Last Saturday, the Forward! teams took the stage at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics to pitch the result of weeks of hard work, customer discovery, prototyping, and interation. The quality of the pitches, the progress made, and the maturity of the thinking showed exactly why programs like Forward! matter: execution beats ideas, every single time. […]
With a 90% confidence rate, reducing doubts among family doctors and delays in diagnosis are the main objectives of the “Dermamatica” technology, which may be implemented in Portugal. When a patient suspects that a skin lesion may be skin cancer , they are usually evaluated by a family doctor, who can rule out a high-risk case. To reduce […]
Católica Medical School will launch the first edition of a pioneering program in Portugal dedicated to the study and clinical practice of sleep in childhood. The international course starts on January 16th, in a blended learning format, and will be taught in English. 👉 Read more about: https://medjournal.pt/2025/12/15/faculdade-de-medicina-da-catolica-lanca-novo-curso-avancado-em-medicina-do-sono-pediatrico/
Mahdiya Erfani was born in Afeghanistan, but today she says that her “home” is Lisbon, the city that gave her ‘safety in a way she had never experienced before.” She arrived in Portugal in November 2021, “not only as a young woman in pursue of a career but a as a person in pursue of […]
Sam Izadloo, a student at Católica Medical School, participated in the Call for Projects in the Student category with his project Dermamatica, supervised by CAC-CL Executive Director Ana Rita Constante, which also participated as a speaker at this conference. The Digital Health Summit 2025 took place on December 10th and December 11 at the University […]
The Católica Medical School (CMS) is partnering with the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL) to offer the course “Statistics and Data Science in Medicine”, a program designed for healthcare professionals and researchers who wish to strengthen their skills in data analysis applied to medicine. The course, promoted by comCiências – FCUL, is […]
Applications are now open for a representative on the Transform4Europe (T4EU) Student Council. The selected candidate will represent students from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa on this T4EU body, which is responsible for promoting the interests, needs and opinions of Alliance students. The Student Council is comprised of students from all T4EU member universities, and it aims to […]
Sara Silva Pereira has led the Parasite-Vasculature Interactions Laboratory since 2023, integrated into the Católica Biomedical Research Centre, where she investigates how African trypanosomes, parasites responsible for sleeping sickness, interact with mammalian hosts. Sara Silva Pereira, a researcher at the Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidade […]
Dermamatica, the startup founded by Sam Izadloo — a student at Católica Medical School — has won the “Most Promising Startup” award at the 929 Challenge in Macau! The 929 Challenge brings together participants from China and Portuguese-speaking countries through Macau, fostering connections, collaboration, and the development of sustainable solutions. The 929 Challenge is co-organized […]
Science and Technology Week aims to bring the public closer to our scientists, to the work they do, and to the impact that work has on advancing knowledge and improving society’s well-being — and Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) is proud to join this effort! This week includes the National (Portuguese) Day of Scientific Culture, celebrated […]
