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ciTechCare research fellows attended two RUN-EU initiatives in Ireland and Belgium

17 March 2025

Rita Novo and Nádia Hipólito recently participated in different RUN-EU initiatives, in Ireland and Belgium, where they embraced the experience of being a RUN-EU student research. Rita Novo attended the RUN-EU Student Research Colloquium, at the Technological University of the Shannon, in Limerick, Ireland, on February 18 and 19, where she presented the results obtained from the Veggies4myHeart project between 2021 and 2024 – The Veggies4myHeart Project: A Longitudinal Study To Promote Preschoolers’ Vegetable Knowledge And Consumption. Other students from the Polytechnic of Leiria joined the event, which allowed a positive interaction with students from other areas and different cultures

ciTechCare research was awarded at the 3rd Pediatrics Congress of Hospital da Luz

13 February 2025

Rita Novo, Leonel Vieito, Sara Simões Dias, Marlene Lages, Maria Guarino and Cátia Braga-Pontes are co-authors of the study entitled “Sociodemographic factors and feeding behavior of children: a cross-sectional study”, which was awarded with the best poster at the 3rd Congress of Pediatrics of Hospital da Luz, which took place in the auditorium of Hospital da Luz, in Lisbon, on 6 and 7 February. The awarded work aimed to evaluate the influence of sociodemographic factors, namely the sex of parents and children, the level of education and marital status of parents, on the feeding behavior (FB) of children from 2

ciTechCare dedicates a session on management of respiratory disease and cough

28 January 2025

On January 17, at 11am, the auditorium of the School of Health Sciences – Polytechnic of Leiria (ESSLei) received two well-known researchers working in the respiratory field who guided a session on “New Perspectives in the Management of Respiratory Disease and Cough”. Ana Oliveira, Associate Professor at the School of Health Sciences and iBiMED researcher, both at the University of Aveiro was one of the invited speakers and shared her scientific knowledge on chronic cough assessment and management. Rafael Mesquita, Professor of the Department of Physiotherapy and the Post-Graduate Program in Physiotherapy and Functionality, both at the Federal University of Ceara (UFC), in Brazil,

Paper on serious games elected as one of the best papers from SeGAH 2024

2 January 2025

Recently, the paper titled “A Board Game Performance Index – a disruptive innovation to assess people with dementia with different apathy levels”, co-authored by Marlene Rosa, Susana Lopes, Natália Martins and Elena Lacomba-Arnau, was selected as one of the best papers at the 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH 2024), which took place at the Rectory Building of the University of Madeira, on 7-9 august. The organizing committee invited the research team to submit an extended version of their work to be integrated in a special issue of the Games for Health Journal, dedicated to

Researchers hold a symposium awarded at an international seminar

17 December 2024

The symposium “The game as a new paradigm in healthy aging – a biopsychosocial perspective” was distinguished with the best symposium award presented by authors and researchers Natália Martins, Ana Tomé, Marlene Rosa and Susana Lopes, in the XVII International Seminar of Physical Education, Leisure and Health, at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo & online, on october 17 – 19. Based on their presented work, the authors had the opportunity to share, over 90 minutes, their vision on serious games, in particular themes such as games associated with risk of fall and depression,

AGILidades is distinguished with the Good Practices Award in Active and Healthy Aging

12 December 2024

The Spin-Off of the Polytechnic of Leiria, AGILidades, was recognized with the Good Practices Award in Active and Healthy Aging in the Knowledge+ category, at the 11th edition of the Congress on Active and Healthy Aging, held at the Convent of São Francisco, in Coimbra, 5 December. The main goal of the Good Practices Award of Active and Healthy Aging in the Central Region is to identify, recognize and disseminate projects and initiatives that aim to promote healthy lifestyles among the older population, and optimize the quality of life of older people. According to the team, “this award is a