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Freelance Scientific Consultant | Grant Writer & Medical Writer

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Medical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation
Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review
Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting
Work Experience

Freelance Scientific Consultant

Freelancer

September 2023 - Present

R&D Consultant

Winning Incentive Grants

February 2022 - August 2023

Postdoctoral Researcher

Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal

June 2019 - December 2021

PhD Student

CEDOC, NMS/FCM

January 2015 - March 2018

BI fellow

CEDOC - Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas da NOVA Medical School/Faculdade Ciências Médicas UNL

December 2013 - December 2014

Master Student

CEDOC - Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas da NOVA Medical School/Faculdade Ciências Médicas UNL

September 2012 - November 2013

Pharmacy technical assistant intern

Farmácia Vale Santos

January 2012 - February 2012

Bachelor student

Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal (BPGV)

January 2011 - June 2011

Education

Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in Mechanisms of Disease and Regenerative Medicine

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NMS | FCM) and Universidade do Algarve

January 2015 - March 2019

Master in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine

Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa

September 2011 - November 2013

Bachelor in Genetics and Biotechnology

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

September 2008 - August 2011

Certifications
Publications
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
Afonso LP, Dias CG, Marinho AT, Esteves A, Pintado P, Lopes SS, Monteiro EC, Morello J, Pereira SA. Paraoxonase as part of endogenous free-radical scavenging system in zebrafish. Abstracts of the 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX). Toxicology Letters 2014; 229S, S41 (DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.06.185) .
Marinho AT, Dias CG, Pinheiro PF, Antunes AMM, Marques MM, Monteiro EC, Miranda JP Pereira SA. PON-1 activity as a protective player in nevirapine hepatotoxicity: data comparison in 2D and 3D cell cultures. Abstracts of the 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX). Toxicology Letters 2014; 229S, S134-S135 (DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.06.476) .
Dias CG, Marinho AT, Caixas U, Faustino I, Antunes AMM, Marques MM, Monteiro EC, Pereira SA. Thiol status in HIV-infected patients: the effect of nevirapine metabolism. Abstracts of the 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX). Toxicology Letters 2014;229S, S95 (DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.06.352) .
Campos P, Dias CG, Batista J, Inchaustegui L, Papoila AL, Ortiz A, Soto K. Chronic kidney disease evolution in HIV infected patients, two years of follow up. Abstracts of the 51st ERA-EDTA Congress. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2014; 29(suppl3), iii373 (DOI:10.1093/ndt/gfu165) .
Dias CG, Marinho AT, Antunes AMM, Branco T, Caixas U, Morello J, Marques MM, Papoila AL, Monteiro EC, Soto K, Pereira SA. The role of Nevirapine phase I metabolites in the renal function of HIV-infected patients. 1st International Caparica Conference in Translational Nephrology & 18th Portuguese Symposium on Renal Diseases, Almada, Portugal (October 2014) (In Press).
Marinho AT, Dias CG, Antunes AMM, Caixas U, Branco T, Marques MM, Monteiro EC, Pereira SA. Sex-differences in apolipoprotein A1 and nevirapine-induced toxicity. HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow 2014, Glasgow, UK (November 2014) (In Press).
Campos PP, Dias CG, Pereira FG, Ortiz A, Papoila AL, Soto K. Markers of CKD in HIV+ Patients. Kidney Week 2014, from the American Society of Nephrology, Philadelphia, USA (November, 2014) (In Press).
Dias CG, Marinho AT, Morello J, Almeida MG, Caixas U, Soto K, Monteiro EC, Pereira SA. Monitoring of the lactonase activity of paraoxonase-1 enzyme in HIV-1-infection. HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow 2014, Glasgow, UK (November 2014) (In Press).
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dias CG, Marinho AT, Almeida MG, Morello J, Monteiro EC, Caixas U, Soto K, Pereira SA. Monitoring the lactonase activity of paraoxonase-1 in HIV-1-infection: a plausible surrogate to protein N-homocysteinylation. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2014 (under review).
Marinho AT, Godinho ALA, Novais DA, Antunes AMM, Marques MM, Ramos T, Dias CG, Monteiro EC, Pereira SA. Development and validation of an HPLC-UV method for quantifying nevirapina and its main phase I metabolites in human blood. Anal Methods 2014, 6:1575-1580 .
Dias CG, Batuca JR, Marinho AT, Caixas U, Monteiro EC, Antunes AMM, Pereira SA. Quantification of the arylesterase activity of paraoxonase-1 in human blood. Anal Methods 2014, 6:289-294 .
CONFERENCE POSTER
Campos P, Dias C, Batista J, Inchaustegui L, Papoila AL, Ortiz A, Soto K. Chronic kidney disease evolution in HIV infected patients, two years of follow up. 51st ERA-EDTA Congress 2014, Amesterdam, The Netherlands.
Marinho AT, Dias CG, Pinheiro PF, Antunes AMM, Marques MM, Monteiro EC, Miranda JP Pereira SA. PON-1 activity as a protective player in nevirapine hepatotoxicity: data comparison in 2D and 3D cell cultures. 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology 2014, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Afonso LP, Dias CG, Marinho AT, Esteves A, Pintado P, Lopes SS, Monteiro EC, Morello J, Pereira SA. Paraoxonase as part of endogenous free-radical scavenging system in zebrafish. 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology 2014, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dias CG, Marinho AT, Morello J, Almeida MG, Caixas U, Soto K, Monteiro EC, Pereira SA. Monitoring of the lactonase activity of paraoxonase-1 enzyme in HIV-1-infection. HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow 2014, Glasgow, UK (November 2014).
Campos P, Trigo D, Dias C, Inchaustegui L, Papoila AL, Soto K. Comparison of glomerular filtration rate equations in HIV population. Encontro Renal 2014 da Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia 2014, Algarve, Portugal.
Dias CG, Marinho AT, Caixas U, Faustino I, Antunes AMM, Marques MM, Monteiro EC, Pereira SA. Thiol status in HIV-infected patients: the effect of nevirapine metabolism. 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology 2014, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Marinho AT, Dias CG, Antunes AMM, Caixas U, Branco T, Marques MM, Monteiro EC, Pereira SA. Sex-differences in apolipoprotein A1 and nevirapine-induced toxicity. HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow 2014, Glasgow, UK (November 2014).
LECTURE SPEECH
Dias CG, Marinho AT, Antunes AMM, Branco T, Caixas U, Morello J, Marques MM, Papoila AL, Monteiro EC, Soto K, Pereira SA. The role of Nevirapine phase I metabolites in the renal function of HIV-infected patients. 1st International Caparica Conference in Translational Nephrology & 18th Portuguese Symposium on Renal Diseases, Almada, Portugal (October 2014).
Dias CG, Marinho AT, Antunes AMM, Caixas U, Branco T, Marques MM, Monteiro EC, Batuca JR, Pereira SA. Effect of chronic exposure to the antiretroviral drug nevirapine on Paraoxonase 1 activities in HIV-infected patients. 2nd International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology 2013, Porto, Portugal.
Dias CG, Antunes AM, Pereira SA. HDL quantity and quality in HIV-infected patients. Jornadas Intercalares das Dissertações Anuais dos Mestrados. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, 2013.
DISSERTATION THESIS
HDL in HIV-1 infection: a quality perspective through paraoxonase-1 activities. Dissertation to obtain the degree in Master of Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine, by the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2013 .
Caracterização de recursos genéticos vegetais de populações locais de milho com recurso a marcadores moleculares. Dissertation to obtain the degree of Bachelor in Genetics and Biotechnology by the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 2011.