Liliana Rita Velindro Letra
Liliana Rita Velindro Letra
Bachelor’s degree in History and PhD in Anthropology.
Main researcher of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and Director of the journal “Análise Social”.
Supervisor of 25 master’s theses in Anthropology and Sociology and supervisor and co-supervisor of 8 doctoral theses (in Anthropology, Sociology, History, Human Geography and History of Africa). Currently supervisor of 7 ongoing doctoral theses in Anthropology, Sociology and History, and co-supervisor of 2 others.
Coordinator of the PhD Program in Anthropology of the ICS-Ul.
Main research interests: Portuguese rural society; social memory; nationalism; racism; food.
Selected Publications
- Obesity and Brain Function, Advances in Neurobiology 19. Editores: Liliana Letra and Raquel Seiça. Springer International Publishing AG, 2017.
- Letra L, Rodrigues T, Matafome P, Santana I, Seiça R. Adiponectin and sporadic Alzhei- mer's disease: Clinical and molecular links. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2019;52:1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.yfr- ne.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Oct 13.
- Ribeiro M, Castelhano J, Petrella LI, Sereno J, Rodrigues T, Neves C, Letra L, Baptista FI, Seiça R, Matafome P, Castelo-Branco M. High-fat diet induces a neurometabolic state characterized by changes in glutamate and N-acetylaspartate pools associated with early glucose intolerance: An in vivo multimodal MRI study. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Jan 26. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25942.
- Letra L, Matafome P, Rodrigues T, Duro D, Lemos R, Baldeiras I, Patrício M, Castelo- Branco M, Caetano G, Seiça R, Santana I. Association between Adipokines and Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;67(2):725-735. doi:10.3233/ JAD-180669.