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Paula Meireles is a public health and epidemiology researcher with a particular interest in studying the dynamics of HIV transmission and prevention options among key populations, employing a community participatory research framework. In June 2020, Paula Meireles earned her PhD in Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Porto. Her doctoral research, conducted at the Epidemiology Research Unit-Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (EPIUnit-ISPUP), and at Georgetown University during an academic exchange, was supported by an individual grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (ref. SFRH/BD/112867/2015). Paula holds a BSc in Clinical Analysis and Public Health obtained from the School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto, in 2007, and a Master in Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, in 2015. She was awarded the MSD merit scholarship for the Masters in Public Health program. Currently, Paula leads the Lab "HIV and other sexually transmitted infections" within the research line "Syndemics, health inequalities, and vulnerable populations" at the associate Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR). Her leadership is further evidenced by her role as a member of the Executive Committee of the Lisbon Cohort of Men Who Have Sex with Men since 2018 and her appointment to the Task Force of the University of Porto for COVID-19 in 2020. In 2023, she was reelected to a second three-year term as a board member of the Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE). In the same year, Paula received the ASPHER Early Career Excellence Award.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paula Meireles

Citation names

  • Meireles, Paula

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
141F-CCDF-0735
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9055-7491
AuthenticusID
R-00K-2TN
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=O3fcjuMAAAAJ&hl=en

Email addresses

  • paula.meireles@ispup.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • EPIUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, 4050-600, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016 - 2020/06/09
Concluded
 Saúde Pública (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
"Preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men: understanding eligibility and early uptake" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015 - 2016
Concluded
 Saúde Pública (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015/02/12
Concluded
 Mestrado em Saúde Pública (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"The Lisbon cohort of men who have sex with men: study protocol and HIV incidence" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2007
Concluded
 Análises Clínicas e Saúde Pública (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
"Efeito da criopreservação na viabilidade de células hematopoiéticas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2006/01/05 - 2006/03/31
Concluded
 Sócrates/Erasmus Programme - Biomedical Laboratory Science (Outros)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/06 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/28 Visiting Researcher (Research) Georgetown University Medical Center, United States
2014/07 - 2016/01 Researcher (Research) Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/03 - 2012/08 Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Técnico de Análises Clínicas e de Saúde Pública) CLÍNICA PRIVADA DAS LUNDAS, Angola
2008/09 - 2010/09 Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Técnico de Análises Clínicas e de Saúde Pública) RADELFE, CLÍNICA DE RADIOLOGIA DE PAÇOS DE FERREIRA , Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/10/12 - 2020/06/09 PhD student Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/08 - Current Rede de Rastreio Comunitária/Community-based Screening Network
000200DT1
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto., Portugal
EEA Grants
Concluded
2023/12/01 - 2026/05/31 Vax-Action: tackling effectively vaccine hesitancy in Europe
101133273
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
 European Health and Digital Executive Agency
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2024/06/30 Public health education and pandemic challenges - Chance to strengthen strategic partnerships and enhance PH education
n/a
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
 Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
2022/01/17 - 2023/07/16 Advances in Survival analysis under double truncation and Multi-State models. Software development and cohort based-studies
EXPL/MAT-STA/0956/2021
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2023/06/30 Searching, Selecting and Spreading: the three S´s of an infodemic
EXPL/COM-OUT/1572/2021
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/09 - 2020/12 Fatores de risco para infeção por SARS-CoV-2 em Portugal: um estudo caso-controlo de âmbito regional (ARSLVT)
n/a
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Saúde
Concluded
2020/07 - 2020/12 Da infeção por SARS-CoV-2 à COVID-19. Estudo da cinética vírica e da resposta imunológica para compreender o contágio e a evolução clínica
613735895
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/09 - 2020/06 Preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men: understanding eligibility and early uptake
SFRH/BD/112867/2015
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/04 - 2017/09 Euro HIV EDAT Project - Operational knowledge to improve HIV early diagnosis and treatment among vulnerable groups in Europe
20131101
Researcher
Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA)
Concluded
2012/10 - 2015/07 aMASE: advancing Migrant Access to health Services in Europe
260694
Research Fellow
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Health
Concluded
2012/10 - 2015/02 Mestrado em Saúde Pública
n/a
Master Student Fellow
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health
LA/P/0064/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0064/2020
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Epidemiology Research Unit - Institute of Public Health, University of Porto
UIDB/04750/2020
10.54499/UIDB/04750/2020
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014/07 - 2016/01 MOMI Project: Missed opportunities in Maternal and Infant health
HEALTH-FE-2010-265448
Research Fellow
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Health
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022 - Current GAT ALMADA: Access to PrEP in the decentralized hospital model - a proof of concept
15454
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Gilead Sciences Lda
Ongoing
2013/07 - Current The Lisbon MSM Cohort Study: prospective cohort of HIV-negative MSM
n/a
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/08 - 2022 Serological assessment of SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on EPIPorto cohort participants and cohabitants
n/a
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Concluded
2020/05 - 2021/02 Serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection among public higher education institutions of Porto
n/a
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
Concluded
2020/09/24 - 2021/01/29 Serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection among University of Porto Students
n/a
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
Concluded
2016/10 - 2017/08 Retrato do uso de substâncias psicoativas na cidade do Porto
n/a
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Câmara Municipal do Porto
Concluded
2013/06 - 2014/03 EPIPorto Study - population-based cohort study of the adult population of Porto
n/a
Interviewer
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Joana Pinto da Costa; Meireles, Paula; Henrique Barros. "SARS-CoV-2 cumulative incidence among workers from the University of Porto, Portugal". Paper presented in XXXIX Encontro Científico da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia, IX Congresso SESPAS e XVI Congresso da APE, Léon, 2021.
    Published
  2. Francisco Fernandes; Meireles, Paula; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; Barros, Henrique. "Comparison between peer provided questionnaire and self-administered questionnaire as a data collection method in a cohort of HIV-negative MSM in Lisbon, Portugal". Léon, 2021.
    Published
  3. Cruz, Susana Bulas; Soares, Eduardo; Machado, Diogo; Meireles, Paula; Ribeiro, João Niza; Barros, Henrique; Faria, Sara; et al. "Crowdsensing Spatial Data to Follow Epidemic Evolution". Paper presented in 18th Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys '20), 2020.
    Published • 10.1145/3384419.3430427
  4. J P Costa; P Meireles; A Aguiar; A J Schmidt; H Barros. "HIV test and knowledge of U=U: insights from MSM living in Portugal and participating in EMIS 2017". Paper presented in 16th World Congress on Public Health 2020 Public Health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action. Online event, 2020.
    Published • 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.996
  5. F Fernandes; P Meireles; M Rocha; M Duque; H Barros. "Learnings from a decade experience of a community-based HIV and STI testing and counseling center in Lisbon – Portugal". Paper presented in 16th World Congress on Public Health 2020 Public Health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action. Online event, 2020.
    Published • 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.736
  6. Fernandes, F.; Meireles, Paula; Rocha M.; Rojas J.; Barros H.. "PrEP users among Lisbon MSM Cohort participants – A first look after PrEP implementation in Portugal". 2019.
    Published • 10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.355
  7. Meireles, Paula; M. Rocha; J. Brito; L. Mendão; H. Barros. "Time trends in HIV reactive tests among men who have sex with men testing for the first time at CheckpointLX in Lisbon, Portugal". 2018.
    10.1016/j.respe.2018.05.438
  8. Meireles, Paula; Rocha M.; Simões D.; Barros H.. "Men who have sex with men testing at community-based voluntary counseling and testing sites in Portugal: a comparative study". 2018.
    Published
  9. Meireles, Paula; Moreira, C.; Rocha M.; Brito, J.; Mendão L.; Barros H.. "Risk of HIV infection in a cohort of men who have sex with men attending CheckpointLX in Lisbon, Portugal". 2018.
    Published • 10.1016/j.respe.2018.05.067
  10. Meireles, Paula; Barros H; Aguiar A; Simões D; Freitas R; Mendão L. "The Community Screening Network project - Surveillance of HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections in the community in Portugal". 2018.
    10.1016/j.respe.2018.05.437
  11. Meireles, Paula; Rocha M.; Campos MJ; Barros H. "PrEP use in Portugal while waiting for a policy". 2016.
    Published • 10.7448/IAS.19.8.21487
  12. Meireles, Paula; Rocha, Miguel; Campos, Maria Jose; Barros, Henrique. "PrEP use in Lisbon while waiting for a policy". 2016.
  13. Meireles, Paula; Lucas, R.; Martins, A.; Fuertes, R.; Brito, J.; Campos MJ; Mendão, L.; Barros, H.. "Incidência do VIH e sífilis numa coorte de homens que têm sexo com homens seronegativos". 2015.
    Published
  14. Martins, A.; Meireles, Paula; Fuertes, R.; Carvalho AC; Campos MJ; Mendão, L.; Barros, H.. "Uso de drogas entre homens que têm sexo com homens em Portugal: comparação entre migrantes e nacionais". 2015.
    Published
  15. Nabil, A.; Martins, A.; Meireles, Paula; Lucas, R.; Fuertes, R.; Campos, MJ.; Mendão, L.; Barros, H.. "Eligibility for HIV PrEP among men who have sex with men: Portuguese, Portuguese migrants and migrants in Portugal". 2015.
    Published
  16. Meireles, Paula; Lucas, R.; Martins, A.; Brito, J.; Campos, MJ.; Mendão, L.; Barros, H.. "Estimating HIV cases in Portuguese MSM". 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/s10654-015-0072-z.
  17. Meireles, Paula; Lucas, R.; Martins, A.; Carvalho AC.; Fuertes, R; Brito, J.; Campos, MJ.; Mendão, L.; Barros, H.. "A Lisbon MSM Cohort: protocolo do estudo.". 2014.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Maria João Novais; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; Luís Veríssimo; Márcio Silva; Meireles, Paula; Henrique Barros. "A view into mpox awareness within Men who have sex with Men born in Portugal and born abroad.". Paper presented in Fast Track Cities Conference 2023, 2023.
  2. Elsa Meireles; Mariana Pires; Melania Santos; Andreia Fernandes; Meireles, Paula; Manuela Lopes; Carmo Koch. "Concentrado de Eritrócitos sem SAG-M - alteração ao protocolo de desleucocitação.". Paper presented in I Congresso da BioMedLab, 2023.
  3. Joana Pinto da Costa; Meireles, Paula; Barros, Henrique. "The SARS-CoV-2 infection among students and workers of the University of Porto". Paper presented in UNCOVER, 2022.
  4. Fernandes, Francisco; Meireles, Paula; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; Barros, Henrique. "Comparison between peer provided questionnaire and self-administered questionnaire as a data collection method in a cohort of HIV-negative MSM in Lisbon, Portuga". Paper presented in XXXIX Encontro Científico da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia, IX Congresso SESPAS e XVI Congresso da APE, 2021.
  5. Mafalda Bessa de Melo; Severo, Milton; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; Rosa Freitas; Daniel Simões; António Maio; Meireles, Paula; Barros, Henrique. "Impacto da COVID-19 na testagem para o VIH, VHB, VHC e sífilis em centros de base comunitária em Portugal". Paper presented in 9º Congresso sobre Pandemias na Era da Globalização, 2021.
  6. Meireles, Paula; Moreira, Carla; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; Plankey, Michael. "Transitions between PrEP eligibility states and HIV infection in the Lisbon cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men: a multi-state model analysis". Paper presented in 23RD INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE (AIDS 2020), 2020.
  7. Fernandes, Francisco; Meireles, Paula; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; Rui Guerreiro; Barros, Henrique. "Preliminary results on the utility evaluation of dual HIV/syphilis rapid test for the screening of HIV & syphilis in men who have sex with men in CheckpointLX, Lisbon, Portugal". Paper presented in 23rd International AIDS Confe, 2020.
  8. Meireles, Paula; Fernandes, Francisco; Jesus Rojas; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; Barros, Henrique. "Use and willingness to use preexposure prophylaxis for HIV among men who have sex with men". Paper presented in 23rd International AIDS Conference, 2020.
  9. Ribeiro, S; Brito, J; Veríssimo L; Meireles, Paula; Rocha, M.; Duque LM. "Access to PrEP in Portugal: a survey on MSM users' experience". Paper presented in PrEP in Europe Summit, 2019.
  10. Rocha M; Meireles, Paula; Simões, D.; Barros, H.. "Conhecimento sobre a profilaxia pré-exposição entre homens que têm sexo com homens em Lisboa, Portugal". Paper presented in XIV Congresso Nacional Doenças Infeciosas e Microbiologia Clínica | XII Congresso Nacional VIH/SIDA, 2018.
  11. Simões, D.; Aguiar, A.; Meireles, Paula; Rocha M.; Freitas R.; Barros, H.. "Pares treinados são equivalentes a profissionais de saúde e outros com formação superior no rastreio rápido do VIH, VHB, VHC e sífilis em estruturas de base comunitária". Paper presented in XIV Congresso Nacional Doenças Infeciosas e Microbiologia Clínica | XII Congresso Nacional VIH/SIDA., 2018.
  12. Meireles, Paula; Aguiar, A.; Simões, D.; Freitas R.; Rocha M.; Barros, H.. "The Community Screening Network Project – surveillance of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections in the community in Portugal". Paper presented in European Congress of Epidemiology, 2018.
  13. Meireles, Paula; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; João Brito; Mendão, Luís; Barros, Henrique. "Time trends in HIV reactive tests among Men who have Sex with Men testing for the first time at CheckpointLX in Lisbon, Portugal". Paper presented in European Congress of Epidemiology - Healthy Living, 2018.
  14. Meireles, Paula; Rocha M.; Moreira, C.; Brito, J.; Mendão, L.; Barros, H.. "Eligibility for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a cohort of HIV negative Men who have Sex with Men in Lisbon, Portugal.". Paper presented in 22nd International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases, 2018.
  15. Simões, D.; Meireles, Paula; Rocha, M.; Freitas R.; Aguiar A.. "Community Based Screening Network: linking science, practice and community for early diagnosis". Paper presented in World Hepatitis Summit 2017, 2017.
  16. Meireles, Paula; Costa, D.; Aguiar, A; Moreira, C.; Barros, H. "Drug use in the streets of Porto, Portugal: population size estimates using capture-recapture method in a participatory research". Paper presented in 21st International Epidemiological Association (IEA), World Congress of Epidemiology (WCE2017), 2017.
  17. Simões, D.; Freitas R.; Rocha M.; Meireles, Paula; Aguiar, A.; Barros, H.. "Community based screening network: combined HIV, hepatitis and syphilis testing and monitoring a community led partnership in Portugal.". Paper presented in HepHIV 2017 Conference: HIV and Viral Hepatitis: Challenges of Timely Testing and Care, 2017.
  18. Meireles, Paula; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel; Maria José Campos; Barros, Henrique. "PrEP use in Portugal while waiting for a policy". Paper presented in HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow, 2016.
  19. Simões, D.; Freitas R.; Rocha, M.; Curado A; Silva, D.; Rojas J.; Aguiar, A.; Meireles, Paula; Barros, H. "Scaling-up standards, testing and linkage to care: implementation of a Portuguese community-based screening network". Paper presented in 21st International AIDS conference (AIDS 2016), 2016.
  20. Meireles, Paula; Campos, MJ; Rocha, M.; Lucas, R.; Martins A.; Brito, J.; Fuertes, R.; et al. "Knowledge and use of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in Portugal". Paper presented in 15th European AIDS Conference, 2015.
  21. Campos, MJ; Meireles, Paula; Lucas, R.; Martins, A.; Fuertes R.; Brito, J.; Rocha, M.; Barros, H.. "Conhecimento e utilização da profilaxia pós-exposição em homens que têm sexo com homens clientes do CheckpointLX". Paper presented in X Congresso Nacional de VIH/SIDA e o XII Congresso Nacional de Doenças Infecciosas e Microbiologia Clínica, 2014.
  22. Lucas, R.; Meireles, Paula; Fuertes, R.; Brito, J.; Campos, MJ.; Mendão, L.; Barros, H.. "HIV incidence among MSM: defying primary prevention –the Lisbon Cohort of MSM @ CheckpointLX". Paper presented in 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 2014.
  23. Lucas, R.; Martins, A.; Meireles, Paula; Fuertes, R.; Campos, MJ.; Mendão, L.; Barros, H.. "HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Portugal: can changes in preferred sex venues explain trends?". Paper presented in Complex systems, health disparities & population health: building bridges, 2014.
Journal article
  1. Oladipupo Shobowale; Axel J. Schmidt; Paula Meireles; Daniela Rojas Castro; Sandrine Detandt; Sarah E. Stutterheim; Peter Weatherburn; Kai J. Jonas. "Determinants of HIV Testing Among Migrant Men Who Have Sex With Men from Sub-Saharan Africa and Other Regions Residing in 10 European Countries". AIDS and Behavior (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04239-1.
    10.1007/s10461-023-04239-1
  2. Joana P. Costa; Paula Meireles; Eleftherios Meletis; Polychronis Kostoulas; Milton Severo. "Estimates of sensitivity and specificity of serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies using a Bayesian latent class model approach". Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111267.
    10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111267
  3. Corrado Minetti; Miguel Rocha; Luís Miguel Duque; Paula Meireles; Cristina Correia; Dora Cordeiro; Inês João; et al. "Orogenital and anal infection by Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, and other sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men in Lisbon". International Journal of STD & AIDS (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624231221591.
