Bárbara Ramalho

Research Engineer - Digital Healthcare at iPROLEPSIS (Horizon Europe - FMH) (2023-01 – Present)

Led the design of a mobile serious game platform to address mobility, pain, and stress in Psoriatic Arthritis patients

Led the design of a mobile serious game platform to address mobility, pain, and stress in Psoriatic Arthritis patients.
Led co-creation sessions with stakeholders, including patients and clinicians, to align system features with real clinical and user needs.
Worked across all stages of development, from ideation to high-fidelity prototyping.
Defined an AI-driven personalization framework to adapt game challenges based on patient condition and behavior.
Coordinated with international teams across Europe (UK, Netherlands, Greece) to deliver a scalable digital health solution
Published research outputs in peer-reviewed venues and contributed to project deliverables.

Applied Researcher at Fraunhofer AICOS (User-Centered Design Team) (2021-01 – 2023-12)

Designed data visualization solutions and conducted user research for healthcare systems

Designed a data visualization dashboard for ceramic inspection in factory floor operations
Worked with technical experts (developers, data scientists) to design a shared platform for clinical synthetic data.
Led user research with healthcare professionals to inform hospital system design and deployment
Researched requirements for the deployment of a medical furniture tracking system in a private hospital.
Performed an extensive literature review work to establish the state-of-the-art in Electronic Health Record dashboards

Teaching Assistant at Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon) (2022-01 – 2024-12)

Taught classes and led hands-on labs in computer science and HCI subjects

Taught classes on Information Visualization, Multimedia Content Production, and Human–Computer Interaction
Led hands-on labs, and project reviews for classes of up to 30 students.
Graded assignments and provided structured feedback on technical, and design aspects.

Software Engineering Intern at Edisoft

Created dashboard to visualize aeronautical message statistics

Software engineering internship at Edisoft, creating dashboard to visualize aeronautical message statistics.

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