Irene Gomes Câmara Camacho
Faculty of Life SciencesPenteada University Campus
ireneg@staff.uma.pt
(+351) 291 705 398 / 5398
To be happy, try to work with something you love doing, doing your duty a true leisure (Johnny De Carli).
Biographical Notes
PhD in Biology with specialization in Biochemistry and Biotechnology (UMa). The thesis on Aerobiology and pollen allergens was completed in 2007. One of the chapters of the thesis won the UCB Pharma / SPAIC award in 2008 for the best clinical-laboratory research work in Immunoallergology.
Areas of scientific interest: Aerobiology, in all its aspects: Allergological, Aeromycological and Phytopathological; Study of the interaction and impact of (bio)pollutants on human anatomophysiology.
Responsible for the UC "Toxicology" (Master of Biochemistry)
Attended 14 advanced training courses, 4 of which in the e-Learning modality.
Attended 2 Professional Internships at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Barcelona (1997).
Attended a postgraduate course at the Pasteur Institute, Paris (2003) and at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (2005).
Attended the Certified Mold Remediation Training Course at the Indoor Air Quality Training Institute, New York (2005).
Member of the local organization of the SUMMER COURSE EAACI - European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology - Aerobiology and Environment, UMa (2004).
11 Awards: 1 for entrepreneurship and 10 for research (given by scientific societies and/or national and international congresses). Congratulatory vote from the Legislative Assembly of Madeira for the most recent SPP-Pfizer 2020 award.
Publications
8th International Plant Science and Technology Congress, 8th International Plant Science and Technology Congress, 2025
Airborne pollen and fungal spores monitoring data: application on health, agronomy, environment and climate change fields, Caeiro E, Camacho I., 978-972-778-503-2, 3rd Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development Meeting: Science for Resilient Agroecosystems and Sustainable Future, University of Évora, 2025
Incidência dos principais tipos polínicos em Portugal (Continente e Ilhas). 1º prémio para o melhor artigo original na Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia, Caeiro E, Tavares B, Morais-Almeida M, Camacho I., 2º Congresso Internacional das Sociedades Ibéricas de Alergologia SPAIC-SEAIC, 2025
Manual Educacional do Doente. Gramíneas., Grupo de Interesse de Aerobiologia (SPAIC), Tavares, B, Caeiro E, Câmara I., SPAIC, 2025
Manual Educacional do Doente. Oliveira, Grupo de Interesse de Aerobiologia (SPAIC), Tavares, B, Caeiro E, Câmara I., SPAIC, 2025
Manual Educacional do Doente. Parietaria., Grupo de Interesse de Aerobiologia (SPAIC), Tavares, B, Caeiro E, Câmara I., SPAIC, 2025
Manual Educacional do Doente. Plátano., Grupo de Interesse de Aerobiologia (SPAIC), Tavares, B, Caeiro E, Câmara I., SPAIC, 2025
Monitorização de grãos de pólen e de esporos de fungos atmosféricos para redes de aerobiologia ligadas à alergia com uso do método volumétrico de Hirst: procedimentos segundo a Norma Europeia EN 16868:2019., Caeiro, E., Nunes, C., Morais de Almeida, M., Camacho, I., Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia, 2025, 14
Sleep and Arousal Hubs and Ferromagnetic Ultrafine Particulate Matter and Nanoparticle Motion Under Electromagnetic Fields: Neurodegeneration, Sleep Disorders, Orexinergic Neurons, and Air Pollution in Young Urbanites., Irene Camacho, 2305-6304, Toxics, 2025
Creating a pollinator-friendly community garden in Madeira, Portugal, Irene Camacho, 0357 451, International Association of Aerobiology, 2024, 1 94
Academic Qualifications
PhD in Biologia, 2007, University of Madeira
Undergraduate Degree in Biologia, 1997, University of Madeira
Current Duties
Membro of the Assembly of the Faculdade de Ciências da Vida