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 […]
Even accepting the irreversibility of nature, it is possible to strive for healthier aging. But there is still a long way to go; in many areas, almost everything remains to be done. Autumn is considered the season of nostalgia: it evokes more twilight than sunrise, the red light of the west prevails over the blue […]
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 […]
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on December 3rd, raises awareness of rights, dignity, and inclusion. In this context, there is an essential figure who too often remains invisible: the informal caregiver. In this article, Vítor Veríssimo, family doctor and lecturer at the Católica Medical School, reflects on who provides care. December 3rd is […]
