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The fascination for human health protection/promotion led Filipa to a graduation in Environmental Health in the Escola Superior de Saúde, Porto (2010 - 2014) and to a Master in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering in the University of Porto (2014 - 2016). The aim of her thesis was to assess the genotoxic risks of intensive physical activity among dancers from the National Company of Ballet. The interest for this field guided her for a research grant (HEBE - Project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000010) from the Institute of Public Health - Porto University. The main purpose of it, was to investigate the genotoxic effects among swimmers due the exposure to trihalomethanes in indoor swimming pools. During her research journey, Filipa have published both research papers as first author as well as co-author, in international peer-reviewed journals. The expertise that she acquired comprised the recruitment of study participants; questionnaires administration; biological sampling, and processing of different biomatrices; protocol optimizations; biomarkers evaluation (dose and effect); data analysis and scientific production. During her scientific career, she had also the opportunity to be involved in different tasks in the frame of several human biomonitoring R&D projects; to participate and contribute with different scientific communications; to be part of organizing committee of some international conferences and to be recognized with some scientific awards. Recently (2020), she enrolled the Doctoral Programme in Public Health by the Faculty of Medicine of Porto University with the project entitled "Biomonitoring Firefighter Occupational Exposure" through a FCT grant. Dedicated and motivated she aims to continue pursuing her scientific career within the scope of Public Health.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Filipa Esteves
Date of birth
1991/04/17
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Esteves, F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9C18-72CD-9F47
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9187-0279
Researcher Id
AAS-7291-2020
Scopus Author Id
57194834020

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Occupational Health
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Human Genetics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/10 - 2024/01/10
Ongoing
 Doctoral Programme in Public Health (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2016/06/20
Concluded
 Master in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Occupational Health
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Assessment of DNA damage in a group of professional dancers during a 10-month dancing season" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2010/09/01 - 2014/07/20
Concluded
 Environmental Health (Licenciatura)
Major in Public Health; Environmental Protection; Occupational Health
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
""Occupational chemical exposure among hairdressers: symptomatic perception"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2016/01/09 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge Porto, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/10 - Current PhD student in Doctoral Programme of Public Health Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/01/10 - Current Biomonitoring Firefighter Occupational Exposure (Bio4FOX)
UI/BD/150738/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 BioFirEx – “A panel of (bio)markers for the surveillance of firefighter’s health and safety” (PCIF/SSO/0017/2018)
PCIF/SSO/0017/2018
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2016/09/01 - 2019/12/31 HEBE (Health, Comfort and Energy in the Built) Project - Assessment of genotoxic effects due the exposure to disinfection by-products in indoor public swimming pools.
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000010
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
2015 - 2015 [Collaboration] Impact of transplacental exposure to tabacco smoke in the DNA of newborn. Genetic and epigenetic effects – NEOGENE
FAPESP/19914/2014
Other
Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia, Portugal

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31 Um painel de biomarcadores para a vigilância da saúde e da segurança do bombeiro.
PCIF/SSO/0017/2018
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste EPE, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Epidemiology Research Unit - Institute of Public Health, University of Porto
UID/DTP/04750/2019
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Klara Slezakova; Esteves F.; Josiana Adelaide Vaz; Solange Costa; Maria José Alves; Joana Madureira; Bela Barros; et al. "Indoor Air Quality at Portuguese Firehouses". 433-442. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-38277-2_35
  2. Solange Costa; Filipa Esteves. "Biomarkers, human health". 133-140. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-824315-2.00965-9
  3. Esteves F.; Joana Madureira; Joao Teixeira; Solange Costa. "Wildland Firefighters: A Crucial Weapon for Forest Fire Management. Which Health Risks Do They Face?". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-50446-4_9
  4. Slezakova, K.; Esteves, F.; Vaz, J.A.; Costa, S.; Alves, M.J.; Madureira, J.; Barros, B.; et al. Corresponding author: Slezakova, K.. "Indoor Air quality in Portuguesse Firehouses". In Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, edited by P.M. Arezes, R.B. Melo, P. Carneiro, J. Castelo Branco, A. Colim, N. Costa, S. Costa, J. Duarte, J.C. Guedes; G. Perestrelo. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    In press
  5. "An Essential Guide to Occupational Exposure". In The Role of Biomarkers in the Assessment of Potential Health Risks of Wildland Firefighters Occupational Exposure: An Overview, edited by Marta Madalena Marques de Oliveira; Simone Barreira Morais; Francisca Pinto Lisboa Martins Rodrigues. Nova Science Publishers, 2022.
    10.52305/vgmc6738
  6. Slezakova, K.; Esteves, F.; Vaz, J.; Alves, M. J.; Madureira, J.; Costa, S.; Fernandes, A.; et al. "Occupational Exposure of Firefighters in Non-fire Settings". In Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health IV, 79-88. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-12547-8_7
  7. Esteves F.; Filipa Esteves; Joana Madureira; João Paulo Teixeira; Solange Costa. "The firefighters on the frontline of forest fires – preliminary characterization of Bio4FOX study population". 1330-1334. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2022.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_201
Conference abstract
  1. Barros, B.; Oliveira, M.; Paiva, M.; Fernandes, A.; Alves, S.; Vaz, J.; Esteves, F.; et al. "Urinary biomonitoring in firefighters: baseline data of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons metabolites". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring in Occupational and Environmental Health, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  2. Esteves, F.. "(Bio)monitoring Wildland Firefighters’ Occupational Exposure". 2021.
    10.1016/s0378-4274(21)00229-0
  3. Teixeira-Gomes, A.; Lage, B.; Silva, S.; Esteves, F.; Carvalho, J.; Valdiglesias, V.; Teixeira, J.P.; Costa, S.. "Life-course exposure and physical activity impact on genomic biomarkers of a group of older adults". 2018.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.799
  4. Silva, A.I.; Madureira, J.; Reis, A.T.; Lage, B.; Esteves, F.C.; Barbosa Júnior, F.; Teixeira, J.P.; Costa, C.. "NEOGENE Project – Task I: Characterization of in utero exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: using cotinine as a biomarker". 2018.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.567
  5. Esteves, F.C.; Amaro, A.; Silva, S.; Costa, C.; Costa, S.; Teixeira, J.P.. "Human exposure to disinfection by-products in indoor swimming pools - looking at the genotoxic effects". Paper presented in 54th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology, brussels, 2018.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.807
  6. Amaro, R.D.N.; Esteves, F.C.; Silva, S.; Costa, C.; Costa, S.; Teixeira, J.P.. "Genetic damage in young swimmers exposed to pool disinfection by-products". Paper presented in Toxicology Letters, 2018.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.808
  7. Esteves, F.. "Life-course exposure and frailty syndrome in older adults". Paper presented in 2nd International DiMoPEx Conference “Pollution in living and working environments and health”, 2018.
    Published
  8. Esteves, F.. "Optimizing Urine derived cells staining for the Human Micronucleus Assay.". Paper presented in 2nd International DiMoPEx Conference “Pollution in living and working environments and health”, 2018.
    Published
  9. Esteves, F.. "Genetic effects of in utero exposure to tobbaco smoke – the neoGENE project.". 2017.
    Published • 10.5696/2156-9614.8.17.1
Conference paper
  1. Costa, C.; Assunção, R.; Sequeira, D.; Esteves, F.; Teixeira, J.P.; Madureira, J.. "Risk, Burden of Bladder Cancer and THMs Exposure from Water Disinfection in Indoor Swimming Pools". 2022.
Conference poster
  1. Esteves, F.. "Genotoxicity of trihalomethanes present in indoor swimming pools: a population targeted analysis". Paper presented in 47th EEMGS, 2019.
  2. Esteves, F.. "DNA Damage in Indoor Swimming Pools Users Analysed by Comet Assay". Paper presented in SOT 58th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, 2019.
  3. Esteves, F.. "Searching for biomarkers and risk factors of frailty in older adults - preliminary results from the BioFrail study". Paper presented in International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research, 2019.
  4. Esteves, F.. "Exploring Frailty-Related Biomarkers and Potential Risk Factors.". 2019.
  5. Esteves, F.. "The importance of comet assay data normalization for biomonitoring studies outcomes.". Paper presented in 4rd International Conference Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, 2018.
  6. Esteves, F.. "In utero exposure to environmental and maternal lifestyle risk factors and DNA damage – preliminary data from the Neogene project". Paper presented in 46th European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society, 2018.
  7. Esteves, F.. "DNA damage in an age-related syndrome and impact of lifestyle factors - preliminary results from the BioFrail study". Paper presented in 46th European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society, 2018.
  8. Esteves, F.. "Optimizing Urine derived cells staining for the Human Micronucleus Assay". Paper presented in 46th European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society. Potsdam., 2018.
  9. Esteves, F.. "Genetic damage in young swimmers exposed to pool disinfection by-products.". 2018.
  10. Esteves, F.. "Human exposure to disinfection by-products in indoor swimming pools - looking at the genotoxic effects.". 2018.
  11. Esteves, F.. "The effect of demographic and lifestyle factors on DNA damage among swimming pool users". 2018.
  12. Esteves, F.. "Genetic effects of in utero exposure to tobbaco smoke – the neoGENE project". Paper presented in 2nd International DiMoPEx Conference “Pollution in living and working environments and health”, 2017.
  13. Esteves, F.. "Optimizing Urine derived cells staining for the Human Micronucleus Assay.". 2017.
  14. Esteves, F.. "Assessment of DNA damage in a group of professional dancers during a 10-month dancing season.". 2017.
  15. Esteves, F.. "Life-course exposure and frailty syndrome in older adults". Paper presented in 2nd International DiMoPEx Conference “Pollution in living and working environments and health”, 2017.
  16. Esteves, F.. "Assessment of DNA Damage on a Group of Professional Dancers". 2016.
  17. Esteves, F.; Carlos Carvalhais. "Exposição ocupacional a agentes químicos em cabeleireiros: prevalência sintomatológica". Paper presented in . I Jornadas de Saúde Ocupacional, 2014.
Journal article
  1. Paiva, Ana Margarida; Barros, Bela; Azevedo, Rui; Oliveira, Marta; Alves, Sara; Esteves, F.; Fernandes, Adília; et al. Corresponding author: Morais, Simone. "Biomonitoring of firefighters' exposure to priority pollutant metal(loid)s during wildland fire combat missions: Impact on urinary levels and health risks". Science of The Total Environment (2024): 176105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176105.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176105
  2. Sara Brás Alves; Francisca Silva; Esteves F.; Solange Costa; Klara Slezakova; Maria José Alves; Maria do Carmo Pereira; et al. "The Impact of Sleep on Haematological Parameters in Firefighters". Clocks & Sleep (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/6/3/21.
    10.3390/clockssleep6030021
  3. Bela Barros; Ana Margarida Paiva; Marta Oliveira; Sara Alves; Filipa Esteves; Adília Fernandes; Josiana Vaz; et al. "Baseline data and associations between urinary biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, blood pressure, hemogram, and lifestyle among wildland firefighters". Frontiers in Public Health (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1338435.
    10.3389/fpubh.2024.1338435
  4. Esteves F.; Klara Slezakova; Joana Madureira; Josiana Adelaide Vaz; Adília Fernandes; Simone Morais; Maria do Carmo Pereira; Joao Teixeira; Solange Costa. "Firefighters’ Occupational Exposure in Preparation for Wildfire Season: Addressing Biological Impact". Toxics (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics12030201.
    10.3390/toxics12030201
  5. Paiva, Ana Margarida; Barros, Bela; Oliveira, Marta; Alves, Sara; Esteves, F.; Fernandes, Adília; Vaz, Josiana; et al. "Biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure and short-time health effects in wildland firefighters during real-life fire events". Science of The Total Environment (2024): 171801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171801.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171801
  6. F. Esteves; K. Slezakova; J. Madureira; J. Vaz; A. Fernandes; M. Carmo; S. Morais; J. P. Teixeira; S. Costa. "Fighting occupational risks among Portuguese wildland firefighters: looking at cytogenetic effects". Scientific Letters (2023): Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (20-Vol. 1 No. Sup 1 (20. https://publicacoes.cespu.pt/index.php/sl/article/view/56.
    10.48797/SL.2023.56
  7. Esteves F.. "SOC-II-06 Exploring the occupational exposure of wildland firefighting – preliminary data". Toxicology Letters 368 (2022): S33-S34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.07.109.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.07.109
  8. Costa, Carla; Assunção, Ricardo; Sequeira, Diana; Esteves, Filipa; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Laffon, Blanca; Teixeira, João Paulo; Madureira, Joana. "From trihalomethanes chronic daily intake through multiple exposure routes to cancer and non-cancer health risk assessment: Evidence from public Portuguese indoor swimming pools facilities using a probabilistic approach". Science of The Total Environment 818 (2022): 151790. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151790.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151790
  9. Esteves, F.; Madureira, J.; Teixeira, J.P.; Costa, S.. Corresponding author: Esteves, F.. "(Bio)monitoring Wildland Firefighters’ Occupational Exposure". Toxicology Letters 350 (2021): 5-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0378-4274(21)00228-9.
    10.1016/s0378-4274(21)00228-9
  10. Esteves, F.. "Exploring early detection of frailty syndrome in older adults: evaluation of biomarkers, clinical parameters and modifiable risk factors.". The Journal of Frailty & Aging (2021): 1-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2021.34.
    Published • 10.14283/jfa.2021.34
  11. Esteves, F.. "The importance of socioeconomic position in smoking, cessation and environmental tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72298-8.
    10.1038/s41598-020-72298-8
  12. Teixeira-Gomes, Armanda; Lage, Bruna; Esteves, Filipa; Sousa, Ana Catarina; Pastorinho, M. Ramiro; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Costa, Solange; Laffon, Blanca; Teixeira, João Paulo. "Frailty syndrome, biomarkers and environmental factors – A pilot study". Toxicology Letters 330 (2020): 14-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.04.023.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.04.023
  13. Esteves, Filipa; Amaro, Raquel; Silva, Susana; Sánchez-Flores, María; Teixeira, João Paulo; Costa, Carla. "The impact of comet assay data normalization in human biomonitoring studies outcomes". Toxicology Letters (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.06.024.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.06.024
  14. Esteves, Filipa; Teixeira, Eduardo; Amorim, Tânia; Costa, Carla; Pereira, Cristiana; Fraga, Sónia; De Andrade, Vanessa Moraes; Teixeira, João Paulo; Costa, Solange. "Assessment of DNA damage in a group of professional dancers during a 10-month dancing season". Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 80 13-15 (2017): 797-804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2017.1331599.
    10.1080/15287394.2017.1331599
Newsletter article
  1. Esteves F.; Eduardo Teixeira; Tânia Amorim; Carla Costa; Joana Madureira; João Paulo Teixeira; Solange Costa. "Can intensive physical exercise increase DNA oxidative damage among professional dancers?", 2022, http://repositorio.insa.pt/bitstream/10400.18/8394/3/Boletim_Epidemiologico_Observacoes_NEspecia14-2022_artigo9.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Esteves, F.. "Assessment of DNA damage in a group of professional dancers during a 10-month dancing season". Master, 2016.
  2. Esteves, F.. "Occupational chemical exposure among hairdressers: symptomatic perception". Degree, 2014.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/03 The health impact of exposure to disinfection by products in indoor swimming pools – looking at immunological biomarkers - Co-authored 38th International Winter-Workshop Clinical, Chemical and Biochemical Aspects of Pteridines and Related Topics
(Porto, Portugal)
2019 NEOGENE project: DNA damage in umbilical cord blood after in utero exposure to tobacco smoke - Co-authored International Comet Assay Workshop (ICAW)
2019 Trihalomethanes exposure in indoor swimming pools users and DNA damage - Co-authored International Comet Assay Workshop (ICAW)
2019 In utero exposure: using umbilical cord blood and placental tissue to assess DNA damage (NEOGENE project) - Co-authored 10th International Congress of the Turkish Society of Toxicology
(ANTALYA, Turkey)
2019 Exposure to water disinfection by-products in indoor swimming pools and biomarkers of genotoxicity – the SWAN study - Co-authored 19 th All India Congress of Genetics and Genomics & International Special Symposium on “Air Pollution and Its Impact on Human Health”
(CALCUTA, India)
2019 Exploring frailty-related biomarkers and potential influence of environmental factors – preliminary results - Co-authored 2nd Meeting of the PhD in Biomedical Sciences
(Porto, Portugal)
2018 Tobaco smoke exposure among pregnant women: urinary cotinine as storytelling - Co-authored 4rd International Conference Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
(Porto, Portugal)
2018 Relationship between frailty syndrome, biomarkers and environmental factors – a pilot study - Co-authored 4rd International Conference Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
(Porto, Portugal)

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019/07/15 - 2019/07/19 Junior University – EPIUnit, Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto
Member
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology
Member
 Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2016/06/21 - 2016/06/23 3rd International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology
Member
 Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2014/06/24 - 2014/06/26 International Congress on Environmental Health
Member
 Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best Oral Presentation Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021 Training School Grant - COST Action Pro-EURO-DILI 4th Novel Challenges in Toxicology
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 Training school granted by Cost Action- Ecost – CA15132
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2017 Honorable Mention Award in "Dia Nacional do Jovem Investigador"
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2017 Conference granted by Cost Action – CA15129
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2017 Training school granted by Cost Action CA15129-090417-077987
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2016 Best Poster Presentation Award
Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom