Mariana Macedo De Oliveira

Mariana Oliveira is a biomedical science researcher with physiology and cellular biology background. During her M.Sc. and Ph.D., Mariana participated in studies testing potential treatments for metabolic and neurologic diseases, working together with different pharmaceutical companies. With a passion for learning and collaborating with others, she has participated in many exciting projects during her time at the Université de Montréal. Being skilled with in vivo and in vitro models, Mariana has developed a surgical model of metabolic disease in female animals, explored the function and natural pathways of specific enzymes in the blood-brain barrier and the impact of systemic insults in the central nervous system.