Português- Mafalda Fonseca é licenciada em Bioquímica pela Universidade de Coimbra (1991-1996), e doutorada em 2003 pela Universidade do Porto (Imunologia). O pós-doutoramento foi na Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade da Beira Interior (Imunologia Clínica) , e parte dele na Universidade de Monash em Melbourne (Austrália). Desde 2004, é docente na Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da UBI (Covilhã)Das atividades de investigação resultaram cerca de 40 publicações com foco nas respostas imunitárias celulares em contexto fisiológicos e patologias de base imunitária como as alergias e a Esclerose MúltiplaEnglish- Mafalda Fonseca has a BsC in Biochemistry obtained at the University of Coimbra in 1996. The doctorate project took place at the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, in the field of Immunology and it was finished in 2003. The postdoctoral project was at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Beira Interior in Covilhã, in the field of Clinical Immunology, Allergology. Part of the post-doctoral work was performed at the department. of Immunology at the University of Monash in Melbourne (Australia). Since 2004, she is a Aayistant profesor at the Health Sciences Faculty of the UBI. The research activities oiginated about 40 publications mainly focused on cellular immune responses both in physiological context as in diseases based on imunological events such as Alergy, Multiple Sclerosis, Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease.