Conceição Calhau

Prof. Conceição Calhau

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal

Biography

Prof. Dr. Conçeição Calhau is a Full Professor at NOVA Medical School, where she coordinates the Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Sciences, the Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Metabolism and the Academic Area of Nutrition and Lifestyles. Her main research interests focus on polyphenols, endocrine disruptors, metabolic dysfunction, and, more recently, iodine nutritional state monitoring in school-age children and pregnant women, which has led her to participate in several research projects with national and European funds involving the Agriculture and Food Industry. She coordinates the Nutrition group of the Portuguese Clinical Research Infrastructure Network PtCRIN, besides being in office as President of the Jurisdictional Council of the Order of Nutritionists (2015–2019) and a consulting member of several scientific and medical associations and societies.

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