Marcelo Brites Pereira (A316-95A4-215D)

Curriculum Vitae

Marcelo Brites Pereira

Marcelo Brites-Pereira has a PhD in Educational Sciences - Educational Technology Specialty, with a FCT fellowship (PD/BD/128348/2017) where he developed his research in the area of Health Education, with particular emphasis on Active and Healthy Aging associated with promotion of Physical Activity and Cognitive Stimulation mediated by Therapeutic Serious Games and Exergames. He holds a Master degree in Multimedia from University of Aveiro, and a Degree in the same area from Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. As part of his master's research, he carried out Usability studies and Human-Computer Interaction experience using the Eye-Tracker in order to assess the quality and accessibility of the design on Virtual Scenarios. From his professional experience, he won Alumni Merit Career Prize given by the Polytechnic of Leiria in the context of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of this higher education Institution stands out. Supervised one Master Thesis, titled "Plataforma OnTrack Desenvolvimento de mecanismos automáticos para promoção de atividade física por meio de agentes conversacionais". He worked as a Invited Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto and Polytechnic Institute of Cávado e do Ave. He has two books chapters, and several scientific publications, communications and posters. Actually he is a Post-Doc Researcher at Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare) on the OnTrack Project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028446). On this project he contributes on digital applications development, educative instructions for the usage of an mHealth application among patients with COPD to promote their physical activity (PA). It was also possible to develop an eHealth app. co-designed by health professionals for these can do prescriptions according to patients characteristics and needs. He also coordinates the IT development team, and help on the creation of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. His speciality fields of work, are the Exergames, Digital Therapeutic Games, Physical and Cognitive Active Aging Promotion, Older Age, Gerontotechnology and Gerontology using multimedia instruments. He is also Post-Doc member at aTOPlab – Assistive Technology and Occupational Performance Laboratory, where he collaborates with research in the area of occupational therapy and health, with the development of digital and analogical therapeutic serious games, 2D/3D design, 3D printing and CNC machining of support products.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Marcelo Brites Pereira

Citation names

Pereira, Marcelo
Brites-Pereira, M.
Marcelo Brites
Marcelo Brites-Pereira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A316-95A4-215D
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6826-5465
Scopus Author Id: 57195329905

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Care Sciences and Services
Social Sciences - Media and Communications

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/11/25 - 2022/11/25 Concluded	Mobilidade Motorizada — Integração Clínica (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2020/09/29 Concluded	Science Education (Doutoramento) Major in Education Technology Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal "Educação para a utilização de tecnologias digitais de deteção de movimento na promoção de um envelhecimento ativo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Good with distinction and unanimity
2011/09/18 - 2013/12/04 Concluded	Mestrado em Comunicação Multimédia (Mestrado) Major in Multimédia Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Portugal "A Infografia em Televisão no Contexto da Meteorologia: um estudo na RTP com Eye Tracker" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008/10/18 - 2011/06/20 Concluded	Comunicação Social e Educação Multimédia (Licenciatura) Major in Multimédia Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2008/07/31 Concluded	Curso Profissional de Eletrotecnia (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Major in Eletrotécnia Escola Profissional de Leiria, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/01/18 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Assistive Technology and Ocupacional Performance Laboratory (aTOPlab) — Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Assistive Technology and Ocupacional Performance Laboratory (aTOPlab) — Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021/03 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal
	Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal
2017/01/03 - Current	Researcher (Research)	FabLab IPB, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2015 - Current	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/03/06 - 2023/06/06	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria
	Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/05 - 2023/07	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2023/03/06 - 2023/06/06	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria
	Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria
2022/06/01 - 2022/07/31	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2021/07/31	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2019/02 - 2020/07/31	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/08/01 - 2020/11/30	Teacher — Professional Multimedia Course	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Organic Unit Director	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014/09/01 - 2015/09/30	Web Developer and Multimédia Designer	CadSolid, Portugal
	CadSolid, Portugal
2011/06 - 2015/09/30	Journalist/photojornalist - Freelancer	Jornal de Leiria, Portugal
	Jornal de Leiria, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2014/09/30	Profissional Internship	Câmara Municipal de Pombal, Portugal
	Câmara Municipal de Pombal, Portugal
2011/07/01 - 2011/09/30	Jornalist/Photojornalist	Hoje Macau, Macau SAR China

2011/03/01 - 2011/06/30	Internship in production of audiovisual content and infographics	Correio da Manhã, Portugal

2008/05/01 - 2009/09/30	Electronics and Telecommunications Technician - Nokia Portugal	Teleleiria, Portugal
	Teleleiria, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016/10 - 2019/10	Educação para a utilização de tecnologias digitais de deteção de movimento na promoção de um envelhecimento ativo. PD/BD/128348/2017 PD/BI/113831/2015 PD/BD/128348/2016 PD/BI/113831/2015 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/05/01 - Current	OnTRACK On Time to Rethink ACtivity Knowledge: a personalized mHealth coaching platform to tackle physical inactivity in COPD POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028446 Post-doc Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2016/10/01 - 2018/09/30	BRINGING LIFE INTO THE CLASSROOM: innovative use of mobile devices in the educational process 2016-1-RO01-KA201-024659 Researcher Erasmus Plus, Belgium Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal	Erasmus Plus Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Rodrigues, R.; Caceiro, R.; Brites, M.; Flora, S.; Cruz, J.; Silva, F.; Ribeiro, J.. "A Conversational Agent for Promoting Physical Activity Among COPD Patients". 2022. 10.1007/978-3-031-04826-5_49 Brites-Pereira, M.; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "The use of digital motion detection technologies on active aging promotion". In O envelhecimiento como um todo. Livro de atas do ageing congress 2020., edited by Ricardo Pocinho; Esperanza Navarro-Pardo; Pedro Carrana; Pedro Belo; Ana Fátima Pereira; Cristóvão Margarido; Marga Cigarán Méndez; et al, 397-404. Spain: Thomson Reuters - Aranzadi, 2020. Published Marcelo Brites-Pereira; Maria João Almeida; António José Osório. "The Acceptance of Motion Detection Devices by the Elderly". edited by Arthur Tatnall. Portugal: Springer, 2017. 10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_21
Conference abstract	Flora, S; Marcelo Brites-Pereira; Hipólito, N; G. Silva, C; Gordo, J; Morais, N; Ribeiro, J; et al. "End-users’ perspectives of an eHealth platform to promote physical activity in COPD: a qualitative study". 2022. Published • 10.1183/13993003.congress-2022.2531 Flora, Sofia; Marcelo Brites-Pereira; Hipólito, Nádia; Silva, Cândida G.; Gordo, J.; Morais, Nuno; Ribeiro, J.. Corresponding author: Marcelo Brites-Pereira. "End-users’ perspectives of an eHealth platform to promote physical activity in COPD: a qualitative study". Paper presented in European Respiratory Society Congress 2022, Barcelona, 2022. Published Hipólito, Nádia; Flora, Sofia; Gordo, Jessica Jorge; Morais, Nuno; Cândida G. Silva; José Ribeiro; Fernando Silva; et al. Corresponding author: Brites-Pereira, M.. "Are indoor and outdoor opportunities for physical activity related to active behaviours in patients with COPD?". Paper presented in European Respiratory Society Congress 2022, Barcelona, 2022. Submitted Hipólito, Nádia; Flora, Sofia; Gordo, Jessica Jorge; Pimenta, Sara; Morais, Nuno; Cândida G. Silva; José Ribeiro; et al. Corresponding author: Brites-Pereira, M.. "Are indoor and outdoor opportunities for physical activity related to active behaviours in patients with COPD?". Paper presented in 38º Congresso de Pneumologia, Albufeira, 2022. Published Marcelo Brites-Pereira; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Exegames para idosos com Leap Motion Exergames for older age using Leap Motion". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional do Multimédia, Aveiro, 2018. Published Brites-Pereira, M.; Maria João Correia de Araújo Almeida; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Exergames for older age using Leap Motion". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional do Multimédia: Technology Enhanced Learning and Societal Challenges, Lisbon, 2018. Published Marcelo Brites-Pereira; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Exegames para idosos com Leap Motion Exergames for older age using Leap Motion". Paper presented in Jornadas Supera -2017, Porto, 2017. Published Marcelo Brites-Pereira; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Educação para a utilização de detetores de movimento na promoção de um envelhecimento ativo". Paper presented in ticEduca 2016, 2016. Published
