Rutka, James T. "Foretinib, a new drug in the treatment of medulloblastoma". Paper presented in Pediatric Brain Tumour Education Day, Hospital for Sick Children, 2011.
  37. Vera Santos; Faria, Claudia; André Mendes Graça; Carlos Moniz. "Utilização da ecografia transfontanelar na monitorização de hematoma epidural – uma forma de minimizar a exposição a radiação ionizante?". Paper presented in 12 Congresso Nacional de Pediatria, 2011.
  38. Leonor Boto; Marisa Vieira; Edmundo Santos; Cristina Camilo; Francisco Abecassis; Faria, Claudia; Alexandre Campos; José Miguéns; Manuela Correia. "Craniectomia Descompressiva em Idade Pediátrica – experiência de uma Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos". Paper presented in VIª Reunião de Neurocirurgia Pediátrica, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Qin, Nan; Paisana, Eunice; Picard, Daniel; Leprivier, Gabriel; Langini, Maike; Custódia, Carlos; Cascão, Rita; et al. "The long non-coding RNA OTX2-AS1 promotes tumor growth and predicts response to BCL-2 inhibition in medulloblastoma". Journal of Neuro-Oncology 165 2 (2023): 329-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11060-023-04508-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s11060-023-04508-y
  2. Gaillard, Linda. "A Suture-specific Photo Score for Metopic Synostosis". Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 35 1 (2023): 75-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/scs.0000000000009773.
    10.1097/scs.0000000000009773
  3. Stefani Domentean; Eunice Paisana; Rita Cascao; Claudia Faria. "Role of UBE2C in Brain Cancer Invasion and Dissemination". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/21/15792.
    10.3390/ijms242115792
  4. Gaillard, Linda. "A Photo Score For Aesthetic Outcome In Sagittal Synostosis: An ERN CRANIO Collaboration". Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 34 8 (2023): 2279-2283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/scs.0000000000009732.
    10.1097/scs.0000000000009732
  5. Picard, Daniel; Felsberg, Jörg; Langini, Maike; Stachura, Pawel; Qin, Nan; Macas, Jadranka; Reiss, Yvonne; et al. "Integrative multi-omics reveals two biologically distinct groups of pilocytic astrocytoma". Acta Neuropathologica 146 4 (2023): 551-564. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00401-023-02626-5.
    10.1007/s00401-023-02626-5
  6. Garcia, Ana Rita; Mendes, Avilson; Custódia, Carlos; Faria, Cláudia C.; Barata, João T.; Malhó, Rui; Figueira, Inês; Brito, Maria Alexandra. "Abrogating Metastatic Properties of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells by EGFR and PI3K Dual Inhibitors". Cancers 15 15 (2023): 3973. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15153973.
    Published • 10.3390/cancers15153973
  7. Diogo Roque; Nuno Cruz; Hugo Alexandre Ferreira; Catarina Pinto Reis; Matela N; Manuel Herculano-Carvalho; Rita Cascao; Claudia Faria. "Nanoparticle-Based Treatment in Glioblastoma". Journal of Personalized Medicine (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/13/9/1328.
    10.3390/jpm13091328
  8. Peixe, Carolina; Alexandre, Maria Inês; Gomes, Ana Raquel; Nobre, Ema; Silva, Ana Luísa; Oliveira, Tiago; López-Presa, Dolores; et al. "Usefulness of a clinicopathological classification in predicting treatment-related outcomes and multimodal therapeutic approaches in pituitary adenoma patients: retrospective analysis on a Portuguese cohort of 129 patients from a tertiary pituitary center". Pituitary 26 4 (2023): 352-363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11102-023-01319-2.
    Published • 10.1007/s11102-023-01319-2
  9. Cruz, Nuno; Herculano-Carvalho, Manuel; Roque, Diogo; Faria, Cláudia C.; Cascão, Rita; Ferreira, Hugo Alexandre; Reis, Catarina Pinto; Matela, Nuno. "Highlighted Advances in Therapies for Difficult-To-Treat Brain Tumours Such as Glioblastoma". Pharmaceutics 15 3 (2023): 928. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15030928.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics15030928
  10. Nunes, Sofia; Cláudia C Faria; Pimentel, José; Roque, Rafael Fidalgo; Alaiz, Helena; Salazar, Isabel; Pereira, Teresa; Ferreira, Filipa; Roque, Lúcia. "Medulloblastoma Development in a Patient with a Constitutional Balanced t(5;22)(q35.1;q11.2) Involving the NF2 Gene". Case Reports in Oncology (2023): 36-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000527564.
    10.1159/000527564
  11. Alexandre, Maria Inês; Faria, Claudia C.; Gomes, Ana; Bugalho, Maria João. "Pediatric growth hormone and prolactin-secreting tumor associated with an AIP mutation and a MEN1 variant of uncertain significance". Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 0 0 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2022-0488.
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Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/05 Targeted therapies in brain metastasis 38º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (SPNC)
(Viseu, Portugal)
2023/11/11 Futuro da Neurocirurgia Portuguesa Comemoração do 75º aniversário da Sociedade Luso-Espanhola de Neurocirurgia
(Madrid, Spain)
2023/11 Bridging the gap and connecting the dots – the role of Translational Medicine EATRIS 10th Anniversary
(The Hague, Netherlands)
2023/11 Personalised medicine – the future is now (round table moderated by Toni Andreu, EATRIS Scientific Director) EATRIS 10th Anniversary
(The Hague, Netherlands)
2023/10/25 O que de melhor há no CAML: perspectiva de uma Neurocirurgiã-Cientista Open day CHULN – Internato Médico
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/10 Para além do bloco operatório: os segredos de uma carreira de sucesso X Congresso Nacional de Estudantes de Medicina
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/10 UBE2C drives leptomeningeal dissemination in brain metastatic disease and is a promising therapeutic target III ASPIC-ASEICA International Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/09 “Hospital systems' improvement through engineering and management: Moving from research to practice” – round table 5th International Conference Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE2023)
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/08 Monitoring the patient with severe traumatic brain injury European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/08 Management of pediatric traumatic brain injury European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/08 Break-out session on decompressive craniectomy European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/08 How I do it: depressed skull fracture European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/08 Pediatric traumatic brain injury – clinical cases discussion European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/06 Pediatric Sports TBI 12th Annual EANS Young Neurosurgeons’ Meeting
(Madrid, Spain)
2023/06 Role of Surgery and Interdisciplinary Challenges in Infratentorial Brain Tumors 74th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery Joint Meeting with the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery, the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and the Portuguese Neurosurgical Society
(Stuttgart, Germany)
2023/05 Pediatric Supratentorial Brain Tumors European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Tumors
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
2023/05 Choice of approach to the posterior fossa European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Tumors
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
2023/05 Dissecting the role of CCL2/CCR2 axis in metastatic medulloblastoma XVI CAML PhD Students Meeting
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/05 Estudo do impacto das características imagiológicas pré-operatórias na sobrevida de doentes com glioblastomas primários e recorrentes 38º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (SPNC)
(Viseu, Portugal)
2023/05 Empiemas cranianos em idade pediátrica na era pós pandemia Covid-19: casuística do Serviço de Neurocirurgia do Hospital Santa Maria 38º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (SPNC)
(Viseu, Portugal)
2023/04 Pediatric ECMO - protecting the brain - My patient needs neurosurgery? 11th EuroELSO Congress 2023
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/03/29 I Ciclo de Debates “Prevenção da Infeção do Local Cirúrgico-ILC”
2023/03 Patient-derived models of human brain tumors – a tool for translational research 3as Jornadas da Competência de Patologia Experimental
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/02/03 Patient-derived models of brain metastases: an opportunity to study human disease and to develop novel therapies XIII Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Neuro-Oncologia
(Portugal)
2023/02 The molecular biology of brainstem tumors XXXVIII Reunião da Sociedade Espanhola de Neurocirurgia Pediátrica
(Badajoz, Spain)
2023/02 The role of CCL2 and IL-8 in the microenvironment of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors Congresso Português de Endocrinologia 2023 – 74ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Endocrinologia Diabetes e Metabolismo
(Algarve, Portugal)
2023/02 E-cadherin downregulation is associated with more proliferative and refractory pituitary tumors Congresso Português de Endocrinologia 2023 – 74ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Endocrinologia Diabetes e Metabolismo
(Algarve, Portugal)
2023/02 High PD-L1 expression predicts need for multiple treatment in pituitary neuroendocrine tumors Congresso Português de Endocrinologia 2023 – 74ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Endocrinologia Diabetes e Metabolismo
(Algarve, Portugal)
2023/02 Classificação clínico-patologica de Trouillas prediz refractoriedade e abordagem terapêutica complexa em doentes com adenomas hipofisários Congresso Português de Endocrinologia 2023 ¿ 74ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Endocrinologia Diabetes e Metabolismo
(Algarve, Portugal)
2023/02 PI3K/mTOR inhibition decreases UBE2C-driven leptomeningeal disease XIII Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Neuro-Oncologia
(Portugal)
2023/02 CCL2/CCR2 pathway as a therapeutic target in the treatment of medulloblastoma XIII Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Neuro-Oncologia
(Portugal)
2023/01/22 How I do it: hemangioblastoma European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Vascular
(Istanbul, Turkey)
2023/01/22 Pediatric Vascular Disease – clinical cases discussion European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Vascular
(Istanbul, Turkey)
2021 Extended Endonasal Approaches
Hospital Cuf Descobertas (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021 The clinical implications of meduloblastoma molecular subtypes Webinar da Sociedade Espanhola de Neurocirurgia Pediátrica
Sociedade Espanhola de Neurocirurgia Pediátrica
2021 BTG Young Investigators, training and education group & neurooncology curriculum 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Oncology
European Society of Pediatric Oncology
2021 Monitoring the patient with severe traumatic brain injury European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS)
2021 Management of pediatric traumatic brain injury European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) (Greece)
2021 Break-out session on decompressive craniectomy European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) (Greece)
2021 How I do it: depressed skull fracture European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS)
2021 Neurocirurgiões-Investigadores: importância para os serviços hospitalares e para a academia 36º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (SPNC)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (Porto)
2021 Identificação de alvos terapêuticos nos tumores cerebrais Webinar Rede Saúde da Universidade de Lisboa
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021 Patient-derived models of brain metastases: a tool for translational medicine European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Meeting 2021
European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS)
2021 Me´dicos-cientistas: importa^ncia para os hospitais e para a academia 8 º Congresso do Internato Médico Cuf
Hospital Cuf Descobertas
2021 Terapias moleculares dirigidas para o tratamento das metástases cerebrais Webinar Rede Saúde da Universidade de Lisboa
Universidade de Lisboa
2021 Deverá a ventriculostomia endoscópica ser equacionada em doentes com disfunção de sistema de derivação ventriculoperitoneal? 36º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (SPNC)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (SPNC)
2021 Empiemas subdurais: casuística de 11 anos numa unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos
2019/05 The role of ubiquitin conjugating enzymes in brain metastases 35º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia
(Lis, Portugal)
2019/05 Targetting CCL2-CCR2 axis in metastatic medulloblastoma XIII Annual CAML PhD Students' Meeting
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/05 Patient-derived xenografts of brain metastases for translational medicine 3rd International ASPIC Meeting
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/06 Tratamento de craniossinostoses – experiência do Hospital de Santa Maria NEURO 2017, Congresso Nacional das Sociedades Portuguesas de Neucorirurgia e Neurologia
(Funchal, Portugal)
2017/06 Patient-derived xenografts of brain metastases – a tool for translational medicine NEURO 2017, Congresso Nacional das Sociedades Portuguesas de Neucorirurgia e Neurologia
(Funchal, Portugal)
2016/11 Patient-derived xenografts of brain metastases – a tool for translational medicine Oncobiology Club. Instituto de Medicina Molecular
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/11 Modelos animais de metástases cerebrais IX Neurooncologia
Associação Portuguesa de Neurooncologia (Porto, Portugal)
2016/01 Using genomics for drug discovery in brain tumors Reunião do Programa de Formação Médica Avançada
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/01 Um caso raro de hipertiroidismo Sessão clínica do CAML
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/05 Uso da genética na identificação de novas terapias alvo no meduloblastoma 31° Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia
(Porto, Portugal)
2015/05 Tumores do Sistema Nervoso Central Pediátricos – Experiência do Hospital de Santa Maria 31° Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia
(Porto, Portugal)
2014/11 Targeting of the HGF/cMET pathway in metastatic medulloblastoma 1st ASPIC International Congress
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/03 Meduloblastoma – um paradigma da “medicina personalizada Sessão Clínica do HSM-CHLN
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/06 MET inhibition is effective therapy for metastatic medulloblastoma Molecular Pathways and Clinical Challenges, McGill University
(Montreal, Canada)
2013/05 Effective targeting of the HGF/cMET pathway in medulloblastoma Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Basic and Translational Research Conference
(Fort Lauderdale (Florida), United States)
2013/04 Effective Targeting of the cMET Pathway in Sonic Hedgehog Medulloblastoma 19th Annual Neuro-Tumor Club Dinner Meeting at AACR
American Association for Cancer Research, AACR (Washington, DC, United States)
2013/04 Using Genomics for Drug Discovery in Group 3 Medulloblastomas Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre Seminar
(Toronto, Canada)
2012/05 Targeting the cMET Pathway to Treat Medulloblastoma - Towards Personalized Therapy in Pediatric Brain Cancer Department of Surgery 38th Gallie Day
(Toronto, Canada)
2012/05 Targeting the cMET Pathway to Treat Metastatic Medulloblastoma Program in Cell Biology Annual Retreat
(Toronto, Canada)
2012/02 Foretinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor of cMET and PDGFR¿, in the treatment of disseminated medulloblastoma Program for Advanced Medical Education Annual Retreat
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
2011/03 The role of dysregulated HGF/cMET pathway signaling in medulloblastoma dissemination. Program for Advanced Medical Education Annual Retreat
(Sesimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Exploiting UBE2C as a new prognostic marker and therapeutic target in brain metastases”
Supervisor
2023 - Current Pediatric Chiari type 1 malformation: bibliometric study and literature review
Supervisor
2023 - Current Timing of intervention in posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilation in very preterm neonates
Supervisor