    10.1177/09564624231221591
  4. Paula Meireles; Deanna Ware; Ana Henriques; Karen Nieves-Lugo; Valentina Stosor; Mark Brennan-Ing; Steven Meanley; et al. "Loneliness and Frailty Among Middle-Aged and Aging Sexual Minority Men Living With or Without HIV: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis". Innovation in Aging (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad113.
    10.1093/geroni/igad113
  5. Milton Severo; Paula Meireles; Ana Isabel Ribeiro; Vítor Morais; Henrique Barros. "Measuring the clustering effect of the SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a school population: a cross-sectional study in a high incidence region". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42470-x.
    10.1038/s41598-023-42470-x
  6. Anneli Uusküla; Jürgen Rannap; Lisa Weijler; Adrian Abagiu; Vic Arendt; GREGORIO BARRIO; Henrique Barros; et al. "Incarceration history is associated with HIV infection among community-recruited people who inject drugs in Europe: A propensity-score matched analysis of cross-sectional studies". Addiction (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16283.
    10.1111/add.16283
  7. Michael Reyes-Díaz; Ana Celly; Cinta Folch; Nicolas Lorente; Valeria Stuardo; Maria Amelia Veras; Henrique Barros; et al. "Latin American Internet Survey for Men who have Sex with Men (LAMIS-2018): Design, methods and implementation". PLOS ONE 17 11 (2022): e0277518-e0277518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277518.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0277518
  8. Paula Meireles; Joana Pinto Costa; Maria João Novais; Daniela Miranda; Mariana Mendes Lopes; Milton Severo; Henrique Barros. "The SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Students in the University of Porto: A Cross-Sectional Study". International Journal of Public Health 67 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604548.
    10.3389/ijph.2022.1604548
  9. Joana Pinto da Costa; Paula Meireles; Pedro N. S. Rodrigues; Henrique Barros. "Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort of workers from the University of Porto, Portugal". Infectious Diseases (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/23744235.2022.2035429.
    10.1080/23744235.2022.2035429
  10. Goncalves, M.; Henriques, A.; Costa, A.R.; Correia, D.; Severo, M.; Lucas, R.; Barros, H.; et al. "Insomnia and nightmare profiles during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal: characterization and associated factors". Sleep Medicine 90 (2022): 44-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2021.12.018.
    10.1016/j.sleep.2021.12.018
  11. Leite, Andreia; Leão, Teresa; Soares, Patrícia; Severo, Milton; Moniz, Marta; Lucas, Raquel; Aguiar, Pedro; et al. "A Case-Control Study of Contextual Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission". Frontiers in Public Health 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.772782.
    Published • 10.3389/fpubh.2021.772782
  12. Meireles, Paula; Moreira, Carla; Rocha, Miguel; Plankey, Michael; Barros, Henrique. Corresponding author: Meireles, Paula. "Transitions Between Preexposure Prophylaxis Eligibility States and HIV Infection in the Lisbon Cohort of HIV-Negative Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Multistate Model Analysis". American Journal of Epidemiology 191 2 (2021): 287-297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwab260.
    10.1093/aje/kwab260
  13. Simões, Daniel; Meireles, Paula; Rocha, Miguel; Freitas, Rosa; Aguiar, Ana; Barros, Henrique. "Knowledge and Use of PEP and PrEP Among Key Populations Tested in Community Centers in Portugal". Frontiers in Public Health 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.673959.
    10.3389/fpubh.2021.673959
  14. Paula Meireles; Joana Amaro; Joana Pinto da Costa; Mariana Mendes Lopes; Tatiana Varandas; Pedro Norton; João Tiago Guimarães; Milton Severo; Henrique Barros. "Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among workers of the public higher education institutions of Porto, Portugal: a cross-sectional study". Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2021): https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2021-107519.
    10.1136/oemed-2021-107519
  15. Moazen, Babak; Mauti, Joy; Meireles, Paula; Cerníková, Tereza; Neuhann, Florian; Jahn, Albrecht; Stöver, Heino. "Principles of condom provision programs in prisons from the standpoint of European prison health experts: a qualitative study". Harm Reduction Journal 18 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00462-y.
    10.1186/s12954-021-00462-y
  16. Meireles, Paula; Fernandes, Francisco; Rocha, Miguel; Plankey, Michael; Barros, Henrique. Corresponding author: Meireles, Paula. "Provision of Preexposure Prophylaxis at the Portuguese National Health Service and Uptake in the Lisbon Cohort of Men Who Have Sex with Men". AIDS and Behavior (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-03127-2.
    Published • 10.1007/s10461-020-03127-2
  17. Paula Meireles; Michael Plankey; Miguel Rocha; João Brito; Luís Mendão; Henrique Barros. Corresponding author: Paula Meireles. "Different guidelines for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) eligibility estimate HIV risk differently: an incidence study in a cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men, Portugal, 2014–2018". Eurosurveillance (2020): https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.28.1900636.
    10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.28.1900636
  18. Paula Meireles; Michael Plankey; Miguel Rocha; Jesus Rojas; João Brito; Henrique Barros. Corresponding author: Paula Meireles. "Eligibility for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis According to Different Guidelines in a Cohort of HIV-Negative Men Who Have Sex with Men in Lisbon, Portugal". Sexuality Research and Social Policy (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-019-00426-9.
    10.1007/s13178-019-00426-9
  19. Linhas, R.; Oliveira, O.; Meireles, P.; Oliveira, P.; de Melo, M.B.; Lourenço, J.; Ferreira, F.; Gaio, R.; Duarte, R.. "Immigrants' access to health care: Problems identified in a high-risk tuberculosis population". Pulmonology 25 1 (2019): 32-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2018.04.002.
    10.1016/j.pulmoe.2018.04.002
  20. Eusébio Chaquisse; Paula Meireles; Sílvia Fraga; Francisco Mbofana; Henrique Barros. "Knowledge about HIV, HBV and HCV modes of transmission among pregnant women in Nampula – Mozambique". AIDS Care (2018): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2018.1466984.
    10.1080/09540121.2018.1466984
  21. Chaquisse, Eusébio; Fraga, Sílvia; Meireles, Paula; Macassa, Glória; Soares, Joaquim; Mbofana, Francisco; Barros, Henrique. "Sexual and physical intimate partner violence among women using antenatal care in Nampula, Mozambique". Journal of Public Health in Africa (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2018.744.
    10.4081/jphia.2018.744
  22. Fakoya, Ibidun; Álvarez-Del Arco, Débora; Monge, Susana; Copas, Andrew J; Gennotte, Anne-Francoise; Volny-Anne, Alain; Wengenroth, Claudia; et al. "HIV testing history and access to treatment among migrants living with HIV in Europe". Journal of the International AIDS Society 21 (2018): e25123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25123.
    Published • 10.1002/jia2.25123
  23. Ndumbi, Patricia; del Romero, J; Pulido, F; Velasco Arribas, M; Dronda, F; Blanco Ramos, J Ramón; García de Olalla, P; et al. "Barriers to health care services for migrants living with HIV in Spain". European Journal of Public Health 28 3 (2018): 451-457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx225.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckx225
  24. Alvarez-Del Arco, D.; Fakoya, I.; Thomadakis, C.; Pantazis, N.; Touloumi, G.; Gennotte, A.-F.; Zuure, F.; et al. "High levels of postmigration HIV acquisition within nine European countries". AIDS 31 14 (2017): 1979-1988. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021266159&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1097/QAD.0000000000001571
  25. Djellouli N; Mann S; Nambiar B; Meireles P; Miranda D; Barros H; Bocoum FY; et al. "Improving postpartum care delivery and uptake by implementing context-specific interventions in four countries in Africa: a realist evaluation of the Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant Health (MOMI) project.". BMJ Global Health (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29225949.
    10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000408
  26. Rocha, Miguel; Deniel, Alexandra; Meireles, Paula; Fuertes, Ricardo; Barros, Henrique; Bernier, Adeline. "Urgent need for demonstration projects in Portugal to produce pre-exposure prophylaxis-related data". International Journal of STD & AIDS 27 10 (2016): 920-921. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462416645245.
    10.1177/0956462416645245
  27. Lorente, Nicolas; Fernàndez-López, Laura; Fuertes, Ricardo; Rojas Castro, Daniela; Pichon, François; Cigan, Bojan; Chanos, Sophocles; et al. "COBA-Cohort: a prospective cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men, attending community-based HIV testing services in five European countries (a study protocol)". BMJ Open 6 7 (2016): e011314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011314.
    Published • 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011314
  28. Meireles, P.; Lucas, R.; Martins, A.; Carvalho, A. C.; Fuertes, R.; Brito, J.; Campos, M. J.; Mendao, L.; Barros, H.. Corresponding author: Meireles, P.. "The Lisbon Cohort of men who have sex with men". BMJ Open 5 5 (2015): e007220-e007220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007220.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007220
  29. Meireles, P; Lucas, R; Carvalho, C; Fuertes, R; Brito, J; Campos, M J; Mendão, L; Barros, H. "Incident risk factors as predictors of HIV seroconversion in the Lisbon cohort of men who have sex with men: first results, 2011–2014". Eurosurveillance 20 14 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.14.21091.
    Published • 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.14.21091
  30. Meireles P; Albuquerque G; Vieira M; Foia S; Ferro J; Carrilho C; Lunet N. "Kaposi sarcoma incidence in Mozambique: national and regional estimates.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25494288.
    10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000108
  31. Luciana Gonçalves; Meireles, Paula. "Efeito da criopreservação na viabilidade de células hematopoiéticas". Rev. Port. Ciências Biomédicas III 3 (2008): 38-44.
    Published
Newspaper article
  1. Milton Severo; Ana Cristina Santos; Ana Isabel Ribeiro; Artur Rocha; Carla Lopes; Daniela Correia; Elisabete Ramos; et al. "Factos para compreender a epidemia da covid-19. O que têm de específico as doenças infeciosas?", Público, 2020, https://www.publico.pt/2020/04/20/ciencia/noticia/factos-compreender-epidemia-covid19-especifico-doencas-infeciosas-1912942.
Report
  1. Meireles, Paula; Maria João Novais; Rosa Freitas; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel. 2023. Relatório de atividades da Rede de Rastreio Comunitária em 2022. https://www.redederastreio.pt/public/uploads/noticias/rrc_2022_relatorio.pdf.
  2. Rita Dias; Miguel Rocha; Lucía Manrique; Sílvia Fraga; Paula Meireles. 2022. HIV Prevention Combination Among Men who have Sex with Men: a scoping review protocol. https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.10.0071.
    10.37766/inplasy2022.10.0071
  3. Meireles, Paula; Maria João Novais; Daniel Simões; Rosa Freitas; Carvalho Rocha, Luís Miguel. 2022. Relatório de atividades da Rede de Rastreio Comunitária em 2021. https://www.redederastreio.pt/public/uploads/noticias/rrc_2021_relatorio.pdf.
  4. Simões, D.; Meireles, Paula; Barros, H.. 2019. Capítulo 3. Infeção VIH: o que estará para mudar. Saúde um direito humano. Relatório de Primavera 2019.
  5. Meireles, Paula; Costa, D.; Araújo, J; Quinteiros, F.; Barros, H.. 2017. Uso de substâncias psicoativas na cidade do Porto - Retrato do uso de tabaco, álcool e drogas nas coortes da cidade do Porto, 2017.
  6. Meireles, Paula; Costa, D.; Aguiar, A.; Quinteiros, F.; Tadeu, A.; Batista R.; Barros, H.. 2017. Uso de substâncias psicoativas ilícitas na cidade do Porto - Retrato do uso de substâncias psicoativas ilícitas na cidade do Porto, 2017.
  7. Djellouli N; Mann S; Nambiar B; Meireles, Paula; Miranda, D.; Barros, H.; Colbourn T. 2016. Final Evaluation of the MOMI Project in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique.. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy12.1066.
    10.31899/pgy12.1066
  8. Simões D.; Freitas R; Mendão, L.; Rocha M; Meireles, Paula; Aguiar, A.; Lucas, R.; et al. 2016. A Rede de Rastreio Comunitária: Resultados. http://ispup.up.pt/science-society/press/rede-de-rastreio/.
  9. Meireles, Paula. 2015. Homens que têm Sexo com Homens: Resultados do European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS), 2010. http://ispup.up.pt/science-society/press/emis-2010/.
Working paper
  1. Ana Aguiar; Meireles, Paula; Raquel Rebelo; Henrique Barros. 2020. "Da emergência de um novo vírus humano à disseminação global de uma nova doença - Doença por Coronavírus 2019 (COVID-19). Capítulo VIII: COVID-19 e as pessoas em situação de sem-abrigo: Ninguém pode ser deixado para trás". http://asset.youoncdn.com/ab296ab30c207ac641882479782c6c34/7c7b39d50c8250c4b32f991c3245e5f7.pdf.

Other

Other output
  1. The Portuguese Community Screening Network, selected in the Compendium of good practices in the health sector response to HIV in the WHO European Region. 2018. Simões, D.; Freitas R.; Rocha M.; Meireles, Paula; Barros, H..
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/27 O teste integrado de VIH, hepatites virais e sífilis: resultados da rede de rastreio comunitária Os desafios do diagnóstico precoce e acesso à saúde
(Bissau, Guinea-Bissau)
2023/11/14 Integrated HIV, viral hepatitis and syphilis testing: findings from the Portuguese Community Screening Network HepHIV 2023 Madrid Conference
(Madrid, Spain)
2023/09/06 HIV combination prevention in a Cohort of Men who have Sex with Men: A Cluster Analysis of Data from 2014 to 2021 . XLI Reunión Annual de la Sociedad Espanola de Epidemiología (SEE), XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE)
Sociedad Espanola de Epidemiología (SEE)/Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE) (Porto, Portugal)
2023/07/07 The Lisbon Cohort of Men who have Sex with Men: main results and challenges One Day Meeting on Survival Analysis
Mathematics Department, University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2022/11/23 The prevalence of the post-COVID-19 condition among COVID-19 survivors 13º Congresso Brasileiro de Saúde Coletiva
(Salvador, Brazil)
2022/11/22 SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity and post-acute COVID syndrome among the EPIPorto cohort 13º Congresso Brasileiro de Saúde Coletiva
(Salvador, Brazil)
2022/11/04 Intervenções da e na Saúde Pública: a experiência do VIH III Congresso Nacional dos Médicos de Saúde Pública
Associação Nacional dos Médicos de Saúde Pública (Portalegre, Portugal)
2022/09 SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity among the EPIPorto cohort XL Reunión SEE e XVII Congresso da APE
(San Sebastian, Spain)
2022/05 SARS-CoV-2 specific immunity and the incidence of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome among the EPIPorto cohort EUGLOHRIA Seeding Conference (online)
2022/05 The incidence of the post-COVID-19 condition among COVID-19 survivors EUGLOHRIA Seeding Conference (online)
2022/02/25 Epidemiologia, determinantes e estratégias para lidar com o VIH: Evidência a partir dos rastreios comunitários 1º Congresso Mais acesso, Melhor saúde: Capacitar as populações vulneráveis¿
Politécnico de Leiria, Escola Superior de Saúde de Leiria (Leiria, Portugal)
2022/02/25 Associação entre a região de nascimento e a reatividade para VIH, VHC, VHB e Sífilis entre utilizadores de cinco centros de base comunitária da grande Lisboa 13as Jornadas de Atualização em Doenças Infeciosas do Hospital de Curry Cabral
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/09/08 SARS-CoV-2 cumulative incidence among workers from the University of Porto, Portugal XXXIX Encontro Científico da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia, IX Congresso SESPAS e XVI Congresso da APE
(Léon, Spain)
2021/07/09 Impact of COVID-19 pandemic in community testing and diagnosis of HIV in Portugal 31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
(online)
2021/05/05 O caso do VIH 19º Café de Ciência no Parlamento – doenças zoonóticas, ou zoonoses, associadas à transferência de um agente infecioso através dum animal próximo
Ciência Viva e da Comissão Parlamentar de Educação e Ciência, em colaboração com o CLA - Conselho dos Laboratórios Associados (online, Portugal)
2020/10 Learnings from a decade experience of a community-based HIV and STI testing and counseling center in Lisbon Portugal 16th World Congress on Public Health 2020 Public Health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action. Online event
2020/10 HIV test and knowledge of U= U: insights from MSM living in Portugal and participating in EMIS 2017 16th World Congress on Public Health 2020 Public Health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action. Online event
2019/11/25 Fast-track Cities: Cidades na Via Rápida para acabar com a epidemia VIH Encontro Regional sobre “A Infeção VIH na região Norte”
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/11 PrEP users among Lisbon MSM Cohort participants – A first look after PrEP implementation in Portugal 12th European Public Health Conference
2019/01 Contribution of anonymous partner notification service on HIV/STI detection at a community-based sexual health centre for MSM Challenges of Timely and Integrated Testing and Care
(Bucharest, Romania)
2019/01 COBA-Cohorts Study group. “Routine testing” as primary reason for getting tested for HIV in MSM: results from the first participants enrolled in the COBA-Cohorts project. Challenges of Timely and Integrated Testing and Care.
(Bucharest, Romania)
2019/01 High contribution, low public funding: Southern European Checkpoints' role in HIV detection in 4 countries HepHIV 2019 Bucharest Conference: Challenges of Timely and Integrated Testing and Care
(Bucharest, Romania)
2019 USODROGAS.PT: Portugal’s drug use: a web-based survey Third European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, Lisbon Addictions
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/11 Elegibilidade para a profilaxia pré-exposição de acordo com a norma portuguesa e a sua associação com a seroconversão entre homens que têm sexo com homens em Lisboa, Portugal XIV Congresso Nacional Doenças Infeciosas e Microbiologia Clínica | XII Congresso Nacional VIH/SIDA.
(Porto, Portugal)
2018/11 USODROGAS.PT: Uso de drogas em Portugal – a web-based survey XIV Congresso Nacional Doenças Infeciosas e Microbiologia Clínica | XII Congresso Nacional VIH/SIDA
(Porto, Portugal)
2018/09 Forgoing Healthcare among High-Risk Drug Users From Porto Reasons and Determinants XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología y XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/09 Men who have sex with men testing at community-based voluntary counseling and testing sites in Portugal: a comparative study XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología y XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
(Portugal)
2018/07 Risk of HIV infection in a cohort of Men who have Sex with Men attending CheckpointLX in Lisbon, Portugal European Congress of Epidemiology
(France)
2018/05/14 Rede de Rastreio, a National CBVCT Network COBATEST Annual Network Meeting
Centre d'Estudis Epidemiològics sobre les Infeccions de Transmissió Sexual i sida de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
2017/10 Drug consumption rooms in Porto, Portugal: listening to the concerned voices 2nd European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/06/02 Open drug scenes and public opinion on drug consumption rooms in Porto, Portugal 9th Young Researchers Forum ASPHER
École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (Rennes, France)
2017/02/24 Illicit drug use in Porto – Methods to estimate the population size and drug users’ characteristics Seminar – Community Responses to HIV, STI and Drugs
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016/07 The Lisbon Cohort of MSM – main findings of a community and academia response to the HIV epidemic. 10th Anniversary ISPUP Celebration Week
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016/02/20 Despiste de IST’S - Necessidade de um Checkpoint Porto APF Norte - Encontro Profissionais de Saúde: Homenagem ao Dr. Albino Aroso
(Porto, Portugal)
2015/10/15 Eligibility for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Men who have Sex with Men: Portuguese, Portuguese migrants and migrants in Portugal. ASPHER Young Researchers Forum - 8th European Public Health Conference
(Milan, Italy)
2015/09 HIV and first syphilis infection incidence in an urban cohort of HIV-negative MSM in Portugal, 2011-2015 II Congresso Ibero-Americano de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública
(Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2015/06 Estimating HIV cases in Portuguese MSM European Congress of Epidemiology - Healthy Living
(Netherlands)
2014/11 Sarcoma Kaposi Incidence in Mozambique: national and regional estimates. I Congresso Nacional de Epidemiologia e Registo de Cancro
(Porto, Portugal)
2014/10 Eligibility for PrEP among members of a HIV-negative MSM Portuguese Cohort The 142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition
(New Orleans, United States)
2014/09 A Lisbon MSM Cohort: protocolo do estudo XXXII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
(Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/10 - Current Dealing with imperfection in estimating HIV occurrence: a study among key populations for HIV in Portugal. (Provisional title)
Co-supervisor
 Saúde Pública (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - Current Adesão a vacinação Covid-19
Co-supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Testing as a central tool for monitoring epidemics and designing prevention strategies insights from the COVID-19 pandemic context (Provisional title)
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Assessing and understanding HIV risk management among men who have sex with men (Provisional title)
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública Global (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/07 - Current Doenças diarreicas agudas em crianças e impacto da vacina contra rotavírus em Luanda, Angola, (Provisional title)
Co-supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Doutoramento) (PhD)
Universidade Agostinho Neto Faculdade de Medicina, Angola
2018/09 - Current Men Who Have Sex With Men: From Epidemiologic Data to STI Prevention (Provisional title)
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - 2023/12/11 Violência física, psicológica e sexual na idade adulta entre pessoas que realizaram teste de VIH em contexto comunitário em Portugal entre 2016 e 2022
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - 2023/12/06 Avaliação da Consulta Descentralizada de PrEP no CHUP: Acesso, Barreiras e Nível de Satisfação dos utentes e profissionais de saúde
Supervisor
 Public Health (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - 2023/06/01 The association between post COVID-19 condition and sleep-related parameters: a cross sectional study
Supervisor
 Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/11/18 The Lisbon Cohort of Men who have sex with Men: Violence motivated by sexual orientation and/or gender identity in MSM
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/11 - 2021/10 Os testes rápidos point of care no estudo da prevalência de anticorpos específicos para o SARS-CoV-2
Supervisor
 Análises Clínicas e Saúde Pública (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2020/01 - 2021/07/08 Impact of COVID-19 pandemic in communitybased testing and diagnosis of HIV, HCV, HBV and other STI in Portugal
Supervisor
 Medicina (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2018/09 - 2020/12/14 Knowledge and uptake of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) among users of the Community Screening Network in Portugal
Co-supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Acesso aos serviços de saúde e os imigrantes brasileiros vivendo com HIV/AIDS no estudo aMASE em Portugal: análise das barreiras de acesso na perspectiva dos direitos humanos
Co-supervisor
 Saúde Coletiva
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Brazil

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/08 - 2023/09 Organizing Committee of XXXII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE) (2023/09/05 - 2023/09/08)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE), Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE), Portugal
2017/02/24 - 2017/02/24 Organizer of the Community Responses to HIV, STI and Drugs. Porto, Portugal (2017/02/24 - 2017/02/24)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/01/17 - 2024/01/17 Round table participant
Meeting
 40.ª reunião plenária da Comissão Nacional para os Direitos Humanos
2023/11/27 - 2023/11/27 Invited oral communication
Conference
 Os desafios do diagnóstico precoce e acesso à saúde
2023/07/07 - 2023/07/07 Invited oral communication
Meeting
 One Day Meeting on Survival Analysis
2022/11/03 - 2022/11/04 Invited oral communication
Congress
 III Congresso Nacional dos Médicos de Saúde Pública
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/05 Invited oral communication
Meeting
 19º Café de Ciência no Parlamento – doenças zoonóticas, ou zoonoses, associadas à transferência de um agente infecioso através dum animal próximo
2020/11/02 - 2020/11/03 Session moderation Profilaxia Pré-exposição ao VIH-Benefícios e Riscos
Meeting
 5th Porto Oriental Meeting
2020/02/12 - 2020/02/13 Observer at the ECDC scientific panel meeting on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the EU/EEA.
