05 - 08/2018 und 12/2017 - 02/2018
Guest Scientist, Food Safety Department Nutritional Risks, Allergies and Novel Foods Unit, Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Berlin

05/2017 - 08/2017
Research project in nutritional physiology research group, University of Glasgow, Scotland

2016 - 2017
Master Sc. Human Nutrition with Public Health Specialization, University of Glasgow, Scotland

2015 - 2016
Master Sc. Nutrition and Metabolism with Clinical Nutrition Specialization, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

2012 - 2013
Licentiate Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Costa Rica

2007 - 2011
Bachelor Nutrition, University of Costa Rica

2018
Werner Baltes - Fellowship 2018: Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Berlin

2016 - 2017
Full scholarship granted by Ministry of Science and Technology of Costa Rica as part of “Advanced Human Resources Training Program“

FAME (Fatty Acid Metabolism-Interlinking Diet with Cardiometabolic Health)

Funding: Joint Programming Initiative A healthy diet for a healthy life within the ERA-HDHL Cofounded joint call “ Biomarkers for Nutrition and Health ”

Partner: University of Cordoba, University of Navarra, University of Reading and University of East Anglia

The goal of FAME is, based on existing data of cohort studies and randomized controlled studies:

• Identify novel fatty acid and lipidomics biomarkers for cardiometabolic health which could supplement or replace established fatty acid profiles as sensitive biomarkers of the status and future risk of disease,
• Establish relationships between diets and the consumption of specific foods and the tissue status of fatty acids in order to demonstrate the effects of diet and cardiometabolic health on,
• Investigate genetic determinants of fatty acid status and metabolism, which can modify the effects of food.

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