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Samantha Morais has a BSc Hons in Science and Technology Studies (York University, Canada, 2010), an MSc in Epidemiology (FMUP, Portugal, 2013) and a PhD in Public Health (FMUP, Portugal, 2018). She was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Division of Cancer Epidemiology (McGill, Canada, 2022). She is an Epidemiologist (DAS) at ICES and a collaborator of the Non Communicable Diseases Epidemiology research group (EPIUnit-ISPUP). She was an Invited Assistant Professor in Introduction to Epidemiology (2019-2021) and Fundamentals of Statistics (Curricular Unit Director, 2020-2021) at FMUP. Morais has (co-)supervised three MSc in Health Education, one Integrated Masters in Medicine and one internship. She is currently a (co-)supervisor of two PhDs in Public Health. She has received several distinctions including: Best Student Award (2018), Enrico Anglesio Prize Finalist (2020, 2021) and J Clin Epidemiol Annual Reviewer Award (2020). During her career, Morais has published 50+ articles in international peer-reviewed journals (Google Scholar: h-index - 18; total citations - 871). Morais has participated in many multidisciplinary, national and international collaborations, which have allowed her to interact with over 150 collaborators in her professional activities.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Samantha Ferreira Morais
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Morais, Samantha

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
751E-BB46-8A51
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5808-0179
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uTJuOr8AAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus Author Id
56344164200

Email addresses

  • samantha.morais@ispup.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 222061820 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua das Taipas, nº 135, 4050-600, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/12/12
Concluded
PhD Public Health (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Risk and survival of gastric cancer related second primary tumours: a competing risks framework" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved unanimously
2013/12/10
Concluded
MSc Epidemiology (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Dealing with missing data: An application in the study of family history of hypertension" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2010
Concluded
HBSc Science and Technology Studies (Bachelor)
York University, Canada
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/09 - 2022/11 Postdoc (Research) McGill University Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Canada
2014/10 - 2014/10 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
2010/09 - 2011/01 Research Assistant (Research) Yorkville University - Toronto North campus, Canada

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/09 - 2021/08 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/12 - 2019/02 Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Escola Superior de Educação Jean Piaget em Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/09 - Current Collaborator Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
2019/01 - 2021/08 Integrated Member, PhD Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
2015/01 - 2018/12 Integrated Member, Non-PhD Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/06 - 2022/11 The role of humoral immunity in the acquisition, transmission, and clearance of human papillomavirus infection in heterosexual couples
202110HIV-477526-93701
Post-doc
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2015/01 - 2018/12 Risk and survival of gastric cancer related second primary tumours: a competing risks framework
SFRH/BD/102585/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
European Social Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/04 - 2014/10 Determinants of gastric and esophageal cancers incidence in the north of Portugal
FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-021181
PTDC/SAU-EPI/122460/2010
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/07 - 2021/08 Second primary cancers: incidence, survival and healthcare utilization
EPIunit – Junior Research – Prog Financing (UIDP/04750/2020)
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01 - 2021/07 NEON-PC: Neurological complications of prostate cancer: longitudinal study of cognitive decline
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032358
Post-doc
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2022/03 - Current The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis, treatment and survival of patients with cancer
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
European Regional Development Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021 - Current NeurodegCoV19: Neurodegenerative complications after COVID-19
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - 2020 Impacto da pandemia COVID-19 nos cuidados prestados a doentes oncológicos
174_596850546
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Morais, Samantha; Lunet, Nuno. "COVID-19: do ensino à distância ao regresso às aulas (Capítulo 16)". In Da emergência de um novo vírus humano à disseminação global de uma nova doença – Doença por Coronavírus 2019 (COVID-19). Portugal: Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, 2020.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "The effect of a gastric second primary cancer on the survival of patients with a previous cancer". Paper presented in XXXVII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia/XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria, Oviedo, 2019.
    Published
  2. Monteiro, Isabel; Morais, Samantha; Costa, Ana Rute; Lopes-Conceição, Luisa; Araújo, Natália; Fontes, Filipa; Dias, Teresa; Pereira, Susana; Lunet, Nuno. "Changes in employment status up to 5 years after breast cancer diagnosis: a prospective cohort study". Paper presented in XXXVII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia/XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria, Oviedo, 2019.
    Published • 10.1016/j.breast.2019.07.007
  3. Morais, Samantha; Castro, Clara; Antunes, Luís; Peleteiro, Bárbara; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Prediagnosis lifestyles, second primary cancer and survival in gastric cancer patients". Paper presented in XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Lisbon, 2018.
    Published
  4. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Risk of a second primary gastric cancer following a first primary cancer". Paper presented in XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Lisbon, 2018.
    Published
  5. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Survival of gastric first primary cancer patients with a second primary cancer". Paper presented in XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Lisbon, 2018.
    Published
  6. Morais, Samantha; Costa, Ana Rute; Ferro, Ana; Lunet, Nuno; Peleteiro, Bárbara. "Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in migrants: A systematic review and spatial analysis". Paper presented in XXXIV Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Seville, 2016.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Castro, Clara; Peleteiro, Bárbara; Morais, Samantha; Ferro, Ana; Severo, Milton; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "A predictive model of esophageal and gastric cancer incidence variation based on changes in the exposure to risk factors". Paper presented in 44th Ascension Meeting, GRELL (Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries), 2019.
  2. Morais, Samantha; Fontes, Filipa; Rocha-Rodrigues, Jessica; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Frequency of multiple primary cancers in North Portugal: a population-based study". Paper presented in 44th Ascension Meeting, GRELL (Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries), 2019.
  3. Ferro, Ana; Morais, Samantha; Rota, Matteo; Pelucchi, Claudio; Bertuccio, Paola; Bonzi, Rossella; Galeone, Carlotta; et al. "Tobacco smoking and gastric cancer: meta-analyses of published data versus pooled-analyses of individual participant data (StoP Project)". Paper presented in 42nd Ascension Meeting, GRELL (Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries), 2017.
  4. Morais, Samantha; Rodrigues, Sandra; Amorim, Liliana; Peleteiro, Bárbara; Lunet, Nuno. "Tobacco smoking and intestinal metaplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis". Paper presented in I Congresso Nacional de Epidemiologia e Registo de Cancro, 2014.
    10.1016/j.dld.2014.08.034
Journal article
  1. giulia collatuzzo; Eva Negri; Claudio Pelucchi; ROSSELLA BONZI; Federica Turati; Charles S. Rabkin; Linda M. Liao; et al. "Yoghurt Intake and Gastric Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 16 Studies of the StoP Consortium". Nutrients (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/8/1877.
    10.3390/nu15081877
  2. Talía Malagón; Samantha Morais; Parker Tope; Mariam El-Zein; Eduardo L. Franco. "Site-Specific Cancer Incidence by Race and Immigration Status in Canada 2006–2015: A Population-Based Data Linkage Study". Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (2023): https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-1191.
    10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-1191
  3. Samantha Morais; Michel D Wissing; Farzin Khosrow-Khavar; Ann N Burchell; Pierre-Paul Tellier; François Coutlée; Tim Waterboer; Mariam El-Zein; Eduardo L Franco. "Serologic Response to Human Papillomavirus Genotypes Among Unvaccinated Women: Findings From the HITCH Cohort Study". The Journal of Infectious Diseases (2022): https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac437.
    10.1093/infdis/jiac437
  4. Giulia Collatuzzo; Federica Teglia; Claudio Pelucchi; Eva Negri; Charles S. Rabkin; Linda M. Liao; Rashmi Sinha; et al. "Inverse Association between Dietary Iron Intake and Gastric Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies of the Stop Consortium". Nutrients 14 12 (2022): 2555-2555. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122555.
    10.3390/nu14122555
  5. N. Araújo; A. Costa; L. Lopes-Conceição; A. Ferreira; F. Carneiro; J. Oliveira; I. Braga; et al. "Androgen-deprivation therapy and cognitive decline in the NEON-PC prospective study during the COVID-19 pandemic". ESMO Open (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100448.
