Curriculum vitae
Academic appointments, education, research, teaching and coauthored publications.
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Selected appointments
- Research Associate
- Douglas Research Centre · 2019–present
- Research Associate
- Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University · 2016–2019
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
- Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Brazil · 2014–2016
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatrics
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil · 2011–2012
- Research Assistant
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute · 2006–2009
Education and training
- PhD in Medicine
- UFRGS · 2009–2011
- Fellowship in Neonatology
- McGill University · 2005–2006
- MSc in Neuroscience
- UFRGS · 2004–2005
- Residency in Pediatrics
- UFCSPA · 2003–2004
- Medicine
- UFRGS · 1994–2000
Research computing
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.
Selected teaching
- Co-instructor, Decision Neuroscience (MRKT709), McGill University, 2017–2019.
- Co-instructor, Seminars in Marketing and Precision Retailing (MRKT705), McGill University, 2017–2018.
Selected publications
- Barth B, Miguel PM, Pokhvisneva I, Portella AK, Meaney MJ, Silveira PP. Differentiating genetic and gene-environment interaction profiles of physical and mental health disorders. Commun Med (Lond). 2026 Jul 1. doi: 10.1038/s43856-026-01748-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42386896. Read about this paper
- Miguel PM, Barth B, Batra A, Alves MB, Arcego DM, Alberry B, Dalle Molle R, Gómez-Ilescas A, Zhang TY, Wen X, Parent C, O'Toole N, Portella AK, Silveira PP. Insulin modulates mPFC gene expression and emotional behavior in a sex-specific manner following fetal growth restriction. Brain Behav Immun. 2026 Jun 30;138:106887. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106887. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42379381. Read about this paper
- Barth B, Arcego DM, de Mendonça Filho EJ, de Lima RMS, Parent C, Dalmaz C, Portella AK, Pokhvisneva I, Meaney MJ, Silveira PP. Striatal dopamine gene network moderates the effect of early adversity on the risk for adult psychiatric and cardiometabolic comorbidity. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 9;14(1):27349. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-78465-5. PMID: 39521843; PMCID: PMC11550826. Read about this paper
- Paquet C, Portella AK, Moore S, Ma Y, Dagher A, Meaney MJ, Kennedy JL, Levitan RD, Silveira PP, Dubé L. Dopamine D4 receptor gene polymorphism (DRD4 VNTR) moderates real-world behavioural response to the food retail environment in children. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10160-w. PMID: 33530977. Read about this paper
- Portella AK, Kajantie E, Hovi P, Desai M, Ross MG, Goldani MZ, Roseboom TJ, Silveira PP. Effects of in utero conditions on adult feeding preferences. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2012;3(3):140-152. Read about this paper
- Silveira PP, Portella AK, Assis SA, Nieto FB, Diehl LA, Crema LM, Peres W, Costa G, Scorza C, Quillfeldt JA, Lucion AB, Dalmaz C. Early life experience alters behavioral responses to sweet food and accumbal dopamine metabolism. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2010;28(1):111-118. Read about this paper