Medicine at Católica: Where the future of healthcare is trained in the present! The application period for Católica Medical School is now open! Its methodology is based on practical problem-solving from day one. With applications for the Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine open until June 15th, Católica Medical School is reinforcing its commitment to a course that […]
Six professors from the Católica Medical School (Universidade Católica Portuguesa) have developed a scale to assess the performance of simulated patients in medical education. The study, recently published in Medical Teacher, introduces the Lisbon Assessment of Simulated Patients (LASP) scale, a tool that evaluates the quality of simulated patient representation during clinical encounters and the feedback […]
Two decades after the sequencing of the first human genome, it is important to recognize both the scope and the limitations of this knowledge. For decades, DNA was seen as the “instruction manual” for life – a precise code written in four letters. Since the discovery of the double helix structure in 1953 – commemorated […]
On this International DNA Day, it’s worth remembering this fact. The molecule we celebrate is not just a sequence of letters; it’s a thread that, when pulled patiently and even without a predetermined destination, can lead us from a cyclops sheep on an Idaho hillside to a medicine that saves human lives. Every year on […]
Carolina Vieira, a researcher at the Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR), has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) postdoctoral fellowship, one of approximately 40 awarded to host institutions in Portugal. The project focuses on the study of parasites of the genus Trypanosoma, responsible for neglected diseases such as Chagas disease and African animal trypanosomiasis, with the aim […]
Professor Amélia Feliciano appeared on the TSF program “Pais e Filhos” to discuss two topics titled “Air Pollution Should Not Be Underestimated” and “Underestimated Pollution: Impacts, Diseases, and Precautions to Take.” Listen to the full episodes on TSF via link:
Isabel Vaz, CEO of Luz Saúde and a member of the Board of the Católica-Luz Clinical Academic Centre, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Health for Services Rendered — a tribute and expression of gratitude for everything she has done for the healthcare sector in Portugal, notably through the creation of the […]
Dermamatica uses AI to support family doctors in the early detection of skin cancer. For Sam Izadloo, a medical student at Católica Medical School and founder of Dermamatica , it was the story of a patient whose husband noticed a lesion behind her ear that wouldn’t heal. “The couple went to their family doctor, but were unsure […]
Paula Ravasco, Associate Professor at Católica Medical School, Team Leader and Principal Investigator at the UCP Interdisciplinary Health Research Centre & CatolicaMed Platform, CAtólicaREsearch and Director of the International Postgraduate Programme “Nutrition and Metabolism in Oncology” was one of the authors of the article entitled “Personalised Nutritional Care in an Integrated Screening Protocol: The Green […]
Sara Silva Pereira is a researcher at the Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) and a lecturer at the Católica Medical School. Since 2023, she has headed the CBR’s Parasite–Vascular Interactions Laboratory, where she investigates how African trypanosomes – the parasites responsible for sleeping sickness – interact with their mammalian hosts. In 2025, she was awarded […]