    10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100448
  6. Natália Araújo; Luisa Lopes-Conceição; Samantha Morais; Filipa Fontes; Teresa Dias; Vítor Tedim Cruz; Luís Ruano; Susana Pereira; Nuno Lunet. "Interchangeability of two versions of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for the longitudinal evaluation of patients with breast cancer". Supportive Care in Cancer (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06702-y.
    10.1007/s00520-021-06702-y
  7. Araujo, Natalia; Morais, Samantha; Costa, Ana Rute; Braga, Raquel; Carneiro, Ana Filipa; Cruz, Vitor Tedim; Ruano, Luis; et al. "Cognitive decline in patients with prostate cancer: study protocol of a prospective cohort, NEON-PC". BMJ Open 11 2 (2021): e043844. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043844.
    Published • 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043844
  8. Brandão, Mariana; Morais, Samantha; Guisseve, Assucena; Bata, Genoveva; Borges, Marina; Tulsidás, Satish; Pereira, Susana; Carrilho, Carla; Lunet, Nuno. "Comparing the cost of non-metastatic breast cancer care in a low-income vs a high-income country: a plea for an optimal allocation of health resources in Sub-Saharan Africa". The Breast (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2021.02.010.
    In press • 10.1016/j.breast.2021.02.010
  9. Estévez, Estefanía-Guedes; Costa, Ana Rute; Moura-Ferreira, Pedro; Lunet, Nuno; Morais, Samantha. "Regular physical activity-related awareness and knowledge in Portugal: results from a population-based survey". Porto Biomedical Journal (2021):
    Accepted
  10. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Rocha-Rodrigues, Jessica; Fontes, Filipa; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the short-term survival of patients with cancer in Northern Portugal". International Journal of Cancer (2021):
    Accepted
  11. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Rocha-Rodrigues, Jessica; Fontes, Filipa; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in Northern Portugal". European Journal of Cancer Prevention (2021):
    Accepted
  12. Vitelli-Storelli, Facundo; Rossi, Marta; Pelucchi, Claudio; Rota, Matteo; Palli, Domenico; Ferraroni, Monica; Lunet, Nuno; et al. "Polyphenol intake and gastric cancer risk: findings from the Stomach cancer Pooling Project (StoP)". Cancers 12 10 (2020): 3064. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12103064.
    Published • 10.3390/cancers12103064
  13. Ferro, Ana; Costa, Ana Rute; Morais, Samantha; Bertuccio, Paola; Rota, Matteo; Pelucchi, Claudio; Hu, Jinfu; et al. "Fruits and vegetables intake and gastric cancer risk: A pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling Project". International Journal of Cancer 147 11 (2020): 3090-3101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33134.
    Published • 10.1002/ijc.33134
  14. Morais, Samantha; Costa, Ana Rute; Lopes-Conceição, Luisa; Brandão, Mariana; Borges, Marina; Araújo, Natália; Dias, Teresa; et al. "Treatment and other healthcare use of breast cancer patients with a previous cancer diagnosis". Anticancer Research 40 2 (2020): 1041-1048. http://dx.doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14040.
    Published • 10.21873/anticanres.14040
  15. Brandão, Mariana; Morais, Samantha; Lopes-Conceição, Luísa; Fontes, Filipa; Araújo, Natália; Dias, Teresa; Pereira, Deolinda; et al. "Healthcare use and costs in early breast cancer: a patient-level data analysis according to stage and breast cancer subtype". ESMO Open 5 6 (2020): e000984. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000984.
    Published • 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000984
  16. Monteiro, Isabel; Morais, Samantha; Costa, Ana Rute; Lopes-Conceição, Luisa; Araújo, Natália; Fontes, Filipa; Dias, Teresa; Pereira, Susana; Lunet, Nuno. "Changes in employment status up to 5 years after breast cancer diagnosis: A prospective cohort study". The Breast 48 (2019): 38-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2019.07.007.
    Published • 10.1016/j.breast.2019.07.007
  17. Ferro, Ana; Rosato, Valentina; Rota, Matteo; Costa, Ana Rute; Morais, Samantha; Pelucchi, Claudio; Johnson, Kenneth C.; et al. "Meat intake and risk of gastric cancer in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) project". International Journal of Cancer (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32707.
