I was yesterday at the annual meeting of the Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição Entérica e Parentérica discussing with an audience largely composed by nutritionists the routes and clinical evidence for microbiome manipulation. It is yet another dimension that we investigate in our attempt to understand our health, one that raises important challenges to he health…
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Speaker: AI (WfG) in Medicine
I participated in the session 1,000,000 genome initiative in 2019’s Portugal eHealth Summit. I discussed the role of AI in the clinical genomics laboratory, and the specific case of the adoption of the AI platform Watson for Genomics at the Centro de Medicina Laboratorial Germano de Sousa, together with the IBM’s Cristina Semião. The growing…
Speaker: Big Data and automation in medicine
I gave a talk at the Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde, a school that trains for many of the health professions, such as physiotherapists, opticians, nutritionists, pathology technicians, etc. I Discussed:
About HepatoPredict on HealthEuropa
I had the opportunity to answer some questions for Health Europa about a tool we are developing to help liver cancer paints in finding the best treatment, in particular to ascertain their eligibility for curative intent surgical treatments. HepatoPredict: stratifying liver cancer patients for transplantation
Speaker: precision medicine in Astma
I gave a talk about genomics and the development of precision medicine approaches in Asma at the ASIA meeting 2018 (Associação de Serviços e Unidades de Alergologia). I discussed the challenges of establishing a genomics-based precision medicine approach to asthma, from the determination of a priori risks from one’s genetic backgrounders, to the study of…
Speaker: The future of the family doctor
I gave a talk at the 23ªS JORNADAS DE CARDIOLOGIA EM MEDICINA GERAL E FAMILIAR, in Algarve, Olhão, Hotel Real Marina, in a session on Personalised Medicine organised by. Prof. Germano de Sousa. I discussed the present and future role of the family doctor in face of changing trends in medicine. On one hand technology…
Discussing Career Paths with Scientists at Careers Forum
I had the opportunity to discuss the trials and tribulations of moving from academia to becoming an entrepreneur with scientists attending the Career Opportunities forPostDoctoral Researchers inLife Sciences meeting in Cascais. I hope it was informative and maybe even inspiring. We need scientists to get out of their comfort zone to come out and change the world!
Entrevista RTP1
No Bom dia Portugal da RTP1 a explicar o que são biópsias líquidas. O vídeo pode ser visto aqui (entrevista começa no minuto 23:25)
Entrevista – Pontos de Vista
Intrevista para a revista Pontos de Vista. Medicina de precisão: a saúde do paciente de uma forma exclusiva A medicina, tal como em outras áreas, encontra-se em constante mutação e jamais cessa a sua busca por novos tratamentos, metodologias e soluções. O potencial da Medicina de Precisão é enorme, conceito que permite entender por que…
Biomarkers that predict Barrett’s oesophagus malignant progression
A new paper was just published by my Computational Genomics Group at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência – CYR61 and TAZ Upregulation and Focal Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition May Be Early Predictors of Barrett’s Esophagus Malignant Progression. This was a collaborative study with clinicians from the the Lisbon Cancer Centre (Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Lisboa), funded by a grant…