This is a opinion article written by Professor Carla Gouveia, Invited Teaching Assistant of Católica Medical School in Revista Visão. The greatest difficulty is usually not quitting, but maintaining abstinence. Just one cigarette “for fun” is enough for the brain to reactivate the same pleasure circuits—and the addiction quickly returns. Therefore, medical monitoring and ongoing […]
In this article, José Diogo Ferreira Martins, Invited Assistant Professor at Católica Medical School shares his experience from the meeting that took place in Rome. He highlighted the “great interest and global participation” in the international congress “AI and Medicine: The Challenge of Human Dignity,” organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life (APV), which concluded […]
Dermamatica, an emerging health-tech platform created to improve and accelerate early detection of skin cancer, was presented this week at Web Summit by its founder, Sam Izadloo – a student from Católica Medical School whose work has been rapidly attracting the attention of clinicians, investors, and technology leaders worldwide. Developed to support primary care doctors at […]
Between 2022 and 2025, the number of former students from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa who create start-ups each year has more than tripled, rising from 231 alumni in 2022 to 807 this year. The data comes from Startup Portugal, which four years ago began to present the annual Portugal’s Entrepreneurial Universities Ranking, an analysis of […]
A delegation from Universidade Católica travelled to Saudi Arabia to visit and establish contacts with various universities and meet with members of government and research bodies. Comprising the President – Isabel Capeloa Gil, the Vice-Rector – Nelson Ribeiro, the Director of the Faculty of Biotechnology – Paula de Castro, the Vice-Director of the Católica Medical School […]
On Wednesday, November 19th, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, the first Clinical Session at Hospital da Luz featuring medical students will take place – an important milestone in the collaboration between the Hospital and the Católica Medical School. This session will focus on the clinical rotation in General and Family Medicine within the Católica […]
Coordinated by Mara de Sousa Freitas, with expert trainers from the Network for Education on Research Quality (NERQ), this training offered a unique opportunity to explore the ethical foundations of research, address grey areas in everyday practice, and engage with emerging topics such as artificial intelligence, open science, and reproducibility. The opening session featured Peter […]
Text by Pedro Simas, Director of Católica Biomedical Research Centre Illustrations by Lúcia Antunes The CBeRa project is transforming biomedical research through complex systems science and the use of digital twins. Funded by the European Commission and based at CBR under the leadership of Prof. Luís M. Rocha, the project examines how biological, environmental, and social factors interact in health and disease. […]
Professor Paula Ravasco, a renowned specialist in clinical nutrition and faculty member at the Católica Medical School – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, will be one of the invited speakers at VIETSPEN 2025, the 5th Annual Scientific Conference and 2025–2030 Mandate Conference of the Vietnam Society for Clinical Nutrition (VIETSPEN). The event will take place at the Hotel […]
Professor Paula Ravasco, faculty member at the Católica Medical School of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, participated as an invited speaker at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2025, held in Berlin from October 17th to October 21th. Professor Ravasco took part in the panel “Optimizing Patient Care: Cutting-Edge Nutritional Strategies in Oncology”, dedicated to […]