    Published • 10.1002/ijc.32707
  18. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "The effect of a gastric second primary cancer on the survival of patients with a previous cancer history". European Journal of Cancer Prevention (2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/cej.0000000000000540.
    Published • 10.1097/cej.0000000000000540
  19. Pozuelo-Carrascosa, Diana P.; Alvarez-Bueno, Celia; Cavero-Redondo, Ivan; Morais, Samantha; Lee, I-Min; Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente. "Cardiorespiratory fitness and site-specific risk of cancer in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis". European Journal of Cancer 113 (2019): 58-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2019.03.008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.03.008
  20. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "The contribution of second primary cancers to the mortality of patients with a gastric first primary cancer". European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/meg.0000000000001348.
    Published • 10.1097/meg.0000000000001348
  21. Ferro, Ana; Morais, Samantha; Pelucchi, Claudio; Aragonés, Nuria; Kogevinas, Manolis; López-Carrillo, Lizbeth; Malekzadeh, Reza; et al. "Smoking and Helicobacter pylori infection: an individual participant pooled analysis (StoP Project)". European Journal of Cancer Prevention (2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/cej.0000000000000471.
    Published • 10.1097/cej.0000000000000471
  22. Ferro, Ana; Morais, Samantha; Rota, Matteo; Pelucchi, Claudio; Bertuccio, Paola; Bonzi, Rossella; Galeone, Carlotta; et al. "Alcohol intake and gastric cancer: Meta-analyses of published data versus individual participant data pooled analyses (StoP Project)". Cancer Epidemiology 54 (2018): 125-132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2018.04.009.
    Published • 10.1016/j.canep.2018.04.009
  23. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Cumulative incidence estimates in the presence of competing risks". Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 98 (2018): 153-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.09.011.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.09.011
  24. Shaaban, A. Nabil; Morais, Samantha; Peleteiro, Bárbara. "Healthcare Services Utilization Among Migrants in Portugal: Results From the National Health Survey 2014". Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-0744-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s10903-018-0744-3
  25. Morais, Samantha; Castro, Clara; Antunes, Luís; Peleteiro, Bárbara; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Second primary cancers and survival in patients with gastric cancer: association with prediagnosis lifestyles". European Journal of Cancer Prevention (2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/cej.0000000000000447.
    Published • 10.1097/cej.0000000000000447
  26. Ferro, Ana; Morais, Samantha; Rota, Matteo; Pelucchi, Claudio; Bertuccio, Paola; Bonzi, Rossella; Galeone, C.; et al. "Tobacco smoking and gastric cancer: Meta-Analyses of published data versus pooled analyses of individual participant data (StoP Project)". European Journal of Cancer Prevention 27 3 (2018): 197-204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044872684&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000401
  27. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Second primary gastric cancers in a region with an overall high risk of gastric cancer". Gaceta Sanitaria (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057890423&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.gaceta.2018.08.010
  28. Kheyre, Hassan; Morais, Samantha; Ferro, Ana; Costa, Ana Rute; Norton, Pedro; Lunet, Nuno; Peleteiro, Bárbara. "The occupational risk of Helicobacter pylori infection: a systematic review". International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 91 6 (2018): 657-674. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047666256&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00420-018-1315-6
  29. Martín-Sánchez, Juan Carlos; Lunet, Nuno; González-Marrón, Adrián; Lidón-Moyano, Cristina; Matilla-Santander, Nuria; Clèries, Ramon; Malvezzi, Matteo; et al. "Projections in breast and lung cancer mortality among women: A Bayesian analysis of 52 countries worldwide". Cancer Research 78 15 (2018): 4436-4442. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85051166482&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-0187
  30. Castro, Clara; Peleteiro, Bárbara; Morais, Samantha; Severo, Milton; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "An explanatory and predictive model of the variation in esophageal cancer incidence on the basis of changes in the exposure to risk factors". European Journal of Cancer Prevention 27 3 (2018): 213-220. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044844042&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000422
  31. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Risk and survival of third primary cancers in a population-based cohort of gastric cancer patients". Digestive and Liver Disease (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058936975&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dld.2018.12.003
  32. Ferro, Ana; Morais, Samantha; Pelucchi, Claudio; López-Carrillo, Lizbeth; Malekzadeh, Reza; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Hamada, Gerson S.; et al. "Sex differences in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection: an individual participant data pooled analysis (StoP Project)". Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 31 5 (2018): 593-598.
