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Dr. Ângela Pizarro is a licensed Pharmacist (PC. 17725) with a PhD in International Health. Her doctoral thesis examined pharmaceutical care services at European Union countries and models for diabetes mellitus, demonstrating a clear nexus with human body nutrition and metabolic regulation, performance and management. She also taught for more than ten years in pharmaceutical care setting handling the discipline of “Nutrition”. She also holds an MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Coimbra’s Faculty of Pharmacy (FFUC) and advanced certificates in regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance, quality assurance, and project management. Over the past fifteen years, Dr. Pizarro has led multidisciplinary teams in healthcare management, biotechnology, and life-sciences research, with particular emphasis on nutritional interventions and food–drug interactions. As an international academic researcher and lecturer, she has developed and delivered courses in Management and Business Administration (MBA) for Health and Social care Settings, integrating modules on nutritional epidemiology, nutrigenomics, and clinical nutrition, and published scientific material in nutrition area. In her roles as Deputy Director, Senior Lead Auditor, and Qualified Person, Dr. Pizarro has implemented and audited quality-management systems for pharmaceutical production, ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and nutritional labeling regulations in medicines, food supplements, nutraceuticals and cosmetics. She has led projects assessing nutrient–drug interactions and designing fortified formulations for vulnerable populations. Driven by a commitment to humanitarian health strategies, Dr. Pizarro has volunteered with leading NGOs to design community-based nutrition programs for diabetic and malnourished patients, applying evidence-based protocols in crisis settings. Her multicultural experience—in Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands—underscores her ability to adapt research and teaching to diverse linguistic and cultural contexts: she is bilingual in Portuguese and Spanish, fluent in English, and conversant in Dutch. Dr. Pizarro seeks to join the FFUC as an Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences–Nutrition, where she will further develop integrative research on human nutrition, nutrigenomics, and food–drug interactions, while contributing to a global, multidisciplinary educational environment.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ângela Pizarro

Citation names

  • PIZARRO, ÂNGELA MARIA VILAÇA PEREIRA DE ARAÚJO

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6E11-C2AA-7C34
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1778-5225

Email addresses

  • angela.pizarro@wittenborg.nl (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+31) 639824197 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Coimbra, 3000-377, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health
  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Dutch Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2013/01/01 - 2014/01/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2011/12/01 - 2013/04/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2016/04 - Current Assessor Superior (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Farmácia) Grupo Praxis, Farmácias, Portugal
2010/08/10 - 2016/03/31 Assessor Superior (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Farmácia) Farmácia Comunitária, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2013/10 - 2018/12 Formador Empower UP, Lda., Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013 - 2014 ePharmacare
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011 - 2013 PRODUÇÃO DE CONTEÚDOS PARA DIVULGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA E TECNOLÓGICA NOS MÉDIA
Research Fellow
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011 - 2013 PRODUÇÃO DE CONTEÚDOS PARA DIVULGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA E TECNOLÓGICA NA PLATAFORMA DA APPLE itunes U
Research Fellow
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pizarro, Ângela. "Medicamentos, alimentos e plantas: as interações esquecidas". Lisboa, Portugal: Hollyfar, 2014.
    Published
Book review
  1. Pizarro, Ângela Maria Vilaca Pereira de Araújo; Martins, Maria Rosário O.; Simões, Jorge Almeida. "Exploring the Policies Applied to Pharmaceutical Care Practice for Type 2 Diabetes over the Last Decade in European Community Pharmacies". (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/130629.
    https://doi.org/10.1159/000519498
  2. Pizarro, Ângela Maria Vilaça Pereira De Araújo; Martins, Maria Rosário O.; Simões, Jorge Almeida. "Expanding primary care to pharmaceutical patient care in Diabetes Mellitus type 2 through the European Union's Community Pharmacies, between 2008 and 2018". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/116607.
    https://doi.org/10.1159/000506261
Conference paper
  1. Pizarro, Ângela. "O atual contributo das farmácias comunitárias europeias para a diabetes mellitus.". Paper presented in Jornadas Cientíticas IHMT 2019, 2019.
  2. Pizarro, Ângela. "Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy: A new solution for Diabetes?". Paper presented in FIP Conference 2018, 2018.
  3. Pizarro, Ângela. "Pharmacy Clinic applied Community Pharmacy: Pharmacist-Led Chronic Disease Management – a systematic review.". Paper presented in National Pharmacist's Congress 2017, 2017.
  4. Pizarro, Ângela. "Implementation of a chronic care eHealth pharmaceutical service using design science.". Paper presented in Nacional Pharmacist's Congress 2015, 2015.
  5. Pizarro, Ângela. "The power of herbs to combat dengue: Mentha x piperita L". Paper presented in Congress of Tropical Medicine, 2013.
  6. Pizarro, Ângela. "Pharmacovigilance in herb-drug interactions: the warfarin case.". Paper presented in National Pharmacists’ Congress 2012, 2012.
  7. Pizarro, Ângela. "O pólen apícola no mundo". Paper presented in Encontro regional da cadeia produtiva da Bahia e Feira territorial, Bahia, 2010., Bahia, 2010.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Pizarro,Ângela Maria Vilaça Pereira de Araújo; Martins,Maria Rosário O.; Simões,Jorge Almeida. "Exploring the policies applied to pharmaceutical care practice for type 2 diabetes over the last decade in european community pharmacies". (2021): http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2504-31452021000200103.
  2. Pizarro, Ângela Maria Vilaça Pereira de Araújo; Martins, Maria Rosário O.; Simões, Jorge Almeida. "Expanding Primary Care to Pharmaceutical Patient Care in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 through the European Union’s Community Pharmacies, between 2008 and 2018: A Systematic Review". Portuguese Journal of Public Health (2020): 100-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000506261.
    Published • 10.1159/000506261
  3. Pizarro, Ângela. "Expanding undiagnosed diabetes screening with machine learning: The future of pharmacy services?". J Biosens Bioelectron 2019 (2019):
    Accepted
  4. Pizarro,Ângela Maria Vilaça Pereira de Araújo; Martins,Maria Rosário O.; Simões,Jorge Almeida. "Expanding Primary Care to Pharmaceutical Patient Care in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 through the European Union's Community Pharmacies, between 2008 and 2018: A Systematic Review". (2019): http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2504-31452019000200007.
  5. Pizarro, Ângela Maria Vilaça Pereira de Araújo; Martins, Maria Rosário O.; Simões, Jorge Almeida. "Expanding primary care to pharmaceutical patient care in diabetes mellitus type 2 through the European Union’s community pharmacies, between 2008 and 2018: a systematic review". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/113178.
    10.1159/000506261
  6. Pizarro, Ângela. "The effect of pharmaceutical services-based e-health intervention on chronic patient health outcomes". Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 210 (2015): 464-466.
    Open access • Published
  7. Pizarro, Ângela. "Online Pharmaceutical Care Provision: Full Implementation of an eHealth Service Using Design Science Research". Studies in health technology and informatics 210 (2015): 261-265.
    Published
  8. PIZARRO, ÂNGELA MARIA VILAÇA PEREIRA DE ARAÚJO. "Mentha x piperita L. e suas potencialidades no controlo do vetor do dengue (Aedes aegypti L.). Revisão". Revista de Fitoterapia 13 1 (2013): 145-148. http://www.fitoterapia.net/revista/pdf/RdF_13-1_Resum_mentha.pdf.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. PIZARRO, Ângela Maria Vilaça Pereira de Araújo. "Estudo do impacto global dos Cuidados Farmacêuticos de farmácia comunitária nos ganhos em saúde na Diabetes Mellitus". PhD, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/163206.
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2013/01 - Current Jardim Botânico, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes
2010/10 - Current Ordem dos Farmacêuticos

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Conselho Diretor
Member
Rotary Club Lisbon-Benfica, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Membro FIP
Member
International Pharmaceutical Federation, Netherlands