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I am a registered Pharmacist and Dietitian-Nutritionist (Hons), currently doing a PhD in health sciences, specialising in neurosciences and patient-derived in-vitro models of Major Depressive Disorder (iPSCs).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Andreia Vaz
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Andreia Vaz

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5C12-A031-A318
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6033-9714

Email addresses

  • afs.vaz@gmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Psychiatry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02 - 2024
Ongoing
Applied Health Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Modeling and assessing the neurobiological mechanisms of major depressive disorder: perspectives from patient-derived iPSC models." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/11/29 - 2021/12/04
Concluded
IBRO-PERC Support for Soft Skills Training: Building up a career in Neuroscience - Grant and CV writing + job interview preparation (Outros)
IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (PERC) , France
2020/01
Concluded
Specialization course Biostatistics in Public Health [via Coursera] (Outros)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States
2020/01 - 2020
Ongoing
Introduction to Genomic Technologies [via Coursera] (Outros)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States
2019/12
Concluded
Data Management for Clinical Research [via Coursera] (Outros)
Vanderbilt University, United States
2019/10
Concluded
Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials [via Coursera] (Outros)
Johns Hopkins University, United States
2019/09
Concluded
Antimicrobial Stewardship: A competency-based approach (Outros)
World Health Organization Office at the United Nations, United States
2018/12 - 2018/12
Concluded
Monitorização e Coordenação de Estudos Clínicos (Outros)
Ordem dos Farmacêuticos, Secção Regional Norte, Portugal
2018/09
Concluded
Monkeypox: Introduction (Outros)
World Health Organization Office at the United Nations, United States
2018/09
Concluded
Ebola: GO 2.0. (Outros)
World Health Organization Office at the United Nations, United States
2018/09
Concluded
Pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases (Outros)
World Health Organization Office at the United Nations, United States
2015/11 - 2018/05
Concluded
Nutritional Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
"Efeito do processamento e confecção na bioacessibilidade e teor de vitaminas e minerais dos cereais (arroz, trigo e aveia) e pseudocereais (amaranto, quinoa e trigo-sarraceno)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
2016/06 - 2016/06
Concluded
Cell cultures training course (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/03 - 2016/03
Concluded
Theoretical and practical course of molecular biology applied to oncology (Outros)
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal

Hospital-Escola da Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2015/05 - 2015/07
Concluded
Medical mycology course (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
19
2015/06
Concluded
Antibiotics (Outros)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/02
Concluded
Short-course in moxibustion, cupping therapy, acupuncture (Outros)
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2009/09 - 2015/02
Concluded
Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
"Caracterização molecular de isolados de Enterobacteriaceae produtores de beta-lactamases de espectro alargado (ESBLs) provenientes de suiniculturas de produção intensiva e extensiva de Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
14
2014/06
Concluded
Psoriasis (Outros)
Associação Portuguesa de Farmácias, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/09 - 2019/04 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/10 - 2020/01 Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes Freelancer, Portugal
2017/11 - 2018/04 Estagiário (3º e 4º Ano) (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Nutrição) Câmara Municipal do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2014/01 - 2015/03 Community Pharmacist Farmácia Herculano, Portugal
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2020/05 - 2020/11 Narrative Tools for Researchers online course
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Peer Reviewer (unpaid role)
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Vilela, Sofia; Vaz, Andreia; Oliveira, Andreia. "Sleep timing behaviour, sleep duration and adherence to obesogenic dietary patterns from pre-school to school age: results from the Portuguese birth cohort Generation XXI". Journal of Sleep Research (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14172.
    Open access • 10.1111/jsr.14172
  2. Silva-Vaz, Andreia. "Patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells: tools to advance the understanding and drug discovery in Major Depressive Disorder.". Psychiatry Research (2024):
    Submitted
  3. Silva-Vaz, Andreia. "Translational Models Of Stress And Resilience: An Applied Neuroscience Methodology Review". Neuroscience Applied (2024):
    Under revision
  4. Silva-Vaz, Andreia; Ribeiro, Inês; Pinto, Luísa. "Frontiers in Neurogenesis". Cells 11 22 (2022): 3567. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11223567.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/cells11223567
  5. Silva-Vaz, Andreia; Oliveira, Andreia; Lopes, Carla. "Association between nighttime sleep duration and dietary patterns among 4-year-old children from the birth cohort Generation XXI.". Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição 17 (2019): 55-59. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/125521/2/376111.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  6. Silva-Vaz, Andreia. "Avaliação do risco de desenvolvimento de Diabetes nos colaboradores da Câmara Municipal do Porto.". Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição 13 (2018): https://repositorio.ucp.pt/bitstream/10400.14/26536/1/PO-22-22.pdf.
    Open access • Published
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/08 - Current Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
2021/01 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição (APN) (No. 1857)
2019/05 - Current Ordem dos Nutricionistas CP. 4029N
2015/03 - Current Ordem dos Farmacêuticos CP. 21159
Distinctions

Award

2019 Second best poster - XVIII Congress of Nutrition and Food. Porto, Portugal, 16-17th May 2019