====== Joana Gomes da Silva ======

===== Bio =====

**Full Name**: Joana Filipa Gomes da Silva\\

**Academic Qualification**: 
  * Master Degree: Medical Microbiology  - UNL\\
  * Degree: Microbiology - ESB/UCP\\

===== Current Position =====

**Research Student**\\
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[[https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/en/investigacao/labs/ramirez-lab/|Molecular Microbiology and Infection Unit (M Ramirez Lab)]], [[https://imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/en/|Instituto de Medicina Molecular]]\\
Instituto de Microbiologia, [[http://www.medicina.ulisboa.pt/|Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa]]\\ 

===== Research Interests =====

  * Epidemiological studies of //Streptococcus pneumoniae//
  * Vaccines and Serotypes 
  * Antimicrobial resistance
  
 
===== Websites =====

[[https://pt.linkedin.com/in/joana-silva-05628770]]\\

===== Publications =====
 Silva-Costa C, Gomes-Silva J, Santos A, Ramirez M, Melo-Cristino J, The Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. 2023. Adult non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal is dominated by serotype 3 and non-PCV13 serotypes 3-years after near universal PCV13 use in children. Frontiers in Public Health 11:1279656 (PMID: 38186693)

 Silva-Costa C, Gomes-Silva J, Pinho MD, Friães A, Ramirez M., Melo-Cristino J. 2022. Continued Vaccine Breakthrough Cases of Serotype 3 Complicated Pneumonia in Vaccinated Children, Portugal (2016-2019). Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Aug 31;10(4):e0107722.(PMID: 35862941)

 Silva-Costa C, Gomes-Silva J, Prados L, Ramirez M, Melo-Cristino J, on behalf of the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections, the Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. 2021. Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease three years after PCV13 introduction in the national immunization plan - The continued importance of serotype 3. 7. Microorganisms 9:1428. (PMID: 34361864)

 Silva-Costa C, Gomes-Silva J, Teodoro I, Ramirez M, Melo-Cristino J, on behalf of the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. 2021. Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults in Portugal: The Importance of Serotypes 8 and 3 (2015–2018). 5. Microorganisms 9:1016. (PMID: 34066862)


===== Contacts =====

**Emails**: 
  * jfsilva_at_medicina.ulisboa.pt (replace _at_ by @)\\