The researcher received her doctorate in Biomedicine in 2013 from FMUP, where she has developed translational research work and migrated from basic research, with emphasis on experimental nephrology in preclinical studies, to clinical research in observational and interventional studies in the nephrological and cardiovascular diseases area, particularly in different populations of chronic kidney patients, including patients with autoimmune pathology, namely lupus nephritis and renal transplant recipients, in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, i3S and São João Hospital Center. She has 54 publications in indexed journals with more than 325 citations, h-index=9. Has 1 section(s) of books. In their professional activities, interacting with 113 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.