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Marta Esgalhado, PhD, MSc is a researcher at CBIOS - Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies and a faculty member in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at Universidade Lusófona, Portugal. She is full member of the Portuguese Order of Nutritionists and holds a BSc in Nutritional Sciences from Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz (Portugal 2010), an MSc in Clinical Nutrition from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal, 2015), a PhD in Cardiovascular Sciences from Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil, 2018), and a Postgraduate Diploma in General Management from Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics (Portugal, 2020). Her research initially focused on cardiovascular risk mitigation in chronic kidney disease patients, investigating the effects of dietary components on oxidative stress, inflammation, and gut microbiota composition. Over time, her research expanded to study dietary patterns and their systemic effects on cardiometabolic health. Currently, her work explores the impact of plant-based dietary models, particularly Vegetarian and Mediterranean diets, on body composition, metabolic markers, and cardiovascular risk. Marta has published 21 peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals, with over 600 citations and an h-index of 11 (Scopus, February 2024). She has presented her research at numerous scientific conferences worldwide. In academia, she leads 6 CUs in the Nutrition Sciences bachelor’s program and has supervised 2 master’s and 2 bachelor’s students.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Gormicho Boavida Marques Esgalhado

Citation names

  • Esgalhado, Marta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0218-0584-8BD9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0370-5175

Email addresses

  • marta.esgalhado@ulusofona.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics
Education
Degree Classification
2020
Concluded
 General Management Program (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2018
Concluded
 Ph.D in Cardiovascular Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade Federal Fluminense Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Brazil
"Effects of resistant starch supplementation on inflammatory status and oxidative stress in patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015
Concluded
 Masters in Clinical Nutrition (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Professional internship at the renal nutrition outpatient clinic of the Faculty of Nutrition of the Universidade Federal Fluminense and Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro; Effects of an intradialytic strength training program in chronic kidney disease." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010
Concluded
 Degree in Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura)
Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Researcher (Research) Universidade Federal Fluminense Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025 - Current CONTEMFood: Contaminants in Meat Replacement Products: A Contemporary Food Safety Perspective
2024-1.2.3-HU-RIZONT
Researcher
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Ongoing
2024 - 2024 VIDA: cardioVascular Impact of a vegetarian Diet - A randomized controlled trial
2023.11952.PEX
Researcher
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Not funded
2024 - 2024 VIDA: cardioVascular Impact of a vegetarian Diet - A randomized controlled trial
VIDA Project
Researcher
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
 Fresenius Kabi Pharma Portugal Lda
Not funded
2015 - 2018 Effects of resistant starch supplementation on the intestinal microbiota profile and cardiovascular markers in patients with chronic kidney disease.
47703315.6.0000.5243
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Federal Fluminense Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2015 - 2015 Effects of low-protein diet on the expression of transcriptional factors Nrf2 and NF-kB, on the cardiovascular system and on the levels of uremic toxins in patients with chronic kidney disease.
266989147.0000.5243
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Federal Fluminense Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2013 - 2014 Effects of strength physical exercise on appetite hormones, nutritional status and inflammatory and cardiovascular markers in hemodialysis patients.
0314.0.258.000-11
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Federal Fluminense Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024 - 2024 What do you see in the mirror? Reality or fiction?’ - Ciência Viva in the Laboratory: Scientific occupation of young people during the holidays
Ciência Viva
Researcher
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Denise Mafra; Esgalhado, Marta. "Effects of resistant starch type-2 cookies on gut microbiota profile in hemodialysis patients.". Paper presented in Kidney Week® 2020 Reimagined: 53rd Annual Meeting, Denver, 2020.
    Published
  2. Denise Mafra; Esgalhado, Marta. "High amylose resistant starch cookies supplementation does not decrease trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) plasma level in hemodialysis patients". Paper presented in Kidney Week® 2020 Reimagined: 53rd Annual Meeting, Denver, 2020.
    Published
  3. Esgalhado, Marta. "Resistant Starch Supplementation Attenuates Inflammation in Hemodialysis Patients". Paper presented in Kidney Week 2019, Washington DC, 2019.
    Published
  4. Julie Ann Kemp; Esgalhado, Marta. "Erythrocyte fatty acid profile in hemodialysis patients: Is there a link with inflammatory and oxidative stress state?". Paper presented in XIX International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease, Genova, 2018.
    Published
  5. Julie Ann Kemp; Esgalhado, Marta. "Is there a link between polyunsaturated fatty acid levels and uremic toxins in hemodialysis patients?". Paper presented in XIX International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease, Genova, 2018.
    Published
  6. Denise Mafra; Esgalhado, Marta. "Effect of resistant starch supplementation on the indole-3-acetic acid levels and aryl hydrocarbon receptor expression in hemodialysis patients.". Paper presented in Kidney Week, SAN DIEGO, 2018.
    Published
  7. Esgalhado, Marta. "Effects of Resistant Starch Supplementation on Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Status in Hemodialysis Patients: A Pilot Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Tria". Paper presented in Kidney Week, New Orleans, 2017.
    Published
  8. Denise Mafra; Esgalhado, Marta. "Effects of low protein diet on cardiovascular risk markers in in nondialysis CKD patients". Paper presented in XVIII International Society on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease (ISRNM), Okinawa, 2016.
  9. Esgalhado, Marta. "Effect of acute strength exercise on the oxidative stress responses in hemodialysis patients.". Paper presented in XVII International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease, Würzburg, 2014.
    Published
  10. Esgalhado, Marta. "Effect of acute strength exercise on the plasma irisin levels in hemodialysis patients.". Paper presented in XVII International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease, Würzburg., 2014.
    Published
  11. Esgalhado, Marta. "Efeitos do exercício de força agudo no estresse oxidativo em pacientes sob hemodiálise". Paper presented in 69 Congresso Brasileiro de Cardiologia, Brasilia, 2014.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Esgalhado, Marta. "Cardiovascular 10-Year Risk: Analysis of Vegetarian and Omnivorous Diets". Paper presented in LIX Congresso Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia, 2024.
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Tatiana Fontes; Sofia Lopes; Regina Menezes; Marta Esgalhado; Luís Monteiro Rodrigues; Cíntia Ferreira-Pêgo. "Exploring Vegetarian and Omnivorous Approaches to Cardiovascular Risk and Body Composition". In Nutrients. MDPI AG, 2024. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1424.
    10.3390/nu16132013
Journal article
  1. Fontes, Tatiana; Lopes, Sofia; Menezes, Regina; Esgalhado, Marta; Monteiro Rodrigues, Luís; Ferreira-Pêgo, Cíntia. "Exploring Vegetarian and Omnivorous Approaches to Cardiovascular Risk and Body Composition". Nutrients 16 13 (2024): 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu16132013.
    Published • 10.3390/nu16132013
  2. Laís de Souza Gouveia Moreira; Isabela de Souza da Costa Brum; Drielly C. M. de Vargas Reis; Liana Trugilho; Tuany R. Chermut; Marta Esgalhado; Ludmila F. M. F. Cardozo; et al. "Cinnamon: an aromatic condiment applicable to chronic kidney disease". Kidney Research and Clinical Practice (2023): https://doi.org/10.23876/j.krcp.22.111.
    10.23876/j.krcp.22.111
  3. Julie Ann Kemp; Henrique Fragoso dos Santos; Hugo Emiliano de Jesus; Marta Esgalhado; Bruna Regis de Paiva; Renata Azevedo; Peter Stenvinkel; et al. "Resistant Starch Type-2 Supplementation Does Not Decrease Trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO) Plasma Level in Hemodialysis Patients". Journal of the American Nutrition Association (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/07315724.2021.1967814.
    10.1080/07315724.2021.1967814
  4. Renata Azevedo; Marta Esgalhado; Julie Ann Kemp; Bruna Regis; Ludmila FMF Cardozo; Lia S. Nakao; Jessyca Sousa de Brito; Denise Mafra. "Resistant starch supplementation effects on plasma indole 3-acetic acid and aryl hydrocarbon receptor mRNA expression in hemodialysis patients: Randomized, double blind and controlled clinical trial". Brazilian Journal of Nephrology 42 3 (2020): 273-279. https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-jbn-2020-0003.
