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Sara Policarpo has conclude her PhD in Health Science and Technology - Nutrition by Centro Académico Médico de Lisboa - University of Lisbon - Faculty of Medicine. Has also a masters degree in Clinical Nutrition (2015) from University of Lisbon - Faculty of Medicine. Is an Invited Professor at Laboratório de Nutrição, University of Lisbon - Faculty of Medicine and a Nutritionist, specialized in Clinical Nutrition, at Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, since 2009. Has published in peer-reviewed journals, most of them as first author. Has validated for portuguese language the nutritional risk tool (NUTRIC score) used in critically ill patients. Has supervised masters students and is currently supervising a PhD candidate. Is a member of the Portuguese Association for the Study of the Liver, the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Is also a member of the Feeding, Rehabilitation, Endocrinology and Metabolism section from the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, from whom she received a Nutrition Fellowship in 2024, at Karolisnka University Hospital. Her areas of interest include infection and immunity, metabolism and nutritional interventions applied to liver disease patients and critically ill patients pursuing the goal of enhancing the role of nutrition in the clinical setting.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Policarpo

Citation names

  • Policarpo, Sara
  • Policarpo, S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9B16-FB78-DDDC
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8594-1720

Addresses

  • Laboratório de Nutrição, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/01
Concluded
 Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Nutrição
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Fatty liver disease: relevance of nutritional determinants and model of care in the general population and in HIV patients" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015
Concluded
 Nutrição Clínica (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Dieta Mediterrânica e Risco Cardiovascular em indivíduos infectados por vírus da imunodeficiência humana." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/10 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2024 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009 - Current Nutricionista 2 Cl (Técnico Nutricionista) Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - Current TRANSLATING RIPK3 SIGNALLING INTO APPLICATION IN METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE
PTDC/MED-FAR/3492/2021
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/05 - Current The European NAFLD Registry LITMUS Liver Investigation: Testing Marker Utility in Steatohepatitis
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Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021 - Current Evaluation of an Endoscopic Sutured Gastroplasty in Patients With NonAlcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Fibrosis. (ENDONASH)
NCT04653311
Researcher
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Machado, Mariana; Policarpo, S.; Barreira, S; Carvalhana, S.; Leitao, Jorge; Silva, AP; Velasco, F.; et al. "How often do we misclassify alcoholic as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease due to subjectivity in assessing alcohol consumption?". Paper presented in The International Liver Congress, Amsterdam, 2017, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Ana Patrícia Caeiro; Sara Policarpo. "Lifestyle in people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: a 5 year follow-up study". Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição (2024): https://doi.org/10.21011/apn.2024.3606.
    10.21011/apn.2024.3606
  2. Annalisa Cespiati; Inês Coelho Rodrigues; Inês Santos; Sara Policarpo; Sofia Carvalhana; Prof. Anna Ludovica Fracanzani; Helena Cortez-Pinto. "Effect of HCV eradication by DAAs on liver steatosis, carotid atherosclerosis, and associated metabolic comorbidities: A systematic review". Liver International (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.15876.
    10.1111/liv.15876
  3. Ana Catarina Paulino; Sara Policarpo; Inês Santos. "Índice inflamatório da dieta em indivíduos com sucesso na gestão do peso: associação com indicadores de comportamento alimentar e depressão". Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição (2023): https://doi.org/10.21011/apn.2023.3302.
    10.21011/apn.2023.3302
  4. Sara Policarpo; sofia carvalhana; Ana Craciun; Ricardo Rios Crespo; Helena Cortez-Pinto. "Do MAFLD Patients with Harmful Alcohol Consumption Have a Different Dietary Intake?". Nutrients (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/7/1335.
    10.3390/nu14071335
  5. Sara Raquel Osório Policarpo; Mariana V. Machado; David Barreira; Helena Cortez-Pinto. "NAFLD Nutritional Management: Results from a Multidisciplinary Approach". GE - Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology (2021): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1159/000519932.
    10.1159/000519932
  6. "Telemedicine as a tool for dietary intervention in NAFLD-HIV patients during the COVID-19 lockdown: A randomized controlled trial". Clinical Nutrition ESPEN (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.03.031.
    10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.03.031
  7. Policarpo, S.. "What Is the Role of the New Index Relative Fat Mass (RFM) in the Assessment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)?". Obesity surgery (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-04213-8.
    10.1007/s11695-019-04213-8
  8. Machado, M.V.; Policarpo, S.; Barreira, D.P.; Carvalhana, S.; Leitao, Jorge; Silva, A.P.; Velasco, F.; et al. "How often do we misclassify alcoholic as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease due the subjectivity in assessing alcohol consumption?". Journal of Hepatology 66 1 (2017): S423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(17)31209-6.
    Published • 10.1016/s0168-8278(17)31209-6
Activities

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/03 - 2023 Grupo de Trabalho para a produção de um Guia Orientador sobre Nutrição e Problemas Ligados ao Álcool da Ordem dos Nutricionistas
Member
 Ordem dos Nutricionistas, Portugal
2020/08 - 2023 Projeto VIH 360 - desenvolvimento de um standard set para a condição clínica VIH/SIDA
Advisor / Consultant
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/03 - 2015/04 NUTRIC Score: Validação do rastreio de risco nutricional em doentes críticos portugueses
Coordinator
Distinctions

Other distinction

2024 Nutrition Pathway Fellowship 2024
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Belgium