Thaís Lopes de Oliveira

I am an epidemiologist working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I have a Master’s degree (2015 - 2017) and Ph.D. in Public Health Epidemiology (2017 – 2021). Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

My research focuses on various aspects of functional aging, including sensory functioning, lung function, gait, grip strength, cognitive function, and frailty. My primary ongoing project concerns the role of different pharmacological subgroups in functional biological aging over time. Other research projects explore the relationship between protein epigenetic scores and cognitive function, as well as the impact of lifestyle on functional aging from a life course perspective.

January 2025 - February 2025 and January 2024 - February 2024

Seminar leader/teacher of the master course Non-communicable diseases, injuries and emergencies: a global perspective. Karolinska Institutet.

February 2024 

Seminar leader of the module Life-course determinants of health, aging, and resilience in the masters course Aging and Age-Related Disorders from a Biological, Epidemiological and Clinical perspective (15hp). Karolinska Institutet.

September 2023 – October 2023

Course assistant during the doctoral course Societal and Life-course Perspectives on Inequalities in Aging (3 hp). Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with the Swedish graduate school in ageing and health (SWEAH).

August 2020 – November 2020

Teaching intern of the master’s course “Basic Notions of Epidemiology, Statistics and Health Information”. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

March 2018 – July 2018

Teaching intern of the master’s course “Topics in Public Health”. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.