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Portuguese Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM, MSc, PhDc), graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Technical University of Lisbon in 2009 (75%; First-Class Honours). Completed an internship in small animal clinics and surgery at the Restelo Veterinary Hospital in 2009. Due to his interest in scientific research, and after successfully conducting an epidemiological study on leishmaniasis and dirofilariasis in felins, he applied for and was accepted for a research grant at the Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, and the Autonomous Nervous System Unit of the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) in early 2010. He received a grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in 2013. With extensive training in the field of laboratory animals, he applied for and was selected as the lead Veterinary Doctor at the Vivarium facilities of the Molecular Medicine Institute (IMM) in 2019, but declined the position due to compensation issues. He is currently affiliated with the Veterinary Sciences department at the Egas Moniz School of Health & Science in Portugal, where he serves as an Assistant Lecturer in Physiology and Histology. Previously, he worked as an Invited Assistant Lecturer at the University of Lisbon, teaching Physiology in both the Faculty of Medicine (Hospital de Santa Maria) and the Faculty of Sciences. He has also been involved in various research projects, including those related to the regulation of cardiovascular functions by the Autonomic Nervous System. His research experience includes grants at the University of Lisbon's IMM, as well as participation in studies on the effects of genetic modification of central regions for controlling hypertension, and in the development of a malaria vaccine (Prudêncio Lab), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2010, he volunteered with the elderly at the "Inválidos do Comércio" in Lisbon and participated in international volunteer work with communities in the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (West Africa), as part of a health and labor education project (GASTagus). To this day (2025), he continues to financially support the university studies of some young people from this project. He currently serves as the coordinator of the Social and Environmental Responsibility initiatives within the Veterinary Medicine programme at Egas Moniz School of Health and Science. As a history enthusiast, he is currently working with his father and other community members to establish the Serra da Estrela History Museum in Manteigas, their hometown. He truly believes that humans are fundamentally good, that they should be kind to one another, holding hope for a peaceful prosperous future for all of humanity, guided by Science.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nataniel Goncalves Rosa

Citation names

  • Goncalves-Rosa, Nataniel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7313-0C25-7377
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5571-8616

Email addresses

  • nrosa@egasmoniz.edu.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Egas Moniz Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, Campus Universitário, Quinta da Granja, 2829-511, Caparica, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Physiology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/05/05 - 2014/05/16
Concluded
 FELASA Category C certification - training accredited by the FELASA for professionals responsible for designing and directing animal experiments and research projects involving laboratory animals (Licence)
Major in Laboratory Animal Science
Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations, Belgium
 100%
2003 - 2009
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Survey of cats from the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon for dirofilariosis and leishmaniosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/31
Attended
 Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura)
Major in -
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2010/02/01 - 2016/01/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2022/09/01 - Current Assistant (University Teacher) Egas Moniz Cooperativa de Ensino Superior CRL, Portugal
Egas Moniz Cooperativa de Ensino Superior CRL, Portugal
2014/05/20 - 2022/08/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/03/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2010/02 - 2012/06 Modificação genética das células do núcleo paraventricular do hipotálamo e medula rostroventrolateral para controlar cronicamente a hipertensão
PTDC/SAU-OSM/109081/2008
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/12 - 2027/07 One Health Educational Initiative on Leishmaniosis: A Community-Centred Approach in Humans and Cats
LEAP
Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Portugal
 Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Egas Moniz Interdisciplinary Research Center
UIDP/04585/2020
10.54499/UIDP/04585/2020
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal

Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto de Medicina Molecular - IMM
UID/BIM/50005/2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020/09/01 - Current Validação de aplicações de telemóvel para avaliação fisiológica e neuromuscular
UIDB/04585/2020
10.54499/UIDB/04585/2020
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal

Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Gonçalves-Rosa, Nataniel. "2014 Julho 6, Cunha-Reis D, Gonçalves-Rosa N, Amaro-Leal A, Nunes-da-Silva C, Rocha I (2014) Impaired spatial memory and response to novelty in a rat model of metabolic syndrome. communication to the 9th forum of european neuroscience – fens 2014, milan, italy". Paper presented in 9th forum of european neuroscience – fens, milão, 2014.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Goncalves-Rosa, N.; Tavares, C.; Geraldes, V.; Nunes-Da-Silva, C.; Rocha, I.. "Application of a modified hilbert-huang transform to autonomic evaluation in metabolic syndrome". 2015.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088858
Conference poster
  1. Cunha-Reis, Diana; Gonçalves-Rosa, Nataniel; Amaro-Leal, Ângela; rocha, isabel. "Impaired spatial memory and response to novelty in a rat model of metabolic syndrome". Paper presented in Communication to the 9th Forum of European Neuroscience - FENS (Milan, Italy), 2014.
Journal article
  1. António M. Mendes; Isaie J. Reuling; Carolina M. Andrade; Thomas D. Otto; Marta Machado; Filipa Teixeira; Joana Pissarra; et al. "Pre-clinical evaluation of a P. berghei-based whole-sporozoite malaria vaccine candidate". npj Vaccines (2018): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-018-0091-3.
    10.1038/s41541-018-0091-3
  2. Mendes AM; Machado M; Gonçalves-Rosa N; Reuling IJ; Foquet L; Marques C; Salman AM; et al. "A Plasmodium berghei sporozoite-based vaccination platform against human malaria.". NPJ vaccines (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30155278.
    10.1038/s41541-018-0068-2
  3. Geraldes V; Goncalves-Rosa N; Tavares C; Paton JF; Rocha I. "Reversing gene expression in cardiovascular target organs following chronic depression of the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus and rostral ventrolateral medulla in spontaneous hypertensive rats.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27238462.
    10.1016/j.brainres.2016.05.041
  4. Geraldes V; Carvalho M; Goncalves-Rosa N; Tavares C; Laranjo S; Rocha I. "Lead toxicity promotes autonomic dysfunction with increased chemoreceptor sensitivity.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27133440.
    10.1016/j.neuro.2016.04.016
  5. Geraldes, Vera; Gonçalves-Rosa, Nataniel; Tavares, Cristiano; Paton, Julian F.R.; Rocha, Isabel. "Reversing gene expression in cardiovascular target organs following chronic depression of the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus and rostral ventrolateral medulla in spontaneous hypertensive rats". (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/44104.
    10.1016/j.brainres.2016.05.041
  6. Geraldes V; Goncalves-Rosa N; Tavares C; Liu B; Paton J; Rocha I. "6B.02: HYPOTHALAMIC AND MEDULLAR MECHANISMS FOR LONG-TERM AUTONOMIC REGULATION OF ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26102925.
    10.1097/01.hjh.0000467557.72842.44
  7. Goncalves-Rosa N; Tavares C; Nunes-Da-Silva C; Geraldes V; Rocha I. "5A.04: AN INCREASED VAGAL TONUS IS CRITICAL FOR THE INDUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN A SYMPATHOEXCITATORY BACKGROUND AS METABOLIC SYNDROME.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26102886.
    10.1097/01.hjh.0000467520.36510.9f
  8. Geraldes, Vera; Gonçalves-Rosa, Nataniel; Liu, Beihui; Paton, Julian F. R.; Rocha, Isabel. "Chronic depression of hypothalamic paraventricular neuronal activity produces sustained hypotension in hypertensive rats". Experimental Physiology 99 1 (2014): 89-100.
    Published • 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.074823
  9. Geraldes, Vera; Goncalves-Rosa, Nataniel; Liu, Beihui; Paton, Julian F.R.; Rocha, Isabel. "Essential role of RVL medullary neuronal activity in the long term maintenance of hypertension in conscious SHR". Autonomic Neuroscience 186 186 (2014): 22-31.
    Published • 10.1016/j.autneu.2014.09.002
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rosa, Nataniel João Gonçalves Cleto. "Rastreio de dirofilariose e de leishmaniose em gatos da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa". Degree, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1640.
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/09/01 - Current ACTIVA – Associação de Artes e Património de Manteigas Membro
2012 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Parasitologia Membro
2010/12/18 - Current Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários | Portuguese Veterinary Medical Association (Order) Membro
2012 - 2017 SPCAL - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório Membro

Committee member

Activity description
Role		 Institution / Organization
2026/01/01 - Current Membro da ORBEA (Órgão Responsável pelo Bem-Estar Animal) da Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, colaborando na apreciação ética e científica de projetos de investigação e de ensino que envolvem a utilização de animais, assegurando o cumprimento da legislação nacional e europeia aplicável, bem como dos princípios das 3R (Replacement, Reduction e Refinement).
Member
 Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal
2025/09/01 - 2026/08/31 Membro da Subcomissão para a Garantia da Qualidade do Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária, Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, conforme estabelecido no Despacho n.º 6/2026. Colaboração nos processos de monitorização, avaliação e melhoria contínua da qualidade pedagógica e científica do ciclo de estudos, contribuindo para a implementação de mecanismos de garantia da qualidade em conformidade com as orientações institucionais e os referenciais nacionais e europeus de ensino superior.
Member
 Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/09/01 - 2023/07/31 Tutor de monitores de Fisiologia FMUL - Projecto Solvin'It Grupo de monitores de fisiologia da Faculdade de Medicina ULisboa
2020 - 2023 Tutor de monitores de Fisiologia FMUL - Projecto iNerd Grupo de monitores de fisiologia da Faculdade de Medicina ULisboa

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/09/15 - Current Membro do júri de avaliação do Projeto Final de Curso de Licenciatura em Engenharia Eletrónica, Telecomunicações e de Computadores do estudante do Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa) João Correia (N.º 45896), referente ao projeto Zzuple, centrado no desenvolvimento de um sistema de aprendizagem baseado em perguntas de escolha múltipla, com modos de treino e de teste, implementado recorrendo à plataforma de low-code Genexus. Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2025 Selo Boas Práticas Pedagógicas da Egas Moniz e Bolsa pecuniária de 500€ pelo projecto: T-BPIP-13/26 HistoQuiz: Uma Abordagem Inovadora para o Ensino de Histologia no Ensino Superior
Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal
2024 Selo de Boas Práticas Pedagógicas da Egas Moniz e Bolsa pecuniária de 500€ pelo projecto EnZinder - Your ENZyme-substrate dating app
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal
2011 “Poster Presentation Award” at The Federation of European Physiological Societies Congress 2011 (Istanbul, Turkey)
Federation of European Physiological Societies, Turkey