MIGUEL SANTOS PAIS VIEIRA (0B17-4D35-03BF)

Curriculum Vitae

MIGUEL SANTOS PAIS VIEIRA

Miguel Santos Pais Vieira is an assistant professor at the Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro. He has concluded his PhD in Human Biology in 2009, at the Medical Faculty of the University of Porto (supervision: Prof.Vasco Galhardo) followed by a Post Doc at the Neurobiology Department at Duke University (supervision: Prof. Miguel Nicolelis). He has published 20 peer reviewed manuscripts in journals, 3 book chapters and 1 book. Has oriented 1 PhD thesis, and 2 Master's Thesis. Has received 12 awards and/or distinctions. Has been a Principal Investigator in 6 projects and a researcher or local PI in 7 projects. His research is in the area of Medical and Health Sciences with an emphasis in Neuroscience. He has interacted with 56 researchers, has an H-Index of 12 and his multidisciplinary research has been cited 825 times, according to Scopus (1200 in google scholar). The most common terms in his research are: neurophysiology, tactile, somatosensory, chronic pain, brain-machine interface.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: MIGUEL SANTOS PAIS VIEIRA

Citation names

Pais-Vieira, Miguel
Santos, Miguel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0B17-4D35-03BF
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1398-9060

Email addresses

miguelpaisvieira@ua.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://www.ua.pt/pt/p/80644738 (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/11/01 - 2018/07/01 Concluded	Especialização em dissecção anatómica (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Major in Disseção anatómica Universidade do Porto Departamento de Anatomia, Portugal
2009/10/12 - 2015/08/15 Concluded	Postdoctoral research fellow (Pós-doutoramento) Major in Neuroengeneering Duke University, United States
2005 Concluded	Biologia Humana (Doutoramento) Major in Sem especialidade Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "Cognitive Deficits Induced by Chronic Pain: Neurobehavioral and Neurophysiological Studies in Animal Models" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2002 - 2004 Concluded	Filosofia (Mestrado) Major in Ciências Cognitivas Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal "Placebo: a neurobiologia e a filosofia na relação mente-corpo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17/20
2002 Concluded	Enfermagem (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Enfermagem Imaculada Conceição, Portugal "N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/02/19 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2016/12/14	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal

2005/09/01 - 2009/07/01	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional de Braga, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/09/01 - 2020/02/18	Conselho científico/técnico-científico ou orgão correspondente	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/12/15 - 2020/02/18	FCT Investigator	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal

2009/10/12 - 2015/08/14	Post Doctoral Research Associate	Duke University, United States

