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XIII Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação
Conceição Calhau
Conceição Calhau

Conceição Calhau graduated in Nutrition in 1996 and obtained her PhD in Human Biology in 2002, at the Medical School of Porto University (Portugal). She has been teaching at the University since 1996 and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biochemistry of the Medical Faculty at the University of Porto. She has been teaching Biochemistry, Nutrition and Food Toxicology.

Her field of research concerns polyphenols, endocrine disruptors and obesity. She has been collaborating with food industry and has been involved in several research projects funded essentially by the Portuguese Government. More recently, she has been coordinating projects (i) dealing with biological properties of polyphenols towards some cancers, obesity, diabetes and age-related diseases; and (ii) dealing with the role of endocrine disruptors (specially, pesticides and other organochlorides pollutants) towards metabolic syndrome. She has published 6 book chapters and over 100 papers in international scientific journals.

Portugal MC Member of COST- Action BM0602: Adipose Tissue: A Key Target for Prevention of the Metabolic Syndrome.



XIII Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação, Todos os Direitos Reservados Desenvolvido por: Portugal Interactivo