About André Krumel Portella
My research connects developmental origins of health and disease with neuroscience, eating behavior and gene–environment interaction. I work with colleagues to understand how early experiences relate to later responses to food and other environmental conditions, and to the coexistence of mental and metabolic health problems.
My background combines medical training, pediatrics and research. After moving to Canada in 2016, I transitioned from pediatric clinical work in Brazil toward academic and technical research roles. My work in Canada is in research; my valid medical permit is in Brazil.
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Research capabilities
Connecting experiments and population studies
My coauthored work spans animal experiments, human cohort studies, genetic analyses and reviews. Together, these approaches help separate proposed biological mechanisms from patterns observed in people.
Epidemiology and biological data
I work within a bioinformatics and biostatistics team, supporting collaborative research on early adversity, gene–environment relationships and health across the life course.
Computing that supports the science
I manage Cerebra, a 16-node high-performance computing (HPC) cluster hosted at McGill University for the Meaney and Silveira laboratories. I work within a bioinformatics and biostatistics team, supporting the computing infrastructure needed for collaborative biomedical research.