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Andreia Carona completed the Integrated Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2013 by the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra and worked as a community pharmacist for 5 years. In 2020, she completed the Master's Degree in Applied Pharmacology. From 2019 to 2021, she integrated the 4Epilepsy project at the Laboratory of Pharmacology of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra. Its main goal was to monitor and optimize the therapeutic regimen of drug-resistant epileptic patients of the Center of Refractory Epilepsy of the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. From 2021, she is PhD student at the doctoral program of Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra. Andreia is the first author of two articles and co-author of six other articles in specialised and index journals. Has participated in conferences, resulting in two oral presentation and three poster.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Andreia Filipa Correia Carona
Date of birth
1990/12/22
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Carona, Andreia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CF14-71D5-5D9F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6641-210X

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Swedish Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09 - 2025
Ongoing
Doctoral Programme in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Evaluation of intranasal delivery of cannabinoids and their potential for the treatment of epilepsy." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2022/10
Concluded
INEO Start 2022 (Outros)
Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
2022/09/21 - 2022/09/23
Attended
Summer School on Pharmaceutical Analysis (SSPA2022)- Drug development: bioanalytical aspects (Outros)
Università degli Studi di Bologna Polo Scientifico-Didattico di Rimini, Italy
2022/07/08 - 2022/07/29
Attended
IX Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course - Beyond Microscope, Culturing Life! (Outros)
Centro de Investigação em Meio Ambiente Genética e Oncobiologia, Portugal
2022/04/04 - 2022/04/08
Concluded
Introduction to Pharmacogenomics – Clinical Applications (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/02/21 - 2022/02/25
Concluded
Health Literacy (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/02/07 - 2022/02/11
Concluded
Synaspe Biology (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/01/03 - 2022/01/14
Concluded
Biostatistics (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/01
Concluded
"Empreende UC" (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2021/11 - 2021/11
Concluded
Communication of/in science (in academia amoung peers) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2021/09
Concluded
Theoretical Course in Laboratory Animal Science (Outros) (Outros)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório, Portugal
86
2021/06/14 - 2021/06/18
Concluded
“Pharmacological trends in drug discovery and development” (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
16
2020/01/22 - 2020/01/24
Concluded
Course of Determination of Drugs by HPLC in Biological Samples (Outros)
Facultad de Farmacia Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
2018 - 2020
Concluded
Master's Degree in Applied Pharmacology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Development of an analytical technique for the quantification of anti-epileptic drugs in saliva as a new tool for the therapeutic drug monitoring of epileptic patients. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18
2019/06 - 2019/06
Concluded
Practical Course in Laboratory Animal Science (Outros)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório, Portugal
2018/05
Concluded
E-learning Course of Pharmacovigilance for Healthcare Professionals (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013
Concluded
Integrated Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Neuroinflamação na Doença de Alzheimer: papel dos AINE’s na profilaxia e tratamento." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2016/05 - 2018/08 Assistente Principal (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Farmácia) LloydsApotek, Sweden
2013 - 2016 Assistente Principal (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Farmácia) Farmácia Martins, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/01 - 2021/08 Research Grant Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/09/01 - Current Evaluation of intranasal delivery of cannabinoids and their potential for the treatment of epilepsy
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01 - 2021/07 Promoting the quality-of-life of epileptic patients through personalized medicine
PTDC/SAU-SER/30478/2017
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Vitorino, Carla; Silva, Soraia; Bicker, Joana; Carona, Andreia; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "Designing Lipid Nanoparticles for Intranasal Delivery of Antidepressants.". Paper presented in Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, 2020.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Silva, Rui; Colom, Helena; Almeida, Anabela; Bicker, Joana; Carona, Andreia; Silva, Ana; Sales, Francisco; et al. "Development of a Pharmacokinetic Model for Bayesian Individualization of Oral Levetiracetam in Refractory Epileptic Patients". Paper presented in 2nd Annual Meeting of CIBIT, 2023.
  2. Fonseca, Carla; Lapo Pais, Mariana; Bicker, Joana; Carona, Andreia; Ferreira, Ricardo; Barbosa, Rui M.; Camins, Antoni; Ettcheto, Miren; Fortuna, Ana. "A new bioanalytical tool for neurotransmitter monitoring in central nervous system diseases". Paper presented in 2nd Annual Meeting of CIBIT, 2023.
  3. Carona, Andreia; Bicker, Joana; Cunha, Susana; Gouveia, Filipa; Fonseca, Carla; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "HPLC DAD technique for the quantification of cannabinoids in human plasma and mouse matrices". Paper presented in Pharma PhD Day, 2023.
  4. Gouveia, Filipa; Bicker, Joana; Carona, Andreia; Ettcheto, Miren; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Fortuna, Ana. "Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography Technique to support Pharmacokinetic Monitoring of Losartan, Irbesartan and Valsartan". Paper presented in X Congresso Iberoamericano de Ciências Farmacêuticas, 2023.
  5. Carona, Andreia; Bicker, Joana; Fonseca, Carla; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "High Performance Liquid Chromatography Technique for the Quantification of Cannabigerol, Cannabidiol, Cannabinol and Cannabichromene in human plasma and mice matrix". Paper presented in International Scientific Congress - Clearing the smoke….: the importance of the endocannabinoid system in health and disease, 2023.
  6. Carona, Andreia; Bicker, Joana; Silva, Rui; Silva, Ana; Santana, Isabel; Sales, Francisco; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "Quantification of antiepileptic drugs in human saliva as a new tool of therapeutic monitoring.". Paper presented in 33º Nacional Meeting of Epileptology, 2021.
  7. Silva, Soraia; Vitorino, Carla; Gonçalves, Joana; Carona, Andreia; Bicker, Joana; Falcão, Amílcar; Fotuna, Ana. "Application of in vitro nasal model for antidepressant drug permeation studies.". Paper presented in 1º Encontro Anual em Ciências Farmacêuticas, 2019.
  8. Silva, Rui; Almeida, Anabela; Bicker, Joana; Carona, Andreia; Sales, Francisco; Bento, Conceição; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "Pharmacokinetic data model on assessing adherence to levetiracetam". Paper presented in 48th Symposium of European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP 2019), 2019.
Journal article
  1. Henriques, Patrícia; Bicker, Joana; Carona, Andreia; Miranda, Margarida; Vitorino, Carla; Doktorovová, Slavomíra; Fortuna, Ana. "Amorphous nasal powder advanced performance: in vitro/ex vivo studies and correlation with in vivo pharmacokinetics". Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation 53 5 (2023): 723-742. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40005-023-00630-1.
    10.1007/s40005-023-00630-1
  2. Rui Silva; Joana Bicker; Anabela Almeida; Andreia Carona; Ana Silva; Francisco Sales; Isabel Santana; Amílcar Falcão; Ana Fortuna. "Clinical Application of Pharmacokinetics to Appraise Adherence to Levetiracetam in Portuguese Epileptic Patients". Biomedicines (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10092127.
    10.3390/biomedicines10092127
  3. Carona, Andreia; Bicker, Joana; Rui Silva EA17-0F5A-06D6; Silva, Ana; Santana, Isabel; Sales, Francisco; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "HPLC method for the determination of antiepileptic drugs in human saliva and its application in therapeutic drug monitoring". Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 197 (2021): 113961. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113961.
    10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113961
  4. Carona, Andreia; Bicker, Joana; Silva, Rui; Fonseca, Carla; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "Pharmacology of lacosamide: From its molecular mechanisms and pharmacokinetics to future therapeutic applications". Life Sciences (2021): 119342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119342.
    Published • 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119342
  5. Gonçalves, Joana; Alves, Gilberto; Fonseca, Carla; Carona, Andreia; Bicker, Joana; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "Is intranasal administration an opportunity for direct brain delivery of lacosamide?". European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 157 (2021): 105632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105632.
    10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105632
  6. Sabença, Rosa; Bicker, Joana; Silva, Rui; Carona, Andreia; Silva, Ana; Santana, Isabel; Sales, Francisco; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "Development and application of an HPLC-DAD technique for human plasma concentration monitoring of perampanel and lamotrigine in drug-resistant epileptic patients". Journal of Chromatography B 1162 (2021): 122491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122491.
    10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122491
  7. Silva, Rui; Almeida, Anabela; Bicker, Joana; Gonçalves, Joana; Carona, Andreia; Silva, Ana; Santana, Isabel; et al. "Pharmacokinetic Monitoring of Levetiracetam in Portuguese Refractory Epileptic Patients: Effect of Gender, Weight and Concomitant Therapy". Pharmaceutics 12 10 (2020): 943. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12100943.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics12100943
  8. Gonçalves, Joana; Alves, Gilberto; Carona, Andreia; Bicker, Joana; Vitorino, Carla; Falcão, Amílcar; Fortuna, Ana. "Pre-Clinical Assessment of the Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Zonisamide After Intranasal Administration". Pharmaceutical Research 37 4 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11095-020-02786-z.
    10.1007/s11095-020-02786-z
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Carona, Andreia. "Development of an analytical technique for the quantification of anti-epileptic drugs in saliva as a new tool for therapeutic monitoring of epileptic patients". Master, 2020.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/24 Intranasal Irbesartan reverts cognitive decline by modulation of the PI3K/AKT pathway in mice Pharma PhD Day
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/11/24 Monitoring neurotransmitters in mice brain: a new HPLC method for studying neurological disorders Pharma PhD Day
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/02/02 High Performance Liquid Chromatography Technique for Quantification of Cannabinoids in Human Plasma SPF Meeting 2023
Faculdade de Medicina de Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/02/19 Quantification of antiepileptic drugs in human saliva by HPLC-DAD as a new tool for therapeutic drug monitoring. SPF Meeting 2021
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Portugal)
2021/02/19 Assessment of epileptic patients compliance to levetiracetam therapy through a pharmacokinetic approach. SPF Meeting 2021
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Portugal)
2020/02 Influence of co-medication on levetiracetam pharmacokinetics in epileptic patients. SPF Meeting 2020
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/12 Designing Lipid Nanoparticles for Intranasal Delivery of Antidepressants. Drug Delivery to the Lungs 2019
The Aerosol Society (United Kingdom)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2020/02/05 - 2020/02/07 SPF Meeting 2020 (2020/02/05 - 2020/02/07)
Meeting (Other)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/12/18 - 2023/12/18 2nd Annual Meeting of CIBIT
Meeting
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional, Portugal
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/07 Juntos pelo Futuro da UC! - sessão de reflexão estratégica no âmbito do Plano Estratégico da Universidade de Coimbra 2023 - 2027
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/11/24 - 2023/11/24 Anual Meeting of PhD students in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Meeting
Pharma PhD Day
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 Brain Thinkers - European Researchers Night
Other
European Researchers Night
2023/03/25 - 2023/03/25 2.ª CNCM - Conferência Nacional de Canábis Medicinal
Conference
Observatório Português de Canábis Medicinal - OPCM, Portugal
2023/03/20 - 2023/03/20 Enquadramento Regulamentar da Canábis para Fins Medicinais: do cultivo à colocação no mercado
Other
Webinar Canábis Medicinal
Ordem dos Farmaceuticos, Portugal
2023/03/09 - 2023/03/10 Clearing the smoke….: the importance of the endocannabinoid system in health and disease
Congress
I International Scientific Congress
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

MCC - Medical Cannabis Coimbra, Portugal
2023/02/01 - 2023/02/03 53st Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 41st Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 22th Meeting of Toxicology.
Conference
SPF Meeting 2023
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, Portugal
2022/02/21 - 2022/02/21 Master's Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis: guide to good practices
Workshop
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers UC Student Branch, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/02 Entrepreneurial Academy
Other
2021/11/30 - 2021/11/30 V Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network
Symposium
2021/03/12 - 2021/03/13 33rd National Meeting of Epileptology
LPCE - Liga Portuguesa Contra A Epilepsia, Portugal
2021/02/17 - 2021/02/19 51st Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 39th Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 20th Meeting of Toxicology.
Meeting
SPF Meeting 2021
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/10 The pharmacist and cannabis for medicinal purposes: future perspectives on their use
Conference
Ordem dos Farmaceuticos, Portugal
2020/02/05 - 2020/02/07 50th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 38th Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 19th Meeting of Toxicology.
Meeting
SPF Meeting 2020
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Award Best ePoster of the 33rd National Meeting of Epileptology
LPCE - Liga Portuguesa Contra A Epilepsia, Portugal