Conference paper	Brites-Pereira, M.; Almeida, M.J.; Osorio, A.. "Motion capture devices on elderly physical activities". 2017. 10.23919/CISTI.2017.7975987 Bento, Marco; Silva, Bento Duarte da; Osório, António José; Lencastre, José Alberto; Pereira, Marcelo Brites. "Trazer vida à sala de aula: utilização inovadora de dispositivos móveis no processo educativo". 2017. Brites-Pereira, Marcelo; Almeida, Maria João; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E); Brites-Pereira, M.; Maria João Correia de Araújo Almeida; Osório, António José. "The acceptance of motion detection devices by the elderly". 2017. 10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_21 C1D-D890-DF51; A215-F9CE-0822; Brites-Pereira, M.; Osório, A. J.; Bento, M., Silva,; A917-2146-FAC1. "Estudo sobre a Utilização de Dispositivos Móveis pelos Professores em seis países europeus". Paper presented in XIV Congresso Internacional Galego-Português de Psicopedagogia, Braga, 2017. Brites-Pereira, M.; Maria João Correia de Araújo Almeida; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Motion detection devices to promote quality of life on elderly". Paper presented in PRONUTRISENIOR Congress, Alimentação Humana, Oporto, 2016. Published
Conference poster	Flora, Sofia; Brites-Pereira, M.; Hipólito, Nádia; Cândida G. Silva; Gordo, Jessica Jorge; Morais, Nuno; José Ribeiro; CRUZ, JOANA. Corresponding author: Brites-Pereira, M.. "End-users’ perspectives of an eHealth platform to promote physical activity in COPD: a qualitative study (Thematic poster)". Paper presented in European Respiratory Society Congress 2022, 2022. Marcelo Brites-Pereira; Osório, António J.. "Exegames para idosos com Leap Motion Exergames for older age using Leap Motion". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional do Multimédia: Technology Enhanced Learning and Societal Challenges, 2018. Marcelo Brites-Pereira; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Aging and Exergames". Paper presented in X International Conference on ICT in Education - Challenges 2017, 2017. Brites-Pereira, M.; Maria João Correia de Araújo Almeida; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Autonomia e inclusão digital do idoso – um estudo com recurso a exergames". Paper presented in Jornadas SUPERA 2017, 2017. Marcelo Brites-Pereira; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Autonomia e inclusão digital do idoso – um estudo com recurso a exergames". Paper presented in Jornadas Supera -2017, 2017. Marcelo Brites-Pereira; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Educação para a utilização de detetores de movimento na promoção de um envelhecimento ativo". Paper presented in ticEduca 2016, 2016. Assistant staff Brites-Pereira, M.. "O Transplante Renal — Da Diálise à Hemodiálise rumo ao Doutoramento". Paper presented in 8º Dia do Transplante, 2016. Brites-Pereira, M.; Maria João Correia de Araújo Almeida; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Educação para a utilização de detetores de movimento". Paper presented in ticEduca 2016, 2016.
Journal article	Pimenta, Sara; Silva, Cândida G.; Flora, Sofia; Hipólito, Nádia; Burtin, Chris; Oliveira, Ana; Morais, Nuno; et al. "What motivates patients with COPD to be physically active? A cross-sectional study". Journal of Clinical Medicine (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/50437. 10.3390/jcm10235631 Marcelo Brites-Pereira; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). Corresponding author: Marcelo Brites-Pereira. "The use of digital motion detection technologies on active aging promotion". Thomson Reuters - Aranzadi (2020): https://proview.thomsonreuters.com/launchapp/title/aranz/monografias/35689/v1. Published Marcelo Brites-Pereira; Maria João Almeida; António José Osório. "The Acceptance of Motion Detection Devices by the Elderly". (2017): Open access • 10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_21 Marcelo Brites-Pereira; Maria João Almeida; António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). Corresponding author: António J. Osório (331D-35D1-293E). "Motion capture devices on elderly physical activities". 12th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) (2017): 10.23919/CISTI.2017.7975987. Published
Thesis / Dissertation	"Educação para a utilização de tecnologias digitais de deteção de movimento na promoção de um envelhecimento ativo". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/76841. Pereira, Marcelo Brites. "A infografia em televisão no contexto da meteorologia: um estudo na RTP com Eye Tracker". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/12052.
Website	Marcelo Brites-Pereira; Caceiro, R.. Ontrack. 2022. www.ontrack.ipleiria.pt. Marcelo Brites-Pereira. Moodle & Website Cad/Cam — Certified Training. 2015. https://training.cadsolid.pt. Marcelo Brites-Pereira. CadSolid - Cad e Cam Integrado S.A. 2014. www.cadsolid.pt.

Artistic / Performance

Curatorial / Museum exhibition

Marcelo Brites-Pereira. 2018. "O Amor ENTREMURALHAS".

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022	Aceitabilidade e viabilidade da intervenção OnTrack para promoção da atividade física em pessoas com DPOC: protocolo de estudo	Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia (Portugal)
2022	Are indoor and outdoor opportunities for physical activity related to active behaviours in patients with COPD?	European Respiratory Society - ERS European Respiratory Society - ERS (Spain)
2016/10/20	Motion Detection devices to promote quality of life on elderly	Pronutrisenior Congress University of Porto (Gaia, Portugal)
2016/09/10	Education for the use of digital motion detection technologies on active aging promotion	IV Congresso Internacional TIC e Educação University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012/10/12	Television infographics in the context of meteorology: a study on RTP with the Eye Tracker	University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2016/09/08 - 2016/09/10	Staff organization and responsible for the communication and image of the IV International ICT and Education Congress (2016/09/08 - 2016/09/10) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto da Educação, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/03/30 - 2023/03/30	Exergames on active aging promotion — Open workshop for an auditorium about the development of therapeutic serious games for health promotion. Workshop	Exergames on active aging promotion Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2017/07 - Current	International Federation for Information Processing — WG31 https://www.ifip.org/

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2016/09 - Current	Commitee member and organization at Educação 2016 Multimedia support, Social media and photography Member	Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa Instituto de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2017/05/08 - 2017/05/10	Member of the organizing committee of the X International Conference on ICT in Education - Challenges 2017 Member	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Educação, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2022/03 - Current	VII Conferência Internacional para a Inclusão \| INCLUDiT
2022/02/01 - Current	World Conference on Computers in Education 2022 (WCCE 2022)	Japan
2022 - Current	I Conferência de Tecnologias de Apoio e Acessibilidade \| CTecA

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2017 - Current	Collaborator in research projects using Microfluidics and Nanomaterials with Professor Rui A. Lima (Associate Professor — Department of Mechanical Engineering (Bioengineering) at the University of Minho.
2015/10 - Current	Collaborator Researcher on projects with 3D channels design for Micro/Nano Bio Fluidics projects with Professor Rui A. Lima — Associated Professor — Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering — University of Minho.	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/03	Usability and Functional and industrial design consulting during the development of the XpeCAM and LAMP products by XpectralTEK/Signinum — conservation and restoration companies	Signinum, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/29	Exergames on active aging promotion. Open lecture for an auditorium about the promotion of active aging through Exergames.	(Postgraduate Certificate)	Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria
2022/06/01 - 2022/07/31	Webdesign	Pós-Graduação em Marketing Digital (Pós-Graduação)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2021/07/31	Webdesign	Pós-Graduação em Marketing Digital (Pós-Graduação)	Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Desenvolvimento de Produtos Multimédia	Curso Profissional de Multimédia	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Formação em Contexto de Trabalho	Curto Técnico de Multimédia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Produção e Promoção de Produtos Multimédia	Curso Técnico Profissional de Multimédia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Técnicas de Multimédia	Curso Profissional Técnico de Multimédia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Direção do Curso Técnico Profissional de Multimédia	Curso Profissional Técnico de Multimédia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Marketing e Inovação Digital	Curso Profissional Técnico de Multimédia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Formação em Contexto de Trabalho	Curso Profissional Técnico de Multimédia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Técnicas de Multimédia	Curso Profissional Técnico de Multimédia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2020/11/08	Projecto e Produção Multimédia	Curso Profissional Técnico de Multimédia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Externato Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/07	Laboratórios de Informática e Instrumentação Médica	Curso Técnico Superior Profissional - Serviços e Tecnologias de Apoio Gerontológico (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/07	Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação na Educação	Curso Técnico Superior Profissional - Acompanhamento de Crianças e Jovens (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/07	Gerontotecnlogia	Curso Técnico Superior Profissional - Serviços e Tecnologias de Apoio Gerontológico (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/07	Laboratórios de Informática e Instrumentação Médica	Curso Técnico Superior Profissional - Serviços e Tecnologias de Apoio Gerontológico (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/07	Gerontotecnologia I	Curso Técnico Superior Profissional - Serviços e Tecnologias de Apoio Gerontológico (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2017/05/08 - 2017/05/08	Exergames for Active Ageing promtion — physical and cognitive stimulus	(Outros)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2020/07 - 2020/07	Evaluation of end-of-course projects for the Professional Multimedia Course at Escola Externato Infante D. Herinque. Evaluator
2019/07 - 2019/07	Evaluation of end-of-course projects for the Professional Multimedia Course at Escola Externato Infante D. Herinque. Evaluator

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2020/05/11	Rede Aproximar project was created to help the elderly population in isolation and loneliness online.	Jornal de Notícias

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2022/12/10 - Current	Conta-me Histórias at Rádio Dom Fuas FM Space for 20 minutes of conversation with guests from the most different areas of society. In every programme a new interviewee in a relaxed dialogue where there is room for sharing life stories. Music, health, gastronomy, photography... there is room for every theme. The programme: Conta-me Histórias Presentation: Maria João Novo On the air: Every fortnight, Saturdays, from 12h00	Exergames for older adults
2016/07/20 - Current	Portugal em Direto	8º Congresso do Dia do Transplante

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2023/04/11 - Current	Bachelor Degree thesis	Florina Wohlwend
2022/09/16 - Current	Co-supervision — Develop 3D printed Board Games for people with visual impairment	Ellen Twisa Teixeira de Souza; Maria Andreia Ornelas de Jesus; Sara Cristina Pereira Lopes
2021/05 - 2021/11	Plataforma OnTrack – Desenvolvimento de mecanismos automáticos para promoção de atividade física por meio de agendes conversacionais	Ricardo Miguel da Silva Rodrigues

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/03/06 - 2023/06/06	Long term research mobility under the European University - Regional University Network (RUN-EU) scholarship to transferring knowledge about serious therapeutic game design, game developing, usability, and accessibility with the Center for User-Centered Technologies (UCT), Fachhochschule Vorarlberg (FHV) - Austria. Developing and establish a partnership for a Short Advanced Program (Bachelor degree course) between Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and FH Vorarlberg Austria.	Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria

Distinctions

Award

2022	Honor Mention Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina do Estilo de Vida (SPMEV) , Portugal
2020	Prize Alumni Career Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal