Speaker

Marisa Freitas

Biography :

Marisa Freitas (MF) completed her PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010, in Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto. In 2012, MF was awarded with a post-Doc FCT fellowship and in 2016 she was hired as Researcher from the project-NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000024. In April of 2019, MF was hired as Researcher in the project- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029248. In 2020 MF won a grant in the Call for Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus from FCT (2020.04126.CEECIND). In 2021, MF was hired as an Assistant Researcher, becoming part of the permanent staff at REQUIMTE. Her high scientific competence is evidenced by the +110 papers [h-index of 40 (Scopus) and 23000+ citations] and 36 abstracts published in international indexed journals, 9 book chapters, 55 oral communications and 140+ poster communications in national and international conferences. MF was Principal Investigator of one funded project and participated as executive researcher in 20 projects funded by national and international agencies . MF is at themoment responsible for the supervision of several students: 3 PhD and 1 Master and completed the supervision of 1 PhD, 7 Msc, 17 academic stages and 4 students on a mobility program. MF enjoys international recognition evidenced by being: researcher of three COST actions [CA15129, CA16119, CA20121], External Advisor in the Global Burden of Disease Studies Study, peer-reviewer for +20 journals (Publons- Web of Science ResearcherIDAAY-7427-2020), international scientific projects evaluator. Furthermore, MF carries out educational activities through invited lectures at graduation and post-graduation courses.