Mariana Valente Farraia (A711-B03E-856A)

Curriculum Vitae

Mariana Valente Farraia

Mariana Farraia is graduated in Biomedical Sciences by the University of Aveiro (2016), and obtained a Master Degree in Biochemistry in the same university, with a thesis entitled "Use of an electronic nose to identify asthma in individuals with respiratory symptoms: from bench to bedside", carried out in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and the University Hospital Center of São João. By the end of 2018, she started her professional activity as a research fellow at the Public Health Institute of the University of Porto by integrating the project "ExPOSE: Establishing protocols to assess occupational exposure to microbiota in clinical settings", funded by FCT. In the next year, she joined the project "ArRiscO - Firefighters' occupational exposure to air pollution, impact on COPD and Asthma", at LEPABE, as a research fellow. In that year, she earned a FCT PhD scholarship and started the Doctoral Program in Public Health, in which she is currently developing activities in the field of allergic diseases and asthma, integrating the Epidemiology of Allergic Conditions Laboratory (ITR, Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health). Since 2019, she has contributed and published over 20 articles (as the 1st author or co-author) in scientific journals, and participated in different international congresses. She won the award for the best oral presentation at the EAACI Congress, in the session dedicated to "Biomarkers in Precision Medicine in Asthma", and the first award from the Portuguese Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SPAIC) and Roxall, received during the 42nd SPAIC Meeting, with the work entitled "Cost-effectiveness analysis of grass pollen-specific immunotherapy in children with allergic rhinitis compared to the standard of care symptomatic treatment, in Portugal".

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Mariana Valente Farraia

Citation names

Farraia, Mariana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A711-B03E-856A
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4959-0975

Email addresses

mariana.farraia@gmail.com (Professional)

Addresses

ISPUP - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto. Rua das Taipas nº135 , 4050-600 , Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Departamento de Patologia, Imunologia Básica e Clínica, piso 4, 4200-319, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4959-0975 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/09 - 2023 Ongoing	Public Health (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/07/25 Concluded	Biochemistry (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Use of an electronic nose to identify asthma in subjects with respiratory symptoms: from bench to bedside" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2013/09/01 - 2016/06/28 Concluded	Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) Major in Molecular Biomedicine Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/06/06 - 2019/08/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

2018/12/01 - 2019/04/15	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/09/01 - Current	PhD Candidate (FCT scholarship)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/06/06 - 2019/08/31	ArRiscO - Firefighters' occupational exposure to air pollution - impact on COPD and Asthma PCIF/SSO/0101/2017 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/12/01 - 2019/04/15	Establishing protocols to assess occupational exposure to microbiota in clinical settings EXPOSE 02/SAICT/2016 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/05/05 - 2022	An open labeled randomized controlled pragmatic trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Montelukast as add on treatment to the novel coronavirus pneumonia no ref Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/05/04 - 2021/12/31	AlergiaPT no ref Researcher Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal	Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
2017/09 - 2018/07	Health, comfort and energy in the built environment NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000010 Master Student Fellow

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Farraia, Mariana; Paciência, Inês; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel; Moreira, André; Cavaleiro Rufo, João. "Indoor Air Quality in Hospitals: How Is the Situation in Portugal?". In Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health, 303-311. Springer International Publishing, 2019. Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-14730-3_33
Journal article	Farraia, Mariana; Paciência, Inês; Castro Mendes, Francisca; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; H. Shamji, Mohamed; Agache, Ioana; Moreira, André. Corresponding author: Farraia, Mariana. "Cost-effectiveness analysis of house dust mite allergen immunotherapy in children with allergic asthma". Allergy 77 9 (2022): 2688-2698. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.15321. Published • 10.1111/all.15321 Farraia, Mariana; Paciência, Inês; Castro Mendes, Francisca; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Shamji, Mohamed; Agache, Ioana; Moreira, André. Corresponding author: Farraia, Mariana. "Allergen immunotherapy for asthma prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized controlled studies". Allergy 77 6 (2022): 1719-1735. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.15295. Published • 10.1111/all.15295 Moreira, André; Mendes, Francisca de Castro; Rama, Tiago; Mota, Diogo; Silva, Diana; Pádua, Inês; Abreu, Cristina; et al. "AlergiaPT: A Portuguese media campaign to inspire people with allergies to make a positive change in their life". Porto Biomedical Journal 7 1 (2022): e169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000169. Published • 10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000169 Farraia, M.; Paciência, I.; Castro Mendes, F.; Cavaleiro Rufo, J.; Delgado, L.; Moreira, A.. Corresponding author: Farraia, M.. "Cost-effectiveness analysis of grass pollen specific immunotherapy in children with allergic rhinitis compared to the standard of care symptomatic treatment in Portugal". European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology online fir (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.240. Accepted • 10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.240 Fonseca Gabriel, Marta; Paciência, Inês; Felgueiras, Fátima; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Castro Mendes, Francisca; Farraia, Mariana; Mourão, Zenaida; Moreira, André; de Oliveira Fernandes, Eduardo. "Environmental quality in primary schools and related health effects in children. An overview of assessments conducted in the Northern Portugal". Energy and Buildings 250 (2021): 111305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111305. Published • 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111305 Carolina Dinis; Mariana Farraia; Inês Paciência; Ana Ribeiro; André Moreira; Luís Delgado; João Rufo. "Associações entre a exposição a espaços verdes e o desenvolvimento de asma e doença alérgica em ambientes urbanos: Da coerência à controvérsia científica". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia (2021): https://doi.org/10.32932/rpia.2021.09.062. 10.32932/rpia.2021.09.062 Inês Paciência; João Cavaleiro Rufo; Mariana Farraia; Mariana Leal; André Moreira. "Exposure to indoor and airborne food allergens in commercial airplanes". Allergy (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/all.14813. 10.1111/all.14813 Francisca de Castro-Mendes; Pedro Cunha; Inês Paciência; João Cavaleiro Rufo; Mariana Farraia; Diana Silva; Patrícia Padrão; et al. "The Influence of Eating at Home on Dietary Diversity and Airway Inflammation in Portuguese School-Aged Children". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 5 (2021): 2646-2646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052646. 10.3390/ijerph18052646 Tavares, Margarida; Farraia, Mariana; Silva, Susana; Ribeiro, Ana Margarida; Severo, Milton; Paciência, Inês; Ribeiro, Raquel; et al. "Impact of montelukast as add on treatment to the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19): protocol for an investigator-initiated open labeled randomized controlled pragmatic trial". Porto Biomedical Journal 6 2 (2021): e134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000134. Open access • Published • 10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000134 Paciência, Inês; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Mendes, Francisca; Farraia, Mariana; Cunha, Pedro; Silva, Diana; Delgado, Luís; et al. "A cross-sectional study of the impact of school neighbourhood on children obesity and body composition". European Journal of Pediatrics 180 2 (2021): 535-545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-020-03798-y. 10.1007/s00431-020-03798-y de Castro Mendes, Francisca; Paciência, Inês; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Farraia, Mariana; Silva, Diana; Padrão, Patrícia; Delgado, Luís; et al. "Higher diversity of vegetable consumption is associated with less airway inflammation and prevalence of asthma in school-aged children". Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pai.13446. Published • 10.1111/pai.13446 Paciencia, I.; Cavaleiro Rufo, J.; Ribeiro, A.I.; Mendes, F.C.; Farraia, M.; Silva, D.; Delgado, L.; Moreira, A.. "Association between the density and type of trees around urban schools and exhaled nitric oxide levels in schoolchildren". European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 53 01 (2021): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.162. 10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.162 Leal, M; Paciência, I; Farraia, M; Cavaleiro Rufo, J; Castro Mendes, F; Delgado, L; Viegas, C; Moreira, A. "Airborne food and aeroallergens levels in healthcare settings. An unaccounted but potentially relevant source of exposure?". Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology 31 5 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.18176/jiaci.0623. Published • 10.18176/jiaci.0623 Farraia, Mariana; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Paciência, Inês; Castro Mendes, Francisca; Rodolfo, Ana; Rama, Tiago; Rocha, Sílvia M.; et al. "Human volatilome analysis using eNose to assess uncontrolled asthma in a clinical setting". Allergy 00 (2020): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.14207. Published • 10.1111/all.14207 Castro Mendes, Francisca; Paciência, Inês; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Silva, Diana; Cunha, Pedro; Farraia, Mariana; Delgado, Luís; et al. "The inflammatory potential of diet impacts the association between air pollution and childhood asthma". Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pai.13185. Published • 10.1111/pai.13185 Paciência, I; Cavaleiro Rufo, J; Silva, D; Mendes, F; Farraia, M; Delgado, L; Padrão, P; et al. "Effects of Indoor Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on Childhood Rhinitis". Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology 30 3 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.18176/jiaci.0471. Published • 10.18176/jiaci.0471 Mendes, Francisca Castro; Paciência, Inês; Ferreira, António Carlos; Martins, Carla; Rufo, João Cavaleiro; Silva, Diana; Cunha, Pedro; et al. "Development and validation of exhaled breath condensate microRNAs to identify and endotype asthma in children". PLOS ONE 14 11 (2019): e0224983. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224983. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0224983 de Castro Mendes, Francisca; Paciência, Inês; Rufo, João Cavaleiro; Silva, Diana; Cunha, Pedro; Farraia, Mariana; Delgado, Luís; Moreira, Pedro; Moreira, André. "Asthma and body mass definitions affect estimates of association: evidence from a community-based cross-sectional survey". ERJ Open Research 5 4 (2019): 00076-2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00076-2019. Published • 10.1183/23120541.00076-2019 Cunha, Pedro; Paciência, Inês; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Castro Mendes, Francisca; Farraia, Mariana; Barros, Renata; Silva, Diana; et al. "Dietary Acid Load: A Novel Nutritional Target in Overweight/Obese Children with Asthma?". Nutrients 11 9 (2019): 2255. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11092255. Published • 10.3390/nu11092255 Farraia, M.; Cavaleiro Rufo, J.; Paciência, I.; Castro Mendes, F.; Delgado, L.; Laerte Boechat, J.; Moreira, A.. "Metabolic interactions in asthma". European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 51 05 (2019): 196. http://dx.doi.org/10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.101. Published • 10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.101 Farraia, Mariana Valente; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Paciência, Inês; Mendes, Francisca; Delgado, Luís; Moreira, André. "The electronic nose technology in clinical diagnosis: A systematic review". Porto Biomedical Journal 4 4 (2019): e42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000042. Open access • Published • 10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000042 Paciência, Inês; Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Silva, Diana; Martins, Carla; Mendes, Francisca; Farraia, Mariana; Delgado, Luís; et al. "Exposure to indoor endocrine-disrupting chemicals and childhood asthma and obesity". Allergy 00 (2019): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.13740. Published • 10.1111/all.13740 Cavaleiro Rufo, João; Paciência, Inês; Mendes, Francisca Castro; Farraia, Mariana; Rodolfo, Ana; Silva, Diana; de Oliveira Fernandes, Eduardo; Delgado, Luís; Moreira, André. "Exhaled breath condensate volatilome allows sensitive diagnosis of persistent asthma". Allergy 74 3 (2018): 527-534. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.13596. Open access • Published • 10.1111/all.13596
Thesis / Dissertation	Farraia, Mariana. "Use of an electronic nose to identify asthma in subjects with respiratory symptoms: from bench to bedside". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/24473.

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020 - 2021/06	Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) correlates with eosinophil cell counts in the induced sputum of elite swimmers Co-supervisor	Medicine (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022/04/29 - 2022/07/04	Specialization Course in "Health Economics & Real World Evidence" (48h), 3rd edition, issued by Invictus Science. Other	Invictus Science, Portugal
2022/07/01 - 2022/07/03	Flash Talk presentation (speaker) of the abstract "Childhood grass pollen-related allergen components sensitization does not increase asthma risk at age of 10: evidence from the Generation XXI birth cohort". Congress	EAACI Hybrid Congress 2022, Prague. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2021/07/10 - 2021/07/12	Poster presentation (speaker) of the abstract "Early efficacy results of montelukast as add on treatment of hospitalized patient with COVID-19 pneumonia: an investigator-initiated open labelled randomized controlled ongoing clinical trial." Congress	EAACI Hybrid Congress 2021. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2021/01 - 2021/01	E-learning Courses Cycle "ICH Good Clinical Practice E6 (R2)"; "Introduction to Data Management for Clinical Research Studies" and "Introduction to Collecting and Reporting Adverse Events in Clinical Research" promoted by The Global Health Network Other	The Global Health Network
2020/10 - 2020/12	"Writing in Sciences" an online non-credit course authorized by Stanford University and offered through Coursera Other	Coursera
2020/08 - 2020/10	Online Training Course on "CLINICAL INVESTIGATOR CERTIFICATION - LEVEL 1" with the duration of 16 hours and final classification of 84%. Other	Universidade de Aveiro Associação para a Formação Profissional e Investigação, Portugal
2020/09/16 - 2020/09/16	GCxGC Virtual Symposium & Workshop - Metabolomics Session Symposium	GCxGC Virtual Symposium & Workshop
2020/06/06 - 2020/06/08	Poster presentation (speaker) of the abstract "Volatilome analysis to identify subjects with asthma in need of therapy optimization". Congress	EAACI Digital Congress 2020 European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2020/04/13 - 2020/04/13	Online Session of "Pharmacovigilance - Basic Concepts" promoted by W4Research. Other	"Farmacovigilância - Noções Gerais"
2019/06/01 - 2019/06/05	Oral presentation (speaker) of the abstract "Human Volatilome Analysis using eNose to Assess Uncontrolled Asthma in a Clinical Setting". Congress	EAACI Congress 2019, Lisbon European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2019/04/16 - 2019/04/17	Oral presentation (speaker) of the abstract "Indoor Air Quality in Hospitals: How is the situation in Portugal?". Conference	International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, Guimarães Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene, Portugal
2019/02/15 - 2019/02/16	Participation at "Initial Career Course: Clinical Research associate in Clinical Trials", promoted by NowScience at Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Workshop	CIC - Monitor de Ensaios Clínicos (Initial Career Course – Clinical Research associate in Clinical Trials) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/01/25 - 2019/01/28	Oral presentation (speaker) of the abstract "Human Volatilome Analysis using eNose to Assess Uncontrolled Asthma in a Clinical Setting". Conference	7th EAACI Immunology Winter School - Basic Immunology Research in Allergy and Clinical Immunology European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2018/11/08 - 2018/11/10	Oral presentation (speaker) of the abstract "Human Volatilome Analysis using eNose to assess asthma in clinical setting". Congress	ISAF 2018 - International Severe Asthma Forum European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2016/02/01 - 2016/10/13	Participation at Angelini University Award! with the project: "Management of Resources in Palliative Care - Idealization of a Pilot Platform"; promoted by Angelini Pharmaceutics. The project was selected as a one of the fifteen semi-finalists to be presented in Lisbon, at the final Ceremony. Other	Angelini University Award! 2016 Morada Angelini Farmacêutica Lda, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2018/08/10 - Current	European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology	Junior Member Associate
2013/10 - 2018/10	Associação Juvenil de Ciência (Youth Science Association)	President of the National Board (oct 2015 - oct2017) and Vowel of the National Board (oct 2013 - oct 2015). Volunteer.

Distinctions

Award

2022	Best presentation in the session "FT 7 - Flash talks on molecular allergology", at EAACI Hybrid Congress 2022., Prague European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2021	1st prize from SPAIC-ROXALL 2021 Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica, Portugal
2019	Best Oral Presentation Prize in the Oral Abstract Session "Biomarkers in precision medicine in asthma" at EAACI Congress 2019, Lisbon. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2018	Prémio SPAIC - ASTRAZENECA 2018 AstraZeneca Produtos Farmacêuticos Lda, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica, Portugal

Other distinction

2022	Congress grant to attend EAACI Hybrid Congress 2022 in Prague. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2019	Travel grant to attend 17th EAACI Immunology Winter School 2019, in Trysil. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2019	PhD Research Grant, Ref.: SFRH/BD/145168/2019 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018	Travel Grant to attend the ISAF (International Severe Asthma Forum) 2018, in Madrid European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland