Prémios
Awards
Foi na 29.ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana, decorrida em Coimbra nos dias 20-22 de novembro de 2025, que o Poster "Genetic Diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in Portugal: Insights from the Portuguese FH Study", apresentado por Beatriz Miranda, recebeu o prémio Menção Honrosa.
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It was at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics, held in Coimbra from 20–22 November 2025, that the poster “Genetic Diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in Portugal: Insights from the Portuguese FH Study,” presented by Beatriz Miranda, received the Honorable Mention award.
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It was at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics, held in Coimbra from 20–22 November 2025, that the poster “Genetic Diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in Portugal: Insights from the Portuguese FH Study,” presented by Beatriz Miranda, received the Honorable Mention award.
Beatriz Miranda recebeu o Prémio Melhor Comunicação Oral (Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva) no XXXII Congresso Português de Aterosclerose (Portuguese atherosclerosis congress), Alcobaça 25-26 Out 2024, com "ABCG5 and ABCG8 genes’ association with hypercholesterolemic phenotype in non-FH patients."
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Beatriz Miranda received the Best Oral Communication Award (Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva Prize) at the 32nd Portuguese Atherosclerosis Congress, held in Alcobaça on October 25–26, 2024, with the presentation “ABCG5 and ABCG8 genes’ association with hypercholesterolemic phenotype in non-FH patients.”
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Beatriz Miranda received the Best Oral Communication Award (Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva Prize) at the 32nd Portuguese Atherosclerosis Congress, held in Alcobaça on October 25–26, 2024, with the presentation “ABCG5 and ABCG8 genes’ association with hypercholesterolemic phenotype in non-FH patients.”
10/12/2022
Ana Catarina Alves recebeu 3º lugar de melhor comunicação oral na 4ª Reunião do Núcleo de Estudos de Prevenção e Risco Vascular, que decorreu no dia 10 de Dezembro de 2022 em Peniche, Portugal pelo trabalho "Preliminary results of thrombogenic risk factors in the Portuguese population".
Ana Catarina Alves received 3rd place of best oral communication at the 4th Meeting of the Prevention and Vascular Risk Study Group, that took place on December 10th 2022 in Peniche, Portugal for her work "Preliminary results of thrombogenic risk factors in the Portuguese population".
Ana Catarina Alves received 3rd place of best oral communication at the 4th Meeting of the Prevention and Vascular Risk Study Group, that took place on December 10th 2022 in Peniche, Portugal for her work "Preliminary results of thrombogenic risk factors in the Portuguese population".
15/10/2022
Ana Margarida Medeiros foi distinguida com o Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, prémio da melhor comunicação poster no XXX Congresso Português de Aterosclerose, que decorreu nos dias 14 e 15 de Outubro, em Évora. A distinção foi atribuída ao trabalho intitulado “Genetic background behind the Familial Hypercholesterolemia phenotype”
Ana Margarida Medeiros received the Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, an award for the best poster communication in the XXX Portuguese Atherosclerosis Congress, that took place on October 14th and 15th in Évora. The award was given to the work titled “Genetic background behind the Familial Hypercholesterolemia phenotype”
Ana Margarida Medeiros received the Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, an award for the best poster communication in the XXX Portuguese Atherosclerosis Congress, that took place on October 14th and 15th in Évora. The award was given to the work titled “Genetic background behind the Familial Hypercholesterolemia phenotype”
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16/10/2021
Joana Rita Chora foi distinguida com o Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, prémio da melhor comunicação poster no XXIX, que decorreu nos dias 15 e 16 de Outubro, em Aveiro. A distinção foi atribuída ao trabalho intitulado “Cardiovascular risk estimation and management in Familial Hypercholesterolemia patients.”
Joana Rita Chora received the Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, an award for the best poster communication in the XXIX Portuguese Atherosclerosis Congress, that took place on October 15th and 16th in Aveiro. The award was given to the work titled “Cardiovascular risk estimation and management in Familial Hypercholesterolemia patients”
Joana Rita Chora received the Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, an award for the best poster communication in the XXIX Portuguese Atherosclerosis Congress, that took place on October 15th and 16th in Aveiro. The award was given to the work titled “Cardiovascular risk estimation and management in Familial Hypercholesterolemia patients”
15/02/2020
Durante a Reunião conjunta dos Grupos de Estudo de Risco Cardiovascular (GERC) e de Biologia Celular e Genética Cardiovascular (GEBCGC) da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia (SPC) com o nome "Riscar o Risco", a aluna de doutoramento do INSA/BioISI, Joana Rita Chora recebeu o prémio de melhor comunicação científica submetida à reunião com o trabalho “Prevalence of statin pharmacogenomic SNPs in Portugal”, com as co-autoras Ana Catarina Alves e Mafalda Bourbon.
During the joint meeting of the Cardiovascular Risk (GERC) and Celular Biology and Cardiovascular Genetics (GEBCGC) Study Groups from the Portuguese Cardiology Society (SPC) named "Riscar o Risco", the INSA/BioISI PhD student Joana Rita Chora received the award for the best scientific communication submitted to the meeting with the work “Prevalence of statin pharmacogenomic SNPs in Portugal”, alongside the co-authors Ana Catarina Alves and Mafalda Bourbon.
During the joint meeting of the Cardiovascular Risk (GERC) and Celular Biology and Cardiovascular Genetics (GEBCGC) Study Groups from the Portuguese Cardiology Society (SPC) named "Riscar o Risco", the INSA/BioISI PhD student Joana Rita Chora received the award for the best scientific communication submitted to the meeting with the work “Prevalence of statin pharmacogenomic SNPs in Portugal”, alongside the co-authors Ana Catarina Alves and Mafalda Bourbon.
16/11/2019
Ana Margarida Medeiros foi distinguida com a 1ª edição do Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, prémio da melhor comunicação poster no XXVII Congresso Português de Aterosclerose, que decorreu nos dias 15 e 16 de Novembro, em Peniche. A distinção foi atribuída ao trabalho intitulado “Lipoprotein(a) levels and LPA genotype in patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.”
Ana Margarida Medeiros received the first edition of the Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, an award for the best poster communication in the XXVII Portuguese Atherosclerosis Congress, that took place on November 15th and 16th in Peniche. The award was given to the work titled “Lipoprotein(a) levels and LPA genotype in patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.”
Ana Margarida Medeiros received the first edition of the Prémio Dr. Pedro Marques da Silva, an award for the best poster communication in the XXVII Portuguese Atherosclerosis Congress, that took place on November 15th and 16th in Peniche. The award was given to the work titled “Lipoprotein(a) levels and LPA genotype in patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.”
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Notícia no site do INSA / News story at INSA website (in Portuguese)
24/02/2019
No IX Congresso Novas Fronteiras em Medicina Cardiovascular que decorreu em Óbidos entre 22 e 24 de Fevereiro de 2019, Joana Rita Chora recebeu o 3º lugar do Prémio AIDFM-CETERA Cardiovascular Research 2018, atribuído ao melhor artigo em investigação cardiovascular em 2018 pelo artigo
Chora JR, Medeiros AM, Alves AC, Bourbon M. Analysis of publicly available LDLR, APOB, and PCSK9 variants associated with familial hypercholesterolemia: application of ACMG guidelines and implications for familial hypercholesterolemia diagnosis.
At the IX Congresso Novas Fronteiras em Medicina Cardiovascular that took place in Óbidos between February 22nd and 24th, 2019, Joana Rita Chora received the 3rd place of the AIDFM-CETERA Cardiovascular Research 2018 Award , awarded to the best cardiovascular research article in 2018 for the article
Chora JR, Medeiros AM, Alves AC, Bourbon M. Analysis of publicly available LDLR, APOB, and PCSK9 variants associated with familial hypercholesterolemia: application of ACMG guidelines and implications for familial hypercholesterolemia diagnosis.
Chora JR, Medeiros AM, Alves AC, Bourbon M. Analysis of publicly available LDLR, APOB, and PCSK9 variants associated with familial hypercholesterolemia: application of ACMG guidelines and implications for familial hypercholesterolemia diagnosis.
At the IX Congresso Novas Fronteiras em Medicina Cardiovascular that took place in Óbidos between February 22nd and 24th, 2019, Joana Rita Chora received the 3rd place of the AIDFM-CETERA Cardiovascular Research 2018 Award , awarded to the best cardiovascular research article in 2018 for the article
Chora JR, Medeiros AM, Alves AC, Bourbon M. Analysis of publicly available LDLR, APOB, and PCSK9 variants associated with familial hypercholesterolemia: application of ACMG guidelines and implications for familial hypercholesterolemia diagnosis.
18/02/2018
Mafalda Bourbon recebeu Menção Honrosa do Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica 2018 pelo trabalho "Translational Medicine in Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: from phenotype to genotype." com os co-autores Ana Catarina Alves, Ana Margarida Medeiros, Cibelle Mariano, Joana Rita Chora, Pablo Corral e Quitéria Rato.
O Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica visa galardoar uma obra intelectual, original, de índole médica, com tema livre e dirigida à prática clínica, que represente um trabalho com resultados de grande qualidade e relevância.
Mafalda Bourbon received the Honorable Mention in the Clinical Medicine BIAL Award 2018 for the work "Translational Medicine in Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: from phenotype to genotype." with the co-authors Ana Catarina Alves, Ana Margarida Medeiros, Cibelle Mariano, Joana Rita Chora, Pablo Corral e Quitéria Rato.
The Clinical Medicine BIAL Award aims to reward an original intelectual work
intelectual, original, of a medical nature, with a free theme and aimed at clinical practice, representing work with high quality and relevant results.
O Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica visa galardoar uma obra intelectual, original, de índole médica, com tema livre e dirigida à prática clínica, que represente um trabalho com resultados de grande qualidade e relevância.
Mafalda Bourbon received the Honorable Mention in the Clinical Medicine BIAL Award 2018 for the work "Translational Medicine in Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: from phenotype to genotype." with the co-authors Ana Catarina Alves, Ana Margarida Medeiros, Cibelle Mariano, Joana Rita Chora, Pablo Corral e Quitéria Rato.
The Clinical Medicine BIAL Award aims to reward an original intelectual work
intelectual, original, of a medical nature, with a free theme and aimed at clinical practice, representing work with high quality and relevant results.