Natália Oliva-Teles, PhD

Integrated PhD researcher

orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-3701

Academic degrees:

2012- PhD in Bioethics/Ethics in Health Sciences, University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine

2003- MSc in Bioethics and Medical Ethics, University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine

1981- BSc in Biology, University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences

Positions:

• Top Senior Scientist - Centro de Genética Médica Doutor Jacinto Magalhães/Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE
• Member of Research Department, International Network-UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa
• Member of Ethics Committee, Porto Institute of Oncology, Porto

Research interests:

• Cytogenetics and cytogenomics investigation of intellectual disability syndromes
• Chromosomal investigation of dysmorphic syndromes
• Genetic studies and correlated bioethical current trends

Research area keywords:

Intellectual disability syndromes, Dysmorphic syndromes, Rare syndromes, Bioethics and medical ethics

Selected publications:

1. Oliva-Teles N. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: practice, techniques, ethics, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014.ISBN: 978-3-659-58310-0.
2. Ana Borovecki, Jónína Einarsdóttir, Dónal O’Mathúna, Paulina Pospieszna, Orly Maya Stern, Natália Oliva Teles. 20 years of the Code of Conduct for Disaster Relief: what do we need to improve? The Lancet. 2015 April; 385, 9976: 1391. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60710-3.
3. Natália Oliva-Teles. Diagnóstico Genético Pré-implantação: aspetos técnicos e considerações éticas. Acta Med Port, 2011; 24:987-996. ISSN 1646-0758.
4. Natália Oliva-Teles.The sense of responsibility in the context of Professional activities in Medical Genetics. Med Health Care and Phil 2011, 14: 397-405. doi: 10.1007/s11019-011-9328-x.
5. Henedina Antunes, Jean-Pierre Gonçalves, Esmeralda Silva, Natália Teles. A novel de novo deletion of chromosome 7 [46,XX,del(7)(p14.2 p15.1)] in a child with feeding problems. Gene, 2012. April 503 (1): 152–154. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.04.046.

Ongoing projects:

• FCT, HMSP-ICT/0016/2013. Next-Gen Cytogenetics Enters Clinical Care and Annotates the Human Genome. PI: Dezso David. Other Investigator: Natália Oliva-Teles 15%.

Concluded projects:

• European COST Action IS1201, 2012-2016. Disaster Bioethics: addressing ethical issues triggered by disasters. Management Committee Member, Portugal, Natália Oliva-Teles 30%.
• Centro Hospitalar do Porto EPE/DEFI, 2014-2016. Cytogenetics Masculine Azoospermia and Oligozoospermia Investigation – karyotype, FISH and MLPA techniques. Principal Investigator: Natália Oliva-Teles 30%.
• Centro Hospitalar do Porto EPE/DEFI, 2014. Genetic Tests and Genetic Diagnosis: Evaluation of Opinions from a Medical Genetics Centre Users, Health Care Professionals and Students of Medicine. Principal Investigator: Natália Oliva-Teles 30%.
• Portuguese Ministry of Health , 1999-2002. Research Project (no. 20/99), Aplication of an innovative FISH technique in idiopathic mental retardation. Other Investigator: Natália Oliva-Teles 25%.

Prizes, honors, awards:

2016- Silvia Pires, Natalia Oliva Teles, Manuela Mota Freitas, Dulce Oliveira, Maria do Céu Rodrigues, Silvia Alvares, Maria da Luz Fonseca e Silva. 3p Deletion Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease: Case Report. Prize Best Poster_XLV Conferências de Genética Doutor Jacinto Magalhães.

2012- Henedina Antunes, Jean-Pierre Gonçalves, Esmeralda Silva, Natália Teles. A novel de novo deletion of chromosome 7 [46,XX,del(7)(p14.2 p15.1)] in a child with feeding problems. Prize Pierre Fabre Best Oral Comunication, awarded by the Portuguese Society of Pediatrics.

International collaborations:

• International Network-UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa. Member of Research Department.

MSc thesis supervision (concluded):

• Cristina Candeias, MSc in Biology, University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences, “Anomalias dos Cromossomas Sexuais em Mulheres com Suspeita Clínica de Cromossomopatia”, 2012.
• Alice Azevedo, MSc. In Bioethics, University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine, “Procriação Humana – a Liberdade de Procriar”, 2010.
• Sofia Raquel Teixeira Nunes, MSc. In Bioethics, University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine (co-orientation) sob o título "O aconselhamento genético no âmbito da procriação medicamente assistida: perspetiva da bioética", 2008.