Diogo Soares, an integrated researcher at LASIGE, was one of the speakers at the Ciências ULisboa’s BRIDges: Boosting research in interdisciplinary domains event, that took place on May 14, 2025. The event aimed to highlight the importance of interdisciplinarity and foster new collaborations within the Ciências ULisboa community. It brought together researchers from various fields who work in interdisciplinary areas.

In his talk titled “Patient-Centric Machine Learning: A Step Toward Precision Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases,” Diogo Soares discussed the benefits of personalized care in gaining a deeper understanding of neurodegenerative disease progression. He emphasized the shift from broad population analyses (one-size-fits-all models) to localized, individualized patterns, which enhances prediction, intervention, and patient stratification. The resulting prognostic prediction models empower clinicians by forecasting disease trajectories and anticipating critical interventions, thereby paving the way for truly personalized care. Diogo Soares is currently involved in the multidisciplinary BRAINTEASER project.

LASIGE integrated researcher Cátia Pesquita and PhD student Marta Silva were part of the BRIDges organising committee. The event also featured participation from LASIGE members and students. Notably, LASIGE PhD student Laura Balbi and Cátia Pesquita were awarded Best Poster for their work titled “Neuro-Symbolic AI for Modelling Bio-Knowledge Graphs with Contradiction.”

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