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Ines Pires da Silva

Champalimaud Foundation, The University of Sydney, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Melanoma Institute Australia

Research areas: Medicine · Oncology · Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers · Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management · Melanoma and MAPK Pathways

ORCID iD 0000-0003-3540-8906

Employment

Education

  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas PhD
    2011 - 2016
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Medical Doctor
    1999 - 2005

Projects & Funding

  • NeoPlatform: Neoadjuvant translational research platform to predict, monitor and enhance response to immunotherapy. NHMRC
    2025 - 2030
  • Neoadjuvant research platform to personalize therapy for melanoma patients. MRA
    2025 - 2028
  • Liver metastases: a niche of resistance and of therapeutic opportunities for all cancers. NHMRC
    2023 - 2025
  • Matching optimal drug therapy to overcome organ-specific resistance to standard immunotherapy in melanoma CINSW
    2022 - 2024
  • Clinical models predictive of response and survival in advanced melanoma patients treated with anti-PD1 monotherapy or in combination with anti-CTLA-4 Oncology Spring Meeting
    2021 - Present
  • Risk factors of immune-checkpoint inhibitors mediated liver, gastrointestinal, endocrine and skin toxicity (ICEMELT). WSLHD and its Research and Education Network
    2021 - 2022
  • Patterns and management of progression on 1st line ipilimumab combined with anti-PD-1 (IPI+PD1) in metastatic melanoma (MM) patients. Conquer Cancer
    2021 - Present
  • Ipilimumab (IPI) alone or in combination with anti-PD-1 (IPI+PD1) in patients (pts) with metastatic melanoma (MM) resistant to PD1 monotherapy. Conquer Cancer, supported by Friends and Family of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Beller
    2020 - Present
  • Effective therapies for patients with high risk in-transit disease. Melanoma Research Alliance
    2020 - Present
  • Improving survival in melanoma by matching optimal drug therapy for individual patients. Tour de Cure
    2020 - Present
  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of metastatic melanoma to predict response to monotherapy and combination immunotherapy. Conquer Cancer Foundation
    2019 - Present
  • Study of the association of the imunomodulatory effect of the dual HER2 blockade and clinical response to these drugs in the context of HER2+ Advanced Breast Cancer Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa
    2016 - Present
  • Evaluation of clinical and immunological outcomes of the association of anti-CTLA-4 with radiotherapy and/or steroids. Oncology Spring Meeting
    2015 - Present
  • Identification of a novel pathogenic germline KDR variant in melanoma. 3rd Portuguese Melanoma Symposium
    2015 - Present

Publications (97)