The Católica Medical School organises the "Gut Power" conference on 16 March at 12 pm, with the participation of Emeran Mayer, Director of the G. Oppenheimer Centre for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, and co-director of CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Centre.

Paula Ravasco and Teresa Nazareth will be responsible for moderating.

Emeran Mayer is recognized as one of the leading investigators in the world of brain-gut microbiome interactions in GI disorders, including functional and inflammatory bowel disorders, and ingestive behavior/obesity. The National Institutes of Health have continuously funded him since 1989.
 

If you cannot attend in person, you can still watch the seminar online: Microsoft Teams meeting (Meeting ID: 370 019 930 55 | Passcode: Azqk4U)

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The Católica Medical School is organizing the seminar "Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in Health", on March 21st, at the Sintra campus.

The aim of this meeting is to reflect on the meaning, impact and use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of healthcare, as well as to recognize its challenges and opportunities for the quality and integrity of training processes, research and practice of future health professionals.

Joaquim Jorge, from Instituto Superior Técnico, Pedro Mateus, professor at the Católica Medical School, Manuela Escumalha, from Hospital da Luz, Mara de Sousa Freitas, director of the Institute of Bioethics at the Universidade Católica, and William Hasselberger, from the Digital Ethics Lab at Católica, are the invited speakers.

Moderated by João Santos Pereira, Coordinator of Innovation at Universidade Católica, the experts will address the following issues:
 

• What is AI and how should it be applied in clinical practice?
• Medical Education in AI Age: Challenges and Opportunities
• Intelligent systems and care: what Medicine for the future?
• Ethical Dimensions, what really matters and how to do it: research and practice

The event is free, but registration is required via the form.

Católica Medical School of the Universidade Católica, organises a seminar on the subject “Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy”, on 25 January at 12.30pm.

The seminar will feature a presentation by Paulo Bettencourt and the participation of Pedro Moura Alves (PhD).

Pedro Moura Alves studied Biochemistry at Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal), graduating in 2004. During his last year as a Biochemistry student, he undertook a research project at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). Soon after, he joined the Graduated Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA) at the University of Porto (Portugal). In 2005, moved to Boston (USA) to start his PhD research project, joining the group of Prof. Dr. Bruce Walker (Partners AIDS Research Center/Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School).

The National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences (CNECV) is organizing the CNECV International Seminar - "One Health, One Ethics | Uma Saúde, Uma Ética” on 3rd November.

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Católica Medical School is organising an Open Day on "Sleep and Non-Invasive Ventilation: a challenge in clinical practice" on 28 October at 9:00 am.

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is considered the first-line therapy for sleep-disordered breathing, and its efficacy is strictly related to adherence and compliance to treatment. Overall, despite being effective, adherence and compliance levels are low, and in clinical practice there are many challenges when we talk about NIV in patients with sleep-disordered breathing, which makes its optimization a real need for health professionals.  

Sharing knowledge about ventilator modes, pressure levels, ventilator algorithms as well as NIV patient follow-up models, pressure titration in the laboratory and optimization strategies are extremely important to optimize the overall levels of adherence and compliance and consequently the quality of life of patients with sleep-disordered breathing, reducing the associated levels of morbidity and mortality. 

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Católica Medical School is organising the final seminar of the Clinical Bioethics Curricular Unit: "The Implication of Bioethics in Medical Practice: Cultivating Values, Principles, Norms and Duties as Essential Medical Competences", on 9 July at 12.45pm.

The seminar aims to explore the essential role of bioethics in the field of medical practice and will feature presentations by students from the first year of the Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine.

Specifically designed for first-year students in the MIM program, this seminar aligns with the Labs classes.

During the seminar, students will explore the following topics:

• Moral Responsibility
• Ethical Challenges in the Physician-Patient Relationship
• Research Ethics with Adult Human Subjects
• Research Ethics with Pediatric Human Subjects
• Bridging theory and practice by emphasizing foundational bioethical principles

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Católica Medical School is organising the seminar on “Connecting research and science with policy: a personal experience from an evolving academic", which will take place on November 14th, at 12:30 pm.

This seminar will be attended by Luís Lacerda, PhD and the presentation will be given by Inês Milagre.