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Nutritionist, post-graduate in nutrition in oncology, MSc in biochemistry and biomedicine, Ph.D. student, with a sharp and critical mind. Invested in contributing to bringing new ways to look at immune-mediated and auto-inflammatory processes and find new approaches to control immune-mediated diseases. My clinical experience as a nutritionist and all my academic path allows me to have a clear understanding of the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork as well as the drive to search for answers proactively and leaves me in a privileged position as it allows me to integrate knowledge in areas so diverse as nutrition, proteomics, biochemistry, metabolomics, metagenomics, immunology and genetics, and use it to find innovative ways to approach my research work. I am currently deepening my knowledge in immune-mediated diseases and auto-inflammatory processes as well as in techniques such as flow cytometry, mass spectrometry, and gene sequencing. My current research interests are epigenetics, the gut microbiota influence on disease processes and prevention, the intersection between nutrition and epigenetics in disease, metabolomics analysis, and auto-immunity.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês Almada-Correia
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Almada-Correia, I

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C51C-82A3-2F4D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9405-8208

Email addresses

  • ines.almada.correia@gmail.com (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/01 - 2027
Ongoing
 Biomedical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09 - 2023/09
Concluded
 Biochemistry and Biomedicine (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Connecting the dots between diet, physical activity, gut microbiota and systemic lupus erythematosus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2023/03/15 - 2023/06/17
Concluded
 XI Curso Pós-Graduado de Aperfeiçoamento Introdução aos Modelos Estatísticos em Epidemiologia (Outros)
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/11/05 - 2023/03/04
Concluded
 Curso Pós-Graduado de Introdução à Bioestatística (Outros)
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - 2018
Concluded
 Postgraduate in Nutrition in Oncology (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Nutrition in Oncology
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 17
2016
Concluded
 Dietetics and Nutrition (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/10 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01 - 2023/01 Nutricionista Principal (Técnico Nutricionista) Clinica Privada, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/04 Nutricionista Estagiário (Técnico Nutricionista) Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01 - Current LEAKY: Leaked endotoxins as key drivers of chronic inflammation
HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-02
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 European Health and Digital Executive Agency
Ongoing
2023/04 - Current TASTY - The Triad of Nutrition, Intestinal Microbiota, and Rheumatoid Arthritis- An Exploratory Pilot Study
HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-02
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/09 - Current Gut Permeability in Children and Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Lupus
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 Fundação Amélia de Mello
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/10 - 2023/12/31 X Chromosome Inactivation In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (X-Lupus)
EXPL/MED-OUT/1517/2021
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Inácio, Joana; Vieira, Adriana A.; Almada-Correia, I; Neves, Ema; Jorge, Paula; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Maria José Santos; Simão Teixeira da Rocha; Patrícia Costa-Reis. "The X-Lupus study: unveiling the role of the X-Chromosome in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis". Paper presented in 56th Annual Meeting of the ESPN, 2024.
  2. Almada-Correia, I; Castro, Miguel; Motta, Carla; Catarina Sousa Guerreiro; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Filipa Oliveira Ramos; Catarina Inês Marques de Sousa Mendes; et al. "DIET, GUT MICROBIOTA, AND INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (Oral CO-030)". Paper presented in 22º Congresso Nacional de Pediatria, Lisboa, 2022.
  3. Inês Almada-Correia; Castro, Miguel; Catarina Sousa Guerreiro; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Catarina Inês Marques de Sousa Mendes; Ramirez, Mário; João Eurico Cortez Cabral da Fonseca; Patrícia Costa-Reis. "Oral communication: Vamos olhar para o intestino no lúpus eritematoso sistémico". Paper presented in XXVII Jornadas de Pediatria do Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, 2022.
  4. Almada-Correia, Inês; Castro, Miguel; Catarina Sousa Guerreiro; Motta, Carla; Ramirez, Mário; João Eurico Cortez Cabral da Fonseca; Patrícia Costa-Reis. "Oral communication: Exploring the link between diet, microbiome, gut permeability, metabolomics and disease activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus". Paper presented in iMED Conference - Innovate Competition, 2021.
Conference paper
  1. Inácio, Joana; Vieira, Adriana A.; Almada-Correia, I; Neves, Ema; Jorge, Paula; Nunes-Cabaço, Helena; Khmelinskii, Nikita; et al. "X Chromosome Inactivation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus". Paper presented in 2º Congresso Português de Reumatologia Pediátrica, 2024.
