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Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis Researcher | Food Toxicology & Clinical Nutrition

Profile Summary

I am a researcher in Health Sciences with more than 10 years of experience in nutrition, food toxicology, and clinical research. I hold a PhD in Health Sciences (Pharmacology and Toxicology focus) and a Master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), as well as Bachelor’s degrees in Nutrition (UFRGS), Gastronomy (UFCSPA), and Journalism (PUCRS). My research focuses on food safety, toxicological evaluation of food ingredients, metabolism of bioactive compounds, and the valorization of agro-industrial residues, particularly from olive production. My doctoral work investigates the toxicological safety of olive leaf flour as a potential food ingredient using experimental models and internationally recognized toxicological guidelines. I also conduct clinical and translational research in renal nutrition, kidney transplantation, and post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM), with experience in clinical data analysis and research involving transplant recipients. I have extensive experience in systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and critical appraisal of scientific literature to support evidence-based research. I also collaborate on projects involving scientific writing, literature reviews, manuscript preparation, and peer review. I am available to support research groups, healthcare professionals, and organizations with evidence synthesis, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, scientific writing, and research consulting in health and nutrition sciences.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Nutrition Science
• ☆ Food Safety
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ In vivo Preclinical Toxicology
• ☆ Dietetics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Image Processing, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Insights

Work Experience

Clinical Researcher (Volunteer) | Cardiovascular and Renal Nutrition Research Group

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

August 2025 - Present

PhD

Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre

March 2022 - March 2026

Education

Doutorado em Ciências da Saúde - Farmacologia e Toxicologia (Farmacociências)

Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre Faculdade de Medicina

February 2022 - February 2026

Graduação em Nutrição (Nutrição)

UFRGS

August 2019 - September 2025

Mestrado (Departamento de Nutrição)

Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre

July 2017 - June 2019

(Departamento de Jornalismo)

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

March 2014 - April 2019

Certifications

• Good Clinical Practice

  Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jnT-6iVGIwzeBluAb7RdgMiZgGhgtP_X/view?usp=sharing

  November 2025 - Present

• Clinical Kidney, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation

  Universiteit Leiden and Leiden University Medical Center

  https://coursera.org/share/d6aefbae0de6ac84ca9e107c888daf44

  July 2024 - Present

• Systematic review and meta-analysis

  Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

  https://coursera.org/share/b0178b94c143fcb922ccc1b636679a6e

  July 2021 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Victória Ruschel Fernandes, Amanda Rodrigues Kappes, Isabella Rosa da Mata, Rafaella Câmara Rocha Menezes, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2025). Os efeitos do azeite de oliva da dieta mediterrânea em indivíduos com doenças cardiovasculares: revisão sistemática . Revista Neurociências.

Rafaella Câmara Rocha Menezes, Larissa Slongo Faccioli, Isabel Kasper Machado, Juliano Garavaglia, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2025). Development of Cookies Added With Olive Leaf Flour: Physical–Chemical and Sensory Profile . Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society.

Menezes, R.C.R., Faccioli, L.S., Machado, I.K., Garavaglia, J., Bosco, S.M.D.(2025). Development of Cookies Added With Olive Leaf Flour: Physical–Chemical and Sensory Profile . JAOCS Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society.

Juliana Crystal Schumacher, Vanessa Mueller, Camila Sousa, Kathleen Krüger Peres, Isabella Rosa da Mata, Rafaella Camara Rocha Menezes, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2024). The effect of oral supplementation of ginger on glycemic control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus - A systematic review and meta-analysis . Clinical Nutrition ESPEN.

Keth Ribeiro Garcia, Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Venina dos Santos, Let&#237;cia Scherer Koester, Eliane Dallegrave (2024). Toward a greener multifunctional pharmaceutical excipient: <i>in vivo</i> safety evaluation of nanofibrillated cellulose from tobacco stalk . Drug and Chemical Toxicology.

Schumacher, J.C., Mueller, V., Sousa, C., Peres, K.K., da Mata, I.R., Menezes, R.C.R., Dal Bosco, S.M.(2024). The effect of oral supplementation of ginger on glycemic control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus - A systematic review and meta-analysis . Clinical Nutrition Espen. 63. p. 615-622.

Garcia, K.R., Menezes, R.C.R., dos Santos, V., Koester, L.S., Dallegrave, E.(2024). Toward a greener multifunctional pharmaceutical excipient: in vivo safety evaluation of nanofibrillated cellulose from tobacco stalk . Drug and Chemical Toxicology. 47. (5). p. 507-515.

