Co-coordinators
Ana Paula Gil
(NOVA FCSH)
Jaime Branco
(NMS)
Maria João Marques
(ENSP NOVA)
Sandra Tenreiro
(NMS)
Mission
NOVA Ageing group is committed to increase research, knowledge and innovation in the field of aging and related conditions, towards an active and healthy aging.We take advantage from different partners’ background and skills, sharing knowledge and expertise, engage all, promoting events, meetings and research grants calls, and involving other stakeholders on innovative projects. The ultimate goal is to combat frailty, disability, multimorbidity, promoting a healthy life to older people, with better health and social systems, through innovative and excellence in research projects with local, national and international impact.
Researchers
Ana Maria Rodrigues
CHRC | NMS
Rheumatology, active and healthy aging, epidemiology, health intervention through new technologies
Ana Paula Gil
CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais | FCSH
Ageing, social policy, informal caregiving and elder abuse and neglect
Ana Sofia Coroadinha
INOVA4Health (ITQB &iBET) | ITQB
Gene Therapy, Vaccines
Claudia Quaresma
LIBPhys-UNL | FCT
Development new technologies; Analysis of physiological and biomechanical Parameters; Remote monitoring
Helena Canhão
EpiDoC Unit, CEDOC, Comprehensive Health Research Center | NMS
Large population-based cohort, new ICTs for data collection and intervention, health literacy, frailty, physical disability and multimorbidity
Helena Pereira de Melo
CEDIS | NMS
Hugo Gamboa
LIBPhys-UNL | FCT
Medical Instrumentation, Ambient Assisted Living, Biosignal analysis, Coninuous biosignal monitoring, Fall prevention and detection
Isabel Gomes
Centre for Mathematics and Applications (CMA) | FCT
Modelling and optimization; SAI – selfie aging index; sarcopenia; home health and social care integrated planning; long-term care
Isabel Nunes
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Jorge Mendes
NMS
Epidemiology and spatial epidemiology; biostatistics; disease mapping; design of experiments
Jose Luiz Telles
ENSP
Active and Healthy Ageing; Life Perspective on Ageing; Ageing poputation and public policies
Judite Gonçalves
Nova Healthcare Initiative | NOVA SBE
Healthy and active ageing, long-term care
Luís Lapão
Global Health and Tropical Medicine/ Saúde Global e Medicina Tropical (GHTM) | IHMT
Senior tourism and travel medicine; early diagnosis of infections and infection markers; telemedicine; telemetry; infectious agents, microbioma and the elderly predisposition to infection and chronicity
Manuel Gonçalves Pereira
CEDOC, Comprehensive Health Research Center | CEDOC, Chronic Diseases Research Centre - CHRC | NMS
Ageing, cognitive impairment, dementia/Alzheimer’s disease, geriatric depression, informal caregiving
Maria Amália Botelho
NMS
CGE-Comprehensive Geriatric Evaliation; SAI-selfie aging index; Training of health professionals, carers and family.
Miguel Fonseca
Centre for Mathematics and Applications (CMA) | FCT
Statistics; data analysis; definition of ageing frailty indicators; SAI – selfie aging index; sarcopenia
Miguel Seabra
CEDOC, Inova4Health | NMS
Cellular ageing, mechanisms of ageing associated-diseases, gene and cell-based therapies
Miguel Viveiros
Global Health and Tropical Medicine/ Saúde Global e Medicina Tropical (GHTM) | IHMT
Senior tourism and travel medicine; early diagnosis of infections and infection markers; telemedicine; telemetry; infectious agents, microbioma and the elderly predisposition to infection and chronicity
Pedro Pita Barros
Nova Healthcare Initiative | NOVA SBE
Healthy and active ageing. Sarcopenia and ageing. Economics of ageing
Paulo Paixão
CEDOC | NMS
Rute Dinis de Sousa
CHRC | NMS
Psychology, active and healthy aging, epidemiology, health intervention through new technologies
Teresa Santos-Silva
UCIBIO | FCT
Heidi Gruner
Contact
Email: novasaude@unl.pt