  2. Almada-Correia, I; Castro, Miguel; Motta, Carla; Catarina Sousa Guerreiro; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Filipa Oliveira Ramos; Catarina Inês Marques de Sousa Mendes; et al. "Gut permeability in lupus nephritis: results from the GUT-LUPUS study (COL17)". Paper presented in VII Congresso Hispano-Português de Nefrologia Pediátrica 2023 and XLVI Congreso Español de Nefrologia Pediátrica 2023, Lisboa, 2023.
  3. Almada-Correia, I; Castro, Miguel; Motta, Carla; Catarina Sousa Guerreiro; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Filipa Oliveira Ramos; Catarina Inês Marques de Sousa Mendes; et al. "Resultados do Estudo Gut-Lupus: Dieta, Composição Corporal, Microbiota e Permeabilidade Intestinal no Lúpus Eritematoso Sistémico (Oral 01)". Paper presented in I Congresso Português de Reumatologia Pediátrica, Lisboa, 2022.
Conference poster
  1. Charneca, Sofia; Hernando, Ana; Almada-Correia, I; Roberto Pereira da Costa; Augusto Silva; Polido-Pereira J; Joana Alves Dias Martins de Sousa Ferreira; et al. "The protocol of the TASTY trial: the triad of nutrition, intestinal microbiota and rheumatoid arthritis - an exploratory pilot study (Poster 163)". Paper presented in XXVI Congresso Português de Reumatologia, 2024.
  2. Hernando, Ana; Charneca, Sofia; Almada-Correia, I; Augusto Silva; Polido-Pereira J; Vieira, Adriana A.; Patrícia Costa-Reis; Fonseca, JE; Sousa Guerreiro C. "Dry lean mass and fecal calprotectin in rheumatoid arthritis, preliminary results showing association with disease activity and functional status". Paper presented in 46th European Society for Clinical Nutrition & Metabolism Congress, 2024.
  3. Charneca, Sofia; Hernando, Ana; Almada-Correia, I; Augusto Silva; Polido-Pereira J; Vieira, Adriana A.; Patrícia Costa-Reis; Fonseca, JE; Sousa Guerreiro C. "Interim analysis of the TASTY trial: a mediterranean diet style pattern improves joint ultrasound score and inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis". Paper presented in 46th European Society for Clinical Nutrition & Metabolism Congress, 2024.
  4. Almada-Correia, I; Castro, Miguel; Motta, Carla; Catarina Sousa Guerreiro; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Filipa Oliveira Ramos; Catarina Inês Marques de Sousa Mendes; et al. "Unraveling the mysteries of the connection between gut and the chronic activation of the immune system in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (POS1426).". Paper presented in European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2023), 2023.
  5. Castro M.; Motta, Carla; Almada-Correia, I; Sousa-Guerreiro C; Moura R; Patrícia Costa-Reis. "Exploring the link between diet, gut microbiota, gut permeability, and disease activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus". Paper presented in 28th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress, 2022.
  6. Almada-Correia, I; Castro, Miguel; Motta, Carla; Catarina Sousa Guerreiro; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Filipa Oliveira Ramos; Catarina Inês Marques de Sousa Mendes; et al. "Exploring the link between diet, gut microbiota, gut permeability, and disease activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Poster 290)". Paper presented in 28th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress, 2022.
  7. Miguel Castro; Inês Almada-Correia. "Estudo da permeabilidade intestinal no lúpus eritematoso sistémico: dados preliminares". Paper presented in XXVII Jornadas de Pediatria do Hospital de Santa Maria, 2022.
  8. Correia, Inês; Ravasco, Paula; Pedro Miguel Neves; Mäkitie, Antti. "Body composition evaluation in head and neck cancer patients: a review". Paper presented in 1st Nacional Meeting of Young Oncology Researchers 2019, 2019.
  9. Correia, Inês; Ravasco, Paula; Pedro Miguel Neves; Mäkitie, Antti. "Body composition evaluation in head and neck cancer patients: a review". Paper presented in 16th National Congress of Oncology 2019, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Charneca, Sofia; Hernando, Ana; Almada-Correia, I; Polido-Pereira J; Vieira, Adriana A.; Sousa, Joana; Almeida, Ana S.; et al. "TASTY Trial: Protocol for a study on the triad of nutrition, intestinal microbiota and rheumatoid arthritis". Nutrition Journal (2025): doi: 10.1186/s12937-025-01089-6.