    Published • 10.1097/MEG.0000000000001389
  33. Raposo, Luis; Morais, Samantha; Oliveira, M.J.; Marques, A.P.; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Trends in thyroid cancer incidence and mortality in Portugal". European Journal of Cancer Prevention 26 2 (2017): 135-143. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958817762&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000229
  34. Ibrahim, Abdulrazak; Morais, Samantha; Ferro, Ana; Lunet, Nuno; Peleteiro, Bárbara. "Sex-differences in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in pediatric and adult populations: Systematic review and meta-analysis of 244 studies". Digestive and Liver Disease 49 7 (2017): 742-749. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019028931&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dld.2017.03.019
  35. Morais, Samantha; Antunes, Luís; Bento, Maria José; Lunet, Nuno. "Risk of second primary cancers among patients with a first primary gastric cancer: A population-based study in North Portugal". Cancer Epidemiology 50 (2017): 85-91. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027851987&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.canep.2017.08.007
  36. Morais, Samantha; Costa, Ana Rute; Ferro, Ana; Lunet, Nuno; Peleteiro, Bárbara. "Contemporary migration patterns in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection: A systematic review". Helicobacter 22 3 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010818908&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/hel.12372
  37. Peleteiro, Bárbara; Padrão, Patrícia; Castro, Clara; Ferro, Ana; Morais, Samantha; Lunet, Nuno. "Worldwide burden of gastric cancer in 2012 that could have been prevented by increasing fruit and vegetable intake and predictions for 2025". British Journal of Nutrition 115 05 (2016): 851-859. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000711451500522x.
    Published • 10.1017/s000711451500522x
  38. Morais, Samantha; Ferro, Ana; Bastos, Ana; Castro, Clara; Lunet, Nuno; Peleteiro, Bárbara. "Trends in gastric cancer mortality and in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Portugal". European Journal of Cancer Prevention 25 4 (2016): 275-281. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84973538557&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000183
  39. Peleteiro, Bárbara; Barros, Susana; Castro, Clara; Ferro, Ana; Morais, Samantha; Lunet, Nuno. "Worldwide burden of gastric cancer in 2010 attributable to high sodium intake in 1990 and predicted attributable burden for 2030 based on exposures in 2010". British Journal of Nutrition 116 4 (2016): 728-733. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84976595008&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1017/S0007114516002518
  40. Peleteiro, Bárbara; Castro, Clara; Morais, Samantha; Ferro, Ana; Lunet, Nuno. "Worldwide Burden of Gastric Cancer Attributable to Tobacco Smoking in 2012 and Predictions for 2020". Digestive Diseases and Sciences 60 8 (2015): 2470-2476. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10620-015-3624-x.
    Published • 10.1007/s10620-015-3624-x
  41. Morais, Samantha; Rodrigues, Sandra; Amorim, Liliana; Peleteiro, Bárbara; Lunet, Nuno. "Tobacco smoking and intestinal metaplasia: Systematic review and meta-analysis". Digestive and Liver Disease 46 11 (2014): 1031-1037. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908161195&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dld.2014.08.034
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Morais, Samantha. "Risk and survival of gastric cancer related second primary tumours: a competing risks framework". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, 2018.
