Curriculum Vitae
Sara Pedrosa Pimenta
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Sara Pedrosa Pimenta
Citation names
- Pimenta, Sara
- Pimenta, S
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1D15-572F-4302
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0036-4106
Email addresses
- pimenta.psara@gmail.com (Professional)
Addresses
- Hub de Inovação de Saúde | Politécnico de Leiria Campus 5, Rua das Olhalvas,, 2410-016, Leiria , Leiria , Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences - Other Medical Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2025/04/27 - 2025/05/02
Ongoing
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Short Advanced Programme Lifestyle Management in Chronic Disease: The Role of Physical Activity & Nutrition (Outros)
Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest - Athlone Campus, Ireland
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal |
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2022/10/28 - 2024/04/11
Concluded
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Physiotherapy (Mestrado)
School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
"Quality of life after Preoperative Home-based Exercise Training in patients with Lung Cancer: a Responder Analysis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2023/12/04 - 2023/12/08
Concluded
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Youth Exchange School programme (YES): Solving Wicked Problems Through Design Based Education (Outros)
NHL Stenden Hogeschool, Netherlands
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2023/04/24 - 2023/04/28
Concluded
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Short Advance Program: Delivering on the Socio-Economic Transition within the EU – Research Challenge (Outros)
University of Gyor – Széchenyi Istvan University , Hungary
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2023/03/10 - 2023/03/11
Attended
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Exercise Physiology in patients with cardiorespiratory conditions (Outros)
Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Portugal
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2021/12 - 2022/12
Concluded
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Advanced Course in Research in Health Sciences (Outros)
School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
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18 |
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2021/03/26 - 2021/03/27
Attended
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Clinical reasoning in patients with COPD: A physiotherapist's perspective (Outros)
Major in Therapy and Rehabilitation
Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Portugal
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2016/09 - 2020/07
Concluded
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Physiotherapy (Licenciatura)
School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
"Intervenções de Promoção de Atividade Física em Pessoas com DPOC - Revisão Sistemática das Metodologias e do seu Impacto
nos Resultados " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/02/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal |
| 2021/12/13 - 2022/12/13 | Researcher (Research) | Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2021/06/07 - 2021/10/31 | Physiotherapist | Centro Social Júlio Antunes , Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/02/01 - Current | Master Fellowship ciTechCare
UIDB/05704/2020
Master Student Fellow
Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2021/12/13 - 2022/12/13 | ForPharmacy - Future pharmacy as a plug-and-play ecosystem
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-070053
LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-070053
POCI_POR Lisboa_Projeto_70053
Research Fellow
Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal
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Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
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| 2022/09/26 - 2022/10/21 | RUN-EU International RDI Mobility Programme. Research mobility in physical activity and health science in the Departement
of Sport and Health Sciences, TUS Athlone Campus.
101004068 — RUN-EU
Research Fellow
Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest - Athlone Campus, Ireland
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Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2024/01/24 - Current | Impact of the Coexistence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and COPD on body composition, dietary pattern and functional status
Other
Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia
Ongoing
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| 2024 - Current | PACE - Integrating OnTRACK into Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Effectiveness of a personalised mHealth platform integrated into
pulmonary rehebilitation to increase physical activity in patients with COPD
2020.06954.BD
Other
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2021/12 - Current | OnTRACK - On Time to Rethink ACtivity Knowledge: a personalized mHealth coaching platform to tackle physical inactivity in
COPD
Other
Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
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| 2021/12 - 2025/11 | OncoEnergy
Other
Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT |
Outputs
Publications
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/11 | A Ciência Aplicada é Fascinante | Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia
Escola Secundária Engenheiro Acácio Calazans Duarte (Marinha Grande, Portugal)
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| 2024/10 | Research in Physiotherapy | Lecture of Applied Research, Physiotherapy Bachelor's degree
School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria. (Leiria, Portugal)
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| 2024/02/08 | COPD Support Services at Community Pharmacies: Current Perspectives | 54th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 42nd Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 23rd Meeting of Toxicology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia
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| 2023/11/09 | Effect of Preoperative Home-Based Exercise Training On Quality Of Life After Lung Cancer Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial | 39º Congresso de Pneumologia 2023
Portuguese Society of Pulmonology (Lisboa , Portugal)
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| 2023/07/04 | Life after pulmonary rehabilitation: efficacy of maintenance programs | Journal Club ciTechCare
ciTechCare
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| 2022/11/30 | Health Promotion in Chronic Respiratory Disease | Science Swing
ciTechCare (Leiria , Portugal)
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| 2022/11 | Acceptability and feasibility of the ONTRACK intervention for the promotion of physical activity in people with COPD: study protocol (oral presentation). 1st Portuguese Congress of Lifestyle Medicine 2022 , 7-9 november, Lisbon (Portugal), 2022 | 1st Portuguese Congress of Lifestyle Medicine
(Lisbon , Portugal)
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| 2022/10 | Exercício físico pré-operatório domiciliário em doentes com cancro do pulmão: Um estudo de viabilidade. 1º Congresso Português do Cancro do Pulmão I 10º Congresso do GECP, Centro de Congressos de Troia, 20-22 de outubro | 1º Congresso Português do Cancro do Pulmão I 10º Congresso do GECP
Grupo de Estudos Cancro do Pulmão (Portugal)
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| 2021/03/04 | Intervenções de Promoção de Atividade Física em Pessoas com DPOC - Revisão Sistemátiva das Metodologias e do seu Impacto nos Resultados | Unidade Curricular de Monografia, 4º ano da Licenciatura em Fisioterapia
Escola Superior de Saúde de Leiria, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Leiria , Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/11 - 2024/11 | Organization of the scientific event "A ciência aplicada é fascinante? in the context of National Science and Technology Week (2024/11/19 - 2024/11/19)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal |
| 2023/11/23 - 2023/11/23 | Organization of the workshop "Saúde em movimento: avaliação da capacidade e atividade física" in the context of National Science
and Technology Week. (2023/11/23 - 2023/11/23)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal |
| 2022/09/19 - 2022/09/19 | OnTRACK Closing Event (2022/09/19 - 2022/09/19)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/03/13 - 2025/03/13 | Webinar "How to succeed in a PhD grant application" by European Respiratory Society
Seminar
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Tips for a successful career in respiratory research webinar series
European Respiratory Society, Switzerland
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| 2024/12/04 - 2024/12/12 | Webinar "Storytelling in Science " dynamized by Voralberg University as part of the RUN-EU initiatives | Storytelling in Science
Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria
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| 2024/09 - 2024/09 | ERS International Congress 2024
Congress
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ERS International Congress 2024
European Respiratory Society, Switzerland
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| 2024/02/07 - 2024/02/09 | Participation and presentation of an oral communication at the "54th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, 42nd
Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and 23rd Meeting of Toxicology"
Meeting
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54th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology | 42nd Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology | 23rd Meeting of Toxicology
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, Portugal
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| 2023/09/09 - 2023/09/13 | ERS International Congress 2023
Congress
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ERS International Congress 2023
European Respiratory Society, Switzerland
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| 2023/03/27 - 2023/03/27 | Designing the Future in Healthcare
Workshop
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Designing the Future in Healthcare
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
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| 2022/10/06 - 2022/10/06 | I-PARC Symposium - "Children and Adolescents in Physical Activity and Sport"
Symposium
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"Children and Adolescents in Physical Activity and Sport"
Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (I-PARC), Ireland
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| 2022/09/04 - 2022/09/06 | ERS International Congress 2022
Congress
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ERS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2022
European Respiratory Society, Switzerland
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| 2022/06/02 - 2022/06/02 | RUN-EU Plus FAIR Data Workshop
Workshop
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RUN-EU PLUS Researcher Career Development Training Programme 2022 |
| 2021/05/21 - 2021/05/21 | Webinar - Physical activity as an outcome measure or as a way to provide feedback to patients. How should it be assessed,
analysed and interpreted?
Conference
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European Respiratory Society, Switzerland
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| 2021/03/20 - 2021/03/20 | Webinar "Minimizar o comportamento sedentário e promover a atividade física" XI CNFT
Seminar
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XI Congresso Nacional de Fisioterapeutas
Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Portugal
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| 2019/11/04 - 2019/11/04 | Open Lecture - Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with COPD: the state of the art, with Professor Chris Burtin | Open Lecture - Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with COP: the state of the art, with Professor Chris Burtin
School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2024/04 - Current | European Respiratory Society | Member No. 471745 |
| 2024/04 - Current | Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia | Member No. 2099 |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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| 2022/04/11 - 2022/04/11 | Reunião de Estudantes Graduados com a Comissão de Avaliação Externa (CAE), que decorreu no dia 11 de abril de 2022, no âmbito
da Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (A3ES) dos cursos de licenciatura em Fisioterapia, Terapia da Fala e Terapia
Ocupacional, da Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico de Leiria.
Other
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School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal, Portugal |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/09/26 - 2022/10/21 | RUN-EU International RDI Mobility Programme. Research mobility in physical activity and health science in the Departement of Sport and Health Sciences, TUS Athlone Campus. | Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest Faculty of Science and Health, Ireland |
Distinctions
Award
| 2022 | Prémio de Melhor comunicação oral "Home-based preoperative exercise training for lung cancer patients undergoing surgery:
A feasibility trial". Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Cardíaca, Torácica e Vascular
Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Cardíaca, Torácica e Vascular, Portugal
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| 2022 | Prémio de Melhor comunicação oral "Exercício físico pré-operatório domiciliário em doentes com cancro do pulmão: Um estudo
de viabilidade" no 1º Congresso Português do Cancro do Pulmão I 10º Congresso do GECP
Grupo de Estudos do Cancro do Pulmão , Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2022 | Menção Honrosa do trabalho "Aceitabilidade e viabilidade da intervenção OnTRACK para promoção da atividade física em pessoas
com DPOC: protocolo de estudo
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina do Estilo de Vida , Portugal
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