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Computational biologist & data scientist - Europe based, experience in medical research

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Susana Paço is a computational biologist and data scientist with +10 years of experience spanning neurology, immunology, nutrition, and rural development. She specializes in advanced analytics, natural language processing, and multi-omics integration, with strong proficiency in Python, R, SQL, AI/ML methods, and data visualization tools like Dash and Shiny. Her research spans different areas such as immunology, neurology, nutrition and rural development. She holds MSc degrees in Data Science (Nova IMS) and Complexity Sciences (ISCTE-IUL), and a BSc in Biology (ISA, UTL), with comprehensive skills in bioinformatics pipelines, high-throughput sequencing, and workflow automation. Susana is recognized for bioethics, data privacy, and her work across diverse teams, driving innovation in complex biological data analysis.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Computational Biology
• ★ Artificial Intelligence
• ★ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Chemoinformatics
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Algorithm Design
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Text Mining & Analytics
• ☆ Data Mining
• ☆ Natural Language Processing
• ☆ Neural Networks
• ☆ Deep Learning
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Statistical Computing
• ☆ Mathematical Statistics
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Systems Biology
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ Tensorflow
• ☆ LaTex
• ☆ R
• ☆ Hadoop
• ☆ Markup Languages

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Computational Biologist

ISA-UL

January 2023 - October 2024

Computational Biologist

UCLouvain - CoActionsLab

June 2021 - July 2024

Computational Biologist

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal

July 2019 - February 2022

Education

Masters in Data Science & Advanced Analytics

Nova Information Management School - UNL

October 2019 - February 2022

Masters in Complexity Sciences

ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa - Portugal

June 2012 - December 2015

Bachelors in Biology

ISA-UTL

September 2007 - July 2011

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Raposo, Alexandre A. S. F., Paço, Susana, Ângelo-Dias, Miguel, Rosmaninho, Pedro, Almeida, Afonso R. M., Sousa, Ana E.(2025). The distinctive signature of regulatory CD4 T cells committed in the human thymus . Frontiers in Immunology. 16.

The distinctive signature of regulatory CD4 T cells committed in the human thymus @article { author = {Raposo, Alexandre A. S. F. and Paço, Susana and Ângelo-Dias, Miguel and Rosmaninho, Pedro and Almeida, Afonso R. M. and Sousa, Ana E.}, title = {The distinctive signature of regulatory CD4 T cells committed in the human thymus}, journal = {Frontiers in Immunology}, volume = {16}, year = {2025}, month = {mar}, url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1553554/full}, doi = {10.3389/fimmu.2025.1553554}, keywords = {regulatory T cells; CD4 T cells; FOXP3; human T-cell development; human thymus; RNA-seq} } . Frontiers in Immunology.

Decoding mutational hotspots in human disease through the gene modules governing thymic regulatory T cells @article { author = {Raposo, Alexandre A. S. F. and Rosmaninho, Pedro and Silva, Susana L. and Paço, Susana and Brazão, Maria E. and Godinho-Santos, Ana and Tokunaga-Mizoro, Yumie and et al.}, title = {Decoding mutational hotspots in human disease through the gene modules governing thymic regulatory T cells}, journal = {Frontiers in Immunology}, volume = {15}, year = {2024}, month = {oct}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1458581}, doi = {10.3389/fimmu.2024.1458581} } . Frontiers in Immunology.

Subthalamic DBS does not restore deficits in corticospinal suppression during movement preparation in Parkinson’s disease @article { author = {Emmanuelle Wilhelm and Gerard Derosiere and Caroline Quoilin and Inci Cakiroglu and Susana Paço and Christian Raftopoulos and Bart Nuttin and Julie Duque}, title = {Subthalamic DBS does not restore deficits in corticospinal suppression during movement preparation in Parkinson’s disease}, journal = {Clinical Neurophysiology}, year = {2024}, month = {sep}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2024.06.002}, doi = {10.1016/j.clinph.2024.06.002} } . Clinical Neurophysiology.

Emmanuelle Wilhelm, Gerard Derosiere, Caroline Quoilin, Inci Cakiroglu, Susana Paço, Christian Raftopoulos, Bart Nuttin, Julie Duque (2024). Subthalamic DBS does not restore deficits in corticospinal suppression during movement preparation in Parkinson’s disease . Clinical Neurophysiology.

Raposo, Alexandre A. S. F., Rosmaninho, Pedro, Silva, Susana L., Paço, Susana, Brazão, Maria E., Godinho-Santos, Ana, Tokunaga-Mizoro, Yumie, Nunes-Cabaço, Helena, Serra-Caetano, Ana, Almeida, Afonso R. M., et al.(2024). Decoding mutational hotspots in human disease through the gene modules governing thymic regulatory T cells . Frontiers in Immunology. 15.

Corticospinal Suppression Underlying Intact Movement Preparation Fades in Parkinson's Disease @article { author = {Emmanuelle Wilhelm and Caroline Quoilin and Gerard Derosiere and Susana Paço and Anne Jeanjean and Julie Duque}, title = {Corticospinal Suppression Underlying Intact Movement Preparation Fades in Parkinson's Disease}, journal = {Movement Disorders}, year = {2022}, month = {dec}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.29214}, doi = {10.1002/mds.29214} } . Movement Disorders.

Emmanuelle Wilhelm, Caroline Quoilin, Gerard Derosiere, Susana Paço, Anne Jeanjean, Julie Duque (2022). Corticospinal Suppression Underlying Intact Movement Preparation Fades in Parkinson's Disease . Movement Disorders.

Wilhelm, E., Quoilin, C., Derosiere, G., Paço, S., Jeanjean, A., Duque, J.(2022). Corticospinal Suppression Underlying Intact Movement Preparation Fades in Parkinson's Disease . Movement Disorders.

PREPRINT

Alexandre A. S. F. Raposo, Pedro Rosmaninho, Susana L. Silva, Maria E. Brazão, Ana Godinho-Santos, Yumie Tokunaga, Helena Nunes-Cabaço, Ana Serra-Caetano, Afonso R. M. Almeida, Ana E. Sousa, et al. (2023). Decoding mutational hotspots in human disease through the gene modules governing thymic regulatory T cells .

Decoding mutational hotspots in human disease through the gene modules governing thymic regulatory T cells @null { doi = {10.1101/2023.12.27.573411} } .

Subthalamic deep brain stimulation alleviates motor symptoms without restoring deficits in corticospinal suppression during movement preparation in Parkinson’s disease @null { doi = {10.1101/2023.08.03.23293486} } .

Emmanuelle Wilhelm, Gerard Derosiere, Caroline Quoilin, Inci Cakiroglu, Susana Paço, Christian Raftopoulos, Bart Nuttin, Julie Duque (2023). Subthalamic deep brain stimulation alleviates motor symptoms without restoring deficits in corticospinal suppression during movement preparation in Parkinson’s disease .

CONFERENCE POSTER

Differential Binding in human thymic regulatory T cells refine whole-genome analyses of complex immune diseases @misc { author = {Raposo, AASF and Rosmaninho, Pedro and PAÇO, SUSANA and Ângelo-Dias, M and Godinho-Santos, Ana and Nunes-Cabaço, Helena and Tokunaga-Mizoro, Yumie and et al.}, title = {Differential Binding in human thymic regulatory T cells refine whole-genome analyses of complex immune diseases}, year = {2023}, month = {mar}, keywords = {Precision Medicine; Inborn Errors of Immunity; Gene Regulatory Networks; Complex Diseases; T cells; Human thymus; Human Genomics} }. XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology.