08:15 – 09:15 | Registration 

09:15 – 09:45 | Welcome session | Conference Auditorium (30A.2.01)
Paulo Jorge Ferreira, Rector of University of Aveiro
Artur Silva, Vice-Rector of University of Aveiro
Francisco Amado, Director of the Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) of University of Aveiro (UA)
Rui Costa, Director of the School of Health Sciences of University of Aveiro (ESSUA)
Ana Gabriela Henriques, Chair | Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) of University of Aveiro (UA)

09:45 – 11:25 | SESSION I. Transforming Healthcare: Innovations & Challenges in Digital Health | Conference Auditorium (30A.2.01)
Chairs: Rui Costa, ESSUA; Francisco Amado, DCM; Odete da Cruz e Silva, DCM

Plenary lecture
09:45 – 10:15 | Milestones in AI: From Early Models to Modern Breakthroughs
Paulo Jorge Ferreira, Rector | University of Aveiro                            

Invited speakers
10:15 – 10:50 | Reimagining Care at a Distance: Keeping Quality, Safety, and the Patient at the Centre in the Digital Age
Ana Luísa Neves | Imperial College London

10:50 – 11:25 | AI, Health & Science: Building a Secure and Ethical Future
Luís Monteiro, Unidade Local Saúde da Região de Aveiro | Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) – University of Aveiro

11:25 – 13:00 | Poster Session

13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch

14:15 – 14:20 | Congress Photo

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14:20 – 15:40 | SESSION II. Basic, Clinical and Translational Health Research | Conference Auditorium (30A.2.01)
Chairs: Bruno Jesus, DCM; Sandra Rebelo, DCM

Oral Communications
14:20 – 14:30 | OC1. Pulse Pressure as a predictor of cardiovascular events in different hypertensive phenotypes
Mariana Santos Silva | Unidade Local de Saúde  Região de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
14:30 – 14:40 | OC2. Hospital readmissions after acute coronary syndrome: clinical profiles analysis
Ana Jorge Gonçalves | Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
14:40 – 14:50 | OC3. The restrictive illusion: why spirometry alone can mislead
André Veloso | Unidade Local de Saúde – Hospital de Faro
14:50 – 15:00 | OC4. Mapping the burden of cough triggers and their impact on quality of life in chronic respiratory disease
Ana Sofia Grave | Lab3R, ESSUA and iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) – University of Aveiro, C-mo Medical Solutions
15:00 – 15:10 | OC5. Prevalence os sentinel fragility vertebral fracture in patients with hip fracture – a retrospective study
Inês Genrinho | Centro Académico Clínico Egas Moniz Health Alliance; Rheumatology Unit – Unidade Local de Saúde Viseu Dão Lafões; Rheumatology Department – Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro
15:10 – 15:20 | OC6. Decoding pDC-mediated fibrosis: ER stress and mechanosensing as dual drivers in systemic sclerosis
Mariana D. Machado, iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) – University of Aveiro

Pitchs
15:20 – 15:25 | Pitch1. Sex-specific 17β-estradiol effects on human cardiac microvascular endothelial cells in HFPEF-related inflammation.
Joana Relva-Pinto | LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry – University of Aveiro; RISE-Health, Faculty of Medicine – University of Porto
15:25 – 15:30 | Pitch2. Systemic lipids and obesogenic memory influence on mouse ipscs reprogramming and cardiac differentiation
Carlota Tavares-Marcos | iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences (DCM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
15:30 – 15:35 | Pitch3. Development of a new oxygen flowmeter and its application in respiratory rehabilitation programs
Rui Carvalho Santos | Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro
15:35 – 15:40 | Pitch4. Genetic variants underpinning lung function decline in the lifelines cohort
Rui Marçalo | Genome Medicine Lab, iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences (DCM); Lab3R, ESSUA – University of Aveiro
15:40 – 15:45 | Pitch5. Navigating the treatment pathway for osteoporotic vertebral fractures: predictors of surgical decision-making
Inês Genrinho | Centro Académico Clínico Egas Moniz Health Alliance; Rheumatology Unit – Unidade Local de Saúde Viseu Dão Lafões; Rheumatology Department – Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro
15:45 – 15:50 | Pitch6. Mental up: an effective socio-emotional skills training program for adolescents in an academic health context
Helena Loureiro, Escola Superior de Saúde (ESSUA) da Universidade de Aveiro; Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro

15:50 – 16:30 | Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:45 | SESSION II. Basic, Clinical and Translational Health Research | Conference Auditorium (30A.2.01)
Chairs: Sandra Vieira, DCM; Pedro Sardo, ESSUA

Oral Communications
16:30 – 16:40 | OC7. A flexible wearable sensor for passive respiratory monitoring: validation in healthy adults
Bernardo A. Vicente | CICECO, Department of Materials and Ceramics Engineering (DEMaC) – University of Aveiro
16:40 – 16:50 | OC8. Aging promotes the pathoadaptive evolution of gut bacteria
Ana Sousa | iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) – University of Aveiro
16:50 – 17:00 | OC9. Role of fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in guiding enteral feeding: retrospective cohort study
Daniela Ferreira | Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga
17:10 – 17:10 | OC10. ATR-FTIR reveals spectroscopic signatures related to improved recovery and healthier status following rehabilitation in spinal cord injury patients
Bárbara M. De Sousa | iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) – University of Aveiro

Pitchs
17:10 – 17:15 | Pitch7. Upskilling the healthcare workforce: designing and evaluating hybrid training programs for clinical research literacy
Ricardo Racha-Pacheco | Q2Science
17:15 – 17:20 | Pitch8. Fatigue impacts the quality of life of patients with myositis, regardless of age, sex, and muscle strength
Maria Diana Pascoal | Rheumatology Department – Unidade Local de Saúde Região de Aveiro; Centro de Investigação em Reumatologia de Aveiro, Centro Académico Clínico Egas Moniz Health Alliance
17:20 – 17:25 | Pitch9. Phenotypic heterogeneity in cancer stem cells of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
Catarina Mestre | University of Coimbra, iCBR, CIMAGO, Institute of Biophysics, CiBB; CACC; Hospitais CUF Coimbra
17:25 – 17:30 | Pitch10. Identification of novel BRCA2 epistatic interactions
Rui Gonçalo Martinho | iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) – University of Aveiro; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of the Algarve
17:30 – 17:35 | Pitch11. A biomechanical–mathematical model linking brain impact biomechanics to tau protein accumulation in chronic traumatic encephalopathy
José González-Cabrero | TEMA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, – University of Aveiro; Department of Cell Biology, Genetics and Physiology, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga – IBIMA, Faculty of Sciences, Malaga University; CIBERNED; Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, LASI
17:40 – 17:45 | Pitch12. Retinoid modulation attenuates amyloidogenic processing and restores mitochondrial function in an in vitro model of Alzheimer’s disease
José João Vitória, iBiMED | Department of Medical Sciences (DCM) – University of Aveiro

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19:30 – 21:45 | Networking Dinner

21:45 – 23:30 | Party & Awards

08:30 – 09:30 | Registration 

09:30 – 12:20 | SESSION III. Innovations in Healthcare | Conference Auditorium (30A.2.01)
Chairs: Ana Rita Pinheiro, ESSUA; Rita Ferreira, DQ; Mário Lopes, ESSUA; Francisco Amado, DCM

Invited Speakers
09:30 – 10:05 | Robot-assisted neurorehabilitation: from clinic to home to maximise therapy dose
Olivier Lambercy | Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

10:05 – 10:40 | Human ingredients for tissue engineering
João Mano | Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro

10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee break 

11:10 – 11:45 | From Algorithms to Engagement: Gamified Intelligence in Digital Health
Ricardo Queirós | Instituto Politécnico do Porto

Plenary lecture
11:45 – 12:20 | Research for action: how can we move it faster and further? 
Gustavo Borges | ULS Santo António/Porto – Gondomar

12:20 – 14:00 | Lunch

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14:00 – 16:30 | Parallel Session IV. Cardiovascular and Respiratory diseases: New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment | Conference Auditorium (30A.1.47)
Chairs: José António Santos, ULS Região Aveiro; Sandrina Pereira, DCM

Invited Speakers
14:00 – 14:30 | Heart and Lung: dangerous liaisons
Cristina Gavina | Portuguese Society of Cardiology; Cardiology Department – Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos

14:30 – 15:00 | Advances in Heart Failure Therapy Over the Past Decade
Rui Baptista | Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga

15:00 – 15:30 | Translational research in cardiovascular diseases
Adelino Leite-Moreira | School of Medicine – University of Porto

15:30 – 16:00 | The Complexity of Patients on Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: From Hospital to Home-based Respiratory Care
Miguel Gonçalves | School of Medicine – University of Porto

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14:00 – 16:30 | Parallel Session IV.  Bone and Muscle Disorders: New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment | Conference Auditorium (30A.2.01)
Chairs: José Alberto Duarte, CESPU; António Amaro, ESSUA

Invited Speakers
14:00 – 14:30 | The paradigm of rheumatic diseases in Portugal
Tiago Meirinhos | Serviço Reumatologia – Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia e
Espinho

14:30 – 15:00 | Lesões Ligamentares e Meniscais no Alto Rendimento Desportivo
José Carlos Noronha | Federação Portuguesa de Futebol

15:00 – 15:30 | The SPLIT programme: A stratified model of service delivery for managing patients with Low Back Pain in Primary Health Care
Eduardo Brazete Cruz | Escola Superior de Saúde – Instituto Politécnico de
Setúbal

15:30 – 16:00 | Rethinking brain disease in myotonic dystrophy: It’s not all about neurons
Mário Gomes-Pereira | Myology Research Centre, Paris

16:00 – 16:30 | Universal genomic newborn screening?
Laurent Servais | MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre, Oxford

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14:00 – 16:30 | Parallel Session IV. Infection and Resistance: New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment | Conference room (30A.3.41)
Chairs: Daniela Ribeiro, DCM; Ana Margarida Ramos, DCM
 
Invited Speakers 
14:00 – 14:30 | Host-directed medicine approaches in critical care
Agostinho Carvalho | ICVS, University of Minho 

14:30 – 15:00 | The Importance of Real-Time Genomics in Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings
Luís Malheiro | Unidade Local de Saúde Gaia e Espinho

15:00 – 15:30 | Vectors, Viruses, and Vulnerabilities: Uncovering Arbovirus Public Health Risks in a Warming World
Líbia Zé-Zé | Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge

15:30 – 16:00 | Prevention of infection and antimicrobial resistance: two sides of the pandemic. Future challenges at national and international levels
Gianina Scripcaru | PPCIRA – Direção-Geral da Saúde

16:00 – 16:30 | Infección en las heridas: controversias y desafíos en la práctica clínica
Jose Verdu Soriano | Universidad de Alicante, Spain

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14:00 – 16:30 | Parallel Session IV. Neurological Diseases: New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment | room 30A.3.39
Chairs: Ramiro Almeida, DCM; Josefa Pandeirada, DEP
 
Invited Speakers 
14:00 – 14:30 | Current Challenges in Translational and Clinical Neuroscience
Miguel Castelo-Branco | CIBIT, Universidade de Coimbra

14:30 – 15:00 | Brain regional susceptibility to neurodegenerative disorders
Tiago Oliveira | ICVS, School of Medicine – University of Minho

15:00 – 15:30 | Cerebral venous thrombosis: recent advances and future directions
Diana Dias de Sousa | School of Medicine – University of Lisbon

15:30 – 16:00 | Redefining Dementia Care: New Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment
Luís Ruano | Unidade Local de Saúde entre Douro e Vouga, University of Aveiro

16:00 – 16:30 | The Role of Retinoic Acid and Metals towards Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutic Strategies
Odete da Cruz e Silva | iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences (DCM), University of Aveiro

16:30 – 17:00 | Farewell Drink