  2. Morais, Samantha. "Dealing with missing data: an application in the study of family history of hypertension". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, 2013.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/11/18 Temporal trends in the incidence of second primary cancers in Northern Portugal: a population-based study Enrico Anglesio Prize 2020 Virtual / Elvo Tempia Special Prize / Sharon L Whelan Special Prize
2020/10/29 Subsequent primary cancers and survival among gastric cancer patients (by invitation) 8th Annual Meeting of the StoP Project Consortium (Virtual)
StoP Project
2020/10/23 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis of cancer patients in Northern Portugal I Congresso Virtual da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia e da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
2019/09 The effect of a gastric second primary cancer on the survival of patients with a previous cancer XXXVII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia/XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria
SES; APE; SESPAS (Oviedo, Spain)
2019/09 Changes in employment status up to 5 years after breast cancer diagnosis: a prospective cohort study XXXVII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia/XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria
SES; APE; SESPAS (Oviedo, Spain)
2019/05 The effect of a gastric second primary cancer on the survival of patients with a previous cancer history 44th Ascension Meeting, GRELL (Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries)
GRELL (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/04 Salt intake and gastric cancer risk (by invitation) 7th Annual Meeting of the StoP Project Consortium
StoP Project (New York, United States)
2019/04 Conventional meta-analysis versus individual pooled analysis regarding risk factors for gastric cancer (updated proposal; by invitation) 7th Annual Meeting of the StoP Project Consortium
StoP Project (New York, United States)
2019/01 The contribution of gastric related second primary cancers to the mortality of patients with a previous cancer (by invitation) Encontro dos Registos Oncológicos 2019
RORENO (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09 Prediagnosis lifestyles, second primary cancer and survival in gastric cancer patients XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
SEE; APE (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/09 Risk of a second primary gastric cancer following a first primary cancer XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
SEE; APE (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/07 O que eu andei para aqui chegar: Viver no ISPUP (by invitation) Comemorações 12 anos ISPUP
(Porto, Portugal)
2017/12 Risk of gastric cancer related second primary tumours (by invitation) Encontro dos Registos Oncológicos 2017
RORENO (Porto, Portugal)
2017/05 Risk of second primary cancers among patients with a first primary gastric cancer: a population-based study in North Portugal 42nd Ascension Meeting, GRELL (Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries)
GRELL (Brussels, Belgium)
2016/09 Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in migrants: A systematic review and spatial analysis XXXIV Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
SEE; APE (Seville, Spain)
2015/05 The role of gender for H. pylori infection acquisition in adult and pediatric populations. Systematic review and meta-analysis I Encontro Nacional de Novos Investigadores em Saúde & I International Meeting of New Health Researchers
(Leiria, Portugal)
2015/05 Worldwide burden of gastric cancer attributable to high sodium intake in 2012 and predictions for 2030 XIV Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação da Associação Portuguesa de Nutricionistas
APN (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/11 Trends in gastric cancer mortality and in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Portugal I Congresso Nacional de Epidemiologia e Registo de Cancro
RORENO (Porto, Portugal)
2014/11 Worldwide burden of gastric cancer attributable to tobacco smoking in 2012 and predictions for 2020 I Congresso Nacional de Epidemiologia e Registo de Cancro
RORENO (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Prostate cancer screening: use, knowledge, attitudes and perception by men from the general population, prostate cancer patients and medical doctors
Co-supervisor
Public Health (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - Current Risk and survival of second primary tumours in women´s related cancers
Supervisor
Public Health (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Sex differences in the association between social capital and healthcare use
Co-supervisor
Health Education (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Impact of a cancer diagnosis in quality of life: a dyadic approach among cancer survivors and their partners
Co-supervisor
Health Education (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Changes in employment status up to 5 years after breast cancer diagnosis: a prospective cohort study
Co-supervisor
Medicine (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Conhecimento sobre atividade física na população portuguesa: frequência, principais benefícios e barreiras
Supervisor
Health Education (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/08 - 2018/08 Smoking, socio-demographic, lifestyles and health knowledge: evidence from the Harvard Medical School Survey