    10.1590/2175-8239-jbn-2020-0003
  5. de Paiva BR; Esgalhado M; Borges NA; Julie Ann Kemp; Gutemberg Alves; Paulo Emilio Leite; Macedo R; et al. "Resistant starch supplementation attenuates inflammation in hemodialysis patients: a pilot study.". International urology and nephrology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-020-02392-3.
    10.1007/s11255-020-02392-3
  6. Marta Esgalhado; Julie Ann Kemp; Bruna R. de Paiva; Jessyca Sousa Brito; Ludmila F. M. F. Cardozo; Renata Azevedo; Diana Barbosa Cunha; Lia S. Nakao; Denise Mafra. "Resistant starch type-2 enriched cookies modulate uremic toxins and inflammation in hemodialysis patients: a randomized, double-blind, crossover and placebo-controlled trial". Food & Function 11 3 (2020): 2617-2625. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9FO02939G.
    10.1039/C9FO02939G
  7. Mafra D; Esgalhado M; Borges NA; Ludmila Cardozo; Milena Barcza Stockler-Pinto; Craven H; Buchanan SJ; et al. "Methyl Donor Nutrients in Chronic Kidney Disease: Impact on the Epigenetic Landscape.". The Journal of nutrition (2019): https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxy289.
    10.1093/jn/nxy289
  8. Julie Ann Kemp; Esgalhado M; Macedo RA; Regis B; Damasceno NRT; da Silva Torres EAF; Gustavo Gonçalinho; et al. "A possible link between polyunsaturated fatty acids and uremic toxins from the gut microbiota in hemodialysis patients: A hypothesis.". Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/hdi.12725.
    10.1111/hdi.12725
  9. Denise Mafra; Natália Borges; Livia Alvarenga; Marta Esgalhado; Ludmila Cardozo; Bengt Lindholm; Peter Stenvinkel. "Dietary Components That May Influence the Disturbed Gut Microbiota in Chronic Kidney Disease". Nutrients (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/3/496.
    10.3390/nu11030496
  10. Anjos JS; Ludmila Cardozo; Esgalhado M; Bengt Lindholm; Peter Stenvinkel; Fouque D; Mafra D. "Could Low-Protein Diet Modulate Nrf2 Pathway in Chronic Kidney Disease?". Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation (2018): https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2017.11.005.
    10.1053/j.jrn.2017.11.005
  11. Esgalhado MGBM; Milena Barcza Stockler-Pinto; Ludmila Cardozo; Barboza JE; Mafra D. "Does high intensity exercise affects irisin plasma levels in hemodialysis patients? A pilot study.". Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia (2018): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6533975.
    10.1590/1678-4685-jbn-3802
  12. Marta Esgalhado; Julie A. Kemp; Renata Azevedo; Bruna R. Paiva; Milena B. Stockler-Pinto; Carla J. Dolenga; Natália A. Borges; Lia S. Nakao; Denise Mafra. "Could resistant starch supplementation improve inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers and uremic toxins levels in hemodialysis patients? A pilot randomized controlled trial". Food & Function 9 12 (2018): 6508-6516. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8FO01876F.
    10.1039/C8FO01876F
  13. C.C. Abreu; L.F.M.F. Cardozo; M.B. Stockler-Pinto; M. Esgalhado; J.E. Barboza; R. Frauches; D. Mafra. "Does resistance exercise performed during dialysis modulate Nrf2 and NF-¿B in patients with chronic kidney disease?". Life Sciences (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2017.09.007.
    10.1016/j.lfs.2017.09.007
  14. Marta Esgalhado; Julie A Kemp; Nagila RT Damasceno; Denis Fouque; Denise Mafra. "Short-chain fatty acids: a link between prebiotics and microbiota in chronic kidney disease". Future Microbiology (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2017-0059.
    10.2217/fmb-2017-0059
  15. Brito JS; Borges NA; Esgalhado M; D'Angelo Magliano; Christophe Soulage; Mafra D. "Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Chronic Kidney Disease: Role of Uremic Toxins.". Nephron (2017): https://doi.org/10.1159/000476074.
    10.1159/000476074
  16. Esgalhado M; Peter Stenvinkel; Mafra D. "Nonpharmacologic Strategies to Modulate Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-related Factor 2 Pathway in Chronic Kidney Disease.". Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation (2017): https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2017.01.022.
    10.1053/j.jrn.2017.01.022
  17. Esgalhado M; Borges NA; Mafra D. "Could physical exercise help modulate the gut microbiota in chronic kidney disease?". Future microbiology (2016): https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb.16.12.
    10.2217/fmb.16.12
  18. Esgalhado M; Milena Barcza Stockler-Pinto; de França Cardozo LF; Costa C; Barboza JE; Mafra D. "Effect of acute intradialytic strength physical exercise on oxidative stress and inflammatory responses in hemodialysis patients.". Kidney research and clinical practice (2015): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4570601.
    10.1016/j.krcp.2015.02.004
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/10 Resistant starch supplementation reduces indoxyl sulfate levels in hemodialysis patients: A randomized, double-blind, crossover, placebo-controlled study. American Society of Nephrology-Kidney week
(San Diego, CA, United States)
2018/06 Resistant starch supplementation lowers plasma indoxyl sulfate in hemodialysis patients: a pilot randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial. XIX International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease
(Genova, Italy)
2018/06 High amylose resistant starch supplementation ameliorates inflammatory and oxidative stress in hemodialysis patients: A pilot randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial. XIX International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease
(Genova, Italy)
2015/05 Effect of acute intradialytic strength physical exercise on the inflammatory and oxidative stress response in hemodialysis patients. XIV Nutrition and Food Congress
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Comparison of cardiovascular risk calculators
Supervisor of Ana Rita Viana Ferreira
 Nutrition Sciences (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Perception, Satisfaction and Distortion of Body Image and its Correlation with Body Composition: An Analysis of Nutrition Science Students
Supervisor of PatrÍcia Serra Ferreira
 Nutrition Sciences (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Plasma fatty acid profile of chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis and possible associations with inflammation.
Co-supervisor of Julie Ann Kemp Duarte
 Medical Sciences (Master)
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
2016 - 2018 Effect of resistant starch supplementation on the expression of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis.
Co-supervisor of Renata de Azevedo Macedo
 Cardiovascular Sciences (Master)
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
2016 - 2017 Effects of resistant starch supplementation in the inflammatory profile of patients with chronic renal disease on hemodialysis.
Co-supervisor of Maria Clara Ribeiro Testa
 Nutrition Sciences (Degree)
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/03/15 - 2024/03/16 IV Jornadas Lusófonas de Nutrição (2024/03)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07 Sarcopenia: Assessment of elderly cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy – CUF Descobertas hospital
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco Manuel Rodrigues Pontes (Other)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2024/07 Assessment of nutritional status and eating behaviour in pre-professional ballet dancers: relationship with perceived exertion
President of the jury
 Maria da Piedade Valadas Parreira Cano (Other)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2024/07 Impact of carrying out activities associated with food preparation at dinner for children belonging to the MUN-SI program
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Jardim Fidalgo (Other)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2024/04 Risk identification and assessment of nutritional status in elderly people with femoral neck fractures
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Daniela Padeira Gonçalves Ferreira (Other)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2024/03 Nutritional status of children in the 1st cycle of basic education in schools in the Amadora Oeste – Lisbon group
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Valdirene de Sousa Lima Maia (Other)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
2022 - Current Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia
2024 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição
2012 - Current Ordem dos Nutricionistas Full member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Anatomy II Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2024 - Current Physiology II Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2024 - Current Biochemistry I Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências Económicas e das Organizações, Portugal
2023 - Current Bromatology Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2023 - Current Physiology I Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2023 - Current Pathology Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 VIVER SAUDÁVEL: MET_BCCV - Awarded as Project of the Year in Research category