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Isabella Bracchi is a Nutritionist (4785N), Researcher, PhD Student at Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), and an Invited Assistant at the School of Health of the Polytechnic of Porto. During her academic journey, Isabella graduated in 2020 with a degree in Dietetics and Nutrition from the Higher School of Health Sciences at the University of Algarve. Later, in 2022, she completed her Master's in Metabolism - Biopathology and Experimental at FMUP. During this time Isabella also took several professional and accredited courses, including "Laboratory Animal Science," "Experimental Design and Analysis of Data from Animal Experiments", "Writing and Publication of Scientific Articles" and "Essential Molecular Biology" at FMUP. During her scientific path, Isabella has been enrolled in 2 I&D projects: The IoMum: Iodine Status Monitoring in Portuguese Pregnant women: Impact of Supplementation (Clinical Trials: NCT04010708); and 2) The workpackage MHSWEET: Non-Nutritive sweeteners and fetal programming of metabolic health of the HEALTH-UNORTE: project (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000039). Her research areas focus on nutrition and metabolism during pregnancy and fetal programming. Isabella's scientific activity and production summarize in the authorship of 7 full papers (2 as a first author) in international scientific journals with scientific referee. She also submitted 10 abstracts to conference proceedings, presenting them as either posters or oral communications, being the first author for 4 of these works. Isabella also participated in many events in the field of nutrition sciences, being part of the organizing committee in some of them. Additionally, Isabella also co-supervised two undergraduate students. Finally, Isabella collects different distinctions such as two awards for best oral communication and an honorable mention for the presentation of a poster.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Isabella Coraini Bracchi

Citation names

  • Bracchi, Isabella

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9716-3299-B1D9
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1923-3579

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Italian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/09/11 - 2027/09/11
Ongoing
 Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/06/26 - 2023/07/14
Concluded
 Essential Molecular Biology - Hands-on laboratory course (Outros)
Major in Molecular biology
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 17
2020/11/23 - 2022/11/10
Concluded
 Metabolism - Biopathology and Experimental (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Essential trace elements status in Portuguese pregnant women and their association with maternal and neonatal outcomes: a prospective study from the IoMum cohort" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2022/02/16 - 2022/02/18
Concluded
 Experimental Design and Analysis of Data from Animal Experiments (Outros)
Major in Experimentação animal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 not applicable
2021/09/01 - 2021/09/17
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Science (Outros)
Major in Experimentação animal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 16
2020/09/28 - 2020/10/31
Concluded
 Health data analysis: from theory to practice (Outros)
Major in Data analysis
Departamento de Medicina da Comunidade, Informação e Decisão em Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
18
2020/09/09 - 2020/09/09
Concluded
 Writing and Publication of Scientific Articles (Outros)
Major in Scientific writing
Departamento de Medicina da Comunidade, Informação e Decisão em Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
not applicable
2016/09/15 - 2020/07/08
Concluded
 Dietetics and Nutrition (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
"Physicians' knowledge about the importance of iodine and iodine nutrition in pregnancy: implications for clinical practice and comparison with pregnant women from the IoMum cohort" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
(...)
2019/09/01 - 2023/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
(...)
2019/09/09 - 2020/07/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
(...)

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/27 - Current Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/11/02 - 2021/04/30 Professional internship of the Order of Nutritionists Futebol Clube do Porto (Dragon Force), Portugal
Departamento de Nutrição Dragon Force, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - Current Stevia exposure during the perigestational period and fetal programing of metabolic dysfunction
2023.03003.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/07/01 - 2023/06/30 HEALTH-UNORTE: Setting-up biobanks and regenerative medicine strategies to boost research in cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurological, oncological, immunological and infectious diseases
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000039
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2019/09/09 - Current IoMum - Iodine status in Portuguese pregnant women: impact of supplementation
NCT04010708
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Bracchi, Isabella; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Pinheiro, Cátia; Ferreira, Pedro; Pestana, Diogo; Barreiros-Mota, I; et al. "Iodine status and impact of supplementation in pregnant women: results from Iomum Porto". Paper presented in Acta Obstet Ginecol Port. 2021;15 (supl):77-8, Porto, 2021.
  2. Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Bracchi, Isabella; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Pinheiro, Cátia; Ferreira, P; Pestana, Diogo; Barreiros-Mota, I; et al. "Iodine supplemention in Portugal: survey on current clinical practices". Paper presented in 22º Congresso Português de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia, 2021.
Conference poster
  1. Bracchi, Isabella; Guimarães, Juliana; Pinheiro, Cátia; Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Azevedo, Rui; Pinto, Edgar; Almeida, Agostinho; et al. "Essential trace elements status in Portuguese pregnant women and their association with neonatal outcomes: a prospective study from the IoMum cohort". Paper presented in 1st Conference of the Doctoral Program Metabolism – Clinical and Experimental, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, 2022.
  2. Ferreira, Pedro; Pinheiro, Cátia; Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Guimarães, Juliana; Pereira, Gonçalo; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Cortez, Alice; et al. "The impact of dairy consumption on iodine status among supplemented and non-supplemented pregnant women in Oporto region". Paper presented in XIX Congress of Nutrition and Food of Portuguese Nutrition Association, 2020.
  3. Cátia Pinheiro; Nara Xavier Moreira; Pedro Ferreira; Cláudia Matta Coelho; Juliana Cristina Diniz Guimarães; Gonçalo Pereira; Alice Cortez; et al. "Iodine knowledge among Portuguese pregnant women: results from the IoMum cohort study". Paper presented in 13º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, 2020.
  4. Bracchi, Isabella; Cláudia Matta Coelho; Cátia Pinheiro; Nara Xavier Moreira; Juliana Cristina Diniz Guimarães; Pedro Ferreira; Alice Cortez; et al. "Iodine supplementation and knowledge: comparison between physicians and pregnant women of the IoMum cohort". Paper presented in 13º Encontro de Investigação Jovem daUniversidade do Porto, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Bracchi, Isabella; Morais, Juliana; Almeida-Coelho, João; Ferreira, Ana; Alves, Inês N; Mendes, Cláudia; Correia, Beatriz; et al. "The Cardiometabolic Impact of Rebaudioside A Exposure during the Reproductive Stage". Biology (2024):
    Open access • Accepted
  2. Isabella Bracchi; Juliana Guimarães; Catarina Isabel Rodrigues; Rui Azevedo; Cláudia Matta Coelho; Cátia Pinheiro; Juliana Morais; et al. "Essential Trace Elements Status in Portuguese Pregnant Women and Their Association with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Prospective Study from the IoMum Cohort". Biology (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/10/1351.
    10.3390/biology12101351
  3. Guimarães, Juliana; Bracchi, Isabella; Pinheiro, Cátia; Moreira, Nara; Coelho, Cláudia; Pestana, Diogo; Prucha, Maria; et al. "Association of 3-Phenoxybenzoic Acid Exposure during Pregnancy with Maternal Outcomes and Newborn Anthropometric Measures: Results from the IoMum Cohort Study". Toxics 11 2 (2023): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020125.
    Published • 10.3390/toxics11020125
  4. Silva, Isa; Bracchi, Isabella; Keating, Elisa. "The association between selenium levels and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a systematic review of the literature". British Journal of Nutrition (2022): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007114522003671.