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2016/01 - Current World Cancer Day (2016)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/07 Institute of Public Health - University of Porto 10th Anniversary (2016/07 - 2016/07)
Other (Other)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2015/06 - 2015/06 Third Annual Project Meeting of the StoP Project (2015/06 - 2015/06)
Meeting (Other)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2015 - Current Participation in the "Mostra UP" (Porto, Portugal)
Other
Mostra UP
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/10 I Congresso Virtual da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia e da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
Conference
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/10 8th Annual Meeting of the StoP Project Consortium (Virtual)
Meeting
2019/11 - 2019/11 Metodologias do Coaching aplicadas à Orientação de Teses e Dissertações (Porto, Portugal)
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09 XXXVII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia/XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria (Oviedo, Spain)
Conference
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Portugal

Sociedad Española de Salud Publica y Administracion Sanitaria, Spain
2019/05 - 2019/05 44th Ascension Meeting, GRELL (Lisbon, Portugal)
Meeting
Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries, France
2019/04 - 2019/04 7th Annual Meeting of the StoP Project Consortium (New York, USA)
Meeting
2019/04 - 2019/04 16th Annual INHANCE Meeting (New York, USA)
Meeting
2019/03 - 2019/03 Projeto Odisseia: A tecnologia ao serviço da saúde (Porto, Portugal)
Conference
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/03 O sistema de saúde para o cidadão (Porto, Portugal)
Conference
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/01 Encontro dos Registos Oncológicos 2019 (Porto, Portugal)
Meeting
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
2018/10 - 2018/10 Crescer + saudável, feliz e resiliente (Porto, Portugal)
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2018/09 - 2018/09 XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
Congress
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/02 BIOBANCOS, investigação e saúde pública: promessas e desafios (Porto, Portugal)
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017/12 - 2017/12 Encontro dos Registos Oncológicos 2017 (Porto, Portugal)
Meeting
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
2017/10 - 2017/10 6º Encontro de Doutorandos da FMUP (Porto, Portugal)
Meeting
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017/07 - 2017/07 Modeling & Cost-effectiveness (Porto, Portugal)
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017/05 - 2017/05 TNM Classification Workshop, GRELL (Brussels, Belgium)
Workshop
Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries, France
2017/05 - 2017/05 42nd Ascension Meeting, GRELL (Brussels, Belgium)
Meeting
Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries, France
2017/02 - 2017/02 V Congresso Nacional de Saúde Pública (Porto, Portugal)
Congress
Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte IP, Portugal
2016/12 - 2016/12 Encontro de Registos Oncológicos 2016 (Porto, Portugal)
Meeting
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
2016/11 - 2016/11 The Outcomes Beyond The Pill: Modelo de Acesso e Avaliação de Resultados (Porto, Portugal)
Seminar
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
2016/11 - 2016/11 Competing risks: concepts, methods and software (Brussels, Belgium)
Other
Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics, Belgium
2016/11 - 2016/11 Advanced Biostatistics and applications in Clinical and Epidemiological Research: Survival and Survival in the presence of competing risks (Porto, Portugal)
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2016/10 - 2016/10 Porto Birth Cohorts Meeting: 10th Anniversary, Generation XXI (Porto, Portugal)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2016/09 - 2016/09 XXXIV Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (Seville, Spain)
Congress
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/07 Encontro Nacional dos Estudantes de Doutoramento em Saúde Pública (Porto, Portugal)
Meeting
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/04 - 2016/04 Migrações e Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
Seminar
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte IP, Portugal
2016/03 - 2016/04 2nd EORTC Cancer Survivorship Summit (Brussels, Belgium)
Other
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Belgium
2016/03 - 2016/03 5º Encontro de Doutorandos da FMUP (Porto, Portugal)
Meeting
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014/12 - 2014/12 Encontro Nacional dos Estudantes de Doutoramento em Saúde Pública (Lisbon, Portugal)
Meeting
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2014/11 - 2014/11 I Congresso Nacional de Epidemiologia e Registo de Cancro (Porto, Portugal)
Congress
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
2012/11 - 2012/11 30 Years of Signature of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea: The Protection of Environment and the Future of the Law of the Sea (Porto, Portugal)
Conference
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
2012/11 - 2012/11 Demografia Estatística da Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2011/11 - 2011/11 Vigilância Epidemiológica (Lisbon, Portugal)
Workshop
2010/10 - 2010/11 Introduction to SPSS® for Windows, Institute for Social Research (Toronto, Canada)
Other
Yorkville University - Toronto North campus, Canada

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020/12 Doença benigna da tiróide e risco de cancro da tiróide
