Profiles
Miss Paula Boeira
Research Assistant
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Research Technician at Hepatology Research Group optimising and developing Precision Cut Liver Slices Technology
Qualifications
University of Plymouth, UK - PhD in Medical Studies (2017-2023)
Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium - Master's degree, Clinical Molecular Sciences · (2014 - 2016)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Master's degree, Genetics · (2011 - 2012)
Universidade Feevale, Brazil - Bachelor's degree, Biomedicine · (2005 - 2010)
Publications
Publications
Journals
Boeira, P., Tan, H., Yates, E. and
Dhanda, A. (2023). Assessment of immune function and prediction of survival and
infection in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis: An exploratory study.
JGH Open. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12891
Lilly K, Boeira P, Dhanda (2022). AOP05 Antioxidant supplementation alters immune cell phenotype and function in patients with alcohol-related hepatitis. Gut;71:A13. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-BASL.18
Tan H, Boeira P, Cramp M, et al (2022). P03 Mortality from severe alcoholic hepatitis is associated with increased oxidative stress and epigenetic alterations. Gut71:A32-A33. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2022-BASL.54
Dhanda AD, Felmlee D, Boeira P, et al (2022). Patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 have an impaired cytokine response with an exhausted and senescent immune phenotype. Immunobiology. 227(2):152185. doi:10.1016/j.imbio.2022.152185
Boeira P, Affourtit C, Felmlee D, Sheridan D (2020). Investigation of microbiome metabolites and mitochondrial function in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Journal of Hepatology: vol 73 Suppl. 1. doi: 10.1016/S0168-8278(20)30983-1
Sheridan DA and Boeira P. Peer Review Report For: Methyl donor deficient diets cause distinct alterations in lipid metabolism but are poorly representative of human NAFLD [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2017, 2:67. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12199.1
Boeira, P., Antunes, M. V., Andreolla, H. F., Pasqualotto, A. C., & Linden, R. (2012). Ultra-performance liquid chromatographic method for measurement of voriconazole in human plasma and oral fluid. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 23, 148-155. doi: 10.1590/S0103-50532012000100021
Lilly K, Boeira P, Dhanda (2022). AOP05 Antioxidant supplementation alters immune cell phenotype and function in patients with alcohol-related hepatitis. Gut;71:A13. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-BASL.18
Tan H, Boeira P, Cramp M, et al (2022). P03 Mortality from severe alcoholic hepatitis is associated with increased oxidative stress and epigenetic alterations. Gut71:A32-A33. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2022-BASL.54
Dhanda AD, Felmlee D, Boeira P, et al (2022). Patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 have an impaired cytokine response with an exhausted and senescent immune phenotype. Immunobiology. 227(2):152185. doi:10.1016/j.imbio.2022.152185
Boeira P, Affourtit C, Felmlee D, Sheridan D (2020). Investigation of microbiome metabolites and mitochondrial function in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Journal of Hepatology: vol 73 Suppl. 1. doi: 10.1016/S0168-8278(20)30983-1
Sheridan DA and Boeira P. Peer Review Report For: Methyl donor deficient diets cause distinct alterations in lipid metabolism but are poorly representative of human NAFLD [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2017, 2:67. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12199.1
Boeira, P., Antunes, M. V., Andreolla, H. F., Pasqualotto, A. C., & Linden, R. (2012). Ultra-performance liquid chromatographic method for measurement of voriconazole in human plasma and oral fluid. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 23, 148-155. doi: 10.1590/S0103-50532012000100021
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HONOURS & AWARDS
First place Three Minute Thesis Competition University of Plymouth
Best Poster Presentation Prize at Plymouth Annual Research Event
Science Without Borders Scholarship Program Holland
Best Poster Prize at the Congress of International Association of Forensic Toxicologists, Asunción, Paraguay