Profile

I am a Data Scientist with extensive experience in data preparation, statistical analysis, machine learning, and data visualization, particularly in the healthcare sector. Demonstrated capability in turning real-world data into actionable insights. Proven track record in problem-solving, technical communication, and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams. Thrives in dynamic environments, with a strong passion for technology integration and simplifying complex concepts.

Technical Skills

  • Data Science & Analysis (R)
    • Extracting actionable insights
    • Predictive analytics
    • Uncovering hidden patterns and trends
    • Improving decision-making
  • Data Management (SQL)
    • Handling diverse data sources
    • Ensuring data accuracy and reliability
  • Programming & Development (C / embedded systems)
  • Telecommunications & Sensors

Core Competencies

  • Problem Solving: Excellent analytical abilities, adept at identifying solutions to complex problems and optimising processes.
  • Simplifying complex concepts: Proficient at translating complex data concepts for diverse audiences and conveying them in reports, research papers or presentations.
  • Collaboration: Committed to building and maintaining productive team relationships, leveraging collective strengths for project success.

Professional Experience

Researcher/Full-Stack Data Scientist

  • Led and contributed to various research projects, resulting in significant findings and publications.
  • Specialized in analyzing healthcare data to improve patient outcomes and management efficiency.
  • ICBAS-UP - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto (2023 - 2024)
    • Worked as a Data Scientist / Researcher for the project iSupport Footprint: Exploiting usage data from a novel platform for dementia caregivers to characterize care contexts and dyads and to predict transitions out of caregiving (REF. 2022.07587.PTDC).
    • Key Responsibilities
      • Data import and wrangling.
      • Automating data workflow from a complex log, scraped from a web page, to analysable format.
      • Data quality assessment.
      • Questionnaire analysis and scales validation (sensitivity analysis, FA and PCA).
      • Implementation of clustering techniques for the definition of caregiver’s profiles.
      • Implementation of models to predict transitions out of caregiving.
  • CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research (2016 - Present)
    • Worked on national and international projects, including my PhD where I developed in-depth expertise cleaning, analysing, and enriching real world data e.g. in-hospital ICD9 and ICD10 coded data, Emergency Department Health Records, tuberculosis monitoring data, stroke patients' data, Global Burden of Disease data.
    • Key Responsibilities
      • Data import and wrangling to an analysable format.
      • Development of visualizations for papers and for the Head of Paediatric emergency department.
      • Development of statistical and machine learning models for multiple scientific papers.
      • Production and analysis quality Indicators to provide evidence-based decision-making, leading to better patient outcomes.

Teaching and Supervision

  • Lectured data science in healthcare and statistics to PhD and MSc students.
  • Supervised numerous student projects and thesis, focusing on real-world data projects.
  • Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto (2019 - Present)
  • Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Fernando Pessoa (2022 - Present)

Engineering

  • Fostered constructive relationships with clients and applied effective engineering theoretical knowledge to solve their problems.
  • Working in fast paced environments I excelled at problem solving and became extremely objective oriented.
  • Smartmove – Serviços de Mobilidade, S.A. (2008 - Present)
  • NextToYou - Network Solutions, Lda (2015 - 2016)

Education

  • PhD in Clinical Research and Health Services, Universidade do Porto, 2023
  • MSc in Medical Informatics, Universidade do Porto, 2012
  • MSc in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Electronics), Universidade do Porto, 2007
  • Licentiate in Electrical Engineering, Universidade do Porto, 2005

Quote

"Without data, you're just another person with an opinion." — William Edwards Deming