Helena Catarina de Bastos Marques Pereira (B117-C263-0D69)

Curriculum Vitae

Helena Catarina de Bastos Marques Pereira

Helena Catarina Pereira graduated in Biomedical Engineering in 2007 and obtained her PhD in Physics in 2014, both from the University of Coimbra. Between 2006 and 2015, she conducted research at the Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, focusing on developing biomedical devices for monitoring cardiovascular conditions and diabetic foot. During this period, she actively participated in teaching and supervising graduate students in Biomedical Engineering. In 2007, she joined ISA - Intelligent Sensing Anywhere SA, where she held various responsibilities over a five-year period. Her role involved leading health research projects centred around the remote control of vital signs and assisted living environments. From 2015 to 2016, H. Catarina Pereira served as a consultant at SPI-Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, contributing to multiple projects related to research and development, innovation, internationalisation, and commercial strategy development. She also played a key role in preparing and monitoring applications for national and EU funding systems. In 2016, she became a postdoctoral researcher at IBILI – Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences, followed by a post-doctoral position at ICNAS - Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health in 2017. During this time, she participated in several European research projects designed to validate novel therapeutic approaches in neurodevelopmental disorders, specifically autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Throughout her postdoctoral studies, she engaged in five multicentre clinical trials, coordinating four of them. This expanded her expertise in neuroimaging (MRI, EEG) and neuromodulation (tDCS, BCI) techniques, cognitive neuroscience, as well as clinical trial management, regulatory compliance, and patient recruitment. Currently, she is a researcher at ICNAS PHARMA - University of Coimbra and an integrated member of the Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT). Her focus has been on studying neuroadaptation post-cataract and refractive surgery, aiming to identify therapeutic targets and intraocular lens features conducive to effective neuroadaptation for practical clinical applications. Furthermore, she is also involved in a multicentre clinical trial aimed at validating personalised at-home neurofeedback in children with ASD. H. Catarina Pereira holds an invention patent and is the author and co-author of 16 original peer-reviewed papers published in high-quality international journals, 8 book chapters, and 30 conference papers. She also had the opportunity to disseminate her research findings as the author and co-author of 8 scientific posters and 11 oral communications at national and international conferences. Additionally, she has been involved in organizing science outreach activities, such as promoting hands-on activities in science clubs at local schools or implementing European Researchers' Night science activities. Her work has been recognised with several awards, including the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge Award 2016 (Best Idea in PhD category), three best student paper awards at international conferences and three educational grants.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Helena Catarina de Bastos Marques Pereira

Citation names

Pereira, H. Catarina
Pereira, Helena C.
Pereira, H. C.
Pereira. H.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B117-C263-0D69
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1423-3038
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xDv4Bn4AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id: 44561538000

Email addresses

hpereira@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

ICNAS PHARMA, Edifício do ICNAS - Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Coimbra, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 , Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering - Medical Engineering
Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics
Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021 - 2021 Concluded	Good Clinical Practice - GCP (Outros) NIDA Clinical Trials Network, United States	Training certification
2017/05 Concluded	Good Clinical Practice - GCP (Outros) Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum, Switzerland	Training certification
2008 - 2014 Concluded	Doutoramento em Física Tecnológica (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Methods and Instrumentation for Non-Invasive Assessment of the Cardiovascular Condition" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovada com Distinção e Louvor por Unanimidade
2010 - 2011 Concluded	Curso de Empreendedorismo de Base Tecnológica (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Training certification
2011 Concluded	Programa de Formação em Empreendedorismo para Estudantes do Ensino Superior (Outros) Babson College, Boston, EUA, United States	Training certification
2002 - 2007 Concluded	Engenharia Biomédica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Cardioaccelerometery - the Assessment of Pulse Wave Velocity using Accelerometers" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16 (Degree) / 19 (Thesis)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/02/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	ICNAS PHARMA, Portugal

2017/11 - 2022/06/30	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2016/06 - 2017/10	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal (...)
2013/02 - 2015/01	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Centro de Instrumentação da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008 - 2012	Research Assistant (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal (...)
2006/01 - 2007/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Centro de Instrumentação da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2011/02 - 2011/06	Tutor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021 - Current	Integrated Researcher	Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory (LASI), Portugal

2021 - Current	Integrated Researcher	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal

2022/06/22 - 2023/01/31	Licença de Maternidade	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

2015/06 - 2016/06	Consultant	Sociedade Portuguesa da Inovacao, Portugal

2009/03 - 2012/06	Biomedical Devices R&D	Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A, Portugal

2007/10 - 2009/02	Healthcare Project Manager	Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/06 - Current	BrainHero - Embracing Neurodiversity 190161681 Researcher	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2017/01 - 2022/06	Transcranial brain stimulation as innovative therapy for chronic pediatric neuropsychiatric disorder - STIPED grant.731827 Post-doc Fellow	European Commission Concluded
2013/11 - 2018/10	Taking imaging into the therapeutic domain: Self-regulation of brain systems for mental disorders grant.602186 Post-doc Fellow	European Commission Concluded
2012 - 2013	Sistema e Método Vibro-Acelerométrico para Medição Não-Invasiva e Contínua da Pressão Arterial Sanguínea QREN - BOLSAS DE IGNIÇÃO INOV.C (Mais Centro) Researcher	Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro Concluded
2008/07/01 - 2012/06/30	New Instrumentation for Early Detection and Monitoring of Cardiovascular Condition - Evaluation of Hemodynamic Parameters. SFRH/BDE/15669/2007) PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/02/01 - Current	NECSUS - NEuroadaptation after Cataract and Refractive SUrgery Study NECSUS Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal	European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Laboratório Associado de Sistemas Inteligentes LA/P/0104/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0104/2020 Researcher Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Tecnologias e Sistemas, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas Computacionais Embebidos e de Tempo-Real, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro de Matemática, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, Portugal Universidade do Minho Instituto de Polímeros e Compósitos, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Engenharia Eletrónica e Informática de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2015/06 - 2016/05	Traditional Food Network to improve the transfer of knowledge for innovation 613912 Consultant	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Food Agriculture and Fisheries Biotechnology Concluded
2013/02 - 2014/12	TICE.Healthy - Sistemas de Saúde e Qualidade de Vida COMPETE- QREN 13842 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Projecto Estratégico - UI 217 - 2011-2012 PEst-C/FIS/UI0217/2011 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010/02/05 - 2013/02/04	Desenvolvimento e caracterização de novos sensores para avaliação hemodinâmica PTDC/SAU-BEB/100650/2008 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2012/06/30	Combing social interaction and long term monitoring for promoting independent living 288173 Technical development	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies Concluded
2008/07 - 2011/12	PAAL - PULSOFT AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING QREN 2008/2629 Researcher INTELLICARE - Intelligent Sensing in Healthcare Lda, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	H. Catarina Pereira; Daniela Sousa; Marco Simões; Ricardo Martins; Carlos Amaral; Vânia Lopes; Joana Crisóstomo; Miguel Castelo-Branco. "Effects of anodal multichannel transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on social-cognitive performance in healthy subjects: A randomized sham-controlled crossover pilot study". 2021. 10.1016/bs.pbr.2021.04.004 Pereira, H. C.; Maldonado, J.; Contente, M.; Almeida, V.; Pereira, T.; Simões, J. B.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Characterization of an Acoustic Based Device for Local Arterial Stiffness Assessment". In Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, 98-114. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. Published • 10.1007/978-3-662-44485-6_8 Pereira, T.; Santos, I.; Oliveira, T.; Vaz, P.; Santos Pereira, T.; Santos, H.; Almeida, V.; et al. "Clinical Test for Validation of a New Optical Probe for Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment". In Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, 269-283. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. Published • 10.1007/978-3-662-44485-6_19 Borges, Elisabeth; Sequeira, Mariana; Cortez, André; Pereira, Helena Catarina; Pereira, Tânia; Almeida, Vânia; Vasconcelos, Teresa; et al. "Pine Decay Assessment by Means of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy". In Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, 54-73. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. Published • 10.1007/978-3-662-44485-6_5 Almeida, V.; Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, T.; Ferreira, L. R.; Correia, C.; Cardoso, J.. "Assessment of the Pulse Wave Variability for a New Non-invasive Device". In The International Conference on Health Informatics, 240-243. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-03005-0_61 Pereira, T.; Cabeleira, M.; Matos, P.; Borges, E.; Almeida, V.; Pereira, H. C.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Non-contact Pulse Wave Velocity Assessment Using Optical Methods". In Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, 246-257. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-29752-6_18 Pereira, H. C.; Cardoso, J. M.; Almeida, V. G.; Pereira, T.; Borges, E.; Figueiras, E.; Ferreira, L. R.; Simões, J. B.; Correia, C.. "Programmable Test Bench for Hemodynamic Studies". In World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany, 1460-1463. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2_387 Borges, E.; Figueiras, E.; Pereira, H. C.; Cardoso, J. M.; Ferreira, L. R.; Correia, C.. "Optically Isolated Current Source". In World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany, 2020-2023. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2_536
Conference abstract	Pereira, T.; Pereira, Te.; Santos, H.; Pereira, H. C.; Correia, C.; Cardoso, J.. "Assessment of Carotid Distension Waveform and Local Pulse Wave Velocity Determination by a Novel Optical System". Paper presented in ARTERY 2014, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2014. Published Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, Te.; Maldonado, J.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Simões, J. B.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Non-invasive Assessment of Local Pulse Wave Velocity using Electromechanical Sensors: Feasibility Study in a Healthy Population". Paper presented in ARTERY 2014, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2014. Published
Conference paper	Helena Catarina Pereira; Pedro do Mar; Carlos Correia. "Metabolic.Care: Development and characterization of a new thermographic platform for diabetic foot detection". 2015. 10.1109/enbeng.2015.7088826 Pereira, T.; Santos, I.; Pereira, Te.; Santos, H.; Almeida, V.; Pereira, H. C.; Correia, C.; Cardoso, J.. "Reproducibility of Pulse Wave Analysis and Pulse Wave Velocity in Healthy Subjects using a New Optical Probe". Paper presented in BIOSIGNALS 2014 - International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Angers, France, 2014. Published Pereira, T.; Santos, I.; Santos, H.; Almeida, V.; Pereira, H.; Correia, C.; Cardoso, J.. "Reproducibility of pulse wave analysis and pulse wave velocity in healthy subjects". 2014. Pereira, T.; Vaz, P.; Oliveira, T.; Santos, I.; Leal, A.; Almeida, V.; Pereira, H. C.; Correia, C.; Cardoso, J.. "New Optical Probe Approach using Mixing Effect in Planar Photodiode for Biomedical Applications". Paper presented in SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, Prague, Czech Republic, 2013. Published • 10.1117/12.2017024 Pereira, H. C.; Maldonado, J.; Pereira, Te.; Contente, M.; Almeida, V.; Pereira, T.; Simões, J. B.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "A Novel and Low Cost Acoustic Based Probe for Local Pulse Wave Velocity Estimation - Experimental Characterization and In-Vivo Feasibility". Paper presented in BIODEVICES 2013 - International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Barcelona, Spain, 2013. Published Almeida, V.; Borba, J.; Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, T.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Indices and Repeatability Tests of Cardiovascular Function Performed on the Arterial Distension Waveform - Case study: Angiography Intervention". Paper presented in BIOSIGNALS 2013 - International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Barcelona, Spain, 2013. Published Pereira, T.; Santos, I.; Oliveira, T.; Vaz, P.; Pereira, Te.; Santos, H.; Pereira, H. C.; et al. "Local PWV and other Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment: Validation of a New Optical Technique in an Healthy Population". Paper presented in BIOSIGNALS 2013 - International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Barcelona, Spain, 2013. Published Borges, E.; Sequeira, M.; Cortez, A.; Pereira, T.; Pereira, H. C.; Almeida, V.; Vasconcelos, T.; et al. "Bioimpedance Parameters as a Risk Factor to Assess Pine Decay - An Innovative Approach to the Diagnosis of Plant Diseases". Paper presented in BIODEVICES 2013 - International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Device, Barcelona, Spain, 2013. Published Borges, E.; Sequeira, M.; Cortez, A.; Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Cardoso, J.; et al. "Assessment of Physiological States of Plants in situ - An Innovative Approach to the use of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy". Paper presented in BIOTECHNO 2013 - International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies, Lisboa, Portugal, 2013. Published Almeida, V.G.; Borba, J.; Pereira, H.C.; Pereira, T.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Indices and repeatability tests of cardiovascular function performed on the arterial distension waveform - Case study: Angiography intervention". 2013. Almeida, V.G.; Borba, J.; Pereira, T.; Pereira, H.C.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.; Almeida, V.; Pereira, H. C.. "Data mining based methodologies for cardiac risk patterns identification". Paper presented in BIOINFORMATICS 2013 - International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms, Barcelona, Spain, 2013. Published Borges, E.; Sequeira, M.; Cortez, A.F.V.; Pereira, H.C.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Vasconcelos, T.M.; et al. "Bioimpedance parameters as a risk factor to assess pine decay: An innovative approach to the diagnosis of plant diseases". 2013. Pereira, H.C.; Maldonado, J.; Pereira, T.; Contente, M.; Almeida, V.; Simões, J.B.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "A novel and low cost acoustic based probe for local pulse wave velocity estimation: Experimental characterization and in-vivo feasibility". 2013. Almeida, V. G.; Borba, J.; Pereira, T.; Pereira, H. C.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Validation of a Waveform Delineator Device for Cardiac Studies: Repeatability and Data Mining Analysis". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE 2nd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, Portugal, 2012. Published • 10.1109/ENBENG.2012.6331339 Pereira, H. C.; Simões, J. B.; Malaquias, J. L.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Borges, E.; Figueiras, E.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Double Headed Probe for Local Pulse Wave Velocity Estimation - A New Device for Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment". Paper presented in BIODEVICES 2011 - International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Rome, Italy, 2011. Published Almeida, V.; Santos, P.; Figueiras, E.; Borges, E.; Pereira, T.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.; Pereira, H. C.. "Hemodynamic Features Extraction from a New Arterial Pressure Waveform Probe". Paper presented in BIOSIGNALS 2011 - International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Rome, Italy, 2011. Published Pereira, T.; Cabeleira, M.; Matos, P.; Borges, E.; Almeida, V.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.; Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, H.C.. "Optical Methods for Local Pulse Wave Velocity Assessment". Paper presented in BIOSIGNALS 2011 - International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Rome, Italy, 2011. Published Almeida, V.; Pereira, T.; Borges, E.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.; Pereira, H. C.. "A Real Time Cardiac Monitoring System- Arterial Pressure Waveform Capture and Analysis". Paper presented in PEECS 2011 - International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems, Algarve, Portugal, 2011. Published Pereira, T.; Oliveira, T.; Cabeleira, M.; Almeida, V.; Borges, E.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.; Pereira, H. C.. "Visible and Infrared Optical Probes for Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment". Paper presented in 2011 IEEE Sensors, Limerick, Ireland, 2011. Published • 10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127106 Pereira, T.; Oliveira, T.; Cabeleira, M.; Matos, P.; Pereira, H.C.; Almeida, V.; Borges, E.; et al. "Signal Analysis in a New Optical Pulse Waveform Profiler for Cardiovascular Applications". Paper presented in Signal and Image Processing and Applications / Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, Crete, Greece, 2011. Published • 10.2316/P.2011.738-067 Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Cardoso, J.; Maldonado, J.; Malaquias, J. L.; Simões, J. B.; Correia, C.. "New Instrumentation for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: The Role of Pulse Wave Velocity". Paper presented in 2011 1st Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Lisbon, Portugal, 2011. Published • 10.1109/ENBENG.2011.6026065 Almeida, V. G.; Pereira, T.; Pereira, H. C.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "A Cardiac Signal Monitoring and Processing System". Paper presented in 2011 1st Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Lisbon, Portugal, 2011. Published • 10.1109/ENBENG.2011.6026046 Almeida, V.G.; Pereira, T.; Borges, E.; Cardoso, J.M.R.; Correia, C.; Pereira, H.C.. "A real time cardiac monitoring system - Arterial pressure waveform capture and analysis". 2011. Pereira, H.C.; Simoes, J.B.; Malaquias, J.L.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Borges, E.; Figueiras, E.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Double headed probe for local pulse wave velocity estimation: A new device for hemodynamic parameters assessment". 2011. Almeida, V.G.; Santos, P.; Figueiras, E.; Borges, E.; Pereira, T.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.; Pereira, H.C.. "Hemodynamic features extraction from a new arterial pressure waveform probe". 2011. Almeida, V.; Pereira, T.; Borges, E.; Figueiras, E.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.; Pereira, H. C.; et al. "Synthesized Cardiac Waveform in the Evaluation of Augmentation Index Algorithms - Case Study for a New Wavelet based Algorithm". Paper presented in BIOSIGNALS 2010 - International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Valencia, Spain, 2010. Published Martins, A. M.; Rocha, S.; Pereira, H. C.; Viana, F.; Malaquias, J. L.; Simões, J. B.; Correia, C.. "Look4mySounds - Sound Platform for Remote Auscultation". Paper presented in AALiance Conference, Malaga, Spain, 2010. Published Costa, C.; Amaro, R.; Rocha, S.; Pereira, H. C.; Viana, F.; Malaquias, J. L.; Simões, J. B.. "AAL Safe - Daily Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection". Paper presented in AALiance Conference, Malaga, Spain, 2010. Published Borges, E.; Figueiras, E.; Pereira, H.C.; Cardoso, J.M.; Ferreira, L.R.; Correia, C.. "Optically isolated current source". 2009. 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2-536 Pereira, H.C.; Cardoso, J.M.; Almeida, V.G.; Pereira, T.; Borges, E.; Figueiras, E.; Ferreira, L.R.; Simões, J.B.; Correia, C.. "Programmable test bench for hemodynamic studies". 2009. 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2-387
Conference poster	H. Catarina Pereira; Joana Amaral; Daniela Sousa; Ana Ferreira; Joana Crisóstomo; Ricardo Salvador; Oula Puonti; et al. "Optimizing Parameters for Effective tDCS in Pediatrics: a Study on Social Cognition in Neurotypical Children and Adolescents". Paper presented in 2nd Annual CIBIT Meeting, 2023. Caroline Mann; Maike Splittgerber; Oula Puonti; Julia Siemann; Christina Luckhardt; Helena C. Pereira; Axel Thielscher; et al. "Prediction of tDCS efficacy in children and adolescents with ASD and ADHD based on measures of neuroanatomy". Paper presented in 5th International Brain Stimulation Meeting, 2023. 10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.256 Teresa Sousa; Helena Catarina Pereira; Daniela Sousa; Joana Crisóstomo; Marta Teixeira; Diana Sousa; Ana Ferreira; et al. "Brain connectivity dynamics underlying tDCs in ADHD: a preliminary study". Paper presented in 5th International Brain Stimulation Meeting, 2023. 10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.640 Daniela Sousa; Marta Teixeira; Joana Amaral; Joana Crisóstomo; Ana Ferreira; Maria Machado; Vera Moliadze; et al. "Effects of concurrent versus non-concurrent task on performance in a social cognition tDCS protocol". Paper presented in 5th International Brain Stimulation Meeting, 2023. 10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.626 Fabienne Schlechter; Isabel Wrachtrup Calzado; Julia Siemann; Kerstin Krauel; Helena C. Pereira; Christina Luckhardt; Ricardo Salvador; et al. "Personalized transcranial direct current stimulation at home in patients with ADHD: feasibility and efficacy". Paper presented in 5th International Brain Stimulation Meeting, 2023. 10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.255 Sousa, Daniela; Ferreira, Ana; Rodrigues, Diana; Pereira, H. Catarina; Aguiar Amaral, Joana; Crisóstomo, Joana; Simões, Marco; et al. "A pure face-sensitive N170 evoked by a naturalistic emotion recognition paradigm". Paper presented in 1st Annual Meeting of CIBIT, 2022. Ferreira, Ana; Sousa, Daniela; Aguiar Amaral, Joana; Campos, Alexandre S.; Pina Rodrigues, Ana ; Diana Rodrigues; Dias, Maria de Fátima Machado; et al. "Os efeitos de um tratamento não farmacológico na Perturbação da Hiperatividade/Défice de Atenção (PHDA) em população pediátrica. Um ensaio clínico europeu com Estimulação Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua (ETCC).". Paper presented in 2º Congresso Nacional de PHDA, 2019. Ferreira, Ana; Sousa, Daniela; Amaral, Joana; Sayal, Alexandre; Pina Rodrigues, Ana ; Machado, Fátima; Rodrigues, Diana; et al. "Os efeitos de um tratamento não farmacológico na Perturbação de Hiperatividade/Défice de Atenção (PHDA) em população pediátrica. Um ensaio clínico europeu com Estimulação Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua (ETCC).". Paper presented in 2º Congresso Nacional de PHDA, 2019. Pereira, H. C.. "Double Headed Probe for Local Pulse Wave Velocity Estimation - A New Device for Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment". Paper presented in BIODEVICES 2011 - International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, 2011.
Journal article	Caroline Gurr; Maike Splittgerber; Oula Puonti; Julia Siemann; Christina Luckhardt; Helena C. Pereira; Joana Amaral; et al. "Neuroanatomical predictors of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)-induced modifications in neurocognitive task performance in typically developing individuals". The Journal of Neuroscience (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1372-23.2024. 10.1523/jneurosci.1372-23.2024 Daniela Sousa; Ana Ferreira; Diana Rodrigues; Helena Catarina Pereira; Joana Amaral; Joana Crisostomo; Marco Simoes; et al. "A neurophysiological signature of dynamic emotion recognition associated with social communication skills and cortical gamma-aminobutyric acid levels in children". Frontiers in Neuroscience (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1295608. 10.3389/fnins.2023.1295608 "Phase-IIa randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, parallel group trial on anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the left and right tempo-parietal junction in autism spectrum disorder-StimAT: study protocol for a clinical trial.". Trials (2021): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8025356. 