Current Research Team

• Tiago Gil Oliveira, MD/PhD

• Tatiana Morais, PhD

• Luísa Santa-Marinha, MD/PhD

• Rafaela Morais-Ribeiro, MD/PhD student (joint with Steven Siegelbaum, Columbia University, currently also Invited Teaching Assistant at U. Minho)

• Francisco Almeida, MD, PhD student (currently also Invited Teaching Assistant at U. Minho)

• Ana Menezes, MD, PhD student

• Alexandra Santos, PhD student (joint with Sébastien Mérieux, Neurospin)

• Ricardo Morais, MD, PhD student (joint with Isabel Santana, U. Coimbra)

• Tiago Jesus, PhD student (joint with Victor Alves, U. Minho)

• Paulo Jorge Alves, PhD student (joint with Victor Alves, U. Minho)

• Inês Ribeiro, MSc, PhD student (joint with Sandra Paiva, U. Minho & Anne-Claude Gavin, U. Gevena)

• Cidália Pereira, PhD student (joint with Andreia Castro, U. Minho)

• Ana Rita Fernandes, PhD student (joint with Lucía Chávez-Gutiérrez, VIB)

• Marta Mendanha, MSc, PhD student (joint with Sara Calafate, U. Minho)

• Carolina Sousa, MSc student (joint with Sara Calafate, U. Minho)

• Mariana Ferreira, MSc student (joint with Sara Calafate, U. Minho)

• Maria Clara Dutra (joint with Tatiana Morais, U. Minho)

Graduated PhD Students

• Francisca Vaz Bravo, PharmD, PhD - 2012-2018 - Research Assistant and  PhD student - finalized Medical School at University of Lisbon in 2025 and is currently a general resident in Lisbon, Portugal.

• André Miguel Miranda, MD/PhD - 2014-2018 - PhD Student - currently neuroradiologist at Hospital de Vila Nova de Gaia (finalized residency in 2025); Invited Assistant Professor at University of Minho (started in 2022).

• Daniel Machado, MD/PhD  - 2013-2019 - PhD Student - currently psychiatrist at Hospital de Braga (finalized residency in 2025 at Hospital de Leiria).

• João Carlos Gonçalves, MD/PhD  - 2015-2019 - PhD Student - currently Gastroenterology resident at Hospital de Guimarães (started in 2021).

• Luísa Santa-Marinha, MD/PhD - 2017-2021 - PhD Student - currently Psychiatry resident at Hospital de Vila Nova de Gaia (started in 2021).

• Miguel Quintas-Neves, MD/PhD - 2021-2025 - PhD Student - currently neuroradiologist at Hospital de Braga; Invited Assistant Professor at University of Porto.

Internal Collaborators within ICVS Research Line

• Sara Calafate, PhD

• Torcato Meira, MD/PhD

• André Miguel Miranda, MD/PhD

Past Members

• Isabel Castanho, MSc - 2013-2015 - BSc and MSc student - currently post-doc at Harvard Medical School, USA.

• Rita Ribeiro Silva, MSc - 2014-2015 - Research Assistant

• Fátima Solange, MSc - 2018-2020 - MSc student

• Sofia Carvalho, MSc - 2019-2021 - MSc student

• Cláudia Alves, MSc - 2019-2022 - MSc student

• Cláudia Palma, MSc - 2021 - 2023 - MSc student 

• Paulo Jorge Alves, MSc - 2021 - 2023 - MSc student

• Marcelo Dias, MSc - 2021 - 2024 - Research Assistant

Visiting Students/Research Trainees

• Vítor Gonçalves, MSc student (joint with Sara Calafate, U. Minho)

• Ana Barroso Miranda, MD

• Renata Marques, MD

• Ricardo Rosa, BSc

• Filipa Paraíso, MD

• Jorge Silva, MD/PhD student 

• Sara Tabbai, PhD student

• Carolina Macedo, MD student