2023 - Current The role of UBE2C in the outcome of cancer patients with brain metastases
Supervisor
2023 - Current Carmustine-loaded metallic nanoparticles in glioblastoma therapy
Supervisor
2023 - Current Targeting therapeutic resistance in glioblastoma
Supervisor
2021 - Current Luminopsins for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Co-supervisor
 Programa Doutoral do Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (ramo de Medicina; ramo de Ciências Biomédicas; ramo de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde) (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - Current Luminopsins for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
Supervisor
2019 - Current Targeting the CCL2-CCR2 signalling pathway in metastatic medulloblastoma
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral do Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (ramo de Medicina; ramo de Ciências Biomédicas; ramo de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde) (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - Current Identification and validation of genetic markers of brain metastases
Supervisor
 Lisbon BioMed PhD Program (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - Current Crosstalk between the immune system and tumor stem cells – role in gliomagenesis
Co-supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Oncologia e Medicina Molecular, Universidade de Porto (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017 - Current Targeting the CCL2-CCR2 signalling pathway in metastatic medulloblastoma
Supervisor
2023 - 2024 Identification and validation of molecular targets involved in glioblastoma recurrence
Supervisor
2017 - 2024 Identification and validation of genetic markers of brain metastases
Supervisor
2017 - 2024 Crosstalk between the immune system and tumor stem cells – role in gliomagenesis
Supervisor
2021 - 2022 The role of UBE2C in the outcome of cancer patients with brain metastases”
Co-supervisor
2021 - 2022 Validação clínica de marcadores de resistência à terapêutica no glioblastoma
Co-supervisor
 Medicina (Specialization course)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Avaliação do papel do eixo CCL2-CCR2 na disseminação do meduloblastoma
Supervisor
2020 - 2021 Cirurgia Endoscópica Endonasal Transfenoidal: o impacto da tecnologia de impressão 3D
Supervisor
2020 - 2021 Factores de prognóstico neurológico da hemorragia intraventricular associada à prematuridade
Co-supervisor
 Medicina (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Cirurgia Endoscópica Endonasal Transfenoidal: o impacto da tecnologia de impressão 3D
Co-supervisor
 Medicina
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Clinical validation of molecular targets involved in glioblastoma recurrence
Co-supervisor
2018 - 2018 Metástases cerebrais: estudo retrospetivo da série cirúrgica do Hospital de Santa Maria
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Craniofaringiomas: caracterização da série pediátrica do Hospital de Santa Maria
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Astrocitoma pilocítico em idade pediátrica um estudo retrospectivo
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Terapêutica dos gliomas de baixo grau em idade pediátrica
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Participation in the organization of the European Combined Neuro-Oncology Course of the European Society for Pediatric Oncology, Brain Tumour Group (SIOPE BTG), 2nd cycle, year 2, Berlin, Germany, September 4-6, 2023 (2023)
2023 - Current Participation in the organization of the Research Day of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon within the scope of GAPIC, 12th Edition, Science for all, In person and online, December 13, 2023 (2023)
2022 - Current Participation in the organization of the EATRIS Summer School in Personalized Medicine, Infarmed, April 17-20, 2022 (2022)
2022 - Current Participation in the organization of the NeuroSeS Seminars, iMM, Lisbon, since 2022 (2022)
2020/12 - Current Participação na organização do Dia da Investigação da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa no âmbito do GAPIC, 9 de Dezembro de 2020 (online) (2020)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica, Tecnológica e Inovação (GAPIC), Portugal
2020/02 - Current Participação na organização do EATRIS International Meeting, INFARMED, 11-12 February, 2020 (2020)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Infarmed Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde IP, Portugal
2020 - Current Coordenou a participação do GAPIC na Noite Europeia dos Investigadores, com o tema Ciência e Natureza – Preservação do Património Cultural e Natural, 27 de Novembro 2020 (online). (2020) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação Científica, Tecnológica e Inovação (GAPIC), Portugal
2020 - Current Membro da Comissão Organizadora e Científica da Reunião Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia, Coimbra, 11 e 12 de Dezembro de 2020 (2020)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia, Portugal
2020 - Current Participação na organização do Clube de Ciência no Departamento de Pediatria do CHULN (2020)
Workshop
 Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2021 - 2021 EATRIS Summer School in Personalized Medicine Online, June 14-18, 2021 (2021 - 2021)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Netherlands
2021 - 2021 3rd European Combined Neuro-Oncology Course of the European Society for Pediatric Oncology - Brain Tumour Group (SIOPE BTG) Online, June 18-19, 2021 (2021 - 2021)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
2021 - 2021 II ASEICA-ASPIC International Meeting (2021 - 2021)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
2021 - 2021 Dia da Investigação da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa no âmbito do GAPIC, 10ª Edição, “Science is alive” Presencial e online, 15 de Dezembro de 2021 (2021 - 2021)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2014/11 - 2018/01 Organization of the Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Neuro-Oncology Association (APNO) (2009)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Portuguesa de Neuro-Oncologia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Organization of the Annual Training Course for Neurosurgery Residents through the Portuguese Society of Neurosurgery (SPNC) (1985)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Vascular Istanbul, Turkey, January 22-25, 2023
2023 - Current XIII National Congress of the Portuguese Neuro-Oncology Association, Centro de Reabilitação do Norte, February 3, 2023
2023 - Current XXXVIII Meeting of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Badajoz, February 16-18, 2023
2023 - Current 2nd SPNC Pediatric Neurosurgery Course, Craniosynostosis and Dysraphism, Coimbra, March 18, 2023
2023 - Current I Cycle of Debates, Prevention of Surgical Site Infection-ILC, Online, 29 March 2023
2023 - Current EATRIS-Plus Summer School in Personalized Medicine, Infarmed, April 17-10, 2023
2023 - Current 11th EuroELSO Congress 2023, Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, 26-29 April 2023
2023 - Current European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course, Tumors, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 14-18, 2023
2023 - Current EATRIS Combined Meeting, Board of National Directors and Board of Governors, Uppsala, Sweden May 2-23, 2023
2023 - Current 38th National Congress of the Portuguese Society of Neurosurgery (SPNC), Viseu, May 25-27, 2023
2023 - Current 3rd Experimental Pathology Competence Days, Ordem dos Médicos do Centro, June 3, 2023
2023 - Current 12th Annual EANS Young Neurosurgeons’ Meeting, Madrid, 9-10 June 2023
2023 - Current 74th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery, Joint Meeting with the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery, the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and the Portuguese Neurosurgical Society, Stuttgart, Germany, June 25–28, 2023
2023 - Current European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course - Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury, Porto, Portugal, August 20-23, 2023
2023 - Current SIOPe BTG European Combined Neuro-Oncology Course (2nd cycle, year 2), Berlin, Germany, 4-6 September 2023
2023 - Current SIOPE Brain Tumor Group Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 7-8 September 2023
2023 - Current Advanced course in Biobanks: boosting health research, Egas Moniz Building, September 13-15, 2023
2023 - Current 5th International Conference Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE2023), Edifício Reynaldo dos Santos, 14-16 September 2023
2023 - Current EATRIS Portugal Annual Meeting, INFARMED, 4 October 2023
2023 - Current 13th EMBO Young Scientists Forum, iMM, 12-13 October 2023
2023 - Current X Congresso Nacional de Estudantes de Medicina, Lisboa, 13 - 15 October 2023
2023 - Current Open day CHULN – Internato Médico, Edifício Egas Moniz, 25 October 2023
2023 - Current Quality in Health: The Road to Competitive Advantage, CHULN Training Center, 6 November 2023
2023 - Current Celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Luso-Spanish Society of Neurosurgery, Madrid, November 11, 2023
2023 - Current European Research Network on Craniofacial Anomalies (ERN CRANIO) Meeting, Dublin, November 16th and 17th, 2023
2023 - Current EATRIS 10th Anniversary, The Hague, Netherlands, 21-23 November 2023
2023 - Current FMUL/GAPIC Research Day, 12th Edition, Science for all, In person and online, December 13, 2023
2021 - Current Workshop in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Conference
 AIMS Meeting 2021
2021 - Current ANEM Research Week - Investigação Clínica: do internato à prática clínica
Congress
 ANEM Research Week
2020/12 - Current Reunião Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia Coimbra, 11 e 12 de Dezembro de 2020
Congress
 Reunião Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia
Associação Portuguesa de Neuro-Oncologia, Portugal
2020/11 - Current European Research Network on Craniofacial Anomalies (ERN CRANIO) Meeting Online
Congress
 European Research Network on Craniofacial Anomalies (ERN CRANIO) Meeting Online
European Reference Network on Cranial Anomalies (ERN CRANIO), Netherlands
2020/04 - Current EATRIS Network Meeting – Board of Governors, Board of National Directors and Platform Chairs
Conference
 EATRIS Network Meeting – Board of Governors, Board of National Directors and Platform Chairs
EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Netherlands
2020 - Current EATRIS International Meeting INFARMED, 11-12 February, 2020
Congress
 EATRIS International Meeting
EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Netherlands
2020 - Current EATRIS Plus kick off Meeting INFARMED, 13 February, 2020
Congress
2020 - Current XXXVI Reunião da Sociedade Espanhola de Neurocirurgia Pediátrica, Alicante, Spain, February 21-22, 2020
Congress
 XXXVI Reunião da Sociedade Espanhola de Neurocirurgia Pediátrica, Alicante
Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía Pediátrica, Spain
2020 - Current 2nd European Combined Neuro-Oncology Course of the European Society for Pediatric Oncology - Brain Tumour Group (SIOPE BTG)
Workshop
 2nd European Combined Neuro-Oncology Course of the European Society for Pediatric Oncology - Brain Tumour Group (SIOPE BTG)
SIOPe: European Society for Pediatric Oncology, Belgium
2020 - Current EATRIS Network Meeting – Board of National Directors and Platform Chairs
Conference
 EATRIS Network Meeting – Board of National Directors and Platform Chairs
EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Netherlands
2020 - Current Reunião anual da secção portuguesa da Sociedade Internacional de Oncologia Pediátrica – Europa (SIOPe) Brain Tumor Group (BTG)
Congress
 Reunião anual da secção portuguesa da Sociedade Internacional de Oncologia Pediátrica – Europa (SIOPe) Brain Tumor Group (BTG)
SIOPe: European Society for Pediatric Oncology, Belgium
2014 - Current Participation in “Corrida Saúde Mais Solidária”, organized by the students of the Medical School (AEFML), to create awareness and to fundraise for brain tumor research, through the “Brain Tumor Team – BTT”. The BTT has gathered more than 500 participants, including health care professionals, scientists, patients and their families. The team participated in “Corrida Saúde Mais Solidária” on May 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Other
 Corrida Saúde + Solidária
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - 2023 EATRIS Network Meeting – Board of Governors, Board of National Directors and Platform Chairs Online, November 24th and 25th, 2021
2021 - 2021 Semana de introdução ao curso de Medicina GAPIC, pela educação científica dos futuros médicos e nutricionistas
2021 - 2021 Workshop in Pediatric Neurosurgery AIMS Masterclasses, Online, November 6th, 2021
Congress
 AIMS Masterclasses, Online, November 6th, 2021
2021 - 2021 SKY Meeting, 4th Edition “João Lobo Antunes: Vision and Legacy” Surgical Congress Organized by AEFMUP
Congress
 Surgical Congress Organized by AEFMUP
2021 - 2021 Course - ”Transsphenoidal endoscopic approach with 3D printed cranial models”
Meeting
 AHED – Advanced Health Education
Hospital CUF Descobertas, Portugal
2021 - 2021 European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury
Meeting
 European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Meeting 2021
2021 - 2021 Médicos-cientistas: importância para os hospitais e para a academia
Congress
 8 º Congresso do Internato Médico Cuf
Hospital CUF Descobertas, Portugal
2021 - 2021 EATRIS Plus Annual Meeting Online, February 3-4, 2021
Meeting
EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Netherlands
2021 - 2021 6th Post-graduate Craniopharyngioma course 2021 “New developments and challenges in the treatment of Childhood Craniopharyngioma: striving for the ultimate balance” Online, April 22-23, 2021
2021 - 2021 SIOPe BTG Craniopharyngioma board meeting Online, April 23rd, 2021
2021 - 2021 Webinar da Sociedade Espanhola de Neurocirurgia Pediátrica, Online, April 23rd, 2021
2021 - 2021 Course - ”Transsphenoidal endoscopic approach with 3D printed cranial models” AHED – Advanced Health Education Hospital Cuf Descobertas, March 6th, 2021
2021 - 2021 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Oncology Virtual, April 30th, 2021
2021 - 2021 27th Porto Cancer Meeting Stemness and Metastasis: advances in research and clinical translation Virtual, May 20-21, 2021
2021 - 2021 EATRIS Network Meeting – Board of Governors, Board of National Directors and Platform Chairs Online, May 25th and 26th, 2021
2021 - 2021 EATRIS-Plus Summer School in Personalized Medicine June 14-18, 2021
2021 - 2021 3rd European Combined Neuro-Oncology Course of the European Society for Pediatric Oncology - Brain Tumour Group (SIOPE BTG) Online, June 18-19, 2021
2021 - 2021 A Universidade de Lisboa à Procura de Respostas para o Cancro Webinar Rede Saúde da Universidade de Lisboa 30 de Junho de 2021
2021 - 2021 SNO 3rd Annual Conference on Brain Metastases Virtual, August 19 to 21, 2021
2021 - 2021 European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury Thessaloniki, Greece August 22-25, 2021
2021 - 2021 36º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia (SPNC) Porto, 9 e 11 de Setembro de 2021
2021 - 2021 “Fluorescence-guided resection using gliolan®” Online training Course, 17th September 2021
2021 - 2021 European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Meeting 2021 Neurosurgery in Translation Virtual, October 5th 2021
2021 - 2021 8 º Congresso do Internato Médico Cuf Hospital Cuf Descobertas, 8 de Outubro 2021
2021 - 2021 XII Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Neuro-Oncologia (APNO) Online, 14 e 15 de Outubro de 2021
2021 - 2021 A Universidade de Lisboa à Procura de Respostas para o Cancro Webinar Rede Saúde da Universidade de Lisboa 28 de Outubro de 2021
2021 - 2021 European Research Network on Craniofacial Anomalies (ERN CRANIO) Meeting Barcelona, November 4th and 5th, 2021
2021 - 2021 Joint Webinar EATRIS Spain+Portugal "Success stories on biomarkers: from bench to the clinical practice. Barriers, tips and tricks"¿ Online, November 30th, 2021
2021 - 2021 ESPN Masterclass – “Anterior plagiocephaly” Online, 9 de Dezembro de 2021
2021 - 2021 Dia da Investigação FMUL/GAPIC 10ª Edição, “Science is alive” Presencial e online, 15 de Dezembro de 2021
2020/02/13 - 2020/02/14 XXVI Jornadas de Pediatria do Departamento de Pediatria do Hospital de Santa Maria Lisboa, February 13 - 14, 2020
Conference

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023 Contributos da pressão tecidular cerebral de oxige´nio na monitorização multimodal intraoperato´nia em cirurgia de aneurismas
(Thesis) Arguer
 Pedro Alberto Pinto da Silva (PhD)
2023 Developmental Venous Anomalies, Cerebral Cavernous Malformations and Beyond: Neuroimaging Insight into Pediatric Cerebrovenous Vascular Malformations
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Filipa Geraldo Silva Couceiro (PhD)
2021 The metabolic regulation of the cancer stem cell phenotype in glioblastoma
(Thesis) Arguer
 Joana Costa Castro Peixoto (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 Estudo de biomarcadores em glioblastomas: correlação clínica e molecula
(Thesis) Arguer
 Paulo José de Campos Linhares Vieira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 Mapeamento funcional da linguagem na avaliação pré-operatória de neoplasias primárias do SNC: a propósito de um caso clínico
President of the jury
 Afonso Maria Vieira Gonçalves (Master)
2021 Post-operative imaging findings in deep brain stimulation: a retrospective study
President of the jury
 Maria Teresa Oliveira Santana (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 O impacto da resseção cirúrgica na abordagem de metástases cerebrais múltiplas
