Curriculum Vitae
João Viana
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- João Viana
Citation names
- Viana, João L.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- A411-5F54-24F3
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9147-7781
- Google Scholar ID
- dWAL4Y8AAAAJ
- Researcher Id
- V-8946-2017
- Scopus Author Id
- 36437734800
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlviana/ (Professional)
- https://cidesd.pt/joao-viana/ (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Sport and Fitness Sciences
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
|
2011
Concluded
|
Clinical Exercise Physiology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences, United Kingdom
"Exercise in Chronic Kidney Disease: Impact on Immunity and Inflammation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
|
PhD |
|
2006
Concluded
|
Exercise Physiology (Master)
Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences, United Kingdom
"Effect of one week milk supplementation during training on neutrophil responses to acute prolonged cycling" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
|
Distinction |
|
2004
Concluded
|
Sport Sciences and Physical Education (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
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16.4 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal |
| 2012/02 - 2018/02 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences, United Kingdom |
| 2013/03 - 2014/10 | Researcher (Research) | NIHR Leicester–Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, United Kingdom |
| 2006/10 - 2010/09 | Researcher (Research) | Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences, United Kingdom |
| 2006/10 - 2010/09 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | University of Leicester Department of Infection Immunity and Inflammation, United Kingdom |
| 2006/10 - 2010/09 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/12 - Current | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2012/09 - 2020/11 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2012/09 - 2013/03 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2010/09 - 2012/08 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2010/09 - 2012/08 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2006/10 - 2010/09 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences, United Kingdom |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/04 - Current | Vice-Rector | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2017/07 - Current | PhD in Sports Sciences Course Coordinator | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2017/07 - Current | Vice-Director, Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD) | Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal |
| 2014/09 - Current | Director, Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development at University of Maia (CIDESD-UMaia) | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal | ||
| 2014/09 - Current | Member of the Consulting Council | Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal |
| 2012/01 - Current | Member of the Scientific Council | Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal |
| 2018/09 - 2022/03 | Member of the General Council | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2014/09 - 2022/03 | Member of the Scientific Council | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2016/09 - 2017/09 | First degree in Physical Education and Sport Course Coordinator | Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/11 - Current | Knowledge and Innovation Manager | Sport Lisboa e Benfica Futebol SAD, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/10 - 2026/09 | Walking football for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy FAP: the role of an innovative exercise approach in improving patients’
physical and mental health
100924DFA
2023.00324.BD
Supervisor
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2022/08/01 - 2026/07/31 | The impact of physical exercise on the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients – a randomized controlled
trial.
2021.08979.BD
82950DFA
Supervisor
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2021/02/01 - 2025/01/31 | Skeletal muscle under assault in haemodialysis patients: impact of redox imbalance on the molecular pathophysiology of skeletal
muscle wasting
2020.07740.BD
79302DFA
Supervisor
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2018 - 2025 | Intradialytic exercise in hemodialysis patients: from clinical implementation evaluation to the long-term effects on patient
outcomes.
NC2018
Supervisor
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal Nephrocare Portugal SA, Portugal |
Fresenius Medical Care Portugal
Ongoing
|
| 2020/09 - 2024/08 | Isolated and combined effect of a low carbohydrate diet and chronic exercise exposure to hypoxia on glycaemic control and
cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes
78272DFA
Supervisor
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2020/02 - 2024/01 | The Hypotensive Effects of Home-Based Isometric Handgrip Training in Older Adults with Pre-Hypertension and Hypertension -
The HoldAge Trial
75263DFA
Supervisor
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2021/09/01 - 2022/12/31 | Exercise and chronic diseases – Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer; Exercise and ageing
UI/BD/151481/2021
83682DFA
Supervisor
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2018/09/01 - 2022/08/31 | Impact of physical exercise on bone health in Chronic Kidney Disease
SFRH/BD/138940/2018
71697DFA
Supervisor
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal Nephrocare Portugal SA, Portugal University of Leicester, United Kingdom |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2011 - 2011 | Exercise Rehabilitation in Chronic Kidney Disease
SPN2011
Technical development
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom
|
Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia
Concluded
|
| 2006/10 - 2010/09 | THE EFFECT OF AGE, EXERCISE AND TRAINING ON THE EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION OF HUMAN MONOCYTE TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS
19572DFA
SFRH/BD/27838/2006
PhD Student Fellow
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2006 - 2010 | Exercise in Chronic Kidney Disease: Impact on Immunity and Inflammation
SFRH/BD/27838/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom University of Leicester, United Kingdom |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/01 - Current | INFLUÊNCIA DE UM PROGRAMA DE ATIVIDADE FÍSICA NO PERFIL FUNCIONAL, BIOQUÍMICO E IMUNOLÓGICO EM IDOSOS FRÁGEIS DE INSTITUIÇÕES
DE LONGA PERMANÊNCIA
Researcher
|
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior |
| 2025/01 - 2026/06 | Mechanisms of exercise in the clinical response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer patients
176652PRJ
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2025 - 2025 | Physical Exercise for Toddlers and Infants in Family
Gym4PETIZ
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal Câmara Municipal da Maia, Portugal |
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol Portugal Football School Ongoing
|
| 2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development
UIDB/04045/2020
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development
UIDP/04045/2020
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2019/11/11 - 2022/11/10 | Patient education on a quantified supervised home-based exercise therapy to improve walking ability in patients with peripheral
arterial disease and intermittent claudication
PTDC/MEC-VAS/31161/2017
Researcher
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2018/07/02 - 2022/07/01 | The Hypotensive Effects of Home-Based Isometric Handgrip Training in Older Adults with Pre-Hypertension and Hypertension
PTDC/SAU-DES/30646/2017
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2021 - 2021 | Development of the Kidney Wellness Institute of Illinois
KIWII
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States |
Discovery Partners Institute
Concluded
|
| 2020 - 2020 | Effects of exercise type on the blood pressure response in hypertension
SPH2020
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Sociedade Portuguesa da Hipertensão
Concluded
|
| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development
UID/DTP/04045/2019
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2016/07/01 - 2019/12/31 | The Role of Exercise Training in the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension
PTDC/DTP-DES/1725/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2015/07/01 - 2018/12/31 | NanoSTIMA: Macro-to-Nano Human Sensing: Towards Integrated Multimodal Health Monitoring and Analytics
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000016
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência Center for Research in Advanced Computing Systems,
Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal |
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
|
| 2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development
UID/DTP/04045/2013
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universidade da Madeira, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2018 - 2018 | The relationship between skeletal muscle characteristics and mineral bone disorder in dialysis patients following exposure
to an intradialytic exercise program
SPN2018
Principal investigator
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal Hospital Curry Cabral, Portugal Nephrocare Portugal SA, Portugal |
Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia
Concluded
|
| 2013 - 2018 | Exercise training in Chronic Kidney Disease (ExTraCKD)
Researcher
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom
University of Leicester, United Kingdom Loughborough University, United Kingdom |
National Institute for Health Research
Concluded
|
| 2012 - 2017 | NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit
Researcher
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Loughborough University, United Kingdom University of Leicester, United Kingdom |
National Institute for Health Research |
| 2011 - 2013 | Resistance Exercise for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
UKCRN10927
Researcher
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom |
|
| 2007 - 2009 | The effect of acidosis correction and exercise on tissue wasting and immune function in renal patients
RP33/1/2007
PhD Student Fellow
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom Loughborough University, United Kingdom |
Kidney Research UK
Concluded
|
| 2005 - 2007 | Influence of milk ingestion on the hormonal and immune responses to prolonged exercise
milk
Master Student Fellow
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
|
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - Current | BBRaun Portugal Physical Activity and Exercise Program
BBraun PEx-HD
Scientific Advisor
B Braun Avitum AG, Germany
