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BALTASAR EMANUEL GUERREIRO NUNES BRAVO NUNES. Completed the PhD in Statistics and Operational Research in 2012 by University de Lisboa, an MSc in Probabilities and Statistics in 2003 by University de Lisboa Faculty of Sciences and a degree in Statistics and Operational Research in 1997 by University de Lisboa Faculty of Sciences. He has developed in the areas of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health since 1997. During this period he worked in a very wide span of sub-areas including injuries prevention, infectious diseases, environmental health and non-communicable diseases. He has also contributed to the development of epidemiological surveillance of injuries and accidents, extreme heat and cold warning systems, influenza and COVID-19 more recently. The implementation of national health surveys, health surveys with physical examination and national serological surveys for vaccine preventable diseases, influenza and COVID-19. The development of epidemiological studies to measure the effectiveness and impact of non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical interventions (more specifically vaccines). Finally the application of mathematical modelling to build future epidemiological scenarios and the effect of possible interventions for pandemic influenza and COVID-19, perform risk assessment in the context of exposure to mycotoxins and in residual infectious risk in the context of blood donations. Actually he is an Assistant Researcher in Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP and heads the Epidemiological Research Unit of the Department of Epidemiology of INSA, IP. He olds an Invited Assistant Professor position in the National School of Public Health NOVA Lisbon University. Published 134 articles in journals. Has 2 book(s). Supervised 4 PhD thesis(es). Supervised 7 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 4 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 11 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences with emphasis on Epidemiology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
BALTASAR EMANUEL GUERREIRO NUNES BRAVO NUNES

Citation names

  • Nunes, Baltazar

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AB11-AD48-A8DF
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6230-7209

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012
Concluded
 Estatística e Investigação Operacional (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Probabilidades e Estatística
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Statistical methods for modeling and nowcasting the impacts of influenza epidemics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1998 - 2003
Concluded
 Mestrado em Probabilidade e Estatística (Mestrado)
Major in Matemática Aplicada
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Métodos de Máxima Verosimilhança para a detecção de Evolução Molecular Adaptativa" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1991 - 1997
Concluded
 Estatística e Investigação Operacional (Licenciatura)
Major in Matemática Aplicada
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Modelação estocástica da mortalidade em Portugal 1980 a 1995" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/06/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/10/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1997 - 2012 Biostatistician Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/05 - 2015/05 Exploring the toxic effects of mixtures of mycotoxins in infant food and potential health impact
124803
Provided by PTCRIS: 124803
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2014/03 - 2015/02 Modeling and forecasting the effect of extreme cold in the population health: the basis for the development of a real-time warning system
Provided by PTCRIS: 134398
134398
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2011/04 - 2014/12 Q fever - from diagnosis to eco-epidemiological investigation of Coxiella burnetii in the context of human infection
115266
Provided by PTCRIS: 115266
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2011/03 - 2014/08 Aging and violence
Provided by PTCRIS: 110311
110311
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2009/01 - 2012/12 Food intake, hyperhomocysteinaemia and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients
82957
Provided by PTCRIS: 82957
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2009/01 - 2012/06 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF VASO-OCCLUSION EARLY PREDICTORS IN A MENDELIAN MODEL OF VASCULAR DISEASE
Provided by PTCRIS: 83084
83084
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31 RELIABLE - Painel de aviso do risco dos ocupantes de edifícios durante eventos climáticos extremos
DSAIPA/DS/0111/2019
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos em Inovação Tecnologia e Políticas de Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - 2022 I-MOVE-COVID19: Advancing knowledge for the clinical and public health response to the novel coronavirus epidemic
101003673
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Exposição precoce a MICOtoxinas e potencial impacto na saúde
PTDC/MED-TOX/28762/2017
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo IP, Portugal

Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - 2021 Projeção do Impacte das medidas Não-farmacológicas de Controlo e mitigação da epidemia de COVID-19 em Tempo ReaL (COVID-19 in-CTRL)
682
Principal investigator
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2018 I-MOVE+ (Integrated Monitoring of Vaccines in Europe)
634446
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2013 - 2017 First Portuguese Health Examination Survey (2015)
reference 000039_PDP
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Baltazar Nunes; Carlos Matias Dias. "Incerteza em Tempo de Pandemia por SARS-CoV-2: O Papel da Investigação Epidemiológica". Medicina Interna (2021): https://doi.org/10.24950/rspmi/COVID19/B.Nunes/C.M.Dias/S/2020.
    10.24950/rspmi/COVID19/B.Nunes/C.M.Dias/S/2020
  2. Vânia Gaio; Rita Roquette; Alexandra Monteiro; Joana Ferreira; Diogo Lopes; Carlos Matias Dias; Baltazar Nunes. "PM10 exposure interacts with abdominal obesity to increase blood triglycerides: a cross-sectional linkage study". European Journal of Public Health (2021): https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab190.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckab190
  3. Baltazar Nunes; Ana Paula Rodrigues; Irina Kislaya; Camila Cruz; André Peralta-Santos; João Lima; Pedro Pinto Leite; et al. "mRNA vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-related hospitalisations and deaths in older adults: a cohort study based on data linkage of national health registries in Portugal, February to August 2021". Eurosurveillance (2021): https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.38.2100833.
    10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.38.2100833
  4. Constantino Caetano; Maria Luísa Morgado; Paula Patrício; João F. Pereira; Baltazar Nunes. "Mathematical Modelling of the Impact of Non-Pharmacological Strategies to Control the COVID-19 Epidemic in Portugal". Mathematics 9 10 (2021): 1084-1084. https://doi.org/10.3390/math9101084.
    10.3390/math9101084
  5. Péres, W.E.; Ribeiro, A.F.S.; Russo, A.; Nunes, B.. "The association between air temperature and mortality in two Brazilian health regions". Climate 8 1 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85078857823&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/cli8010016
  6. Geirinhas, J.L.; Russo, A.; Libonati, R.; Trigo, R.M.; Castro, L.C.O.; Peres, L.F.; Magalhães, M.A.F.M.; Nunes, B.. "Heat-related mortality at the beginning of the twenty-first century in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". International Journal of Biometeorology (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85084090200&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00484-020-01908-x
  7. Péres, W.E.; Ribeiro, A.F.S.; Russo, A.; Nunes, B.. "Correction: The association between air temperature and mortality in two brazilian health regions. [Climate, (2020), 8, 1 doi:10.3390/cli8010016]". Climate 8 2 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85080946471&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/cli8020032
  8. Ana João Santos; Baltazar Nunes; Irina Kislaya; Ana Paula Gil; Oscar Ribeiro. "Elder abuse victimization patterns: latent class analysis using perpetrators and abusive behaviours". BMC Geriatrics (2019): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1111-5.
    10.1186/s12877-019-1111-5
  9. Guilherme Quinaz Romana; Irina Kislaya; Susana Cunha Gonçalves; Mário Rui Salvador; Baltazar Nunes; Carlos Matias Dias. "Healthcare use in patients with multimorbidity". European Journal of Public Health (2019): https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz118.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckz118
  10. Irina Kislaya; Julian Perelman; Hanna Tolonen; Baltazar Nunes. "Do self-reported data accurately measure health inequalities in risk factors for cardiovascular disease?". International Journal of Public Health 64 5 (2019): 721-729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01232-1.
    10.1007/s00038-019-01232-1
  11. Daniel Pinto; Ana Paula Rodrigues; Baltazar Nunes. "Initial Therapeutic Choices for Type 2 Diabetes in the Portuguese Sentinel Practice Network". Acta Médica Portuguesa (2019): https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.10414.
    10.20344/amp.10414
  12. Ana João Santos; Baltazar Nunes; Irina Kislaya; Ana Paula Gil; Oscar Ribeiro. "Older adults' emotional reactions to elder abuse: Individual and victimisation determinants". Health & Social Care in the Community 27 3 (2019): 609-620. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12673.
    10.1111/hsc.12673
  13. Irina Kislaya; Hanna Tolonen; Ana Paula Rodrigues; Marta Barreto; Ana Paula Gil; Vânia Gaio; Sónia Namorado; et al. "Differential self-report error by socioeconomic status in hypertension and hypercholesterolemia: INSEF 2015 study". European Journal of Public Health 29 2 (2019): 273-278. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky228.
    10.1093/eurpub/cky228
  14. Kislaya, I.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Sousa-Uva, M.; Gómez, V.; Gonçalves, P.; Froes, F.; Nunes, B.. "Indirect effect of 7-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccines on pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizations in elderly". PLoS ONE 14 1 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85060110285&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0209428
  15. Liu, C.; Chen, R.; Sera, F.; Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M.; Guo, Y.; Tong, S.; Coelho, M.S.Z.S.; et al. "Ambient particulate air pollution and daily mortality in 652 cities". New England Journal of Medicine 381 8 (2019): 705-715. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071318200&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1056/NEJMoa1817364
  16. Quinaz Romana, G.; Kislaya, I.; Salvador, M.R.; Cunha Gonçalves, S.; Nunes, B.; Dias, C.. "Multimorbidity in Portugal: Results from the first national health examination survey,Multimorbilidade em Portugal: Dados do primeiro inquérito nacional de saúde com exame físico". Acta Medica Portuguesa 32 1 (2019): 30-37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061478256&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.20344/amp.11227
  17. Lee, J.Y.; Kim, H.; Gasparrini, A.; Armstrong, B.; Bell, M.L.; Sera, F.; Lavigne, E.; et al. "Predicted temperature-increase-induced global health burden and its regional variability". Environment International 131 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069691979&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envint.2019.105027
  18. Santos, J.; Antunes, L.; Namorado, S.; Kislaya, I.; João Santos, A.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Braz, P.; et al. "Oral hygiene habits in Portugal: results from the first Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015)". Acta Odontologica Scandinavica 77 5 (2019): 334-339. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061023720&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/00016357.2018.1564839
  19. Teixeira-Lopes, F.; Cysneiros, A.; Dias, A.; Durão, V.; Costa, C.; Paula, F.; Serrado, M.; et al. "Intra-hospital mortality for community-acquired pneumonia in mainland Portugal between 2000 and 2009". Pulmonology 25 2 (2019): 66-70. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050502656&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pulmoe.2018.06.004
  20. Péres, W.E.; Russo, A.; Nunes, B.. "The association between hydro-meteorological events and leptospirosis hospitalizations in Santa Catarina, Brazil". Water (Switzerland) 11 5 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85066300599&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/w11051052
  21. Gaio, V.; Roquette, R.; Dias, C.M.; Nunes, B.. "Ambient air pollution and lipid profile: Systematic review and meta-analysis". Environmental Pollution 254 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071078514&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113036
  22. Lytras, T.; Gkolfinopoulou, K.; Bonovas, S.; Nunes, B.. "FluHMM: A simple and flexible Bayesian algorithm for sentinel influenza surveillance and outbreak detection". Statistical Methods in Medical Research 28 6 (2019): 1826-1840. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048071014&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/0962280218776685
  23. Roquette, R.; Painho, M.; Nunes, B.. "Geographical patterns of the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in mainland Portugal municipalities (2007-2011)". BMC Cancer 19 1 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85066921126&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12885-019-5719-9
  24. MacHado, A.; Kislaya, I.; Larrauri, A.; Matias Dias, C.; Nunes, B.. "Impact of national influenza vaccination strategy in severe influenza outcomes among the high-risk Portuguese population". BMC Public Health 19 1 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85076680558&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12889-019-7958-8
  25. Leite, A.; Machado, A.; Pinto, S.; Nunes, B.; Matias Dias, C.. "Daily tobacco consumption and associated socioeconomic factors in the Portuguese population: National Health Interview Survey data 1987-2014,Consumo diário de tabaco e fatores socioeconómicos na população portuguesa: dados dos Inquéritos Nacionais de Saúde 1987–2014". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 38 8 (2019): 583-593. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074500915&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.repc.2019.02.010
  26. Santos, A.J.; Nunes, B.; Kislaya, I.; Gil, A.P.; Ribeiro, O.. "Validation study of a reduced version of the geriatric depression scale in Portugal,Estudo de validação em Portugal de uma versão reduzida da escala de depressão geriátrica". Analise Psicologica 37 3 (2019): 405-415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85073278148&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.14417/ap.1505
  27. Salvador, M.R.; Cunha Gonçalves, S.; Quinaz Romana, G.; Nunes, B.; Kislaya, I.; Matias Dias, C.; Rodrigues, A.P.. "Effect of lifestyle on blood pressure in patients under antihypertensive medication: An analysis from the Portuguese Health Examination Survey,Efeito do estilo de vida na pressão arterial em indivíduos sob medicação anti-hipertensiva: uma análise do Inquérito Nacional de Saúde com Exame Físico". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 38 10 (2019): 697-705. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077932232&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.repc.2018.12.006
  28. Machado, A.; Mazagatos, C.; Dijkstra, F.; Kislaya, I.; Gherasim, A.; McDonald, S.A.; Kissling, E.; et al. "Impact of influenza vaccination programmes among the elderly population on primary care, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands: 2015/16 to 2017/18 influenza seasons". Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 24 45 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074909302&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.45.1900268
  29. Kissling, E.; Pozo, F.; Buda, S.; Vilcu, A.-M.; Gherasim, A.; Brytting, M.; Domegan, L.; et al. "Low 2018/19 vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H3N2) among 15–64-year-olds in Europe: Exploration by birth cohort". Eurosurveillance 24 48 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85076016336&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.48.1900604
  30. Barreto, M.; Kislaya, I.; Santos, A.J.; Namorado, S.; Santos, J.; Nunes, B.; Dias, C.M.. "Sun exposure and sun protective behaviours in Portugal: results from the first National Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015)". Journal of Public Health (Germany) (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85073828148&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10389-019-01133-w
  31. Rodrigues, A.P.; Gaio, V.; Kislaya, I.; Graff-Iversen, S.; Cordeiro, E.; Silva, A.C.; Namorado, S.; et al. "Sociodemographic disparities in hypertension prevalence: Results from the first Portuguese National Health Examination Survey,Disparidades sociodemográficas da prevalência de hipertensão: resultados do primeiro Portuguese Health Examination Survey". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 38 8 (2019): 547-555. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85074963605&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.repc.2018.10.012
  32. Baltazar Nunes; Susana Silva; Ana Rodrigues; Rita Roquette; Inês Batista; Helena Rebelo-de-Andrade. "The 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic in Portugal: A Regional Analysis of Death Impact". American Journal of Epidemiology 187 12 (2018): 2541-2549. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwy164.
    10.1093/aje/kwy164
  33. Baltazar Nunes; Marta Barreto; Ana P Gil; Irina Kislaya; Sónia Namorado; Liliana Antunes; Vânia Gaio; et al. "The first Portuguese National Health Examination Survey (2015): design, planning and implementation". Journal of Public Health (2018): https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy150.
    10.1093/pubmed/fdy150
  34. Marta Valenciano; Esther Kissling; Amparo Larrauri; Baltazar Nunes; Daniela Pitigoi; Joan O'Donnell; Annicka Reuss; et al. "Exploring the effect of previous inactivated influenza vaccination on seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically attended influenza: Results of the European I-MOVE multicentre test-negative case-control study, 2011/2012-2016/2017". Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (2018): https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12562.
    10.1111/irv.12562
  35. Emanuel Rodrigues; Ausenda Machado; Susana Silva; Baltazar Nunes. "Excess pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations associated with influenza epidemics in Portugal from season 1998/1999 to 2014/2015". Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 12 1 (2018): 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12501.
    10.1111/irv.12501
  36. Machado, A.; Kislaya, I.; Santos, A.J.; Gaio, V.; Gil, A.P.; Barreto, M.; Namorado, S.; et al. "Factors associated to repeated influenza vaccination in the Portuguese adults with chronic conditions". Vaccine 36 35 (2018): 5265-5272. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050273706&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.041
  37. Páscoa, R.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Silva, S.; Nunes, B.; Martins, C.. "Comparison between influenza coded primary care consultations and national influenza incidence obtained by the general practitioners sentinel network in Portugal from 2012 to 2017". PLoS ONE 13 2 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042051957&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0192681
  38. Gaio, V.; Antunes, L.; Namorado, S.; Barreto, M.; Gil, A.; Kyslaya, I.; Rodrigues, A.P.; et al. "Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portugal: Results from the First Portuguese Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015)". Obesity Research and Clinical Practice 12 1 (2018): 40-50. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029234206&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.orcp.2017.08.002
  39. Assunção, R.; Martins, C.; Vasco, E.; Jager, A.; Oliveira, C.; Cunha, S.C.; Fernandes, J.O.; et al. "Portuguese children dietary exposure to multiple mycotoxins – An overview of risk assessment under MYCOMIX project". Food and Chemical Toxicology 118 (2018): 399-408. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047399093&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fct.2018.05.040
  40. Machado, A.; Kislaya, I.; Nunes, B.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Guiomar, R.. "Moderate influenza vaccine effectiveness in a B mismatch season: Preliminary results from the 2017/2018 season in Portugal". Pulmonology 24 4 (2018): 260-262. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049927763&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pulmoe.2018.05.004
  41. Rondy, M.; Kissling, E.; Emborg, H.-D.; Gherasim, A.; Pebody, R.; Trebbien, R.; Pozo, F.; et al. "Interim 2017/18 influenza seasonal vaccine effectiveness: Combined results from five European studies". Eurosurveillance 23 9 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85043760710&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.9.18-00086
  42. Roquette, R.; Nunes, B.; Painho, M.. "The relevance of spatial aggregation level and of applied methods in the analysis of geographical distribution of cancer mortality in mainland Portugal (2009-2013)". Population Health Metrics 16 1 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044511131&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12963-018-0164-6
  43. Iuliano, A.D.; Roguski, K.M.; Chang, H.H.; Muscatello, D.J.; Palekar, R.; Tempia, S.; Cohen, C.; et al. "Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study". The Lancet 391 10127 (2018): 1285-1300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85039048596&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33293-2
  44. De Sousa, P.F.; Julião, M.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Nunes, B.. "Accuracy of the Surprise Question on Patients with Advanced Chronic Disease in the Primary Care Setting: Preliminary Results". Journal of Palliative Medicine 21 4 (2018): 410-411. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044972175&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/jpm.2017.0624
  45. David, S.; Correia, V.; Antunes, L.; Faria, R.; Ferrão, J.; Faustino, P.; Nunes, B.; et al. "Population genetics of IFITM3 in Portugal and Central Africa reveals a potential modifier of influenza severity". Immunogenetics 70 3 (2018): 169-177. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028352017&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00251-017-1026-2
  46. Pinto, D.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Nunes, B.. "Initial therapeutic choices for hypertension in the Portuguese Sentinel Practice Network,Escolhas terapêuticas iniciais para a hipertensão arterial na Rede de Médicos Sentinela". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 37 8 (2018): 657-663. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050937477&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.repc.2017.10.016
  47. Barreto, M.; Kislaya, I.; Gaio, V.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Santos, A.J.; Namorado, S.; Antunes, L.; et al. "Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of diabetes in Portugal: Results from the first National Health examination Survey (INSEF 2015)". Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 140 (2018): 271-278. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045737528&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.diabres.2018.03.052
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  106. Dias, M.G.; Oliveira, L.; Camões, M.F.G.F.C.; Nunes, B.; Versloot, P.; Hulshof, P.J.M.. "Critical assessment of three high performance liquid chromatography analytical methods for food carotenoid quantification". Journal of Chromatography A 1217 21 (2010): 3494-3502. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952543201&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.chroma.2010.03.024
