Alexandra Vasconcelos

Paediatrician, MD, and Medical Advisor at INFARMED

Specializing in global child health, I am dedicated to cooperation and development projects, research, and clinical activity in low-income and resource-limited African countries.

Currently completing a PhD in Tropical Medicine at the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), NOVA University Lisbon (UNL), funded by the FCT (2017-2019).

Education and Qualifications:

• Competence in Pharmaceutical Medicine by the Portuguese Medical Association, 2013.
• Specialist in Paediatrics, 2012.
• Postgraduate Studies in Tropical Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), 2010.
• MD from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, 2002.

Professional Experience:

• 2013-present: Secretary of the Social Paediatrics Section (SPS) of the Portuguese Society of Paediatrics (SPP) and a member of the organizing and scientific committee of the International Congress of Children and Adolescents (ICCA).
• 2003-present: Expert on the Medicines Evaluation Committee (CAM) of INFARMED – National Authority for Medicines and Health Products, I.P.
• 2002-present: Participant and/or coordinator in Global Child Health research and cooperation projects, mainly in São Tomé and Príncipe.
• 2018-2020: Paediatrician at Unidade de Infecciologia Pediatrica, Hospital D. Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, EPE.
• 2016-2017: Head of the SPS working group, developing national recommendations for napping practices in children.
• 2012-2013: Paediatrician at Hospital Torres Vedras, Centro Hospitalar do Oeste.
• 2006-2012: Follow-up of children and young people victims of sexual abuse and assessment of sexually transmitted infections at Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca.
• 2003-2012: Member of the Hospital Centre for Children/Youth at Risk (NHACJR) at Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca.
• 2011: Honorary Specialist Registrar for the Adolescence Unit at University College London Hospital (UCLH), London.

• Global Child Health in low-resource countries.
• Neonatal morbidity and mortality.
• Adolescent health and adolescent pregnancy.

More details on LinkedIn.

1. Vasconcelos A, Bandeira N, Sousa S, Machado MC, Pereira F. Adolescent pregnancy in Sao Tome and Principe: are there different obstetric and perinatal outcomes?. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2022;22(1):1-1. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04779-9
2. Vasconcelos A, Bandeira N, Sousa S, Pereira F, Machado MC. Adolescent pregnancy in Sao Tome and Principe: a cross-sectional hospital-based study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2022;22(1):1-5. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04632-z
3. Ferreira IP, Rocha E, Torre ML, Carreiro H, Vasconcelos A. Parasitoses intestinais numa população de idade pediátrica do Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, EPE. RPDI-Revista Portuguesa de Doenças Infecciosas. 2021;16(3).
4. Rodrigues J, Pinto M, Brito MJ, Martins JD, Gouveia C. Fever and Limp in a 10-Year-old Girl With Congenital Heart Disease. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2021;40(11):1055-7. DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003119
5. Vasconcelos A, Ezequiel M, Prior C, Estêvão H, Loureiro HC, Ferreira R, Paiva T. SPS-SPP Recommendations: The Practice of Naps for Nursery and Preschool Children. DOI: 10.25754/PJP.2020.18613.