Research Projects 

In Progress

POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029443 – SHSADReM (2018-2021). Addressing Social and Health Challenges through new developments in Structured Additive Distributional Regression Models). Principal Investigator of the project co-financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF - FEDER), Portugal 2020 - Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI).

PPD-COST Action 18138 – Riseup-PPD (2018-2022). Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder. Memorandum of Understanding: 119/18. Member of the research team and Group Leader Coordinator of the project financed by COST, European Cooperation in Science & Technology.

PTDC/SAU-PUB/31346/2017 (2018-2021). From symptoms to diagnosis of Urban Tuberculosis, considering individual and contextual factors. What are the determinants and critical points of this delay’s pathway?). Member of teh research team of the project financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT).

MTM2017-83513-R – JOINTDIAB (2018-2021). Flexible Joint Modelling in Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer. Member of the research team of the project financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Espanha.

Completed

DAAD441.00 (2017-2018). Structured Additive Distributional Regression Models: Assessment of Instruments in Psychology, and Applications in Medicine and Education). Principal Investigador in Portugal of the project financed by FCT (Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation/INIC-DAAD).

2015-2017 – Grupos Aprender, Brincar, Crescer – Playgroups for Inclusion. Member of the research team of the project financed by the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS (2007-2013) under the grant agreement VP/2013/012/0577.

MTM2014-52975-C2-1-R – Inference in Structured Additive Regression (STAR) Models with Extensions to Multivariate Responses. Applications in Biomedicine. Member of the research team of the project financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Espanha.

MTM2011-28285-C02-01 – Inferencia en Modelos Aditivos Generalizados: Extensiones al Analisis Roc con Covariables, Regresion Cuantil y Analisis de Supervivencia. Aplicaciones en Medicina y Biologia. Membro da equipa de investigação. Projeto financiado pelo Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Espanha.

2011 – The role of domestic cats in the epidemiology of zoonotic leishmaniasis. Membro da equipa de investigação. Projeto financiado pelo CMDT.

2011 – Giardia duodenalis genotypes and nutritional status, diarrhea and HIV in children under five: a hospital based study. Membro da equipa de investigação. Projeto financiado pelo CMDT.

2011 – The usefulness of serologic infection markers in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP): A new diagnostic approach. Membro da equipa de investigação. Projeto financiado pelo CMDT.

2011 – Epidemiologia da infecção por rotavírus na República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe: prevalência da infecção e dos genótipos circulantes. Membro da equipa de investigação. Projeto financiado pela Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian conjuntamente com o Instituto Marquês de Vale de Flor.

PTDC/SAU-SAP/116950/2010 – ControlTB - Pulmonary Tuberculosis Control in Portugal in a space-time perspective: determinants, incidence trends and forecasts in geographic units. A contribution for an optimized Program. Membro da equipa de investigação. Projeto financiado pela FCT.

PTDC/SAU-MIC/116716/2010 – Clinical relevance of multiple genetic markers in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP): New high-throughput Methodologies for molecular epidemiology and diagnosis. Membro da equipa de investigação. Projeto financiado pela FCT.

PTDC/SAU-EPI/113326/2009 – Factors affecting dynamics of Plasmodium concomitant infections in a malaria endemic area: analysis through a new modeling approach. Membro da equipa de investigação. Projeto financiado pela FCT.