  107. Nogueira, P.J.; Machado, A.; Rodrigues, E.; Nunes, B.; Sousa, L.; Jacinto, M.; Ferreira, A.; et al. "The new automated daily mortality surveillance system in Portugal". Eurosurveillance 15 13 (2010): 21-35. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951019666&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  108. Florindo, C.; Pereira, R.; Boura, M.; Nunes, B.; Paulino, A.; Gomes, J.P.; Borrego, M.J.. "Genotypes and antimicrobial-resistant phenotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Portugal (2004-2009)". Sexually Transmitted Infections 86 6 (2010): 449-453. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78449256736&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1136/sti.2010.044321
  109. Nunes, A.; Borrego, M.J.; Nunes, B.; Florindo, C.; Gomes, J.P.. "Evolutionary dynamics of ompA, the gene encoding the Chlamydia trachomatis key antigen". Journal of Bacteriology 191 23 (2009): 7182-7192. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-72249105320&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JB.00895-09
  110. Pádua, E.; Parreira, R.; Tendeiro, R.; Nunes, B.; Castela, J.; Soares, I.; Mouzinho, A.; Reis, E.; Paixão, M.T.. "Potential impact of viral load and genetic makeup of HIV type 1 on mother-to-child transmission: Characterization of env-C2V3C3 and nef sequences". AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 25 11 (2009): 1171-1177. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71949130896&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/aid.2009.0103
  111. Nogueira, P.J.; Nunes, B.; Machado, A.; Rodrigues, E.; Gómez, V.; Sousa, L.; Falcão, J.M.. "Early estimates of the excess mortality associated with the 2008-9 influenza season in Portugal.". Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 14 18 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67650281990&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  112. Pádua, E.; Almeida, C.; Nunes, B.; Cortes Martins, H.; Castela, J.; Neves, C.; Paixão, M.T.. "Assessment of mother-to-child HIV-1 and HIV-2 transmission: An AIDS reference laboratory collaborative study". HIV Medicine 10 3 (2009): 182-190. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-61449221886&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00669.x
  113. Kissling, E.; Valenciano, M.; Falcao, J.; Larrauri, A.; Widgren, K.; Pitigoi, D.; Oroszi, B.; et al. ""I-MOVE" towards monitoring seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine effectiveness: lessons learnt from a pilot multi-centric case-control study in Europe, 2008-9.". Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 14 44 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76449094520&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  114. Nunes, B.; Pechirra, P.; Coelho, A.; Ribeiro, C.; Arraiolos, A.; Rebelo-De-Andrade, H.. "Heterogeneous selective pressure acting on influenza B victoria- and yamagata-like hemagglutinins". Journal of Molecular Evolution 67 4 (2008): 427-435. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56549115519&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00239-008-9154-9
  115. Martins, R.; Morais, A.; Dias, A.; Soares, I.; Rolão, C.; Ducla-Soares, J.L.; Braga, L.; et al. "Early modification of sickle cell disease clinical course by UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 gene promoter polymorphism". Journal of Human Genetics 53 6 (2008): 524-528. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44449151454&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10038-008-0281-3
  116. Oleastro, M.; Cordeiro, R.; Ferrand, J.; Nunes, B.; Lehours, P.; Carvalho-Oliveira, I.; Mendes, A.I.; et al. "Evaluation of the clinical significance of homB, a novel candidate marker of Helicobacter pylori strains associated with peptic ulcer disease". Journal of Infectious Diseases 198 9 (2008): 1379-1387. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-54249134298&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1086/592166
  117. Gawler, A.H.; Beecher, J.E.; Brandão, J.; Carroll, N.M.; Falcão, L.; Gourmelon, M.; Masterson, B.; et al. "Validation of host-specific Bacteriodales 16S rRNA genes as markers to determine the origin of faecal pollution in Atlantic Rim countries of the European Union". Water Research 41 16 (2007): 3780-3784. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547599998&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.watres.2007.01.028
  118. Nunes, B.; Falcão, I.; Machado, A.; Rodrigues, E.; Falcão, J.M.. "Influenza vaccine coverage and the attack rate of influenza-like illness among the elderly in Portugal: is there a correlation?". Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 12 5 (2007): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35549010309&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  119. Pechirra, P.; Nunes, B.; Coelho, A.; Ribeiro, C.; Gonçalves, P.; Pedro, S.; Canto E Castro, L.; Rebelo-de-Andrade, H.. "Molecular characterization of the HA gene of influenza type B viruses". Journal of Medical Virology 77 4 (2005): 541-549. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27744492175&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jmv.20490
  120. Martins, R.; Picano, I.; Nunes, B.; Romão, L.; Faustino, P.. "HFE gene mutations are extremely rare in Western sub-Saharan Africa [1]". Annals of Hematology 84 10 (2005): 686-688. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27644468641&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00277-005-1036-2
  121. Batista, R.; Nunes, B.; Carmo, M.; Cardoso, C.; José, H.S.; De Almeida, A.B.; Manique, A.; et al. "Lack of detectable allergenicity of transgenic maize and soya samples". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 116 2 (2005): 403-410. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-23244453400&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jaci.2005.04.014
  122. Nunes, B.; Contreiras, T.; Falcão, J.M.. "Erratum: Influenza vaccination: Coverage of Portuguese population from 1998/1999 a 2002/2003 (Revista Portuguesa Pneumologia (2004) vol. 10 (2) (115-123)) | Erratum: Vacinação anti-gripal: Cobertura da populaç ão Portuguesa entre 1998/1999 a 2002/2003 (Revista Portuguesa Pneumologia (2004) vol. 10 (2) (115-123))". Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia 10 5 (2004): 451-452. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-10244241708&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  123. Caniça, M.; Dias, R.; Nunes, B.; Carvalho, L.; Ferreira, E.. "Invasive culture-confirmed Neisseria meningitidis in Portugal: Evaluation of serogroups in relation to different variables and antimicrobial susceptibility (2000-2001)". Journal of Medical Microbiology 53 9 (2004): 921-925. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4544331676&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1099/jmm.0.45556-0
  124. Nunes, B.; Contreiras, T.; Marinho Falcão, J.. "Influenza vaccination: Coverage of Portuguese population from 1998/1999 a 2002/2003 | Vacinação anti-gripal: Cobertura da população portuguesa entre 1998/1999 a 2002/2003". Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia 10 2 (2004): 115-123. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2942633114&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  125. Martins, R.; Picanço, I.; Fonseca, A.; Ferreira, L.; Rodrigues, O.; Coelho, M.; Seixas, T.; et al. "The role of HFE mutations on iron metabolism in beta-thalassemia carriers". Journal of Human Genetics 49 12 (2004): 651-655. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-19944430346&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10038-004-0202-z

Other

Other output
  1. mRNA vaccines effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in older adults: a cohort study based on data-linkage of national health registries in Portugal. 2021. Baltazar Nunes; Ana Paula Rodrigues; Irina Kislaya; Camila Cruz; André Peralta-Santos; João Lima; Pedro Pinto Leite; et al. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.27.21262731.
    10.1101/2021.08.27.21262731
  2. Delta variant and mRNA Covid-19 vaccines effectiveness: higher odds of vaccine infection breakthroughs. 2021. Irina Kislaya; Eduardo Freire Rodrigues; Vítor Borges; João Paulo Gomes; Carlos Sousa; José Pedro Almeida; André Peralta-Santos; Baltazar Nunes. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.14.21262020.
    10.1101/2021.08.14.21262020
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Fatores Associados com a Realização de PSOF e de Colonoscopia na População do INSEF – O Indivíduo Não Rastreado e sua Importância para a Saúde Pública
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2019 - 2019 O efeito dos fatores comportamentais na tensão arterial da população portuguesa sob anti-hipertensores : resultados do 1º Inquérito Nacional de Saúde com exame físico.
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2019 - 2019 O papel do médico de família na consciencialização do diagnóstico do doente diabético.
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Desigualdades socioeconómicas na distribuição da prevalência de anemia em Portugal em 2015.
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Eventos climáticos extremos e adversos:avaliação dos impactos nos indicadores de saúde no Estado de Santa Catarina/Brasil
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017 - 2017 População portuguesa que autorreportou acidentes em 2014: resultados do 5.º Inquérito Nacional de Saúde.
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Measuring the impact of influenza vaccination national strategy among risk portuguese population
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Measurement error in self-reported riskfactors for cardiovascular disease: results from the first portuguese national health examination survey
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Association between air pollution exposure and cardiovascular parameters: linkage between the first national health examination survey and the environmental data
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2015 - 2015 “Avaliação da exposição a aditivos alimentares em crianças dos 0 aos 3 anos: estudo exploratório”
Supervisor
 Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2015 - 2015 "Estudo da efectividade da vacina antigripal através de dados do programa nacional de vigilância da gripe"
Supervisor
 Epidemiologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2022 Golden Medal of Distinct Services for the Health Ministry in response to COVID-19 pandemic
2015 Professor Manuel Hargreaves Award
Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia, Portugal
2015 Golden Medal of Health Ministry, by the services as member of the Vila Franca de Xira Legionnaires Disease Outbreak Task Force.
2014 Dorfman Journal Paper Award for Best Article for Original Research
2014 Best Oral Communication