(Thesis) Main arguer
Geanderson Nascimento de Sá (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/11 Conhecimento sobre atividade física na população portuguesa: frequência, principais benefícios e barreiras
Supervisor
Estefania del Mar Guedes Estévez (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/10 Using pooled analyses based on individual participant data for a finer assessment of gastric cancer etiology
Thesis Member
Ana Sofia de Sá Ferro (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/06 Reshaping organized cervical cancer screening: strategies to increase the adherence and reduce invitation costs
Thesis Member
João Firmino Domingues Barbosa Machado (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015 - Current Portuguese Association of Epidemiology Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2013 - Current Internal Review Committee
Member
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/09 - 2020/09 Public Health and Medical Informatics 15th YES Meeting
2019/09 - 2019/09 Information systems and Inequalities XXXVII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia/XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria
2019/09 - 2019/09 Public Health and Medical Informatics 14th YES Meeting

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2017/01 - Current Linguistic Consultant Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/09 - Current Fundamentals of Statistics Health Education (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/07 Introduction to Epidemiology Medicine (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/12 - 2019/02 Health Education Health Education (Licence) Escola Superior de Educação Jean Piaget em Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
2018/12 - 2018/12 Introduction to STATA® Module Clinical Investigation in Cardiology Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Methods in Second Primary Cancers in Cancer Epidemiology Seminars (Invited Lecture) Medicine (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020/07 - 2020/11 Member of the Evaluation Panel for FCT 2020 Call for Ph.D. Research Scholarships – Clinical Medicine and Health Sciences
Evaluator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019 - 2019 XXXVII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia/XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria
Evaluator
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Portugal

Sociedad Española de Salud Publica y Administracion Sanitaria, Spain
2018 - 2018 XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XIIICongresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
Evaluator
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 XXIV Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología/XI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
Evaluator
Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, Spain

Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2020/06 Estudo revela que o tratamento do cancro da mama deve considerar o historial oncológico da doente Vital Health
2015/09 Mortalidade por cancro do estômago e prevalência de infeção por Helicobacter pylori em Portugal Associação Portuguesa De Investigação Em Cancro (ASPIC)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/01 - Current Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health (1941-2479) SAGE Publications
2020/01 - Current International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1660-4601) MDPI AG
2019/01 - Current BMC Gastroenterology (1471-230X) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2019/01 - Current European Journal of Cancer Care (1365-2354) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2019/01 - Current International Journal of Epidemiology (1464-3685) Oxford University Press
2019/01 - Current Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (0895-4356) Elsevier
2019/01 - Current Nutrients (2072-6643) MDPI AG
2019/01 - Current Systematic Reviews (2046-4053) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2016/01 - Current Porto Biomedical Journal (2444-8664) Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2016/01 - Current Public Health Reviews (2107-6952) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/06 - Current Jury Member of the PhD accompanying committee Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/01 - Current Jury Member for Research Grants Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal
2020/09 - 2020/09 Jury Member to award prizes for the best oral communication in the session Public Health and Medical Informatics at the 15th YES Meeting Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09 Jury Member to award prizes for the best oral communication in the session Public Health and Medical Informatics at the 14th YES Meeting Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Finalist
Enrico Anglesio Prize 2021 Virtual / Elvo Tempia Special Prize / Sharon L Whelan Special Prize, Itália, Italy
2020 Annual JCE Reviewer Award
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, United States
2020 Finalist
Enrico Anglesio Prize 2020 Virtual / Elvo Tempia Special Prize / Sharon L Whelan Special Prize, Italy
2018 Best Student
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017 GRELL Travel Grant
GRELL (Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries), Belgium
2015 Best Oral Communication (3rd place)

Other distinction

2010 Graduated First Class
Yorkville University - Toronto North campus, Canada
2010 Member of Dean´s Honour Roll
Yorkville University - Toronto North campus, Canada