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Isa Silva holds a degree in Physiotherapy from the School of Health – Polytechnic of Porto (2017) and a Master’s in Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (2023), where she defended the thesis “Prevalence of cognitive impairment after SARS-CoV-2 infection.” Between 2017 and 2021, she worked as a physiotherapist in various clinical settings. She was a research fellow on the project NeurodegCoV19: Neurodegenerative complications after COVID-19 (PTDC/SAU-EPI/6275/2020), integrated in the lab “Cognitive Impairment in Diseases Involving the Nervous System” at the ITR – Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health, ISPUP. Since 2024, she has been collaborating with the Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas as Advisor to the Studies and Planning Office, contributing to strategic planning, implementation of research activities, and the development of evidence-based policies for the profession. She is the author of two articles in peer-reviewed international journals and two conference abstracts, and co-author of three additional papers and two conference abstracts. Her research interests focus on the social and structural determinants of health and the development of evidence-based physiotherapy policies.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ISA PEREIRA CORREIA DA SILVA

Citation names

  • SILVA, ISA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1714-2B2F-64E3
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8812-1752

Email addresses

  • isa.silva05@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 913498870 (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Policy and Services

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09/15 - 2023/10/16
Concluded
 Saúde Pública (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Prevalence of cognitive impairment after SARS-CoV-2 infection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2013/09/17 - 2017/07/17
Concluded
 Fisioterapia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/04 - Current Researcher (Research) Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas, Portugal
2021/09 - 2024/03 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/05/01 - 2021/06/30 Assistente (Técnico Superior de Saúde) Holmes Place , Portugal
2017/10/08 - 2018/09/01 Assistente (Técnico Superior de Saúde) Gabinete Fisioterapia - Ombro sem dor , Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/09 - 2024/03 NeurodegCoV19: Neurodegenerative complications after COVID-19 (PTDC/SAU-EPI/6275/2020)
PTDC/SAU-EPI/6275/2020
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Other

Designation Funders
2021/09 - 2024/03 Digital Public Health Solutions for Response to COVID-19
242863
Inquirer
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
2021/12/01 - 2022/01/31 Avaliação serológica dos anticorpos específicos para o SARS-CoV-2 e do impacto da pandemia de COVID-19 nos/as participantes da coorte EPIPorto e coabitantes
ISPUP
Inquirer
2021/09 - 2021/12 MIND-Matosinhos: Multiple Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline
POISE-03-4639-FSE-000793
Inquirer
Portugal Inovação Social
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Silva I, Campos P, Correia R, Freitas P, Calejo M, Seco M, Lunet N, Tedim-Cruz V, Araújo N. "Cognitive impairment after SARS-CoV-2 infection: preliminary results of the NeurodegCoV-19 project". Paper presented in XLI Reunión Anual Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) y XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa (APE): Epidemiología para construir el futuro, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  2. Correia R, Silva I, Campos P, Freitas P, Calejo M, Seco M, Lunet N, Tedim-Cruz V, Araújo N. "Prevalence of anxiety, depression and poor sleep quality in COVID-19 survivors". Paper presented in XLI Reunión Anual Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) y XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa (APE): Epidemiología para construir el futuro, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  3. Freitas P, Silva I, Campos P, Correia R, Calejo M, Seco M, Lunet N, Tedim-Cruz V, Araújo N. "Prevalence of neurological symptoms in two-year survivors of COVID-19". Paper presented in XLI Reunión Anual Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) y XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa (APE): Epidemiología para construir el futuro, Porto, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Isa Silva; Sara Souto-Miranda; Fernando Ribeiro; Diogo Pires; Maria José Coutinho; Nuno Cordeiro; Eduardo Cruz; Cristina. "Establishing a Research Agenda for Physiotherapy in Portugal: A Delphi Study". Paper presented in World Physiotherapy Congress 2025, 2025.
Journal article
  1. Araújo, Natália; Lopes, Catarina; Costa, Adriana; Silva, Isa; Campos, Patrícia; Seco, Mariana; Costa, Ana Rute; et al. "Anxiety, depression, and poor sleep quality in two-year survivors of mild to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and matched comparison groups". Journal of Affective Disorders 385 (2025): 119344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.05.004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jad.2025.05.004
  2. Araújo, Natália; Silva, Isa; Campos, Patrícia; Costa, Adriana; Lopes, Catarina; Seco, Mariana; Costa, Ana Rute; et al. "Cognitive impairment 2 years after mild to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in a population-based study with matched-comparison groups". Scientific Reports 15 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-96608-0.
    10.1038/s41598-025-96608-0
  3. Isa Silva; Sara Souto-Miranda; Fernando Ribeiro; Diogo Pires; Maria José Coutinho; Nuno Cordeiro; Eduardo Cruz; Cristina Jácome. "Establishing a Research Agenda for Physiotherapy in Portugal: A Delphi Study". Physiotherapy Research International (2025): https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.70070.
    Published • 10.1002/pri.70070
  4. Braga, Raquel; Araújo, Natália; Costa, Adriana; Lopes, Catarina; Silva, Isa; Correia, Rita; Carneiro, Filipa; et al. "Association between sociodemographic and clinical features, health behaviors, and health literacy of patients with prostate cancer and prostate cancer prognostic stage". European Journal of Cancer Prevention 33 3 (2023): 243-251. https://doi.org/10.1097/cej.0000000000000854.
    Published • 10.1097/cej.0000000000000854
  5. Silva I, Damasceno A, Fontes F, Araújo N, Prista A, Jessen N, Padrão P, Silva-Matos C, Lunet N. "Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among young adults (18-25 years) in Mozambique". J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 10 7 (2023): 298. https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/10/7/298.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd10070298
  6. Araujo, N; Silva, I; Campos, P; Correia, R; Calejo, M; Freitas, P; Seco, M; et al. "Long-term neurological complications in COVID-19 survivors: study protocol of a prospective cohort study (NeurodegCoV-19)". BMJ OPEN (2023): https://www.authenticus.pt/P-00Y-VDY.
    Published • 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072981
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Prevalence of cognitive impairment after SARS-CoV-2 infection". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, 2023.
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/05 - Current XII Congresso Nacional de Fisioterapeutas
Congress
2024/09 - Current XLI Reunión Anual Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) y XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa (APE): Epidemiología para construir el futuro
Congress
2021/09 - Current Public Health Seminars [ISPUP]
Seminar
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2023/02/08 - 2023/02/08 Webinar Idea Puzzle - Design and defend your PhD with the Idea Puzzle software
Seminar
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/10/21 - 2022/10/21 Building Back Better after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Seminar
World Federation of Public Health Associations, Switzerland

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/07 - Current Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas Effective member (nº925)