10.1186/s13063-021-05172-1 Pereira, H. Catarina; Sousa, Daniela; Simões, Marco; MARTINS, RICARDO; Amaral, Carlos; Lopes, Vânia; Crisóstomo, Joana; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Effects of anodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) on social-cognitive performance in healthy subjects: A randomized sham-controlled crossover pilot study". Progress in Brain Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2021.04.004. Published Catarina Pereira, H.; Basilio Simoes, J.; Correia, Carlos; Cardoso, Joao. "Pressure Waveform Estimation in Elastic Vessels using Exciter-Detector Devices: Towards a Novel Approach for Cardiovascular Condition Assessment". IEEE Sensors Journal (2020): 1-1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2020.3033594. 10.1109/jsen.2020.3033594 Carlos Amaral; Susana Mouga; Marco Simões; Helena C. Pereira; Inês Bernardino; Hugo Quental; Rebecca Playle; et al. "A Feasibility Clinical Trial to Improve Social Attention in Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Using a Brain Computer Interface". Frontiers in Neuroscience 12 (2018): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffnins.2018.00477. 10.3389/fnins.2018.00477 Pereira, T.; Sequeira, M.; Vaz, P.; Tomé, A.; Pereira, H. C.; Correia, C.; Cardoso, J.. "Submicron Surface Vibration Profiling Using Doppler Self-Mixing Techniques". Advances in Optics 2014 1 (2014): 1-7. Published • 10.1155/2014/576380 Almeida, V. G.; Borba, J.; Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, T.; Correia, C.; Pego, M.; Cardoso, J.. "Cardiovascular risk analysis by means of pulse morphology and clustering methodologies". Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 0 (2014): 1-10. Published • 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.06.010 Pereira, T.; Santos, I.; Oliveira, T.; Vaz, P.; Pereira, Te.; Santos, H.; Pereira, H. C.; et al. "Pulse pressure waveform estimation using distension profiling with contactless optical probe". Medical Engineering & Physics 36 0 (2014): 1-6. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922519395&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published • 10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.07.014 Borges, E.; Sequeira, M.; Cortez, A.; Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Cardoso, J.; et al. "Bioimpedance Parameters as Indicators of the Physiological States of Plants in situ A novel usage of the Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy technique". International Journal On Advances in Life Sciences 6 1 & 2 (2014): 74-86. Published Borges, E.; Sequeira, M.; Cortez, A.F.V.; Pereira, H.C.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Cardoso, J.; et al. "Bioimpedance parameters as indicators of the physiological states of plants in situ a novel usage of the electrical impedance spectroscopy technique". International Journal on Advances in Life Sciences 6 1-2 (2014): 74-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904904366&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Almeida, V.; Vieira, J.; Santos, P.; Pereira, T.; Pereira, H. C.; Correia, C.; Pego, M.; et al. "Machine Learning Techniques for Arterial Pressure Waveform Analysis". Journal of Personalized Medicine 3 2 (2013): 82-101. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fjpm3020082. Published • 10.3390/jpm3020082#sthash.WutRJM6J.dpuf Pereira, T.; Vaz, P.; Oliveira, T.; Santos, I.; Pereira, H. C.; Almeida, V.; Correia, C.; Cardoso, J.. "Empirical Mode Decomposition forSelf-Mixing Doppler Signals of Hemodynamic Optical Probes". Physiological Measurement 34 3 (2013): 377-390. Published • 10.1088/0967-3334/34/3/377 Pereira, T.; Oliveira, T.; Cabeleira, M.; Pereira, H. C.; Almeida, V.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Comparison of Low-Cost and Noninvasive Optical Sensors for Cardiovascular Monitoring". IEEE Sensors Journal 13 5 (2013): 1434-1441. Published • 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2236549 Pereira, T.; Santos, I.; Oliveira, T.; Vaz, P.; Correia, T.; Pereira, Telmo; Santos, H.; et al. "Characterization of Optical System for Hemodynamic Multi-Parameter Assessment". Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology 4 1 (2013): 87-97. Published • 10.1007/s13239-013-0125-y Almeida, V.; Pereira, H.C.; Pereira, T.; Figueiras, E.; Borges, E.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Piezoelectric Probe for Pressure Waveform Estimation in Flexible Tubes and its Application to the Cardiovascular System". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 169 1 (2011): 217-226. Published • 10.1016/j.sna.2011.04.048 Pereira, H. C.; Pereira, T.; Almeida, V.; Borges, E.; Figueiras, E.; Simões, J. B.; Malaquias, J. L.; Cardoso, J.; Correia, C.. "Characterization of a Double Probe for Local Pulse Wave Velocity Assessment". Physiological Measurement 31 11 (2010): 1449-1465. Published • 10.1088/0967-3334/31/11/004
Thesis / Dissertation	"Methods and Instrumentation for Non-Invasive Assessment of the Cardiovascular Condition". PhD, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/26497. "Cardioaccelerometery: the assessment of pulse wave velocity using accelerometers". Degree, 2007. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/8533.

Intellectual property

Patent

Pereira, Helena. 2018. "Apparatus and method for non-invasive pressure measurement of a fluid confined in a vessel with elastic or rigid walls fitted with an elastic window". Portugal.
Granted/Issued

Other

Other output

Apparatus and Method for Non-Invasive Pressure Measurement of a Fluid Confined in a Vessel with Elastic Walls or Rigid Walls Fitted with an Elastic Window. Produto. 2014. Pereira, H. Catarina; Correia, C.; Cardoso, J.; Falcão, M..
Electromechanical Double Headed Probes for Local Hemodynamics Assessment. Produto. 2014. Pereira, H. Catarina.
Sistema para Medição das Vibrações em Equipamento Ferroviário (Locomotiva-Vagão). Produto. 2008. Pereira, H. Catarina; Ferreira, L. R.; Correia, C..

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024	New therapeutic approaches in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder	4º Congresso Intermunicipal sobre Proteção de Crianças e Jovens (Vila Verde, Portugal)
2021	STIPED PROJECT (Stimulation in Pediatrics) - European Research Project in Neurostimulation	XVI Encontro Nacional Estudantes Engenharia Biomédica ANEEB (Portugal) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019	Effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognitive performance in healthy subjects: preliminary results from the STIPED project	15th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (Medicon) International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013	A Novel and Low Cost Acoustic Based Probe for Local Pulse Wave Velocity Estimation - Experimental Characterization and In-Vivo Feasibility	BIODEVICES 2013 - International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices
2012	Sistema e Método Vibro-Acelerométrico para Medição Não-Invasiva e Contínua da Pressão Arterial Sanguínea	Health Fórum INESPO
2011	Nova Instrumentação para Avaliação do Risco Cardiovascular: o papel dos Parâmetros Hemodinâmicos	3ªs Jornadas do Departamento de Física e Matemática
2011	New Instrumentation for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: The Role of Pulse Wave Velocity	1st Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG)
2010	Investigação em Saúde: um Projecto com Potencial	Empreendedorismo em Enfermagem: Gestão da Inovação
2010	Look4mySounds - Sound Platform for Remote Auscultatiion	AALiance Conference
2009	Remote Monitoring of Vital Signs and the Ambient Assisted Living Concept	1ªs Jornadas do Departamento de Física e Matemática
2009	Monitorização Remota de Sinais Vitais e o conceito de "Ambient Assited Living"	IV Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica
2009	Programmable Test Bench for Hemodynamic Studies	World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - Current	Analysis of the Effects of Brain Stimulation on Neurocognitive Performance of Healthy and Clinical Populations within the framework of the European project STIPED Co-supervisor	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Development of a New Sensor for Arterial Pressure Waveform and Blood Pressure Co-supervisor	Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2011/07 - 2011/09	Desenvolvimento de algoritmos para medição da Velocidade de Onda de Pulso Co-supervisor	Engenharia Biomédica (Other) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment: Development and Characterization of an Acoustic Probe Co-supervisor	Licenciatura Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment: Characterization of a New Piezoelectric Probe Co-supervisor	Licenciatura Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Look4MySounds: a Remote Monitoring Platform for Auscultation Co-supervisor	Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Methodologies for Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment Co-supervisor	Licenciatura Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009 - 2009	Look4MySounds: Sound Platform for Remote Auscultation Co-supervisor	Mestrado Integrado Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A, Portugal
2008 - 2008	Sleep@Home: Remote Monitoring of Sleep Apnea Syndrome Patients Co-supervisor	Mestrado Integrado Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A, Portugal
2008 - 2008	Sleep@Home's Validation: Remote Monitoring of Sleep Apnea Syndrome Patients Co-supervisor	Mestrado Integrado Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/01/10 - Current	Promotion of activities within "Ciência Viva" Science Club with EB1 Montes Claros' school - 3rd year (1st cycle) students - under the theme "Being a neuroscientist for a day" (2023/01/10) Workshop (Other)	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29	Implementation of the activity "O Cérebro Único e Diverso - The Brain Unique and Diverse" for European Researchers' Night 2023 (2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29) Exhibition (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24	Implementation of the activity "Cérebro Enig(Cli)mático - The Enig(Cli)matic Brain" for European Researchers' Night 2021 (2021/09/24) Exhibition (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal
2021/09/20 - 2021/09/20	Science outreach activity in a local school (Agrupamento de Escolas Rainha Santa Isabel) under the subject "CIBIT goes to school: come and find out how the brain works" (2021/09/20) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal
2021/05/26 - 2021/06/16	Promotion of activities within the EB 2+3 Martim de Freitas' school weekly Science Club, under the theme "How to be a researcher on the STIPED project?" (2021/05/26 - 2021/06/16) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2019/06/04 - 2019/06/04	Science dissemination activities in the Open Day of a local school (EB 2+3 Martim de Freitas de Coimbra) (2019/06/04) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal
2018/06/05 - 2018/06/05	Science dissemination activities in the Open Day of a local school (EB 2+3 Martim de Freitas de Coimbra) (2018/06/05) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal
2018/03/13 - 2018/03/19	Implementation of science dissemination activities during the Brain Awareness Week in a local school (EB 2+3 Martim de Freitas de Coimbra) (2018/03/13 - 2018/03/19) Exhibition (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2020/04 - Current	BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School Other	BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Austria
2024/09/25 - 2024/09/25	Mostra Tecnológica Exhibition	Inovação@UC 2024 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/02/19 - 2023/02/22	5th International Brain Stimulation Conference Conference
2016/10/24 - 2016/10/24	Symposium on Medical Devices in Brain Research - From design to clinical application. Coimbra, Portugal Symposium
2015/02/26 - 2015/02/28	4th Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering, Porto, Portugal. Conference
2014 - 2014	ARTERY 2014 Conference
2013 - 2013	BIOSTEC 2013 - 6th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies Conference
2012 - 2012	Fórum INESPO Saúde Other
2011 - 2011	1st Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering Meeting
2011 - 2011	BIOSTEC 2011 - 4th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies Conference
2011 - 2011	3ªs Jornadas do Departamento de Física e Matemática Other
2011 - 2011	Health Technology Open Day Other
2010 - 2010	Empreendedorismo em Enfermagem: Gestão da Inovação Workshop
2010 - 2010	AALiance Conference Conference
2010 - 2010	BIOSTEC 2010 - 3th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies Conference
2010 - 2010	I Jornadas ANEPES Other
2009 - 2009	World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Congress
2009 - 2009	IV Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica Meeting
2009 - 2009	1ªs Jornadas do Departamento de Física e Matemática Other
2008 - 2008	Medtech Forum Other
2008 - 2008	Workshop on Medical Devices Workshop
2008 - 2008	4th World Healthcare Congress Congress
2007 - 2007	29th Annual International Conference on the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference
2007 - 2007	COMUNICAR Workshop

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/09/21	Functional Brain Connectivity Underlying Perceptual Decision in ASD: an EEG Study (Thesis) Main arguer	Ariana Faria Lopes (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
2023/09/21	Linking Intracranial Recordings with the Neural Basis of Perceptual Decision (Thesis) Main arguer	Catarina Lopes Soutinho Ventura Martins (Master)
2022/07/26	The Relevance of Tissue Temperature in Planning Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) treatment for Glioblastoma (Thesis) Arguer	Nichal Gentilal (PhD)
2021/12/07	Curricular Internship Report in an Academic Clinial Trial Unit - CRU2C (Thesis) Main arguer	Micael António Cardoso Alves (Master)
2012	Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment: Development and Characterization of an Acoustic Probe	Maria Inês Belo Dias Graça Contente (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011	Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment- Characterization of a New Piezoelectric Probe	Vânia Patrícia Silva Relvas (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011	Look4MyBody: Software Module	Ana Pinheiro e Madga Meireles (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2010	Look4MyBody: Hardware Module	Inês Matos and Sandra Correia (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2009	Methodologies for Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment	Tânia Maria Pereira Lopes (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009	Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment: an Improvement of Methodologies	Vânia Maria Gomes de Almeida (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008	Assessment of Hemodynamic Parameters: New Approach to the Use of Piezoelectric Sensors	Elisabeth Sofia Ferreira Borges (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2008	Colour Measurement	Maria Inês Henriques da Fonseca (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/10 - Current	Frontiers in Psychology (1664-1078)	Frontiers Media
2023 - Current	Scientific Reports ( 2045-2322)	Nature Publishing Group (Nature Portfolio)
2020 - Current	Progress in Brain Research (1875-7855)	Elsevier Ltd.
2015 - Current	Computers in Biology and Medicine (1879-0534)	Elsevier Ltd.

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2017/01 - 2022/06	Steering Committee member of the European STIPED project. Member	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2021/06/09 - 2022/03/31	Deputy of the multicentre clinical trial "Phase-IIa randomized, double blind, sham-controlled, parallel group trial on anodal tDCS over the prefrontal cortex on neuropsychological functions and clinical course in patients with ADHD using a home-based stimulation protocol - ADHDStimHome", in Coimbra, Portugal. Coordinator	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2021/07/19 - 2021/10/31	Deputy of the multicentre clinical trial "Phase-IIa randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, parallel group trial on anodal tDCS over left and right tempo-parietal junction in Autism Spectrum Disorder - StimAT", in Coimbra, Portugal. Coordinator	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
2019/06/03 - 2021/10/31	Deputy of the multicentre clinical trial "Improving neuropsychological functions and clinical course in children and adolescents with ADHD with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the prefrontal cortex: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, parallel group trial using an uncertified class IIa device - E-StimADHD", in Coimbra, Portugal. Coordinator	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023 - 2024	17th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices	Rome, Italy
2022 - 2023	16th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices	Lisbon, Portugal
2017 - 2018	4th IEEE Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering (MECBME 2018)	Gammarth, Tunisia
2014 - 2014	Advances in Control Engineering - ACE 2014	Istanbul, Turkey

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/05/18 - 2023/05/18	Medical and Hospital Instrumentation - Invited Lecturer with the theme "Research in Neurosciences: Techniques, Methods and Applications"	Engenharia Biomédica	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/05/10 - 2021/05/10	Medical and Hospital Instrumentation - Invited Lecturer with the theme "Research in Neurosciences: Techniques, Methods and Applications"	Engenharia Biomédica	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/04/11 - 2019/04/11	Medical and Hospital Instrumentation - Invited Lecturer with the theme "Research in Neurosciences: Techniques, Methods and Applications"	Engenharia Biomédica	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/03/21 - 2018/03/21	Medical and Hospital Instrumentation - Invited Lecturer with the theme "Research in Neurosciences: Techniques, Methods and Applications"	Engenharia Biomédica	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/03/07 - 2017/03/07	Medical and Hospital Instrumentation - Invited Lecturer with the theme "Methods and Instrumentation for Non-Invasive Assessment of Cardiovascular System".	Engenharia Biomédica	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2011/02 - 2011/06	Electrónica	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica, Engenharia Física e Física (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/02/17 - 2011/02/17	Medical and Hospital Instrumentation - Invited Lecturer with the theme "New Instrumentation for Cardiovascular Evaluation".	Engenharia Biomédica	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010/03/04 - 2010/03/04	Medical and Hospital Instrumentation - Invited Lecturer with the theme "Hemodynamic Parameters Assessment".	Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2009/03/09 - 2009/03/09	Medical and Hospital Instrumentation - Invited Lecturer with the theme "Pulse Wave Velocity".	Engenharia Biomédica	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/07 - Current	Frontiers in Neuroscience (1662-453X )	Frontiers Media
2023/07 - Current	Frontiers in Neuroimaging (2813-1193)	Frontiers Media

Distinctions

Award

2024	Best Poster Prize - 6th European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Mental Health
2016	Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge Award - Best Idea in PhD category Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal
2013	Best Student Paper Award BIODEVICES 2013, Portugal
2013	Best Paper Award BIOTECHNO 2013, Portugal
2011	Best Student Paper Award BIOSIGNALS 2011, Portugal

Other distinction

2014	Educational Bursary for Students ARTERY Society, Portugal
2013	IFMBE Young Investigator Competition Finalists IFMBE-ICHI2013, Portugal
2011	Santander Universities Grant - Babson Entrepreneurship Program for Students RedEmprendia, Portugal
2008	PhD Scholarship in a Company Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Intelligent Sensing Anywhere, S.A, Portugal