    Accepted
  2. Vieira, Adriana A.; Almada-Correia, Inês; Inácio, Joana; Costa-Reis, Patrícia; da Rocha, S. T.. "Female-bias in systemic lupus erythematosus: How much is the X chromosome to blame?". Biology of Sex Differences 15 1 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-024-00650-y.
    10.1186/s13293-024-00650-y
  3. Almada-Correia, I; Patrícia Costa-Reis; Catarina Sousa Guerreiro; João Eurico Cortez Cabral da Fonseca. Corresponding author: Almada-Correia, I. "Let's review the gut microbiota in systemic lupus erythematosus". Exploration of Medicine (2022): 540-560. http://dx.doi.org/10.37349/emed.2022.00112.
    Published • 10.37349/emed.2022.00112
  4. Almada-Correia, Inês; Neves, Pedro Miguel; Mäkitie, Antti; Ravasco, Paula. "Body Composition Evaluation in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Review". Frontiers in Oncology 9 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2019.01112.
    10.3389/fonc.2019.01112
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/12/12 Speaker at the Webinar "A TASTY take on immunity: The role of Diet in Arthritis", for The Global foundation for Children, and families, with Juvenile Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Conditions (ENCA) "A TASTY take on immunity: The role of Diet in Arthritis
Global foundation for Children, and families, with Juvenile Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Conditions (ENCA)
2024/10/17 Speaker at the Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) webinar on the "Importance of good nutrition/healthy diet for young myeloma patients" Importance of good nutrition/healthy diet for young myeloma patients
Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE)
2024/05 Speaker at the workshop "Nutrition and hematology oncology diseases - Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia. Nutrition and hematology oncology diseases
Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia
2024/03/02 Speaker at the seminar Multiple Myeloma with the theme "Nutrition for patients with Multiple Myeloma" - Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia (APCL) and International Myeloma Foundation Nutrition for patients with Multiple Myeloma
Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia
2023/04 Speaker at the XXV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição Entérica e Parentérica (APNEP). Presentation with the title "Com os olhos no intestino: Microbiota, Permeabilidade Intestinal e Dieta no Lúpus" Table: Exploring the Gutsy World of Microbiota in Disease
Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição Entérica e Parentérica (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/02/19 Speaker at the VIII International congress of Intensive Care. Presentation with the title "Lets' look at the gut in systemic lupus erythematosus". VIII Congresso Internacional de Cuidados Intensivos,
2021/09 Speaker at the workshop "An overview of the hemato-oncological diseases in Portugal" An overview of the hemato-oncological diseases in Portugal
Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia. (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/05/28 Speaker at Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição Entérica e Parentéricas' XXIII anual congress. Presentation with the title "Brest cancer, nutrition and body composition". XXIII Congresso Anual da APNEP
2021/04/07 STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIET, MICROBIOME, GUT PERMEABILITY, AND METABOLOMICS IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Immunology Club
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/03 Speaker at the workshop "Healthy diet for children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus". Workshop for parents of children with systemic lupus erythematosus regarding orientations related to healthy diet and best nutritional practices.
2019/05 Speaker at the workshop "Nutrition and hematology oncology diseases - Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia. May and December 2019. Nutrition and hematology oncology diseases
2018/05 Speaker at the workshop "Nutrition and hematology oncology diseases - Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia. May and October 2018. Nutrition and hematology oncology diseases
2018/04 Speaker at the seminar Multiple Myeloma with the theme "Nutritional challenges for patients with Multiple Myeloma" - Associação Portuguesa Contra a Leucemia (APCL) and International Myeloma Foundation. Seminário Mieloma Múltiplo

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/24 - 2025/03/27 Executive Course Communication in Science
Seminar
 Communication in Science
Católica-Luz Clinical Academic Centre, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/17 3rd FLxFlow Course - Principles and Applications of Flow Cytometry
Workshop
 3rd FLxFlow Course
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2021/02/18 - 2021/02/18 Cytometry Data Analysis in FlowJo v10 -Seminar and Trainig
Seminar
 Cytometry Data Analysis in FlowJo v10
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Long Portuguese Communication
2023 Best Oral Presentation