2003/12/01 - 2004/12/31	Research initiation fellowship.	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016/12/15 - 2020/02/18	FCT Investigator: Thertact Exo: a brain controlled exoskeleton for spinal cord regeneration FCT/IF/00098/2015 Principal investigator Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2007/05 - 2010/10	Animal model of Fabry disease: can the neuropathophysiology events be correlated with lipidomics? grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 66740 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2006/01/01 - 2009/10/31	Cognitive Deficits induced by persistent pain: neurobehavioral and neurophysiological study SFRH/BD/24383/2005 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005/01/01 - 2009/09/01	Estudo neurocomportamental e neurofisiológico de défices cognitivos induzidos por dor crónica. sfrh/bd/24383/2005 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal	Concluded
2005/06 - 2008/09	THE BRAIN IN PAIN: COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ANIMAL MODELS OF CHRONIC PAIN grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 63034	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/07/01 - 2022/05/31	Thermotactile feedback for improved exoskeleton control Eurobench_Thertact_FB Principal investigator Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal	Eurobench Neural Rehabilitation Group Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Ongoing
2021/01/04 - 2022/05/31	NEXT - Neurorehabilitation EXoskeleton Test Eurobench_NEXT Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal	Eurobench Neural Rehabilitation Group Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Ongoing
2017/10/01 - 2021/09/30	Reward modulation of tactile stimulus processing Bial 95/16 Principal investigator Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal	Fundação Bial Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2021/06/30	Active learning of anatomy through virtual dissections IncentivoInvestigação_UA_2020 Principal investigator Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Universidade de Aveiro Ongoing
2020/07/01 - 2021/01/01	Thertact: a thermotactile sleeve for neurorehabilitation Medisis Thertact Principal investigator Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal	Universidade de Aveiro Concluded
2016/12/15 - 2020/02/19	Development of tactile neuroprosthetic devices IF/00098/2015 Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2020/01/01	CombiCORD - Regeneração de lesões vertebro-medulares através da acção combinada de farmaco-terapias, engenharia de tecidos e estimulação epidural MC-04-17 Researcher Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Concluded
2013 - 2016	Brain-to-brain communication enabled by intracortical electrical microstimulation. 199/12 Researcher Duke University Department of Neurobiology, United States	Fundação Bial Concluded
2007/05/01 - 2010/10/31	Modelo animal da doença de Fabry: poderá a neurofisiopatologia ser correlacionada com o perfil lipídico PTDC/SAU-NEU/66740/2006 Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005/06/01 - 2008/09/30	Cognitive deficits in animal models of chronic pain POCI/SAU-NEU/63034/2004 Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Pais-Vieira, Miguel. Prevenção da Corrupção e Infrações Conexas Associadas à Utilização das Interfaces Cérebro-Máquina. Portugal: Conselho de Prevenção da Corrupção. 2018. Published
Book chapter	Lori, Nicolás; Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Curado, Manuel; Machado, José. "Paper-Based Electronics for Brain-Machine Interface Home Supercomputer". In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 454-459. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2021. Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-68017-6_68 Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "Interfaces Cérebro-Máquina e os Limites da Responsabilidade". In Vanguardas da responsabilidade. Coimbra, Portugal: Petrony, 2019. Published Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "Caring for patients with brain-machine interfaces: an introductory guide". In Saúde e Cyborgs: Cuidar na Era Biotecnológica. Portugal: Edições Esgotadas, 2019. Published
Conference paper	Carla Pais-Vieira; Matos, Demétrio; Perrotta, André; Pais-Vieira, Miguel. Corresponding author: Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "Monetary reward effects in tactile discrimination and neurophysiological activity during use of a tactile stimulation sleeve". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, 2022. Accepted Carla Pais-Vieira; Gaspar, Pedro; Matos, Demétrio; Gago, Miguel; Maria João Azevedo; Tânia Poleri; Perrotta, André; Pais-Vieira, Miguel. Corresponding author: Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "Multimodal visual, auditory, thermal, and tactile feedback during Brain-Machine Interface use by a spinal cord injury patient". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET-AI 2022), Lausanne, 2022. Accepted
Journal article	Carla Pais-Vieira; Allahdad, Mehrab; Perrotta, A. V.; Salles Cunha Peres, André; Carolina Kunicki; Manuel Oliveira; Pais-Vieira, Miguel. Corresponding author: Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "Neurophysiological correlates of tactile width discrimination in humans.". Research Square (pre-print platform) (2022): https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1328335/v1. Open access • Under revision Pais-Vieira, C. ; Pedro Gaspar; Matos, Demétrio; Alves, Leonor; Cruz, Bárbara ; Azevedo, Maria; Gago, Miguel; et al. Corresponding author: Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "Embodiment comfort levels during Motor Imagery training combined with immersive Virtual Reality in spinal cord injury: a case report.". (2022): https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1411361/v1. Open access • Under revision Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "Differential width discrimination task for active and passive tactile discrimination in humans". MethodsX (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.100852 Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "Method for positioning and rehabilitation training with the ExoAtlet ® powered exoskeleton". MethodsX (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.100849 André Perrotta; Carla Pais-Vieira; Mehrab K. Allahdad; Estela Bicho; Miguel Pais-Vieira. "Differential width discrimination task for active and passive tactile discrimination in humans". MethodsX 7 (2020): 100852-100852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.100852. 10.1016/j.mex.2020.100852 Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Kunicki, Carolina; Peres, André; Sousa, Nuno. "Ceftriaxone modulates the acute corticosterone effects in local field potentials in the primary somatosensory cortex of anesthetized mice". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56827-8. Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-56827-8 Kunicki, Carolina; C. Moioli, Renan; Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Salles Cunha Peres, André; Morya, Edgard; A. L. Nicolelis, Miguel. "Frequency-specific coupling in fronto-parieto-occipital cortical circuits underlie active tactile discrimination". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41516-3. Open access • 10.1038/s41598-019-41516-3 Pais-Vieira, Miguel. "The effectiveness of education on symptoms recognition in heart failure patients to manage self-care: a systematic review protocol". Professioni Infermieristiche (2019): https://repositorio.ucp.pt/handle/10400.14/27884. Published • 10.7429/pi.2019.721050 Sousa, Joana Pereira; Santos, Miguel. "Symptom Management and Hospital Readmission in Heart Failure Patients". Critical Care Nursing Quarterly 42 1 (2019): 81-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/cnq.0000000000000241. Published • 10.1097/cnq.0000000000000241 Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Yadav, Amol P.; Moreira, Derek; Guggenmos, David; Santos, Amílcar; Lebedev, Mikhail; Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.. "A Closed Loop Brain-machine Interface for Epilepsy Control Using Dorsal Column Electrical Stimulation". Scientific Reports 6 N/A (2016): 32814-32814. Published • 10.1038/srep32814 Ramakrishnan, Arjun; Ifft, Peter J.; Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Woo Byun, Yoon; Zhuang, Katie Z.; Lebedev, Mikhail A.; Nicolelis, Miguel A.L.. "Computing Arm Movements with a Monkey Brainet". Scientific Reports 5 1 (2015): 10767-10767. Published • 10.1038/srep10767 Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Chiuffa, Gabriela; Lebedev, Mikhail; Yadav, Amol; Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.. "Building an organic computing device with multiple interconnected brains". Scientific Reports 5 1 (2015): 11869-11869. Published • 10.1038/srep11869 Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Kunicki, Carolina; Tseng, Po-He; Martin, Joel; Lebedev, Mikhail; Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.. "Cortical and thalamic contributions to response dynamics across layers of the primary somatosensory cortex during tactile discrimination". Journal of Neurophysiology 114 3 (2015): 1652-1676. Published • 10.1152/jn.00108.2015 Pais-Vieira, M.; Chiuffa, G.; Lebedev, M.; Yadav, A.; Nicolelis, M.A.L.. "Erratum: Building an organic computing device with multiple interconnected brains (Scientific Reports (2015) 5 (11869) DOI: 10.1038/srep11869)". Scientific Reports 5 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944314290&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/srep14937 Pais-Vieira, M.; Lebedev, M. A.; Wiest, M. C.; Nicolelis, M. A. L.. "Simultaneous Top-down Modulation of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex and Thalamic Nuclei during Active Tactile Discrimination". Journal of Neuroscience 33 9 (2013): 4076-4093. Published • 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1659-12.2013 Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Lebedev, Mikhail; Kunicki, Carolina; Wang, Jing; Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.. "A Brain-to-Brain Interface for Real-Time Sharing of Sensorimotor Information". Scientific Reports 3 1 (2013): 1-5. Published • 10.1038/srep01319 Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Aguiar, Paulo; Lima, Deolinda; Galhardo, Vasco. "Inflammatory pain disrupts the orbitofrontal neuronal activity and risk-assessment performance in a rodent decision-making task". Pain 153 8 (2012): 1625-1635. Published • 10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.011 Ji, G.; Sun, H.; Fu, Y.; Li, Z.; Pais-Vieira, M.; Galhardo, V.; Neugebauer, V.. "Cognitive Impairment in Pain through Amygdala-Driven Prefrontal Cortical Deactivation". Journal of Neuroscience 30 15 (2010): 5451-5464. Published • 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0225-10.2010 Rodrigues, L.G.; Ferraz, M.J.; Rodrigues, D.; Pais-Vieira, M.; Lima, D.; Brady, R.O.; Sousa, M.M.; Sá-Miranda, M.C.. "Neurophysiological, behavioral and morphological abnormalities in the Fabry knockout mice". Neurobiology of Disease 33 1 (2009): 48-56. Published • 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.09.001 Pais-Vieira, M.; Mendes-Pinto, M.M.; Lima, D.; Galhardo, V.. "Cognitive impairment of prefrontal-dependent decision-making in rats after the onset of chronic pain". Neuroscience 161 3 (2009): 671-679. Published • 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.04.011 Pais-Vieira, Miguel; Lima, Deolinda; Galhardo, Vasco. "Sustained attention deficits in rats with chronic inflammatory pain". Neuroscience Letters 463 1 (2009): 98-102. Published • 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.07.050 Pais-Vieira, M.; Lima, D.; Galhardo, V.. "Orbitofrontal cortex lesions disrupt risk assessment in a novel serial decision-making task for rats". Neuroscience 145 1 (2007): 225-231. Published • 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.11.058

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/09/01 - Current	Real-time decoding of tactile and motor activity for brain-machine interface control Supervisor	Mestrado em Biomedicina molecular (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2016/01/01 - Current	Quality of life, Self care, and management of Pharmacological Treatment in People with Onychomychosis Supervisor	Curso de Doutoramento em Enfermagem (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/12/01	Electrophysiological study of thermal, tactile, and motor processing. Supervisor	Mestrado em biomedicina molecular (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2020/09/30	Self-Care in Patients with Heart Failure Supervisor	Curso de Doutoramento em Enfermagem (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2019/05/01 - 2020/08/31	Development of tactile width discrimination task for humans. Supervisor	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/01/01	Thertact Exo: a brain controlled exoskeleton for spinal cord rehabilitation Supervisor	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Qualidade de Vida, Autocuidado e Gestão do Tratamento Farmacológico em Pessoas com Onicomicoses Supervisor	Enfermagem (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e Enfermagem Porto, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2018/01/01	Model of tactile dysfunction in Wistar rats: lesion of the VPM/POM nuclei and behavioral effects. Co-supervisor	Mestrado em Neuroengenharia (Master) Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazil
2017 - 2017	O Autocuidado em Pessoas com Insuficiência Cardíaca Supervisor	Enfermagem (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e Enfermagem Porto, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2020/03/13	Promoção da adesão medicamentosa na pessoa idosa com diabetes: ensaio clínico randomizado. (Thesis) Arguer	Cláudia Jorge de Sousa Oliveira (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2019/07/30	Evaluation of effective connectivity related to performance of rodents in a tactile discrimination task. (Thesis) Arguer	Eric Gabriel Oliveira Rodrigues (Master) Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazil
2019/03/08	Development of an automatized behavioral box for a tactile discrimination task. (Thesis) Arguer	José Wanderson Oliveira Silva (Master) Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazil
2017/07/26	Electrophysiological characterization of prefontal and sensorymotor cortices in decision making processes in rats. (Thesis) Arguer	Matheus Fernandes Ferreira (Master) Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazil
2016/07/16	Neuronanorobotics: A proposed medical technology to preserve human brain information (Thesis) Main arguer	Nuno Ricardo Barbosa Martins (PhD) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/02/10 - 2022/02/22	Journal of Fungi (2309-608X)	MDPI

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2020/07/30 - Current	Comissão Regional de Peritos de Investigação, Formação e Educação Permanente (Ordem dos Regional comission on Research, Qualifications, and Permanent Education, (Nurses' Professional Association) Member	Ordem dos Enfermeiros, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/03/01 - Current	Anatomofisiologia II	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/02/28	Sistemas Orgânicos e Funcionais III	Ciências Biomédicas (Bacharelato)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/02/28	Anatomofisiologia I	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2020/07/01	Sistemas orgânicos e funcionais IV	Ciências biomédicas (Bacharelato)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2020/07/01	Laboratórios de Biomedicina II	Ciências Biomédicas (Bacharelato)	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2020/02/01	Farmacologia	Enfermagem (Licenciatura)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/07/01	Psicopatologia	Pós-licenciatura de especialização em Enfermagem de Saúde mental e Psiquiátrica (Especialização pós-licenciatura)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/02/28	Biologia do Envelhecimento	Gerontologia e Cuidado Geriátrico (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2018/01/10 - 2019/02/01	Métodos de investigação III	Doutoramento em Enfermagem (Doutoramento)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2017/02/01	Anatomia e fisiologia I	Enfermagem (Licenciatura)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2016/07/01	Anatomia e fisiologia II	Enfermagem (Licenciatura)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Porto, Portugal
2006/03/01 - 2009/07/01	Estatística para psicologia II	Psicologia (Bacharelato)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional de Braga, Portugal
2005/10/01 - 2009/02/01	Estatística para psicologia I	Psicologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional de Braga, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2020/05/27	Exoskeleton controlled by a brain-machine interface.	ExoAtlet Europe. Exoskeleton for rehabilitation. Luxembourg.
2020/02/22	Um exoesqueleto controlado pelo cérebro para devolver a mobilidade a paraplégicos.	Público: tópico Ciência/Neurociência
2020/02/19	Projeto português promete pôr paraplégicos a andar (e a sentir o chão).	Radio renascença

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2020/08/11 - Current	Mentes que brilham	Pernas robóticas que permitem que paraplégicos voltem a caminhar
2020/02/26 - Current	Projeto Exoesqueleto. Rádio Observador: Programa E=mc². Portugal.	Exoesqueleto para reabilitação

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2020/01/01 - Current	Frontiers in Integrative neuroscience (1662-5145)	Frontiers Media S.A.
2011/01/01 - Current	Neuroscience Letters	Elsevier
2011 - Current	Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
2010/01/01 - Current	PLoS One	Elsevier
2014/09/01 - 2014/09/01	Fontiers in Systems Neuroscience (1662-5137)	Frontiers Media S.A.
2013/01/01 - 2013/01/01	Journal of Neuroscience Methods (0165-0270)	Elsevier

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020/12/01 - 2021/02/01	President of jury for evaluation of PhD grants	Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
2016/05/19 - 2016/05/24	Reviewer FETPROACT 2016 Horizon 2020	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2021	Menção Honrosa no âmbito do Prémio Maria Lutegarda em Reabilitação Fundação AFID Diferença, Portugal
2020	Prémio MEDISIS Ideias que dão saúde Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019	Prémio Inova investigação Ordem dos Enfermeiros, Portugal
2018	Prémio CPC Ciência Tribunal de Contas, Portugal
2017	Melo e Castro Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
2005	Honorable Mention - Grünenthal Pain Award Fundação Grunenthal, Portugal
2004	Honorable Mention - Grünenthal Pain Award Fundação Grunenthal, Portugal

Other distinction

2018	Ambassador for the Conselho de Prevenção da Corrupção - Tribunal de Contas Tribunal de Contas, Portugal
2016	FCT Investigator Award Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2005	PhD Fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal