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Biography

I am a Research Fellow in Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, UK. Following a degree in Nutrition, MSc in Nutrition in Public Health (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), and PhD in Epidemiology (Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil), I was awarded an MRC Skills Development Fellowship. My main areas of interest are metabolomics, cardiometabolic diseases, Nutrition, and Genetic Epidemiology.

Activities

Employment (4)

The University of Bristol: Bristol, GB

2024-08-01 to present | Academic , Associate Professor in Aetiological Epidemiology (Bristol Medical School (PHS))
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University of Bristol - PURE

University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

2018-08-01 to present | Research Fellow
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Maria Carolina Borges

The University of Bristol: Bristol, GB

2017-02-01 to present | Member (Bristol Population Health Science Institute)
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University of Bristol - PURE

University of Bristol: Bristol, GB

2016-09-01 to 2018-07-31 | Senior Research Associate (MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit)
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Maria Carolina Borges

Education and qualifications (3)

Federal University of Pelotas: Pelotas, RS, BR

2013-02-01 to 2016-08-09 | PhD Epidemiology (Preventive Medicine)
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Maria Carolina Borges

University of Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo, SP, BR

2009-02-01 to 2012-09-01 | MSc Public Health Nutrition (Nutrition)
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Maria Carolina Borges

University of Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo, SP, BR

2004-02-01 to 2008-12-01 | BSc Nutrition (Nutrition)
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Maria Carolina Borges

Funding (1)

Understanding the role of fatty acids in the aetiology of cardiovascular disease using novel causal inference methods

2017-08 to 2020-07 | Grant
Research Councils UK (London, GB)
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Maria Carolina Borges

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for European journal of epidemiology. (1)
Review activity for European journal of nutrition. (1)