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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui Pedro Dias Tavares

Citation names

  • Tavares, Rui

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F216-05E1-7555
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4441-7775

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019 - 2024
Ongoing
 Biologia Experimental e Biomedicina (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/04
Concluded
 Workshop de Desenho - Storyboard (Outros)
Ar.Co Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Portugal
2017
Concluded
 Illustration and Animation (Mestrado)
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Design, Portugal
"Comics in Science Communication: A Contribution to Life and Environmental Sciences" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2013
Concluded
 Communication Design and Audiovisual Production (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Pagès, Mireia Alemany i; Ramalho-Santos, João; Azul, Anabela Marisa; Tavares, Rui. A Healthy Liver Will Always Deliver!. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. 2020.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2040-4
  2. Azul, Anabela Marisa; Ramalho-Santos, João; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Tavares, Rui. Folias Mitocondriais: Uma Breve Viagem Sobre a Energia da Vida. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. 2020.
    Published • 10.14195/978-989-26-2004-6
  3. Ramalho-Santos, João; Tavares, Rui. As Luzes do Príncipe. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra; Ciência Viva. 2019.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Azul, Anabela Marisa; Ramalho-Santos, João; Oliveira, Paulo Jorge; Tavares, Rui. "Mitochondrial Follies: A Short Journey in Life and Energy". In Mitochondrial Biology and Experimental Therapeutics, 649-692. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-73344-9_29
Conference paper
  1. Tavares, Rui; Ramalho-Santos, João; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Azul, Anabela Marisa. "Using comics to bring mitochondria to “real-life”". Paper presented in 6th International Conference for Illustration and Animation (CONFIA), Esposende, 2018.
  2. Tavares, Rui; Ramalho-Santos, João; Jorge, Susana; Azul, Anabela Marisa. "The Symbiosis Tellus: Communicating Science through Comics". Paper presented in 4th International Conference for Illustration and Animation (CONFIA), Barcelos, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Tavares, Rui; Alemany-Pagès, Mireia; Araújo, Sara; Cohn, Neil; Ramalho-Santos, João; Azul, Anabela Marisa. "Comics in Science and Health Communication: Insights From Mutual Collaboration and Framing a Research Practice". International Journal of Qualitative Methods 22 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069231183118.
    Open access • Published • 10.1177/16094069231183118
  2. Alemany-Pagès, Mireia; Tavares, Rui; Azul, Anabela Marisa; Ramalho-Santos, João. "A Healthy Liver Will Always Deliver: Impact Study of a Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Awareness Comic". Health Communication (2023): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2215908.
    10.1080/10410236.2023.2215908
  3. Alemany-Pagès, Mireia; Tavares, Rui; Azul, Anabela Marisa; Ramalho-Santos, João. "A healthy liver will always deliver: development of a NAFLD awareness comic". Health Promotion International 37 6 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac165.
    10.1093/heapro/daac165
  4. "Translating Biochemistry Concepts into Cartoons and Graphic Narratives: Potential and Pitfalls". BioChem (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biochem2010008.
    10.3390/biochem2010008
  5. "Unhealthy lifestyles, environment, well-being and health capability in rural neighbourhoods: a community-based cross-sectional study". BMC Public Health (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11661-4.
    10.1186/s12889-021-11661-4
  6. "Publicly stressing the role of mitochondria in NAFLD with(in) a sports event". European Journal of Clinical Investigation (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.13234.
    10.1111/eci.13234
  7. Sá-Moura, Bebiana; Couceiro, Patrícia; Catarino, Luís; Guardado, Diana; de Brito, Maja; Gomes, Bárbara; Tavares, Rui; et al. "BRIDGING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WITH THE CITIZENS – THE CASE OF EIT HEALTH PROJECT “HEALIQS4CITIES” AND “PRAÇA VIDA+”, IN PORTUGAL". Care Weekly (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/cw.2018.9.
    10.14283/cw.2018.9
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Banda Desenhada na Comunicação de Ciência: Contributo para as Ciências da Vida e Ambiente". Master, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, 2017.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. Tempo a Meias: (Des)Instalar Infâncias. XXIV Semana Cultural da Universidade de Coimbra.. 2022.
  2. 250 Anos, 250 Desenhos. 2021.
  3. Instameet Photography Ribeiro Sanches. 2019.
  4. Água Mole em Pedra Dura. 2019.
  5. Água Mole em Pedra Dura. 2018.
  6. A Espessura do Tempo. 2018.
  7. Figurado de Barcelos. 2016.
  8. Glitch and Color. 2016.
  9. (a)riscar o património. 2015.
  10. Retratos. 2015.
  11. Cultural Sheep. 2015.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/06 Mitochondrial Follies: from Mitochondrial Science to Comics to Health Promotion European Society for Clynical Investigation (ESCI) 55th Annual Scientific Meeting
2018/07 Using Comics to Communicate Scientific Knowledge FOIE GRAS Science Communication Course, Summer School
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, (Coimbra)
2018/07 Using comics to bring mitochondria to “real-life” 6th International Conference for Illustration and Animation (CONFIA)
(Esposende, Portugal)
2016/06 The Symbiosis Tellus: Communicating Science through Comics 4th International Conference for Illustration and Animation (CONFIA)
(Barcelos, Portugal)