Meeting
 ECDC scientific panel meeting on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the EU/EEA
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden
2019/06/19 - 2019/06/19 Partner representative
Meeting
 ESTICOM project Dissemination Meeting
2019/01/24 - 2019/01/24 Condom Summit
Meeting
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
2018/05/14 - 2018/05/14 Invited communication
Meeting
 COBATEST Annual Network Meeting
2017/09/19 - 2017/09/19 Project partner's representative
Conference
 EURO HIV EDAT Project: Operational knowledge to improve HIV early diagnosis and treatment among vulnerable groups in Europe. Final Conference
2017/02/24 - 2017/02/24 Community Responses to HIV, STI and Drugs. Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto. Porto, Portugal.
Seminar
 Seminar Community Responses to HIV, STI and Drugs
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2016/02/20 - 2016/06/20 Invited oral communication
Meeting
 APF Norte - Encontro Profissionais de Saúde: Homenagem ao Dr. Albino Aroso. Porto, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/11 Violência física, psicológica e sexual na idade adulta entre pessoas que realizaram teste de VIH em contexto comunitário em Portugal entre 2016 e 2022
Supervisor
 Nilza Heliodora de Pina Gomes de Almeida (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/12/06 Avaliação da Consulta Descentralizada de PrEP no CHUP: Acesso, Barreiras e Nível de Satisfação dos utentes e profissionais de saúde
Supervisor
 André Gonçalves Cardoso (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/11/23 Resistência antifúngica e nova estratégias de tratamento para Candida glabrata
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marlene Martins Mendes (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/10/27 Estudos epidemiológicos observacionais – planeamento, recolha e tratamento de dados
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Miguel Pereira Freitas (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/10/04 Acesso aos Cuidados de Saúde nas Prisões e os seus Determinantes: uma Revisão Sistemática
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Beatriz Rodrigues Abreu Nabais (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2023/06/01 The association between post COVID-19 condition and sleep-related parameters - a cross sectional study
Supervisor
 Diogo Limões Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/04/10 COVID-19 vaccines effectiveness against symptomatic disease and severe outcomes, 2021-2022: a test-negative case-control study
President of the jury
 João Miguel Amaral Brazete (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/11/28 Comparação do Desemprenho do Sysmex UF-4000 com Urocultura para o diagnóstico de infeções do trato urinário
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Sofia Martins Nunes (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2022/04/26 Contribution to the diagnosis and control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Portugal
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Pedro Almeida Santos (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2021/11/30 Drug prevention programs and policies, youths, risk perception and drug use: A comparative analysis of 27 EU member states
(Thesis) Arguer
 BADERINWA YETUNDE AMINAT (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/11/18 The Lisbon Cohort of Men who have sex with Men: Violence motivated by sexual orientation and/or gender identity in MSM
Supervisor
 Laís Gabriele Vieira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/11/07 Os testes rápidos point of care no estudo da prevalência de anticorpos específicos para o SARS-CoV-2
Supervisor
 Tânia Inês Gonçalves Teixeira (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2021/09/21 Efetividade do Controlo da Schistosomíase e Comorbilidades no Bengo, Angola
Thesis Member
 Manuel João de Lemos (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/07/08 Impact of COVID-19 pandemic in community-based testing and diagnosis of HIV, HCV, HBV and other STI in Portugal
Supervisor
 Mafalda de Almeida Duarte Bessa de Melo (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2020/12/14 Knowledge and uptake of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) among users of the Community Screening Network in Portugal
Supervisor
 Yuliana Parra (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020/01/06 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia Board Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Controlo das Doenças Transmissíveis/Control of Communicable Diseases Saúde Pública (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024 - Current Prevenção das Doenças Transmissíveis Educação para a Saúde (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/01/24 - Current Investigação em Saúde Pública com Populações de Difícil Acesso Curso de Especialização em Saúde Pública (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/07 Prevenção das Dependências Educação para a Saúde (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/10/08 - 2017/10/08 Epidemiological methods to assess hard to reach populations (pre-congress course) Brazilian Epidemiology Congress (Outros)

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/04 - 2023/04 Reviewer of abstracts submitted to the XLI Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) y XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE)
Evaluator
 Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE), Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE), Portugal
2021/04 - 2021/04 Reviewer of abstracts submitted to the XXXIX Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE), XVI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE) y XIX Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria (SESPAS)
Evaluator
 Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE), Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE), Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/02/06 Listas de espera, recusas e assimetrias regionais. A PrEP trava o contágio por VIH, mas ainda chega a poucos Gerador
2020/07/31 Menos de 1% dos trabalhadores do ensino superior público do Porto contactaram com o vírus Público
2017/06/26 Pessoas da UP Portal noticioso da Universidade do Porto.

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/03/09 - 2021/03/09 90 segundos de ciência EP. 1042 PAULA MEIRELES – INVESTIGAÇÃO SUGERE CRITÉRIO MAIS ALARGADO NO ACESSO A MEDICAÇÃO ANTIRRETROVIRAL DE PREVENÇÃO CONTRA O VIH
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Poster Presentation Prize
2023 2023 ASPHER Early Career Excellence Award
2022 Best Oral Presentation Prize
2017 Best Presentation Prize - 9th Young Researchers Forum ASPHER
Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Belgium
2012 MSD merit scholarship attributed to the Masters in Public Health of the University of Porto
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal