Helena Alexandra Gonçalves Ferreira (301E-A989-08C3)

Curriculum Vitae

Helena Alexandra Gonçalves Ferreira

I graduated in Nutrition Sciences (BSc) from the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the University of Porto, in 2012. Over the years, I have worked as a Nutritionist in different areas, namely, Clinical Nutrition, Public Health and Community Nutrition, as well as within the Food Industry sector regarding Quality and Food Safety Systems management. In 2015, I undertook a Graduate Course in Nutrition and Aging at the Faculty of Biotechnology of the Portuguese Catholic University (ESB-UCP) and in 2016 finished a Master's Degree in biotechnology and Innovation (Branch Human Nutrition) at the same institution, studying the relationship between food waste and nutritional status among Portuguese institutionalized elderly people. Parallelly, I worked as a research interviewer at the project PRONUTRISENIOR: a holistic approach to the older adults living in the community. From Out 2017 until Fev 2022 I was an FCT grant PhD student at ESB-UCP, studying diet sustainability. My PhD thesis was developed in the frame of the European project TRUE - TRansition paths to sUstainable legume-based systems in Europe, under the theme impact of a pulse-based partial replacement diet on human metabolome and health. Since then, my research work has continued to focus on sustainable diets with increasing Q1 publications regarding these matters.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Helena Alexandra Gonçalves Ferreira

Citation names

Helena Ferreira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 301E-A989-08C3
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8736-9964

Email addresses

hferreira@ucp.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017 - 2022 Ongoing	PhD in Biotechnology (Doutoramento) Major in Science and Food Engineering Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal "IMPULSE - IMpact of a PULSE-based partial replacement diet on metabolome and health" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015 - 2016 Concluded	MSc in Biotechnology and Innovation (Mestrado) Major in Human Nutrition Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal "Characterization of food waste and nutritional status in a group of institutionalized elderly people" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2013 - 2015 Concluded	Graduate Course in Nutrition and Ageing (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal	18
2008 - 2012 Concluded	Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal "Vitamin D and Metabolic Control evaluation in patients with Type 1 Diabetes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/09/01 - Current	FCT Grant PhD Student (SFRH/BD/132240/2017)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

2017/06/01 - 2017/09/01	Nutritionist - Clinical Nutrition	Clínica Rio Tinto , Portugal

2016/03/01 - 2017/03/01	Quality Manager	LusoNatur - Produção e comércio frutícola, Portugal

2015/08/31 - 2016/01/15	Research Interviewer at PRONUTRISENIOR project	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal

2013/09/18 - 2013/10/01	Trainer (certified modular course on Food and Hydration Care)	AHPTUS – Consultoria e Formação, Lda, Portugal

2013/02/01 - 2013/08/01	Sports Nutrition Trainee	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal

2013/02/01 - 2013/08/01	Community Nutrition Trainee	Departamento de Educação da Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

2012/02/22 - 2012/07/11	Clinical Nutrition Trainee	Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal

Projects

Other

	Designation	Funders
2017/09/01 - 2020/09/01	Transition paths to sustainable legume based systems in Europe info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/727973/EU PhD Student Fellow Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Ferreira, Helena; Pinto, Elisabete; Gil, Ana M.; Vasconcelos, Marta W.. "Potential role of pulses in the development of functional foods modulating inflammation and oxidative stress". In Current Advances for Development of Functional Foods Modulating Inflammation and Oxidative Stress, 287-309. Elsevier, 2022. 10.1016/b978-0-12-823482-2.00003-0 Vasconcelos, Marta W.; Grusak, Michael A.; Pinto, Elisabete; Gomes, Ana; Ferreira, Helena; Balázs, Bálint; Centofanti, Tiziana; et al. "The Biology of Legumes and Their Agronomic, Economic, and Social Impact". In The Plant Family Fabaceae, 3-25. Springer Singapore, 2020. 10.1007/978-981-15-4752-2_1 Vasconcelos, Marta W.; Gomes, Ana M.; Pinto, Elisabete; Ferreira, Helena; Vieira, Evla D.F.; Martins, Ana P.; Santos, Carla S.; et al. "The Push, Pull, and Enabling Capacities Necessary for Legume Grain Inclusion into Sustainable Agri-Food Systems and Healthy Diets". In Hidden Hunger and the Transformation of Food Systems, 193-211. S. Karger AG, 2020. 10.1159/000507498
Conference poster	Helena Ferreira; Joana Barbosa; Célia Costa; Marta W. Vasconcelos; Ana Gomes; Ana M. Gil; Elisabete Pinto. "Impact of a pulse-based vegetarian lunch meal on the modulation of gut bacterial sub-populations". Paper presented in Microbiotec21, 2021. Helena Ferreira; Marta W. Vasconcelos; Ana M. Gil; Elisabete Pinto. "Impacto de um almoço vegetariano à base de leguminosas na ingestão alimentar de um grupo de adultos omnívoros portugueses". Paper presented in 13.ª Reunião Anual PortFIR - "ALIMENTAÇÃO SAUDÁVEL E SUSTENTABILIDADE ALIMENTAR. O QUE TROUXE A PANDEMIA?", 2021. Helena Ferreira; Ana M. Gil; Marta W. Vasconcelos; Elisabete Pinto. "Impact of pulses consumption on human urine metabolome: results of an 8-week food intervention". Paper presented in XX Congress of Food and Nutrition & II International Congress of Food and Nutrition, 2021. Helena Ferreira; Marta W. Vasconcelos; Ana M. Gil; Elisabete Pinto. "Impact of a pulse-based vegetarian lunch meal on daily food intake". Paper presented in Ciência 2021 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2021. Helena Ferreira; Marta W. Vasconcelos; Ana M. Gil; Beatriz Oliveira; Elisete Varandas; Eugénia Vilela; Kimhuong Say; Elisabete Pinto. "Avaliação da satisfação de um grupo de indivíduos omnívoros relativamente a ementas vegetarianas contendo leguminosas". Paper presented in XVIII Food & Nutrition Congress of the Portuguese Association of Nutrition, 2019. Helena Ferreira; Marta W. Vasconcelos; Ana M. Gil; Elisabete Pinto. "Será que a inclusão de uma refeição vegetariana à base de leguminosas uma vez por dia se repercute na ingestão alimentar do resto do dia?". Paper presented in XVIII Food & Nutrition Congress of the Portuguese Association of Nutrition, 2019. Helena Ferreira; Marta W. Vasconcelos; Ana M. Gil; Elisabete Pinto. "Impact of pulse consumption on metabolism and health: a systematic review". Paper presented in XVII Food & Nutrition Congress of the Portuguese Association of Nutrition, 2018. Helena Ferreira; Inês Abreu; Rui Poínhos; Sílvia Pinhão; Cristina Arteiro; Celestino Neves; Davide Carvalho. "Vitamin D and Metabolic Control evaluation in patients with Type 1 Diabetes". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, 2013.
Journal article	Ferreira, Helena; Pinto, Elisabete; Vasconcelos, Marta W.. "Legumes as a Cornerstone of the Transition Toward More Sustainable Agri-Food Systems and Diets in Europe". Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.694121. 10.3389/fsufs.2021.694121 Ferreira, Helena; Vasconcelos, Marta; Gil, Ana M.; Pinto, Elisabete. "Benefits of pulse consumption on metabolism and health: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials". Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (2020): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2020.1716680. Published • 10.1080/10408398.2020.1716680 Ferreira, Helena; Vasconcelos, Marta W.; Gil, Ana M.; Pinto, Elisabete. "Health benefits of pulse consumption - An overview". Agro FOOD Industry Hi-Tech 31 3 (2020): https://www.teknoscienze.com/tks_article/health-benefits-of-pulse-consumption-an-overview/.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/07/02	The health benefits of legumes – an NMR-based metabolomics approach	Biotalks Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (Porto, Portugal)
2021/04/27	HEALTH BENEFITS OF LEGUMES	Webinar 6 “THE DIVERSITY OF END USES FOR LEGUMES” Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (Online, Portugal)
2019/07/09	The impact of a pulse-based partial-replacement diet on metabolome and health	2nd Mediterranean Legume Innovation Network (LIN) Workshop Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (Porto, Portugal)