Dr Albertina Velho

Dr Albertina Velho is an experienced educator and researcher.  At present, she is an Associate Professor and leads the Academic Support Unit (ASU) at Leicester Medical School.  She liaises with Pastoral support, Phase leads, Year heads and Academic Support unit (a core team of academics and clinicians) to provide and deliver academic support to students from Foundation year to Year 5 MBChB. 

Dr Velho graduated from Carmel College, Goa and pursued Master’s program in Zoology, Animal Physiology at Wilson College, University of Mumbai, India. Her doctoral research at University of Kent initiated the study of membrane topology of human sodium dependent vitamin C transporters in mammalian cells. As a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at University of Kent, she furthered the study into the role of molecular chaperonin CCT during mammalian cell response to extreme cold.

Dr Velho contributed to academic teaching and research at further and higher education institutions in the UK and overseas; as a Lecturer in Biology, Zoology, Basic Medical Sciences and Biochemistry, as a Fellow in Medical Education, as a Senior Teaching Fellow in Cell and Tissue Biomedicine and as a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Clinical Sciences. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and completed her Post graduate certificate in academic practice (PGCAP) from Canterbury Christ Church University. Her medical education research interests include the use of technology enhanced learning (TEL) to innovate health related pedagogy and promote inclusive learning among health undergraduates.

Topology of membrane proteins and Vitamin C membrane transporters.

Glycosylation of sodium dependent vitamin C membrane transporters in mammalian cells.

Influence of extreme cold stress on protein translation, molecular chaperones (CCT) and the cytoskeleton in mammalian cells.

Physiological adaptations of cold-stressed mammalian cells.

Medical and health education - Use of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and “new for all” student-centred activities to promote inclusive learning.

Proactive and reactive academic support to medical students. 

Academic Support Unit (ASU) service improvement projects.

Albertina M Velho, Let us Pecha Kucha together: a new for all group-work intervention to achieve integration, AMEE2019 conference 24 to 28 August 2019, Vienna, Austria.

Albertina M Velho, Conference paper - Pecha Kucha - a student-centred learning activity in health studies, Warwick education conference paper presentation, 14th May 2019.

Albertina M Velho, Response of cultured mammalian cells to extreme cold shock and subsequent rewarming: expression of the eukaryotic chaperonin CCT and the cytoskeletal proteins, American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, 4th Dec 2016. (Mol. Biol. Cell, 2016, P694).

Albertina M Velho, Rochelle M Velho, Anatomy and physiology series: looking at the kidney as a whole, Journal of Renal Nursing, Vol. 5, Iss. 1, 22 Jan 2013, pp 20 - 23.

Albertina M Velho, Rochelle M Velho, Anatomy and physiology series: the kidney and lower urinary tract, Journal of Renal Nursing, Vol. 5, Iss. 2, 28 Mar 2013, pp 76 - 80.

Albertina M Velho, Rochelle M Velho, Anatomy and physiology series: the kidney infrastructure, Journal of Renal Nursing, Vol. 5, Iss. 5, 25 Sep 2013, pp 228 - 231.

Velho AM and Jarvis SM. Topological studies of hSVCT1, the human sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter and the influence of N-glycosylation on its intracellular targeting. Exp Cell Res. 2009 Aug 1;315(13):2312-21. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.04.007. Epub 2009 Apr 18. PMID: 19379732.

Velho, Albertina Menezes (2004) (Publisher: University of Kent). Topology of human sodium dependent vitamin C transporters. 

Velho*, A. M., Carden*, M. J., and Jarvis+, S. M. (2003) (*University of Kent, School of Biosciences CT2 7NJ and +University of Westminster, School of Biosciences, London W1W 6UW). Topology of human Na+ dependent vitamin C transporters. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 679, B9. Biochemical Society meeting Essex, UK.

Velho*, A. M., Carden*, M. J., and Jarvis+, S. M. (2003) (*University of Kent, School of Biosciences CT2 7NJ and +University of Westminster, School of Biosciences, London W1W 6UW). Topology of human Na+ dependent vitamin C transporters. Mol. Biol. Cell 14, 1260. The American Society for Cell Biology, 43rd Annual meeting, Dec 13-17, 2003, San Francisco, U.S.A.

Extreme environments and space medicine (2018 -2019; SSC2 research projects at Warwick Medical School, 3 Systematic reviews).

Epigenetics of neuroplasticity in brain injury (2018 - 2019; SSC2 research projects at Warwick Medical School, 2 Systematic reviews).

Additional interest:

• Medical and health education. 
• Use of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and “new for all” student-centred activities to promote inclusive learning.
• Proactive and Reactive Academic Support to medical students. 
• Academic Support Unit (ASU) service improvement projects. 
• Vitamin C membrane transporters and glycosylation.
• Response of cultured mammalian cells to cold shock and subsequent rewarming: expression of eukaryotic chaperonin CCT and the cytoskeletal proteins.

Proactive and reactive academic support to students on the 6 year MBChB programme (Foundation year to Year 5).

BSc. (Zoology, Chemistry and Marine Sciences).

MSc. (Zoology - Animal Physiology).

PhD. (Biochemistry).

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).