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Mahdiya Erfani was born in Afghanistan, but today she says that her "home" is Lisbon, the city that gave her ‘safety in a way she had never experienced...
December 16, 2025
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...
December 11, 2025
Applications are now open for a representative on the Transform4Europe (T4EU) Student Council. The selected candidate will represent students from the...
December 9, 2025
CBR hereby announces the opening of an international call for applications for one vacancy of applied research assistant to perform duties of science and...
December 4, 2025
Advancing knowledge in parasitology, a field crucial to global health Sara Silva Pereira , a researcher at the Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR)...
December 3, 2025
CBR hereby announces the opening of an international call for applications or one Research Fellowship for a Master's degree holder, under the terms of UCP...
November 25, 2025
On November 13th and November 14th, the Católica Biomedical Reseach Centre team took part in the National Citizen Science Meeting (ENCC 2025), held in...
November 21, 2025
A delegation from Universidade Católica travelled to Saudi Arabia to visit and establish contacts with various universities and meet with members of...
November 14, 2025
Dermamatica, an emerging health-tech platform created to improve and accelerate early detection of skin cancer, was presented this week at Web Summit by...
November 14, 2025
On Wednesday, November 19, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., the first Clinical Session at Hospital da Luz featuring medical students will take place — an...
November 13, 2025

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December 15, 2025
Observador
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...
15/12/2025 - 12:22
Observador
December 3, 2025
O Jornal Económico
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...
03/12/2025 - 17:40
O Jornal Económico
December 3, 2025
Sapo
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...
03/12/2025 - 17:34
Sapo
December 2, 2025
Expresso
A research team at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa has discovered how the flu virus manages to manipulate human cells to reproduce and is developing an antiviral that promises to prevent severe illnesses in the future. (...) You can read the full...
02/12/2025 - 15:09
Expresso
December 2, 2025
Sic Notícias
According to researcher Maria João Amorim , this discovery will allow for the treatment of sick people and, in this way, "prevent them from infecting the next person as efficiently, or at least from infecting as many people." Portuguese researchers are...
02/12/2025 - 15:04
Sic Notícias
December 2, 2025
CNN Portugal
- Opinion Article: Professor Joana Boto Fernandes There are diseases that kill the body. And there are those that numb the memory. HIV infection, in 2025, seems to live in this limbo: undetectable to those who treat it, invisible to those who have...
02/12/2025 - 12:16
CNN Portugal
December 2, 2025
Notícias ao Minuto
The Portuguese start-up Dermamatica — founded by Sam Izadloo, a student at Católica Medical School — has been awarded the prize for “Most Promising Start-up” at the fifth edition of the sino-lusophone competition 929 Challenge, held in Macau. Dermamatica...
02/12/2025 - 12:10
Notícias ao Minuto
December 2, 2025
MyDiabetes
There is a topic that is taking on an increasingly worrying dimension: diabetes as a "silent pandemic" in Portugal. Daniel Macedo , endocrinologist and guest lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of Portugal, delves into the...
02/12/2025 - 11:00
MyDiabetes
November 26, 2025
Sapo
By Cláudio A. Franco , faculty member at the Católica Medical School, and Researcher at Católica Biomedical Research Center . "We sail toward the unknown, tormented by timeless Adamastors. On the National Day of Scientific Culture, we celebrate the...
26/11/2025 - 07:46
Sapo
November 21, 2025
RTP
On World Diabetes Day, Professor Daniel Macedo , from the Católica Medical School, took part in a segment on RTP where he discussed a recent study published in the journal Diabetologia. The research presents an innovative technique that may accelerate...
21/11/2025 - 12:09
RTP

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