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Armanda Teixeira-Gomes (ATG) obtained her MSc in Analytical Clinical and Forensic Toxicology in 2014, at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto and she graduated (BSc) in Chemistry in 2012 at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. Since 2017 she is a PhD student on Biomedical Sciences at the University of Porto (ICBAS), conducting research at EPIUnit ¿ Epidemiology Research Unit of the Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto (refª FCT: SFRH/BD/121802/2016). ATG has 6 published papers in international peer-reviewed journals and 3 book chapters. ATG has presented orally her works in several national and international conferences. Moreover, she has 4 conference abstracts in international journals and several posters presentations and co-authored several oral presentations in national and international meetings. ATG received 5 distinctions that allowed her to participate in international congresses and training schools. ATG¿s knowledge fields are Public and Environmental Health, Toxicology, Epidemiology and Genetics. Her main research interests nowadays are Ageing and Life-course exposure.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Armanda Teixeira Gomes

Citation names

  • Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3B1C-FB07-F8F6
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3069-0404

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Toxicology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Human Genetics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2021
Ongoing
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Evaluation of potential biomarkers for the early detection of frailty syndrome in older adults and associated risk factors." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014
Concluded
 Master Degree in Analytical Clinical and Forensic Toxicology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Brain and peripheral organ toxicity of “ecstasy” in adolescent rats in human relevant doses" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2012
Concluded
 Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Synthesis of nanoparticles for analytical applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2017 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2015/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2014/09/25 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2012/03/01 - 2012/09/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09/01 - Current PhD student- SFRH/BD/121802/2016 and COVID/BD/151712/2021 Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mendes, Ana; Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Costa, Solange; Laffon, Blanca; Madureira, Joana; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Indoor Environments and Elderly Health (Chapter 2)". In Elderly Care: Options, Challenges and Trends. Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2018.
    Published
  2. Lage, Bruna; Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Mendes, Ana; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Teixeira, João Paulo; Costa, Solange. "Frailty Syndrome – An Emergent Concern of Unknown Causes (Chapter 5)". In Elderly Care: Options, Challenges and Trends. Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2018.
    Published
  3. Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Costa, Solange; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Human Cytogenetic Biomonitoring (Chapter 2)". Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2018.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Teixeira-Gomes, A.; Lage, B.; Silva, S.; Esteves, F.; Carvalho, J.; Valdiglesias, V.; Teixeira, J.P.; Costa, S.. "Life-course exposure and physical activity impact on genomic biomarkers of a group of older adults". 2018.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.799
  2. Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda. "Use of whole blood to measure DNA damage in a group of wildland firefighters". Paper presented in 2th International Comet Assay Workshop, 2017.
    Published
  3. Teixeira-Gomes, A.; Costa, V.M.; Feio-Azevedo, R.; Duarte, J.; Duarte-Araújo, M.; Fernandes, E.; Bastos, M.L.; Carvalho, F.; Capela, J.. "“Ecstasy” acute toxicity to the brain and peripheral organs in adolescent rats following a human relevant binge dose". 2015.
    Published • 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.486
  4. Azevedo, Rita; Costa, Vera M.; Barbosa, Daniel; Gomes, Armanda; Pita, Inês; Sequeira, Ana; Pereira, Frederico; et al. "Aged rats are more prone to “ecstasy” neurotoxicity than adolescent rats". 2014.
    Published • 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.06.804
Journal article
  1. Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda. "Frailty syndrome, biomarkers and environmental factors – a pilot study". Toxicology Letters (2020):
    Accepted
  2. Grazuleviciute-Vileniske, Indre; Seduikyte, Lina; Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Mendes, Ana; Borodinecs, Anatolijs; Buzinskaite, Deimante. "Aging, Living Environment, and Sustainability: What Should be Taken into Account?". Sustainability 12 5 (2020): 1853. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12051853.
    Published • 10.3390/su12051853
  3. Costa, Solange; Costa, Carla; Madureira, Joana; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Guedes de Pinho, Paula; Laffon, Blanca; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Occupational exposure to formaldehyde and early biomarkers of cancer risk, immunotoxicity and susceptibility". Environmental Research 179 (2019): 108740. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108740.
    Published • 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108740
  4. Feio-Azevedo, R.; Costa, V. M.; Barbosa, D. J.; Teixeira-Gomes, A.; Pita, I.; Gomes, S.; Pereira, F. C.; et al. "Aged rats are more vulnerable than adolescents to “ecstasy”-induced toxicity". Archives of Toxicology 92 7 (2018): 2275-2295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-018-2226-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s00204-018-2226-8
  5. Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Costa, Vera Marisa; Feio-Azevedo, Rita; Duarte, José Alberto; Duarte-Araújo, Margarida; Fernandes, Eduarda; Bastos, Maria de Lourdes; Carvalho, Félix; Capela, João Paulo. "“Ecstasy” toxicity to adolescent rats following an acute low binge dose". BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 17 1 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40360-016-0070-0.
    Published • 10.1186/s40360-016-0070-0
  6. Barbosa, Daniel José; Capela, João Paulo; Feio-Azevedo, Rita; Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Bastos, Maria de Lourdes; Carvalho, Félix. "Mitochondria: key players in the neurotoxic effects of amphetamines". Archives of Toxicology 89 10 (2015): 1695-1725. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-015-1478-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s00204-015-1478-9
  7. Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Costa, Vera Marisa; Feio-Azevedo, Rita; Bastos, Maria de Lourdes; Carvalho, Félix; Capela, João Paulo. "The neurotoxicity of amphetamines during the adolescent period". International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 41 1 (2014): 44-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.12.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.12.001
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/12 Exploring frailty-related biomarkers and potential influence of environmental factors – preliminary results 2nd Meeting of the PhD in Biomedical Sciences
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/10 Potencial biomarkers and risk factors associated with frailty syndrome in older adults – preliminary results from the BioFrail study 2nd Sheldon Conference Meeting
COST Action CA16226 - Sheldon: Smart Habitat for the Elderly (Ohrid, Macedonia)
2019/08 Exploring frailty related biomarkers and potential influence of environmental factors 11th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring in Ocupational and Environmental Health (ISBM-11)
International Commission on Occupational Health | Scientific Committee on Occupational Toxicology (Leuven, Belgium)
2018/10 Relationship between frailty syndrome, biomarkers and environmental factors - a pilot study. 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology (ICOETox 2018)
(Matosinhos-Porto, Portugal)
2018/10 Influence of lifestyle and environmental risk factors on elderly frailty. 1st SHELD-ON conference meeting
COST Action CA16226 - Sheldon: Smart Habitat for the Elderly (Riga, Latvia)
2015/05 Acute brain and peripheral organ toxicity of MDMA to adolescent rats following a human relevant binge dose. 8th Meeting of Young Researchers at University of Porto
(Porto, Portugal)
2015/02 Acute brain and peripheral organ toxicity of MDMA to adolescent rats following a human relevant binge dose. XLV Annual Meeting of Portuguese Pharmacology Society
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/02 Neurotoxicity of “ecstasy” to aged rats following a dose regimen relevant in humans. XLV Annual Meeting of Portuguese Pharmacology Society
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/02 Oxidative stress parameters in the brain and peripheral organs following exposure of adolescent rats to an MDMA neurotoxic regimen. XLIV Annual Meeting of Portuguese Pharmacology Society
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/02 - 2019/02 Member of the Local Organizing Committee of SHELDON Cost Action Working Group and Core Group Meetings. (2019/02/27 - 2019/02/28)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
2018 - 2018 Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology (ICOETox 2018), 24 – 26 October 2018 - Matosinhos-Porto, Portugal (2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2016 - 2016 Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 3rd International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology and 3rd Ibero-American Meeting on Toxicology and Environmental Health, 21 – 23 June 2016 - Porto, Portugal (2016/06/21 - 2016/06/23)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/03/11 - 2020/03/13 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Costa S, Fuchs D, Lage B, Valdiglesias V, Laffon B, Teixeira JP. (2020). Exploring the potential relation between immune biomarkers and frailty syndrome in older adults - preliminary results from the BioFrail study. 10th International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research 2020 (ICFSR 2020), Toulouse, France, March 2020
Conference
 10th International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research 2020 (ICFSR 2020)
2019/10/07 - 2019/10/10 Flow Cytometry Workshop participation: "From basic knowledge to advanced applications" organized by i3S (Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saude da Universidade do Porto).
Workshop
 Flow Cytometry Workshop "From basic knowledge to advanced applications"
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2019/05/23 - 2019/05/25 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Lage B, Esteves F, Silva S, Carvalho J, Valdiglesias V, Teixeira JP, Costa S. (2019). Exploring Frailty-Related Biomarkers and Potential Risk Factors. 9th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019 (IAGG-ER 2019), Gothenburg, Sweden, May 2019
Congress
 9th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019 (IAGG-ER 2019)
2019/05/22 - 2019/05/22 Pre-congress meeting about Frailty participation in IAGG-ER 2019 . The seminar's goal was to explore the concept of frailty - opportunities and boundaries.
Seminar
 Pre-congress meeting - Frailty: Opportunities and boundaries.
2019/02/20 - 2019/02/22 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Lage B, Esteves F, Sousa AC, Pastorinho MR, Carvalho J, Valdiglesias V, Teixeira JP, Costa S. (2019). Searching for biomarkers and risk factors of frailty in older adults - preliminary results from the BioFrail study. 9th International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research 2019 (ICFSR 2019), Miami-Beach, USA, February 2019
Conference
 9th International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research 2019 (ICFSR 2019)
2019/02/19 - 2019/02/22 Participation in the "Course in basic epidemiology" organized by Cost Action CA 15129 DiMoPEx (Diagnosis, Monitoring, Prevention of Exposure Related Non-Communicable Diseases). The training school took place in February 2019 in Sandbjerg, Denmark.
Workshop
 Course in basic epidemiology
2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Teixeira E, Carvalho J, Fuchs D, Valdiglesias V, Teixeira JP, Costa S. (2018) Evaluation of immune biomarkers and frailty status in a group of older adults. 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology (ICOETox 2018), Matosinhos-Porto, Portugal, October 2018
Congress
 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology (ICOETox 2018)
2018/10/22 - 2018/10/23 POSTER PRESENTATION Laffon B, Marcos-Pérez D, Sánchez-Flores M, Maseda A, Teixeira-Gomes A, M. Gostner J, Fuchs D, Pássaro E, Valdiglesias V. (2018) Links between immunological biomarkers and frailty in the elderly. 3rd International DiMoPEx Working Groups Meeting, Porto, Portugal, October 2018
Conference
 3rd International DiMoPEx Working Groups Meeting
2018/09/02 - 2018/09/05 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Lage B, Silva S, Esteves F, Carvalho J, Valdiglesias V, Teixeira JP, Costa S. (2018). Life-course exposure and physical activity impact on genomic biomarkers of a group of older adults. 54th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2018), Brussels, Belgium, September 2018
Congress
 54th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2018)
2018/03/18 - 2018/03/22 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Lage B, Silva S, Esteves F, Carvalho J, Valdiglesias Vanessa, Teixeira JP, Costa S. (2018) DNA damage in an age-related syndrome and impact of lifestyle factors - preliminary results from the BioFrail study. 46th EEMGS/30th GUM meeting, Potsdam, Germany, March 2018
Conference
 46th EEMGS/30th GUM meeting
2018/02/28 - 2018/03/02 Participation in the "3-day h-Comet Course on Statistical and epidemiological issues in human biomonitoring studies" organized by Cost Action CA CA15132 hCOMET (The comet assay as a human biomonitoring tool). The training school took place in February/March 2018 at IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana Rome, Italy.
Workshop
 Course on Statistical and epidemiological issues in human biomonitoring studies
2018/01/16 - 2018/01/18 Participation in the "Training School on Risk Assessment and Communication" organized by Cost Action CA 15129 DiMoPEx (Diagnosis, Monitoring, Prevention of Exposure Related Non-Communicable Diseases). The training school took place in January 2018 at the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) Porto, Portugal.
Workshop
 Training School on Risk Assessment and Communication
2017/11/13 - 2017/12/04 Participation in the 5th edition of the course "Introdução à Bioestatística e suas Aplicações em Investigação Clínica e Epidemiológica" taught by the Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto with a total duration of 22h.
Workshop
 Introduction to Biostatistics and its Applications in Clinical and Epidemiological Research Course
2017/10/30 - 2017/10/31 POSTER PRESENTATION Lage B, Teixeira-Gomes A, Silva S, Esteves F, Carvalho J, Teixeira JP, Costa S. (2017) Life-course exposure and frailty syndrome in older adults. 2nd International DiMoPEx Conference “Pollution in living and working environments and health”, Working Groups Meeting. Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center Ramazzini Institute, Bentivoglio, Italy, October 2017
Conference
 2nd International DiMoPEx Conference “Pollution in living and working environments and health”, Working Groups Meeting.
2017/05/08 - 2017/05/08 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Costa S, Valdiglesias V, Costa C, Silva S, Carvalho J, Laffon B, Teixeira JP. (2017) An exposome approach to frailty in older adults. Dia do Jovem Investigador do Instituto Ricardo Jorge, INSA Lisboa, 2017
Meeting
 Dia do Jovem Investigador do Instituto Ricardo Jorge
2015/07/16 - 2016/07/16 Participation in the "Biostatistics for Research Workshop" organized by the LBIM, IBILI and CNC. The workshop place in July 2015 in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Workshop
 Biostatistics for Research Workshop
2015/09/13 - 2015/09/16 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Costa VM, Feio-Azevedo R, Duarte JA, Duarte-Araújo M, Fernandes E, Bastos ML, Carvalho F, Capela JP. (2015) “Ecstasy” acute toxicity to the brain and peripheral organs in adolescent rats following a human relevant binge dose. 51st Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (Eurotox 2015), Porto, September 2015
Congress
 51st Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (Eurotox 2015)
2014/02/12 - 2014/02/14 POSTER PRESENTATION Teixeira-Gomes A, Costa VM, Feio-Azevedo R, Pereira FC, Duarte-Araújo M, Fernandes E, Bastos ML, Carvalho F, Capela JP. (2014) Differential toxicity in the cerebellum of adolescent and aged rats following a MDMA neurotoxic regimen. 7th Meeting of Young Researchers at University of Porto, Porto, February 2014
Meeting
 7th Meeting of Young Researchers at University of Porto

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2017 - Current The objectives of the ISPUP’s Internal Review Board commission include: - Check the quality of the scientific production of ISPUP by discussing the content of scientific papers produced by its researchers; - Contribute to the continuous improvement of the quality of scientific papers produced by its researchers; - Provide the researchers with peer-reviewing skills; - Contribute to a greater exchange and monitoring of the work.
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - 2019 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health (0098-4108) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2019 - 2019 Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1984-8250) SciELO
2016 - 2016 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health (0098-4108) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2015 - 2015 Environmental Research (0013-9351 )
Distinctions

Other distinction

2019 ITC Conference Grant for participation in the IAGG-ER 2019 - International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden
2019 Grant fellowship to attend “DiMoPEx Course in basic epidemiology”, Sandbjerg, Denmark.
2018 ITC Conference Grant for participation in the 46th EEMGS/30th GUM meeting, Potsdam, Germany.
2018 Grant fellowship to attend “3 day Course on Statistical and epidemiological issues in human biomonitoring studies: An hCOMET course”, Rome, Italy.
2018 ITC Conference Grant for participation in the 54th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2018), Brussels, Belgium.