João Costa Leite
João Costa Leite
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Research Group: ProNutri: Clinical Nutrition & Disease Programming
Thematic Line: TL1 – Preventive Medicine & Societal Challenges
Hub: Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Research Areas: Clinical Nutrition, Metabolic Health, Public Health

updated on 31/12/2018

João Costa Leite is an integrated member of the research group ProNutri at CINTESIS.

He graduated in Nutrition from the University of Porto in 2007 and earned his Doctorate in Human Nutrition from the University College Dublin, in Ireland, in 2013 with a research work on physical activity strategies to improve the metabolic health of the elderly. As a researcher, he has worked in IoGeneration – Iodine State in Portugal: role of supplementation in school units, a CINTESIS project funded by the EEA Grants. In 2018, he served as scientific manager at the European Commission at the Joint Research Center (JRC) in the field of Nutrition in Public Health.

Since 2018 he works as assistant professor of the University Fernando Pessoa.

TITLE: Löfgren Syndrome – Sarcoidosis’s Best Scenario
AUTHORS: João Leite; Lucas, C; Paixão, J; Rodrigues, A;
SOURCE: Revista Ciencias de la Salud, VOLUME: 17, ISSUE: 1, PUBLISHED: 2019

TITLE: The effect of shading on photovoltaic solar panels
AUTHORS: Joo Paulo N Torres; Samuel K Nashih; Carlos A F Fernandes; João Leite;
SOURCE: ENERGY SYSTEMS-OPTIMIZATION MODELING SIMULATION AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS, VOLUME: 9, ISSUE: 1, PUBLISHED: 2018

TITLE: Influence of passage number on the impact of the secretome of adipose tissue stem cells on neural survival, neurodifferentiation and axonal growth
AUTHORS: Sofia C Serra; João Leite; Rita C Assuncao Silva; Fabio G Teixeira; Nuno A Silva; Sandro I Anjo; Bruno Manadas; Jeffrey M Gimble; Leo A Behie; Antonio J Salgado;
SOURCE: BIOCHIMIE, VOLUME: 155, PUBLISHED: 2018

TITLE: Dietary fat intakes in Irish adults in 2011: how much has changed in 10 years?
AUTHORS: Kaifeng F Li; Breige A McNulty; Ann M Tiernery; Niamh F C Devlin; Triona Joyce; João Leite; Albert Flynn; Janette Walton; Lorraine Brennan; Michael J Gibney; Anne P Nugent;
SOURCE: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, VOLUME: 115, ISSUE: 10, PUBLISHED: 2016

TITLE: Comparison of the effect of multicomponent and resistance training programs on metabolic health parameters in the elderly
AUTHORS: João Leite; Forte, R; de Vito, G; Boreham, CAG; Gibney, MJ; Brennan, L; Gibney, ER;
SOURCE: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, VOLUME: 60, ISSUE: 3, PUBLISHED: 2015

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