Ana Mafalda Fonseca
Affiliation: CICS-UBI, Investigation Center for Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-505 Covilhã, Portugal
Institution: University of Beira Interior
ORCID: 0000-0003-1118-5525
External IDs: SciProfiles: 3065688 | ResearcherID: H-3836-2012 | Scopus Author ID: 36850378400 | Loop profile: 85604 | Ciência ID: A61D-657A-6DD0
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Mafalda Fonseca holds a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Coimbra and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences with a focus on Immunology from the Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, Oporto University. Her postdoctoral project in Clinical Immunology was conducted at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior (UBI) in Covilhã, with part of the research performed at the Department of Immunology, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Since 2004, she has been a lecturer at UBI’s Faculty of Health Sciences, teaching in the Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, and Biochemistry programs. In October 2015 Mafalda finished the MSc in Medical Education, a joint coordination of: Univ. Barcelona, Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona, Univ. of Lleida, Univ. Rovira i Virgili. Mafalda's current research interests focus on dissecting the role of immune cells and cell-cell communication mechanisms in chronic inflammatory conditions, such as Multiple Sclerosis and chronic kidney disease.
Education
- PhD in Biomedical Sciences with a focus on Immunology, Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, Oporto University (-)
- Degree in Biochemistry, University of Coimbra (-)
- , Monash University (-)
Research Interests
Keywords:
Immunological responses Chronic inflammatory conditions Multiple Sclerosis Chronic kidney disease
Topics:
Immunology Clinical Immunology Cell-cell communication mechanisms
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