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Rita Pinto Medeiros (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 Research in undergraduate medical Education: a national and international overview
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sofia Carmezim Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 HOXA9 as a key regulator in glioma initiation, aggressiveness and response to therapy
(Thesis) Arguer
 Marta Pojo (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 Cancer-associated fibroblasts in brain metastases
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Laura Frazão (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Clinical and Translational Medicine
2021 - Current Frontiers Molecular Biosciences
2021 - Current Frontiers Molecular Neurosciences
2021 - Current Acta Pediátrica Portuguesa
2021 - Current Sinapse
2020 - Current Frontiers Cell And Developmental Biology
2020 - Current Childs Nervous System
2020 - Current Clinical Case Reports
2020 - Current Frontiers Oncology

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015 - Current European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
2014 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro
2013 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Neurooncologia
2013 - Current TEC (Training & Education Committee) and Medulloblastoma/PNET Working Group of the European Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP-E) Brain Tumor Group (BTG
2012 - Current American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
2011 - Current Portuguese-American Post-graduate Society (PAPS)
2010 - Current Sociedade das Ciências Médicas de Lisboa
2010 - Current European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
2007 - Current European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
2007 - Current International Federation of Neuroendoscopy
2006 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia Membro
2001 - Current Ordem dos Médicos Membro

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Member of the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences Committee of Bruno Filipe da Silva Santos (Characterizing the role of FOXO regulators and FOXO isoforms in cancer)
Member
2023 - Current Member of the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences Committee of Ana Beatriz Domingues Silva (Understanding the functions of telomeric repeat-containing RNAs at non-telomeric loci)
Member
2023 - Current Member of the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences Committee of Dinah Marçal Verdugo Duarte (Clinical pharmacology in the development of paediatric orphan medicines)
Member
2019 - Current Membro da Comissão de Implementação da Reforma do Ensino Clínico
Member
2016 - Current Membro do Conselho Científico do Centro de Investigação Clínica do HSM (Maio de 2016 – presente)
Member
 Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2022 - 2025 PhD thesis committee (Beatriz Silva, CAML PhD Program)
2020 - 2023 PhD thesis committee (Dinah Duarte, PhD Programme i3DU)
2019 - 2022 PhD thesis committee (Bruno Santos, PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences)
2019/04 - 2020/07 Membro da Comissão de Ética do Instituto Gulbenkian Ciência (IGC) (Abril 2019 – Julho 2020)
Member
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017 - 2020 PhD thesis committee member (Diana Chapela, M2B CAML PhD Program)
2017 - 2020 PhD thesis committees (Charlotte Baker, CAML PhD )Program

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Lecture: Neurocirurgia Pediátrica, Hipertensão intracraniana e hidrocefalia. Optional module of Neurosurgery
2023 - Current Workshop in Pediatric Neurosurgery. AIMS Meeting, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa
2023 - Current Integrated Seminar on Brain Tumors. Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine, 4th year. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa
2023 - Current Research at FMUL and GAPIC, Introduction to Medicine Week. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa
2023 - Current Workshop in Pediatric Neurosurgery. AIMS Masterclasses. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa. November 6th, 2023
2023 - Current Translational research in brain tumors, from human samples to preclinical trials. Sessão Neuroscience at CAML. Aula Magna FMUL, 11 January 2023
2023 - Current Using genomics for drug discovery in brain tumors, from patient samples to preclinical trials. Session bridging the gap Programa Doutoral do CAML (Lisbon Biomed PhD Program). iMM, January 12th, 2023
2023 - Current Discipline of Neuropathology and Neuropharmacology of the Master's Degree in Biopharmaceutical Sciences: Using Genomics for drug discovery in brain tumors, from patient samples to preclinical trials. Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, April 12th, 2023
2023 - Current EATRIS-Plus Summer School in Personalized Medicine. Multimodal Biomarkers and Diagnostics. Infarmed, April 17-20, 2023
2023 - Current European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course. Thessaloniki, Greece. May 14-18, 2023
2023 - Current European Association of Neurological Societies (EANS) Training Course. Functional Neurosurgery and Head Injury. Porto, Portugal. August 20-23, 2023
2023 - Current From patient to research: Challenges for the collection and use of biological samples. Advanced course in Biobanks: boosting health research. Edifício Egas Moniz, 13-15 September 2023
2023 - Current Quality as a promoter of Management Process Integration, an example from ERN CRANIO. Quality in Healthcare: The Road to Competitive Advantage. Centro de Formação do CHULN. 6 November 2023
2021 - Current Aula de “Neurocirurgia Pediátrica – Hipertensão intracraniana e hidrocefalia Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - Current Aula sobre Neurocirurgia Pediátrica Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - Current Pediatric brain tumors – from the bedside to the bench and back Session bridging the gap Programa Doutoral do Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (ramo de Medicina; ramo de Ciências Biomédicas; ramo de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde) (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - Current Introduction to Pediatric Neurosurgery Cadeira Opcional de Neurocirurgia do Mestrado Integrado em Medicina da FMUL (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - Current Introduction to cell culture Programa Doutoral da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Aula de “Neurocirurgia Pediátrica – Hipertensão intracraniana e hidrocefalia” Medicina Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Seminário Integrado sobre Tumores Cerebrais Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Bases Moleculares do Cancro e Princípios Terapêuticos “Tumores Cerebrais” Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021 - 2021 PhD Advanced Course – Advances in Neuropharmaceutics Using Genomics for drug discovery in brain tumors – from patient samples to preclinical trials Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Patient-derived xenografts of brain metastases – a tool for translational medicine Session bridging the gap Programa Doutoral do Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (ramo de Medicina; ramo de Ciências Biomédicas; ramo de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Aula “Principles of Neurosciences – Neuroanatomy” Investigação Biomédica (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/03 Workshop in Pediatric Neurosurgery 8th Annual International Medical Students (AIMS) Meeting Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (Outros)
2018/03 - 2018/03 Workshop in Pediatric Neurosurgery Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Outros)
2017/05 - 2017/05 Pediatric brain tumors – from the bedside to the bench and back Programa de Formação em Investigação do CHULN
2017/05 - 2017/05 Pediatric Neurosurgery (classes and training in neuroendoscopic surgery) Hospital Central de Maputo (Moçambique) (Graduado)
2017/01 - 2017/01 Curso de Pediatria – do básico à diferenciação (Módulo XVII – Neurocirurgia) Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/12 - 2016/12 Rastreio de patologia craniana Curso de Pediatria – do básico à diferenciação (Módulo IV – Pediatria Geral) Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/05 - 2016/05 Pediatric brain tumors – from the bedside to the bench and back Programa de Formação em Investigação do CHULN
2015 - 2015 Introduction to Research Programa doutoral para médicos da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2014/04 - Current Internato em Neurocirurgia Pedro Duarte Batista
2020 - 2022 Programa de Investigação Clínica Mafalda Castelão
2018/09 - 2018/09 Visits to the Department of Neurosurgery Maria Mafalda Catanho da Silva Vieira
2018/08 - 2018/08 Internato médico do ano comum Joana Serafim
2018/02 - 2018/02 Internato médico do ano comum Pedro Almeida
2018/02 - 2018/02 Visits to the Department of Neurosurgery Inês Ferreira Jorge
2017/08 - 2017/09 Visits to the Department of Neurosurgery Sofia Lacerda
2017/07 - 2017/07 Pediatricians (Ciclo de Estudos Especiais em Neuropediatria) Clara Marecos
2016/09 - 2016/09 Visits to the Department of Neurosurgery Rita João Trabulo Silva
2016/08 - 2016/08 Internato médico do ano comum Joana Rita Alves Sá de Almeida
2016/05 - 2016/06 Internato em Neurocirurgia Ana Luís
2015/10 - 2015/11 Internato em Neurocirurgia Alexandra Soromenho Santos
2015/07 - 2015/07 Visits to the Department of Neurosurgery Vera de Paiva Vilaça
2014/11 - 2014/12 Pediatricians (Ciclo de Estudos Especiais em Neuropediatria) Tiago Proença dos Santos
Distinctions

Award

2022 Honourable Mention from Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica 2022
Fundação Bial, Portugal
2022 Gilead Génese Award 2022
Gilead Sciences Lda, Portugal
2018 Best poster award at the EurOPDX Workshop, Switzerland
2017 Codman Award – Best oral presentation at the Congress of the Portuguese Neurosurgical Society (NEURO2017)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia, Portugal
2016 D. Manuel de Mello Award to study pilocytic astrocytomas
Fundação Amélia de Mello, Portugal
2015 Award to study Pediatric Brain Tumors
Fundação Millennium bcp , Portugal
2013 Phil Gold Scientist-in-Training Award (2nd prize for oral presentation) at the Montreal International Symposium on Angiogenesis and Metastasis
2012 Honourable Mention – Gallie-Bateman Competition and McMurrich Oral Presentation Competition
Department of Surgery University of Toronto Canada, Canada
2008 Best abstract - XXI st Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Switzerland
2006 Best oral presentation – XX Congress of the Portuguese Neurosurgical Society
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia, Portugal
2004 Best oral presentation, XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Neurosurgical Society
Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia, Portugal

Other distinction

2021 Bolsa LPCC/LIONS Cancro Infantil 2021 com o projecto “Clinical validation of CCL2/CCR2 signaling pathway in metastatic medulloblastoma”
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2018 Ambassador of Bairrada Region for Research and Scienc
2018 Scholarship as Visiting Scientist at the Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
2011 Research Fellowship from the Hospital for Sick Children Research Training Centre and Garron Family Cancer Centre
Hospital for Sick Children Research Training Centre and Garron Family Cancer Centre, Canada
2010 Research Fellowship from the Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre
Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Canada
2009 Programme for Advanced Medical Education supported by Fundação Gulbenkian, Fundação Champalimaud, Ministério da Saúde e Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal