Participation in Católica Medical School
- Coordinator of the curricular units Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle, Digestion and Defence I and Digestion and Defence II
- Team Leader and Principal Investigator at the UCP Interdisciplinary Health Research Centre & CatolicaMed Platform, CAtólicaREsearch - CARE, UCP, Pure 5.20.2
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Católica Medical School
- Librarian Teacher
- Director of the International Postgraduate Programme "Nutrition and Metabolism in Oncology" in collaboration with the Institute of Health Sciences of UCP
Field of Work
Clinical Nutrition | Metabolism | Oncology | Immunohemotherapy | Clinical Medicine | Clinical Research
Professional Activity
- Católica Medical School
- Egas Moniz University Institute
- TROFA Hospital, Lisbon
Training
- Basic Studies in Medicine, Bachelor Medical Degree
- Research Internship Grant Holder at the Human Nutrition Research Centre, Tufts University - Boston, Massachusetts USA
- Intensive Care Internship at Howard County General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Integrated Masters in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
- Degree in Nutrition and Food Engineering
- Degree in Nutritional Sciences
- PhD in Health Sciences on the subject: "Cancer: Metabolic Dysfunction, Nutrition and Quality of Life", by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, with the final classification of Approved unanimously with Distinction and Honour
- Integration in the medical staff of Doctors of the World in a Voluntary Mission in Nampula, Mozambique
Professional Career Summary
- Internship in the Common Year at the Santa Maria University Hospital - North Lisbon Hospital Center, EPE.
- Internship in the Specific Formation of Immunohemotherapy in Santa Maria University Hospital - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, EPE.
- Crew member of a medical emergency vehicle (INEM)
- Monitor, Assistant and Assistant Professor at Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
- Assistant Professor in collaboration with the ICS-UCP, Lisbon
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) and Egas Moniz University Institute
- Member of the Scientific Council Scientific Conferences and Congresses and pre- and post-graduate courses in nutrition, oncology and medicine
- Senior Researcher and Team Leader of FCT - MCTES
- Full Researcher at the UCP Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Health
- Senior Researcher at the Egas Moniz Interdisciplinary Research Centre (CiiEM), Egas Moniz University Institute (IUEM)
- Member of the ESPEN Faculty and the ESPEN Guidelines Committee (2016-) | Associate Editor Clinical Nutrition - Journal - Elsevier (2018-)
- Author or co-author of more than 70 original scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals
Languages
Portuguese | English | Spanish | French