Ricardo Manuel da Silva Rocha (0013-7615-9F13)

Curriculum Vitae

Ricardo Manuel da Silva Rocha

Ricardo Rocha has a degree in Environmental Health from the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESS|P.Porto), a master's degree in Hygiene and Safety in Organizations from the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESS|P.Porto) and is a PhD student in Occupational Health and Safety at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). After graduation, he worked as a Construction Safety Coordinator at Enescoord - Project and Construction Coordination and Management, Lda. He is currently an Environmental Health Technician at the Public Health Unit of the Local Health Unit Entre Douro e Vouga, E.P.E.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ricardo Manuel da Silva Rocha

Citation names

Rocha, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0013-7615-9F13
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-1918-5789
Researcher Id: LJL-2261-2024

Addresses

Av. Prof.º Egas Moniz 7, 4520-244, Santa Maria da Feira, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health
Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Occupational Health
Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Medicine at Work

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024 - 2027 Ongoing	Segurança e Saúde Ocupacionais (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Provisional title: Unveiling the occupational exposure to solar radiation among outdoor workers" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017 - 2019 Concluded	Higiene e Segurança das Organizações (Mestrado) Major in Sem especialização Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal "Análise das condições de segurança e saúde em obras de construção civil: o papel do coordenador de segurança em obra " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2013 - 2017 Concluded	Saúde Ambiental (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal "Exposição ocupacional a fungos: o caso da indústria transformadora de cortiça" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025 - Current	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Saúde Translacional e Biotecnologia Médica, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020 - Current	Técnico Principal (Técnico de Diagnostico e Terapêutica - Técnico de Saúde Ambiental)	Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018 - 2020	Coordenador de Segurança em Obra	Enescoord - Coordenação e Gestão de Projectos e Obras, Lda., Puerto Rico

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Pereira, Helena; Rocha, Ricardo; Oliveira, Ana Isabel; Santos, Georgina M.; Santos, Joana; Carvalhais, C.. "Assessing Construction Workers' Knowledge and Practices Regarding Workplace Exposure to Solar Ultraviolet Radiation: Preliminary Findings". Paper presented in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health VI, Porto, 2025. Accepted Rocha, Ricardo; Carvalhais, Carlos; Santos, Joana. "Safety and health conditions in construction sites from the perspective of site safety coordination". Paper presented in SHO 2020 - International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, Porto, 2020. Published
Conference poster	Helena Pereira; Rocha, Ricardo; Oliveira, Ana Isabel; Santos, Joana; Carvalhais, C.. "Understanding construction workers knowledge and habits about solar ultraviolet radiation exposure in the workplace: preliminary results". Paper presented in TBIO Annual Meeting 2024, 2024. Rocha, Ricardo; Carvalhais, C.; Santos, J.. "Condições de segurança e saúde em obras de construção civil na perspetiva da coordenação de segurança em obra". 2020. Rocha, Ricardo; Neves, Maria Paula; Girão, Mariana; Carvalho, M. Fátima; Oliveira, Rui S.; Santos, Joana. "Exposição ocupacional a fungos: um estudo de caso na indústria transformadora da cortiça". Paper presented in SHO 2018 - International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2018.
Thesis / Dissertation	Rocha, Ricardo Manuel da Silva. "Análise das condições de segurança e saúde em obras de construção civil: o papel do coordenador de segurança em obra". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/15538.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/04/15	Assessing Construction Workers' Knowledge and Practices Regarding Workplace Exposure to Solar Ultraviolet Radiation: Preliminary Findings	SHO 2025 - International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene Portuguese Society of Occupational Safety and Hygiene (Porto, Portugal)
2020/07/16	Safety and health conditions in construction sites from the perspective of site safety coordination	SHO 2020 - International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene Portuguese Society of Occupational Safety and Hygiene (Porto, Portugal)