NEWS

EXCELScIOR Seminar with Prof. John Ioannidis explores the challenges of evidence-based medicine
On March 24th, the EXCELScIOR ERA Chair holder, Professor John Ioannidis gave an engaging and thought-provoking seminar on “Meta-Research in Sports Science“, at the Faculty of Sports Science, University of Coimbra.

TREASURE: Transforming Research Assessment at University of Coimbra
We are excited to announce that the University of Coimbra has secured funding for the TREASURE project. This institutional pilot study aims to create formal incentives to recognize UC master’s and doctoral candidates who choose to implement reproducible, reusable and open research practices in their research theses.

EXCELScIOR Team leader shares insights at CIBB’s 5th MAD Meeting
Tracey Weissgerber, EXCELScIOR Team leader gave an insightful presentation about Monitoring Reproducible Research Practices through Interactive Dashboards ate CIBB’s 5th MAD meeting.

EXCELScIOR team leader Tracey Weissgerber participated in the 1st schooling of the SHARE-CTD project
Tracey Weissgerber, EXCELScIOR Team leader, participated in the 1st schooling of the SHARE-CTD project at Wissenschaftszentrum Schloss Reisensburg.

Workshop from EXCELScIOR Team at the Faculty of Sports Science, University of Coimbra
EXCELScIOR Team gave an workshop on Meta-Research in Sports Science at the Faculty of Sports Science, University of Coimbra, on December 12th.

EXCELScIOR Researcher Inês Almeida participated in the 11th Forum GDI
Inês Almeida, EXCELScIOR Researcher, participated in the 11th Forum on Research Data Management, held at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, on November 21-22.

EXCELScIOR Researcher Inês Almeida at the Health Research Data Management Conference – iSTARS
Inês Almeida, EXCELScIOR Junior Researcher, was invited to give a lecture at the Health Research Data Management Conference – iSTARS, held at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon.

EXCELScIOR ERA Chair holder Prof. John Ioannidis at University of Cyprus for the 2nd SInnoPSis-TWIN4MERIT Conference
John Ioannidis, EXCELScIOR nominal ERA Chair, was invited to give a plenary talk on the defence of more and better quantitative assessments at the 2nd SInnoPSis Conference at University of Cyprus.

EXCELScIOR ERA Chair holder Prof. John Ioannidis at NOVA Medical School for conference on determinants of non-communicable chronic diseases
John Ioannidis, EXCELScIOR nominal ERA Chair, was invited to give a lecture on determinants of non-communicable chronic diseases at Nova Medical School in Lisbon.

EXCELScIOR ERA Chair holder Prof. John Ioannidis visited the Institute MIA-Portugal
John Ioannidis, EXCELScIOR nominal ERA Chair, and Tracey Weissgerber, from QUEST Center, Berlin Institute of Health @ Charité, Germany, visited the Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing (MIA) at the University of Coimbra.