PatrĂ­cia Silva, PhD, director of science content —

PatrĂ­cia holds a PhD in medical microbiology and infectious diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. Her work in academia was mainly focused on molecular biology and the genetic traits of infectious agents such as viruses and parasites. PatrĂ­cia earned several travel awards to present her work at international scientific meetings. She is a published author of several peer-reviewed science articles.

Articles by PatrĂ­cia Silva

Patient Enrollment Complete in Phase 2 Trial of Ubenimex for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Patient enrollment is complete in a Phase 2 clinical trial of ubenimex as an add-on to standard therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to ubenimex’s developer, Eiger BioPharmaceuticals. Sixty-one patients at 45 sites in the United States and Canada have been enrolled in the LIBERTY trial (NCT02664558). The randomized, double-blind,…

New Surgery Simulator May Improve Lives of Canadians with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

The new pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) surgery simulator — a 3D device developed by the National Research Council of Canada with support from Bayer — could potentially improve the lives of thousands of Canadians with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The first-of-its-kind simulator will allow surgeons to train more efficiently for surgery to treat CTEPH, a…

RAS-Q Lung Support Device for PH Patients Wins Emerging Medical Innovation Award

Germany’s enmodes won recognition at the recent 2017 Design of Medical Devices Conference in Minneapolis for its RAS-Q technology to help people with pulmonary hypertension (PH). RAS-Q is a respiratory assist device that offers comprehensive, fully portable, cost-effective and protective treatment for PH patients. One week before the April 9-12 conference where RAS-Q won an Emerging…

Canadian Campaign to Ask Doctors to Consider PH as They Examine Patients

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada will be trying to persuade medical professionals to pay more attention to pulmonary hypertension (PH) as a possible cause of their patients’ respiratory-related symptoms. The association will start a campaign next month called Sometimes it’s PH to raise awareness practitioners’ awareness of PH. It chose…

C. Gregory Elliott Recognized for Decades of PH Patient Care, Research Achievements

Dr. C. Gregory Elliott has won the 2017 American Thoracic Society Public Advisory Roundtable William J. Martin, II Distinguished Achievement Award. This honor recognizes Elliott’s innovative leadership skills, history in public service and passion for his patients. Elliott, a pioneer member of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA), has made important contributions in…

Patch That Will Deliver Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment Trevyent Is Effective, Study Shows

The patch that delivers SteadyMed’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treatment Trevyent (treprostinil) to patients is effective, safe and tolerable, according to a company study. Treprostinil is a vasodilatory prostacyclin analogue, or synthetic version of prostacyclin, a substance that helps prevent arteries from constricting and blood platelets from clumping together. Prostacyclin is deficient in…


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