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Ongoing
|
| 2016 - Current | NephroCare Portugal Physical Exercise Program
Scientific Advisor
Nephrocare Portugal SA, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal |
Ongoing
|
| 2019 - 2024 | Effects of intradialytic progressive resistance exercise training on bone, muscle, and inflammatory biomarkers
iPRT
Principal investigator
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Nephrocare Portugal SA, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
Concluded
|
| 2016 - 2022 | Diabetes em Movimento® - Community-based exercise program for people with type 2 diabetes
DeM-Maia
Technical Director
Direção-Geral da Saúde, Portugal
Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte IP, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal |
Concluded
|
| 2019 - 2021 | "Estudo do impacto de um Programa de Exercício Físico Intradialítico em Pessoas Com Doença Renal Crónica e Diabetes mellitus
no Controlo Metabólico"
iPRO
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Nephrocare Portugal SA, Portugal Associacao Protectora dos Diabeticos de Portugal, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Medtronic Ibérica SA
Concluded
|
| 2016 - 2017 | Extra4Health: Exercise programme for active and healthy ageing
Technical Director
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
Concluded
|
Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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Other
| Standard or policy |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2025/03 | Exercise in Hemodialysis | Encontro Regional da APEDT
(Leiria, Portugal)
|
| 2024/06 | Physical Exercise and Health: Challenges of the Present and Beyond | Cascais International Health Forum
Forum Saúde XXI (Portugal)
|
| 2023/11 | Physical activity in chronic kidney disease: state of the art and clinical application | Encontro Renal 2023 (38th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Nephrology)
Portuguese Society of Nephrology (Porto, Portugal)
|
| 2023/04 | The Implementation of a Nationwide Intradialytic Exercise Program in Portugal | World Congress of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology (Bangkok, Thailand)
|
| 2022/10 | Understanding physical (in)activity and physical (dys) function in CKD | 7th Karolinska Institutet Advanced Renal Nutrition Conference
Karolinska Institutet (Stockhom, Sweden)
|
| 2022/10 | Exercise in CKD - current evidence and guidelines | 7th Karolinska Institutet Advanced Renal Nutrition Conference
Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden)
|
| 2022/10 | An integrative approach to prescribe and implement exercise at the clinic | 7th Karolinska Institutet Advanced Renal Nutrition Conference
Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden)
|
| 2022/02 | Lessons from Sustained Exercise Programs in CKD | 5th International Transplantoux ´Time to Move´ Symposium
KU Leuven, UZ Leuven & Transplantoux (Leuven [online], Belgium)
|
| 2021/01 | Exercise in Chronic Kidney disease – research in clinical implementation | Ciclo de Palestras do Grupo de Pesquisa em Avaliação e Reabilitação Cardiorrespiratória
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro [online], Brazil)
|
| 2020/11 | Exercício e doença renal crónica | I Simpósio online do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Reabilitação
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina ([online], Brazil)
|
| 2020/08 | Exercício e doença renal crónica: da pesquisa à implementação clínica | I Simpósio On-line: Doença Renal Crônica e Exercício Físico
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul ([online], Brazil)
|
| 2019/11 | Fisiologia do Exercício e Co-morbilidades da Obesidade: Doença Renal Crónica | 23rd Portuguese Obesity Congress
Portuguese Society for the Study of Obesity (Braga, Portugal)
|
| 2019/10 | Exercício e Doença Renal Crónica - investigação e implementação clínica | Jornadas de Avaliação e Prescrição de Exercício para a Saúde
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Leiria, Portugal)
|
| 2019/10 | DOENÇA RENAL E EXERCÍCIO - Planos de exercício físico quantificado: efeitos metabólicos, estruturais e funcionais | 15th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Sports Medicine
Portuguese Society of Sports Medicine (Portimão, Portugal)
|
| 2019/03 | Physical Exercise in Hemodialysis – relation with bone and muscle parameters | Encontro Renal 2019 (33rd Congress of the Portuguese Society of Nephrology)
Portuguese Society of Nephrology (Vilamoura, Portugal)
|
| 2018/01 | Exercise and Physical Fitness in CKD-MBD | 6th CKD-MBD Made in Portugal
Portuguese Society of Nephrology (Figueira da Foz, Portugal)
|
| 2017/11 | Exercício Físico na Osteodistrofia Renal | NephroCare Physical Exercise Program Annual Meeting
NeprhoCare Portugal (Santarém, Portugal)
|
| 2017/04 | Exercise in chronic kidney disease: impact on immunity and inflammation | Encontro Renal 2017 (31st Congress of the Portuguese Society of Nephrology)
Portuguese Society of Nephrology (Vilamoura, Portugal)
|
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - Current | Walking football for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP): the role of an innovative exercise approach in improving patients’
physical and mental health.
Supervisor
|
Sport Sciences (PhD)
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2023 - Current | The impact of physical exercise on the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients – a randomized controlled
trial.
Co-supervisor
|
Sport Sciences (PhD)
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2021 - Current | Skeletal muscle under assault in haemodialysis patients: impact of redox imbalance on the molecular pathophysiology of skeletal
muscle wasting
Supervisor
|
Sport Sciences (PhD)
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2018 - 2025 | Intradialytic exercise in hemodialysis patients: from clinical implementation evaluation to the long-term effects on patient
outcomes.
Supervisor
|
Sport Sciences (PhD)
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal Nephrocare Portugal SA, Portugal |
| 2018 - 2025 | Impact of physical exercise on bone health in Chronic Kidney Disease
Supervisor
|
Sport Sciences (PhD)
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal Nephrocare Portugal SA, Portugal University of Leicester, United Kingdom |
| 2020 - 2024 | Isolated and combined effect of a low carbohydrate diet and chronic exercise exposure to hypoxia on glycaemic control and
cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes
Co-supervisor
|
Clinical Nutrition (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2019 - 2022 | Sarcopenia and its association with clinical outcomes in people with chronic kidney disease
Co-supervisor
|
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
|
| 2014 - 2017 | Exercise Training in Chronic Kidney Disease: An Exploration of the Effects on Skeletal Muscle Mass, Function, and the Molecular
Responses
Co-supervisor
|
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
|
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | CIDESD Junior – Research Retreat 2025 (2025/01/27 - 2025/01/28)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
|
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
| 2024 - 2024 | 7th International Transplantoux ´Time to Move´ Symposium (2024/02/09 - 2024/02/10)
Symposium (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
UZ Leuven, Belgium |
| 2024 - 2024 | CIDESD Junior – Research Retreat 2024 (2024/01/29 - 2024/01/30)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
|
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, Portugal |
| 2024 - 2024 | SLB Health & Performance Congress 2024 (2024/09/10 - 2024/09/11)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Futebol SAD, Portugal |
| 2023 - 2023 | CIDESD International Congress 2023 (2023/10/12 - 2024/10/13)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
| 2023 - 2023 | SLB Health & Performance Congress 2023 (2023/09/11 - 2023/09/12)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Futebol SAD, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2022 | CIDESD 15th Anniversary Research Seminars – GERON (2022/06/22)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2020 | 6th International Congress of Gymnastics (2020/12/01 - 2020/12/08)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Federação de Ginástica de Portugal, Portugal |
| 2019 - 2019 | CIDESD International Congress 2019 (2019/01/31 - 2019/02/02)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2019 - 2019 | ONCOFIT - Exercise and Cancer Symposium (2019/09/13 - 2019/09/14)
Symposium (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
|
| 2018 - 2018 | Exercise Metabolism Research Symposium (2018/05/18)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2018 - 2018 | Football is Medicine International Conference (2018/01/25 - 2018/01/26)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal |
| 2018 - 2018 | 5th International Congress of Gymnastics (2018/09/21 - 2018/09/23)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Federação de Ginástica de Portugal, Portugal |
| 2018 - 2018 | 2nd International Conference on Technology and Innovation is Sports, Health and Wellbeing (TISHW) (2018/06/20 - 2018/06/22)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Aristoteleio Panepistemio Thessalonikes, Greece |
| 2017 - 2017 | International Symposium Exercise in Chronic Kidney Disease - Research & Clinical Implementation (2017/06/01)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
|
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal Universidade da Maia, Portugal |
| 2017 - 2017 | ISAFA (International Science and Football Association) in China 2017 (2017/07/20 - 2017/07/23)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Ningbo University, China |
| 2017 - 2017 | World Conference on Science and Soccer (WCSS) 2017 (2017/05/31 - 2017/06/02)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
|
Université Rennes 2, France |
| 2016 - 2016 | 1st International Conference on Technology and Innovation is Sports, Health and Wellbeing (TISHW) (2016/12/01 - 2016/12/03)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
| 2016 - 2016 | 4th International Congress of Gymnastics (2016/11/05 - 2016/11/06)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Federação de Ginástica de Portugal, Portugal |
| 2016 - 2016 | ISAFA (International Science and Football Association) in Qatar 2016 (2016/03/19 - 2016/03/25)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Qatar University, Qatar |
| 2015 - 2015 | IV International Seminar on Competitive Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics (2015/02/10 - 2015/03/10)
Seminar (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
| 2013 - 2013 | 3th International Congress of Gymnastics (2013/11/29 - 2013/12/01)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Federação de Ginástica de Portugal, Portugal |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 - Current | Member of the Organizing Committee of the Global Renal Exercise (GREX) network | |
| 2017 - Current | Board Member of the Portuguese Association of Exercise Physiologists (APFE) | |
| 2014 - Current | Board Member of the Portuguese Association of Kidney Disease Rehabilitation (Reab.IRC) | |
| 2017 - 2024 | Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Program for the Promotion of Physical Activity (PNPAF) | Direção-Geral da Saúde, Portugal |
| 2015 - 2020 | Board Member of the International Science and Football Association (ISAFA) | |
| 2012 - 2020 | Member of the Scientific Committee of the Portuguese Gymnastics Federation |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | Evaluator, Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation "Restart 2016-2020" - Creation and Initial Development of STARTUPs with International Orientation, 2025. | Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation, Cyprus | |
| 2024 - 2024 | Evaluator, Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation "Restart 2016-2020" - Excellence Hubs, 2025. | Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation, Cyprus | |
| 2022 - 2022 | Member of the Evaluation Panel, FCT Call for PhD Studentships, 2022. | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal | |
| 2021 - 2021 | Member of the Evaluation Panel, FCT R&D Units Scientific Reports, 2021. | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal | |
| 2018 - 2018 | Evaluator, Pfizer Awards, 2018. | Pfizer Portugal, Portugal | |
| 2017 - 2017 | Member of the Evaluation Panel, FCT Call for PhD Studentships, 2017. | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal | |
| 2016 - 2016 | Member of the Evaluation Panel, FCT Call for PhD Studentships and Post-Doctoral Fellowships, 2016. | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2025 | ANADIAL-SPN Research Award 2024
Associação Nacional de Centros de Diálise, Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia, Portugal |
| 2024 | Best Abstract Award at the 7th International Transplantoux ´Time to Move´ Symposium |
| 2024 | Best Abstract Award (Haemodialysis) at the 38th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Nephrology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia, Portugal
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| 2023 | International Award for publishing Excellence in Calcified Tissue International
International Osteoporosis Foundation, Switzerland
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| 2023 | Best Abstract Award (Haemodialysis) at the 37th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Nephrology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia, Portugal
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| 2022 | Best Abstract Award (Haemodialysis) at the 36th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Nephrology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia, Portugal
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| 2019 | Best Abstract Award (Clinical Nephrology) at the 33rd Congress of the Portuguese Society of Nephrology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia, Portugal
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| 2019 | Best Oral Presentation Award at the 15th Congress of the Portuguese Society of Sports Medicine |
| 2018 | Travel Grant Award for best abstracts presented at the 27th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension
International Society of Hypertension, United Kingdom
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| 2018 | Best Poster Presentation Award (Physical Activity) at the 28th Annual Congress of European Childhood Obesity Group |
| 2017 | 3x Travel Grant Award for best abstracts presented by young authors at the 54th European Renal Association- European Dialysis
and Transplant Association Congress.
European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association, Italy
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| 2017 | Nine Best Abstracts Award at the 54th European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association Congress.
European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association, Italy
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| 2016 | Portuguese Olympic Committee Awards for Sport Sciences Research – Honorable Mention in Sports Training
Comité Olímpico de Portugal, Portugal
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| 2014 | Portuguese Olympic Committee Awards for Sport Sciences Research – 1st Prize in Sports Training
Comité Olímpico de Portugal, Portugal
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| 2014 | CIDESD Honorable Mention - Excellent Scientific Publication in 2014
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
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| 2011 | Early Career Researcher Award – Best Oral Presentation at the 10th International Society of Exercise Immunology Symposium
International Society of Exercise and Immunology, Germany
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| 2010 | Best Poster Presentation Award of the General Program at the 15th Congress of the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism |
| 2009 | Young Investigator Award Runner-up – Highly Commended Oral Presentation at the 9th International Society of Exercise Immunology
Symposium
International Society of Exercise and Immunology, Germany
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Other distinction
| 2010 | Nominated for the Loughborough University Graduate School Research Prize
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
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| 2008 | Nominated for the Loughborough University Graduate School Research Prize
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
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