Get to know the COVOICE-19 Project

COVOICE-19 is a research project focused on exploring how Artificial Intelligence can help us in providing an early diagnosis of COVID-19, as well as in supporting medical professionals in the prognosis of the disease. Ultimately, the goal is to mitigate the spread of the disease through rapid screening, while providing predictive decision-support for improved hospital resource management and prognosis.

The project has been funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology in the context of the AI 4 COVID-19 call. It is led by UNINOVA - Centre of Technology and Systems, with the participation of the Ocidental Lisbon Hospital Center (CHLO), through the voice and infectiology units of the Egas Moniz Hospital.

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Checkout the Latest News About the Project!

COVOICE-19 at the AAO-HNSF 2024 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO

O projeto COVOICE-19 foi selecionado para apresentação na Reunião Anual e Expo OTO 2024 da American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF) que decorrerá de 28 d...

May 27, 2024Learn More

New diagnostic technology for COVID-19 in chest X-rays

Os investigadores do Instituto de Novas Tecnologias – UNINOVA - Prof. Dr. José Barata, Prof. Dr. Ricardo Peres e Leandro Filipe, alcançaram um avanço notável no diagnóstico da COVI...

May 2, 2024Learn More

COVOICE-19 at the 14th Congress of the European Laryngological Society

On June 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, 2023, Dr. Clara Capucho, otolaryngologist researcher, head of the Voice Unit at Egas Moniz Hospital (part of the Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental...

June 25, 2023Learn More

Team

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José Barata

Principal Investigator

José Barata is a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Nova University of Lisbon and a senior researcher of the UNINOVA Institute. He has a PhD degree in Robotics and Integrated Manufacturing since 2004 from the Nova University of Lisbon. Dr. Barata has participated in more than 15 International Research projects involving different programmes (NMP, IST, ITEA, ESPRIT).

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Ricardo Silva Peres

Co-Principal Investigator / ML Engineer

Ricardo received both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Nova University of Lisbon in Portugal, specializing in the application of artificial intelligence in smart manufacturing. He is currently an Invited Professor at the same university, integrating the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology. Since 2014, he has been working as a researcher at UNINOVA-CTS, focusing on industrial artificial intelligence, machine learning and cyber-physical systems.

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Clara Capucho

CLHO's Principal Investigator

Professor and Dr. Clara Capucho is an Otorhinolaryngologist and the head of the voice unit at the Egas Moniz Hospital, part of the Occidental Lisbon Hospital Centre. She received her Ph.D. with honours from the Nova University of Lisbon, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Portugal, focusing on the multidimensional analysis of the professional voice. She has a master's degree in audiology from Nova University of Lisbon. She is currently one of the principal investigators in the COVOICE-19 Project.

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Carlos Galamba

Cooperator

He is, since 2012, Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, E.P.E. He is responsible for Planning, Analysis and Management Control, Finance, Information Technology, Facilities and Equipment and Production (Patient Management). He is President of CLIC - Local Committee for Clinical Informatization and President of the Organization's Personal Data Processing Committee. Recently appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of COLABTRIALS, a private non-profit association led by Nova University of Lisbon - Nova Medical School.

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Jaime Nina

Infectologist

Physician. Specialist (OM) Tropical Medicine 1982. Specialist (MS) Internal Medicine 1984. Specialist (OM & MS) Infecciology 1995. Egas Moniz Graduate Hospital / CHLO. Visiting Professor UNL (IHMT & FCM). Consultant AKDN / FCT.

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Silvandina Cordeiro

Investigator

Silvandina Maurício Cordeiro has a degree in Accounting and Finance from the Superior School of Business Sciences of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, since 2003, and a postgraduate degree in Taxation from the Superior Institute of Accounting and Administration of Lisbon of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, since 2015. Currently , is Senior Technician in the Projects and Innovation Office of the Santarém School of Health and Research Unit of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém.

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Sara Oleiro Araújo

Researcher / Scientific Dissemination

Sara Oleiro Araújo obtained her Bachelor's Degree in 2012 in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the High Institute of Engineering of Lisbon (ISEL) and her Master's Degree in 2015 in Technology and Food Safety from the Nova University of Lisbon. Currently, Sara is a researcher at the New Technologies Development Institute (UNINOVA) and is currently studying in the PhD program Agro-industrial Technologies at the Department of Earth Sciences (DTC) at Nova University of Lisbon. Her PhD work is linked with the use of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence in the agricultural sector.

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Leandro Filipe

Researcher

Leandro Filipe received the B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2018 and 2020, respectively. Since 2019, he has been working as a Teaching Assistant with the NOVA School of Science & Technology. He is currently a Ph.D. Student with the NOVA University of Lisbon.