About
Psychiatrist and Invited Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.
Medical doctor (MD), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa (Nova Medical School Lisbon) - 2005.
Psychiatry Residency (2007-2011) - Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon.
Research Fellowship in Mood Disorders at the M.I.N.D. (Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Department) Clinic for Mood and Personality Disorders, Columbia University, New York, USA, with a special research focus on the relationship between inflammation, depression and suicidal behaviours (2012-216).
Assistant Psychiatrist - Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon (2017 - 2022).
PhD in Medicine (Psychiatry and Mental Health) in 2021 - Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. Thesis: “Suicidal Behaviors in Major Depressive Disorder: Impact of Omega-3 Status and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines”.
Invited Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, since 2021.
1-year post-graduate certificate program “Global Clinical Scholars Research Training 2021-2022”, Harvard Medical School.
Section- editor and member of the editorial board - Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental (Portuguese Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health), 2021-2024.