    Published • 10.1017/s0007114522003671
  5. Matta Coelho, C.; Guimarães, J.; Bracchi, I.; Xavier Moreira, N.; Pinheiro, C.; Ferreira, P.; Pestana, D.; et al. "Noncompliance to iodine supplementation recommendation is a risk factor for iodine insufficiency in Portuguese pregnant women: results from the IoMum cohort". Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 45 10 (2022): 1865-1874. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40618-022-01813-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s40618-022-01813-7
  6. Pinheiro, Cátia; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Ferreira, Pedro; Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Guimarães, Juliana; Pereira, Gonçalo; Cortez, Alice; et al. "Iodine knowledge is associated with iodine status in Portuguese pregnant women: results from the IoMum cohort study". British Journal of Nutrition 126 9 (2021): 1331-1339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007114521000155.
    Published • 10.1017/s0007114521000155
  7. Ferreira, Pedro; Pinheiro, Cátia; Matta Coelho, Cláudia; Guimarães, Juliana; Pereira, Gonçalo; Xavier Moreira, Nara; Cortez, Alice; et al. "The association of milk and dairy consumption with iodine status in pregnant women in Oporto region". British Journal of Nutrition 126 9 (2021): 1314-1322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000711452100009x.
    Published • 10.1017/s000711452100009x
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Essential trace elements status in Portuguese pregnant women and their association with maternal and neonatal outcomes: a prospective study from the IoMum cohort". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, 2022.
  2. "Hydration in young basketball players: conditioning factors and nutritional strategies". Degree, Universidade do Algarve Escola Superior de Saúde, 2020.
  3. "Physicians' knowledge of the importance of iodine and iodine nutrition in pregnancy: implications for clinical practice and comparison with pregnant women from the IoMum cohort". Degree, Universidade do Algarve Escola Superior de Saúde, 2020.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/12 Urinary levels of essential trace elements in pregnancy and maternal and neonatal outcomes: a prospective study from the IoMum cohort XXII Congress on Nutrition and Food & III International Congress on Nutrition and Food
Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição
2022/09/15 Association between urinary concentrations of essential trace elements and neonatal anthropometry: a cohort of Portuguese pregnant women 17th YES (Young European Scientist) Meeting, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020/02/12 Iodine and Selenium urinary levels in pregnant women and their impact on neonatal outcomes: results from the IoMum cohort study 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020/02/12 Iodine food sources and iodine status of pregnant women of the IoMum cohort: the role of dairy products 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020/02/06 The role of dairy intake on iodine status in pregnant women: data from the IoMum cohort 50th Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, 38th Clinical Pharmacology Meeting and the 19th Toxicology Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/06 The impact of iodine and selenium maternal levels on neonatal anthropometry: results from the IoMum cohort study 50th Meeting of the Portuguese Pharmacology Society, 38th Clinical Pharmacology Meeting and the 19th Toxicology Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/10/01 - 2022/12/12 Study of the effects of administration of rebaudioside A in Sprague-Dawley rats
Co-supervisor
 Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/11 - 2023/05/12 Participation as audience and speaker (oral communication)
Congress
 XXII Congress on Nutrition and Food & III International Congress on Nutrition and Food
Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição, Portugal
2023/04/12 - 2023/04/13 Participation as an invited speaker (oral communication)
Congress
 XXXII Edition of the AEFCNAUP Scientific Congress
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/11/04 - 2022/11/04 Participation as audience and speaker (poster presentation)
Conference
 1st Conference of the Doctoral Program Metabolism – Clinical and Experimental
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/09/15 - 2022/09/18 Participation as an audience and speaker (oral communication)
Meeting
 17th YES (Young European Scientist) Meeting
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/06/09 - 2022/06/30 Participation as an audience
Workshop
 Nutrition Update - what has changed in recent years?
Nutriens Academy, Portugal

Bwizer, Portugal
2021/10/13 - 2021/10/27 Participation as an audience
Seminar
 World Food Day
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/05/22 - 2021/05/29 Participation as an audience
Workshop
 Nutrition - Myths, facts and controversies
Nutriens Academy, Portugal

Bwizer, Portugal
2021/04/08 - 2021/04/08 Participation as an audience
Workshop
 Professional practice based on scientific evidence
Ordem dos Nutricionistas, Portugal
2021/04/07 - 2021/04/08 Participation as an audience
Congress
 XXX Scientific Congress on Nutrition
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/03/26 - 2021/03/26 Participation as an audience
Workshop
 School feeding in Covid-19 times
Ordem dos Nutricionistas, Portugal
2021/03/13 - 2021/03/13 Participation as an audience
Workshop
 Sports nutrition for runners
Nutriens Academy, Portugal

Bwizer, Portugal
2021/03/05 - 2021/03/06 Participation as an audience
Meeting
 VIII Meeting on Nutrition and Food
Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Nutrição (ANEN), Portugal
2020/09/09 - 2020/09/10 Participation as an audience
Congress
 XIX Congress of Nutrition and Food
Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição, Portugal
2020/02/22 - 2020/02/22 Participation as an audience
Meeting
 NUTRIDAY - Nutrition in the athlete
SUNIporto - Júnior Empresa de Desporto e Nutrição, Portugal
2020/02/12 - 2020/02/14 Participation as an audience and speaker (poster presentation)
Congress
 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019/10/30 - 2019/10/30 Participation as an audience and member of the organizing committee
Symposium
 11th Symposium on Metabolism - Ageing & Metabolism
Departamento de Biomedicina - Unidade de Bioquímica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019/10/25 - 2019/10/26 Participation as an audience
Meeting
 VII Meeting on Nutrition and Food
Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Nutrição (ANEN), Portugal
2019/02/21 - 2019/02/21 Participation as member of the organizing committee
Other
 Open Day of the University of Algarve
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018/02/17 - 2018/02/18 Participation as an audience
Seminar
 Sports Nutrition Course
Universidade do Algarve - Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/11/28 - 2017/11/28 Participation as an audience
Seminar
 Food Allergies and Intolerances
Universidade do Algarve - Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/04/20 - 2017/04/22 Participation as an audience
Meeting
 V National Meeting of Dietetics and Nutrition Students
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/07/07 - Current Order of Nutritionists Active member (4785N)
2018/01/01 - 2018/06/01 Nucleus for Students of Dietetics and Nutrition (NuD) of the University of Algarve Student member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/02/27 - Current Curricular Unit of Human Pathology Alimentação e Saúde (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2022/03/27 - Current The Nutriens Academy® - Bwizer® is an academy of certified courses, which aims to provide the best information based on the latest scientific evidence. In the scope of the course "The nutrition consultation - From methods to spreadsheet", I am responsible for: developing a work tool for the attendees, in the field of clinical nutrition, using the software Microsoft Excel® and conducting the course with other 3 Nutritionists, lasting 16h and 8h (online version) The nutrition consultation - From methods to spreadsheet (Professional course) Nutriens Academy, Portugal

Bwizer, Portugal
2023/10/09 - 2024/01/05 Curricular Unit of Biological and pathophysiological processes Mestrado em Técnicas Avançadas de Imagem em Radiologia (Mestrado) Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2022/11/18 - 2022/11/18 Invitation to lecture a class in the master's degree in Human Nutrition and Metabolism (curricular unit: Seminars on Nutrition and Metabolism) at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa - Nova Medical School, Lisbon. The theme of the class was based on the results of my master's thesis, reinforcing the relevance of levels of essential trace elements for neonatal and maternal outcomes. Nutrição Humana e Metabolismo (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/12/01 - Current MHSWEET: Non-Nutritive sweeteners and fetal programming of metabolic health Ana Carolina Afonso Esteves
Distinctions

Award

2023 1st place winner of the Oral Communications
Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição, Portugal
2022 1st place winner of the Parallel Oral Session in the field of Clinical Medicine
Fundação Professor Ernesto Morais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other distinction

2022 Honorable mention at the 1st Conference of the Doctoral Program Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 DGAV authorization for animal experimentation
Direção-Geral da Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal
2021 Approval with distinction by the Order of Nutritionists
Ordem dos Nutricionistas, Portugal