Barbara Cardoso, PhD
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Affiliation(s):
University of Sao Paulo; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Areas of Interest:
Alzheimer's disease, selenium, nutrition and metabolism, micronutrients, biometals
Biography & Research:
Dr Barbara Rita Cardoso received her BS as a nutritionist for the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil). She has Master’s degree in Human Applied Nutrition and finished her Ph.D in Food Science Program at the University of São Paulo (Brazil). Since 2007 she has been studying the association between selenium and Alzheimer’s disease, and in 2014 obtained a fellowship to work at Florey Institute of Neuroscience (Melbourne – Australia) for further researching the association between selenium status and cognition in The Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (AIBL) study, which has the purpose to discover which biomarkers, cognitive characteristics, and health and lifestyle factors determine subsequent development of symptomatic AD. She is currently postdoctoral research scientist at the Nutrition-Minerals Lab at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science – University of São Paulo (Brazil) and seeks the effects of selenium status and intake on cognition.
