About

We work with a wide network of PhD scientists in different biomedical fields to personalize each team to the unique needs of a medical product.

I, Catarina Carrão, strategise the team according to the needs of the project, budget and timelines.

Previously, the results of my research work as a Marie-Curie Early Stage Researcher in the Cardiovascular Center of the Charité in Berlin, Germany, resulted in two publications in important journals of the field. This body of work led to a Stage-I clinical trial for the treatment of patients with ischemic heart disease. I performed all the experimental research and bio-statistics, with the help of an international team. Because there was a deadline to finish this project in three years, I efficiently coordinated the teams in Germany, Netherlands and USA. Since part of this research had to be done in USA, I wrote and was award a Grant from the Boehringer Ingelheim Funds, which allowed me to spend several periods there. Project management is my second nature and I always aim to reach the deadlines by efficient management of time and money.

I have a positive and resilient attitude, even when encountering problems or when things go haywire. As an example, I went to live in Germany without speaking a word of German. The passion and drive for biomedical research, led me on a path of adventure and knowledge. Learning a new language was part of it.

I was always able to work independently, setting my own goals, designing and interpreting experiments. Innovation and creativity help me solve technical problems efficiently, even when I had to develop new methodologies. As an example, when I was a postdoctoral scientific researcher at Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, I developed new techniques in order to optimise our group results.

I’m also a good collaborator. I served as a liaison from my laboratory in Yale Cardiovascular Research Center to several collaborating labs in Yale and in other institutions. I made several trips from Yale to Boston University, where I obtained key samples for the project. I’m still in contact with all the persons I have met on the other side of the ocean, and cherish all the connections I made. This research work resulted in three publications, one as a co- first author. These were published in prestigious journals of the field and have been cited over 30 times in other researchers’ studies. My most recent publication from this group was approved for publishing in January 2019. Part of the work that I did in 2010 was still innovative to be published in one of the most prominent journals of the field almost ten years later.

I understand the importance of wording to deliver the right message, as an example I was honored to receive the Vienna and the European Science Slam award. Science is fun, but sometimes quite complex and full of details. It is the job of a challenger to be able to sort out the bits that make the message come across to deliver the essential that is able to shape thoughts and change minds. It’s like puzzling content to deliver knowledge, leaving comfort zones to transmit messages in a plain, simple, but true form. I find science writing almost a work of art, the artistry of science words.

Science, Medical or Regulatory Writing is not a lesser form of science, but an essential part of it.

Only by engaging all people into the works of science, can we solve the problems of today and conquer the obstacles of tomorrow.

Memberships:

- Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)
- Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Association of British Science Writers (ABSW)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ)
- Medical Journalists Association (MJAUK)

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