Juliano Garavaglia, Jadson Romualdo Oliveira da Costa, Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco, Isabel Cristina Kasper Machado, Inmaculada Olivares Merino, Sebasti&#225;n S&#225;nchez Villasclaras (2023). Characteristics and sensory assessment of extra virgin olive oils produced in two different zones of Brazil . Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society.

Kathleen Kr&#252;ger Peres, Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Anna Caroline Cristofoli Bertoletti, Isabella Rosa da Mata, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2023). Consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados e o risco de mortalidade: uma revisão sistemática . Revista da Associação Brasileira de Nutrição - RASBRAN.

Kathleen Kr&#252;ger Peres, Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Anna Caroline Cristofoli Bertoletti, Isabella Rosa da Mata, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2023). Consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados e o risco de mortalidade: uma revisão sistemática . Revista da Associação Brasileira de Nutrição - RASBRAN.

Garavaglia, J., da Costa, J.R.O., Menezes, R.C.R., Dal Bosco, S.M., Machado, I.C.K., Olivares Merino, I., S&#225;nchez Villasclaras, S.(2023). Characteristics and sensory assessment of extra virgin olive oils produced in two different zones of Brazil . JAOCS Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 100. (4). p. 303-315.

Marina Tuerlinckx Costa-Valle, Juliana Fank Gomes, Caroline Rodrigues De Oliveira, Andressa Scherer, Sarah Carobini Werner de Souza Eller Franco De Oliveira, Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Mirna Bainy Leal, Pedro Roosevelt Torres Rom&#227;o, Eliane Dallegrave (2022). Energy drinks and alcohol in a binge drinking protocol in Wistar rats: Male and female behavioral and reproductive effects . Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior.

Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Kathleen Kruger Peres, Marina Tuerlinckx Costa-Valle, Larissa Slongo Faccioli, Eliane Dallegrave, Juliano Garavaglia, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2022). Oral administration of oleuropein and olive leaf extract has cardioprotective effects in rodents: A systematic review . Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia.

Costa-Valle, M.T., Gomes, J.F., De Oliveira, C.R., Scherer, A., Franco De Oliveira, S.C.W.D.S.E., Menezes, R.C.R., Leal, M.B., Rom&#227;o, P.R.T., Dallegrave, E.(2022). Energy drinks and alcohol in a binge drinking protocol in Wistar rats: Male and female behavioral and reproductive effects . Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 221.

Menezes, R.C.R., Peres, K.K., Costa-Valle, M.T., Faccioli, L.S., Dallegrave, E., Garavaglia, J., Dal Bosco, S.M.(2022). Oral administration of oleuropein and olive leaf extract has cardioprotective effects in rodents: A systematic review,Administração de oleuropeína e folha de oliveira tem um efeito cardioprotetor em roedores: uma revisão sistemática . Revista Portuguesa De Cardiologia. 41. (2). p. 167-175.

Isabella Rosa da Mata, Sheila Rosa da Mata, Rafaella Camara Rocha Menezes, Larissa Slongo Faccioli, Kathleen Kr&#252;ger Bandeira, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2021). Benefits of turmeric supplementation for skin health in chronic diseases: a systematic review . Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition.

Carine Fabiana Saul, Isabella Rosa da Mata, Kathleen Kruger Peres, Caroline Joana Kuyven, Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Larissa Slongo Faccioli, Juliana Crystal Schumacher, Anna Caroline Cristofoli Bertoletti, Jordana Boeira Freitas, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2021). The benefits of extra virgin olive oil polyphenols for possible prevention of parkinson’s disease: an integrative mini literature review . International Physical Medicine &amp; Rehabilitation Journal.

Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Juliana Crystal Schumacher, Anna Caroline Cristofoli Bertoletti, Larissa Slongo Faccioli, Jordana Boeira Freitas, Isabella Rosa da Mata, Kathleen Kruger Peres, Carine Fabiana Saul, Caroline Joana Kuyven, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2021). Garcinia cambogia and diabetes mellitus: a lack of evidence? . International Physical Medicine &amp; Rehabilitation Journal.

Carolina Dias dos Santos, Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2021). Releitura de pão de queijo: Versão vegetariana com farinha de oliveira . Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável.

Mata, I.R.D., Mata, S.R.D., Menezes, R.C.R., Faccioli, L.S., Bandeira, K.K., Bosco, S.M.D.(2021). Benefits of turmeric supplementation for skin health in chronic diseases: a systematic review . Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 61. (20). p. 3421-3435.

Kathleen Kr&#252;ger Peres, Rafaella C&#226;mara Rocha Menezes, Simone Morelo Dal Bosco (2020). Consumo de ultraprocessados: Percepção dos responsáveis de crianças em idade escolar / Ultraprocessed products consumption: Perception of school children’s responsible . Brazilian Journal of Health Review.