Dr Camilla Bertuzzo Veiga
BNutrDiet(Hons) | MSc, University of Campinas-Brazil | PhD, University of Melbourne
Dr Camilla B Veiga is a postdoctoral researcher in the Haematopoiesis and Leukocyte Biology laboratory. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and completed her Masters in Nutrition and Molecular Biology at UNICAMP-Brazil before pursuing a PhD at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Her research focuses on investigating the interplay between the new cardiovascular disease risk factor called clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), and cardiometabolic complications (diabetes, atherosclerosis, and obesity).
She employs various animal models, diets, and advanced technologies such as flow cytometry, DNA methylation assays, fluorescence imaging and mouse genetic models in her research.