Maria José Costeira

Neonatology
Hospital management and clinical governance
Iodine and thyroid hormones
Quality and patient safety
Hospital accreditation
Humanitarian medicine
Portuguese health cooperation

Maria José Costeira is a senior MD (Neonatologist) skilled in hospital management, teaching and Humanitarian Medicine, with research activities focusing on child and maternal care. Her research contributed to changes in health guidelines towards the iodine supplementation of women in preconception, pregnancy and lactation, and also in the timing of evaluation of premature babies in the neonatal screening program for congenital hypothyroidism.
Beyond her clinical activity, she had been the Clinical Director of the hospital (2012-2018), which gave her chances to develop “management” and “Patient Safety and Quality” competences: during that period Hospital obtained best results at lower cost, kept Safety and Quality standard and acquired the JCI’s Gold Seal of Approval in 2016 (the only Portuguese Public Hospital with an Academic Medical Centre accredited).
Affiliation to the University of Minho Medical School and to the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) allows her to pursuit research in thyroid hormones, besides teaching Humanitarian Medicine.
Experience in executive and coordination of non-profitable organization management was gained in 2010, 2011, 2018 and mostly 2020-2021 working as the Clinical Coordinator of PIMI´s Programme in Guinea-Bissau- EU´s project intending to reduce maternal and children mortality, implemented by IMVF, EMI and UNICEF.
She is used to teamwork, manage projects and human resources and has work performed both in Europe and Africa

Maria José Costeira

Neonatology
Hospital management and clinical governance
Iodine and thyroid hormones
Quality and patient safety
Hospital accreditation
Humanitarian medicine
Portuguese health cooperation

Scientific Highlights

Costeira MJ, Costa P, Roque S, Carvalho I, Vilarinho L, Palha JA. History of Neonatal Screening of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Portugal. Int J Neonatal Screen. 2024 Feb 20;10(1):16. doi: 10.3390/ijns10010016. PMID: 38390980; PMCID: PMC10885029.

Afeiche MC, Iroz A, Thielecke F, De Castro AC, Lefebvre G, Draper CF, Martínez-Costa C, Haaland K, Marchini G, Agosti M, Domellöf M, Rakza T, Costeira MJ, Vanpee M, Billeaud C, Picaud JC, Hian DLK, Liu G, Shivappa N, Hébert JR, Samuel TM. The Dietary Inflammatory Index Is Associated with Subclinical Mastitis in Lactating European Women. Nutrients. 2022 Nov 8;14(22):4719. doi: 10.3390/nu14224719. PMID: 36432405; PMCID: PMC9696022.

Samuel TM, Thielecke F, Lavalle L, Chen C, Fogel P, Giuffrida F, Dubascoux S, Martínez-Costa C, Haaland K, Marchini G, Agosti M, Rakza T, Costeira MJ, Picaud JC, Billeaud C, Thakkar SK. Mode of Neonatal Delivery Influences the Nutrient Composition of Human Milk: Results From a Multicenter European Cohort of Lactating Women. Front Nutr. 2022 Apr 6;9:834394. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.834394. PMID: 35464009; PMCID: PMC9033294.

Giuffrida F, Fleith M, Goyer A, Samuel TM, Elmelegy-Masserey I, Fontannaz P, Cruz-Hernandez C, Thakkar SK, Monnard C, De Castro CA, Lavalle L, Rakza T, Agosti M, Al-Jashi I, Pereira AB, Costeira MJ, Marchini G, Vanpee M, Stiris T, Stoicescu S, Silva MG, Picaud JC, Martinez-Costa C, Domellöf M, Billeaud C. Human milk fatty acid composition and its association with maternal blood and adipose tissue fatty acid content in a cohort of women from Europe. Eur J Nutr. 2022 Jun;61(4):2167-2182. doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02788-6. Epub 2022 Jan 24. PMID: 35072787; PMCID: PMC9106604.

Wang D, Thielecke F, Fleith M, Afeiche MC, De Castro CA, Martínez-Costa C, Haaland K, Marchini G, Agosti M, Domellöf M, Costeira MJ, Billeaud C, Vanapee M, Picaud JC, Samuel TM. Analysis of dietary patterns and nutritional adequacy in lactating women: a multicentre European cohort (ATLAS study). J Nutr Sci. 2021 Mar 11;10:e17. doi: 10.1017/jns.2021.7. PMID: 33889400; PMCID: PMC8057516.

Binia A, Lavalle L, Chen C, Austin S, Agosti M, Al-Jashi I, Pereira AB, Costeira MJ, Silva MG, Marchini G, Martínez-Costa C, Stiris T, Stoicescu SM, Vanpée M, Rakza T, Billeaud C, Picaud JC, Domellöf M, Adams R, Castaneda-Gutierrez E, Sprenger N. Human milk oligosaccharides, infant growth, and adiposity over the first 4 months of lactation. Pediatr Res. 2021 Sep;90(3):684-693. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01328-y. Epub 2021 Jan 14. PMID: 33446921.

Samuel TM, De Castro CA, Dubascoux S, Affolter M, Giuffrida F, Billeaud C, Picaud JC, Agosti M, Al-Jashi I, Pereira AB, Costeira MJ, Silva MG, Marchini G, Rakza T, Haaland K, Stiris T, Stoicescu SM, Martínez-Costa C, Vanpee M, Domellöf M, Euridice CG, Thakkar SK, Silva-Zolezzi I. Subclinical Mastitis in a European Multicenter Cohort: Prevalence, Impact on Human Milk (HM) Composition, and Association with Infant HM Intake and Growth. Nutrients. 2019 Dec 30;12(1):105. doi: 10.3390/nu12010105. PMID: 31905959; PMCID: PMC7019749.

Samuel TM, Binia A, de Castro CA, Thakkar SK, Billeaud C, Agosti M, Al-Jashi I, Costeira MJ, Marchini G, Martínez-Costa C, Picaud JC, Stiris T, Stoicescu SM, Vanpeé M, Domellöf M, Austin S, Sprenger N. Impact of maternal characteristics on human milk oligosaccharide composition over the first 4 months of lactation in a cohort of healthy European mothers. Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 13;9(1):11767. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48337-4. PMID: 31409852; PMCID: PMC6692355.

Costeira MJ, Oliveira P, Santos NC, Ares S, Saenz-Rico B, de Escobar GM, Palha JA. Psychomotor development of children from an iodine-deficient region. J Pediatr. 2011 Sep;159(3):447-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.02.034. Epub 2011 Apr 14. PMID: 21492867.

Costeira MJ, Oliveira P, Ares S, de Escobar GM, Palha JA. Iodine status of pregnant women and their progeny in the Minho Region of Portugal. Thyroid. 2009 Feb;19(2):157-63. doi: 10.1089/thy.2008.0249. PMID: 18976166.

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Joana Almeida Palha

Iodine and maternal and child’s health

Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of PREVENTABLE brain damage in infants, impairing the achievement of their full intellectual capabilities. Iodine is needed for the synthesis of thyroid hormones (TH)…