Espinho, Aveiro, Portugal
I am Co-Founder and Director of Chaperone (www.chaperone.online), a social impact company, with the mission of democratizing access to high-quality career development in science. Chaperone already empowered scientists from more than 40 nationalities and is trusted by 40+ prestigious institutions such as EMBL, Karolinska institutet, European Commission Joint Research Centres, Gulbenkian Foundation, and many more. In addition to my role at Chaperone, I am a former Life Sciences Academic Researcher in the field of Stem Cell Biology. I was awarded my PhD with distinction from studies on stem cell niche dynamics, developed at the Salk Institute, San Diego, California. I worked in three countries (Portugal, UK and USA) and experienced different roles in academia, industry and non-profits. I co-founded two professional associations, and one startup. I have also worked as a Policy Advisor at Health Parliament Portugal and as External Consultant at the Ministry of Health, Portugal. I am driven by social impact goals and by transdisciplinary projects. Get in touch if you work in career development or you are a scientist looking for career advice. DM are open :)
Chaperone is a social impact company with the mission of democratizing access to high-quality career development in science. Chaperone has a vast pool of over 50 international highly experienced career consultants and trainers, acting as a one-stop shop where scientific institutions can find personalized group training activities, institutional consultancy, scientific talent recruitment, development, and individual support. Chaperone created the first online marketplace where scientists can browse and book online 1-to-1 sessions. We are proud that our services have already empowered over 5000 scientists from more than 40 countries and that we are trusted by prestigious institutions such as EMBL, Karolinska Institutet, European Commission Joint Research Centres, Gulbenkian Foundation, and many more.
Leading an independent line of research on the link between aneuploidy and stem cell transformation / tumourigenesis. Roles: - Lead and manage scientific and financial aspects of projects addressing the impact of aneuploidy for intestinal adult stem cells in vivo and its role with tumor development, that resulted in (>500k Euros of funding attracted) and 5 publications in scientific peer-reviewed high impact journals. - Supervision /mentoring of 1 master and 4 Bsc students all scored final grades >18 (0-20) - Regular Teaching of Stem Cell Biology Workshops and Lectures - Recruitment for academic roles
Roles: - Manage a network of more than 50 graduate students and more than 100 PhDs - Initiation and nurturing of Institutional partnerships (GABBA; i3s, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health; University of Porto; Ciência Viva; ICBAS) - Design and launch of science outreach/educational initiatives (ATG - Ciência Viva Awards; Maria de Sousa Summer Research Program) - Organization of scientific symposiums - Fundraising (>10K Euros raised over a period of 4 years). - Co-editor/curator of ATG newsletters (https://isuu.com/atg-gabbaalumni)
Founded in 1996, GABBA PhD program is one of the first PhD programs created in Portugal and one of the most prestigious. Only 12 to 9 students per year are selected. Students are exposed to 6 months of classes in very different life sciences fields and then are given the opportunity to pick a research laboratory anywhere in the world to develop their research. GABBA Alumni Association was founded to foster a sense of community among alumni, where responsibilities could be shared between members, and a team effort could be put into action to expand and strength the program partnerships with other scientific and non-scientific institutions and improve its communication with the general public. More info at: www.atg.up.pt www.gabba.up.pt
Organized by Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Janssen, Expresso and Microsoft. Platform of 60 top young professionals who are working together with the aim of changing the future of healthcare in Portugal. Participants worked and brainstormed in 6 different committees around specific topics. We met with key stakeholders and shared our ideas with policy makers, NGOs, media and interested general public. As member of the committee "Economy of Knowledge", I delivered high-level policy-oriented recommendations to the Portuguese government on strategies to leverage the impact of knowledge in the healthcare sector on the Economy. http://www.healthparliament.eu http://www.healthparliament.pt
Member of multidisciplinary team of 8 people invited to provide external consultancy and policy advising in the are of Innovation in Health