Marisa graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2008 (Integrated Master’s in Veterinary Medicine) at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, joining the University’s Teaching Hospital in the same year, providing generalist medical care to dogs and cats for over four years. In 2018, after five years of clinical specialist training in the south of England and at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Marisa obtained a diploma from the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals. In 2019, still at the University of Edinburgh’s Vet School, Marisa completed a MScR in Clinical Veterinary Sciences, studying faecal microbiota modifications by lactulose in healthy dogs. In the same year, after a temporary clinical and teaching post (Teaching Fellow in Small Animal Medicine) at the University of Bristol’s Vet School, England, Marisa re-joined the University of Edinburgh, as a Clinical Academic Track Veterinary (ECAT-V) Clinical Lecturer, starting a Wellcome Trust PhD Training Fellowship for Clinicians in 2020 at the University's Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, within the Stuart Forbes Research Group. Marisa’s PhD explored the influence of biliary epithelial cell senescence on hepatocyte biology, utilising murine models and human samples, and is currently at thesis writing stage. Paralleled with clinical provision at the University’s Hospital for Small Animals Internal Medicine service, Marisa wishes to continue developing her career by studying liver injury and repair within the context of clinical disease, for which her canine and feline medical background offers a platform to leverage translational liver research with a One Health approach.