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After being distinguished with the best oral communication at the 1st Portuguese Congress in Lung Cancer, in October 2022, the study entitled “Home-based preoperative exercise training for lung cancer patients undergoing surgery: A feasibility trial” was recognized again at the 1st Iberic Thoracic Surgery Meeting, from november 25 to 27, with the Dr. Eduardo Esteves Pinto prize. This study was presented by ciTechCare researcher Pedro Machado and was elected as the best oral communication of the event.  Besides Pedro Machado, Joana Cruz and Sara Pimenta, this work resulted in a joint collaboration between researchers from University of Coimbra and healthcare

microBioS, a ciTechCare project, whose purpose is to face the global problem of antimicrobial resistance, was awarded with the first prize of the Knowledge Circle Voucher Contest, last November 25, at the 1st Industry Open Day of Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA).  By coincidence, the prize was announced on November 18, which is the European Antibiotic Awareness Day. This is an important milestone for the researchers, by seeing the recognition of their project as a suitable solution in this important day, since antimicrobial resistance is currently responsible for nearly 1 million deaths per year.  The winning project, led

Professor Andre Nyberg, from Umeå University, was at citehcare, last november 29 and 30, for a cross-sharing experience on his professional field of work, focused on muscle assessment and treatment in patients with chronic obstrutive pulmonar disease (COPD), a topic which has also been a subject of interest and research at ciTechCare. “High-intensity exercise programs are not suitable for every patients with COPD”, however “there are certain groups of people that can really benefit from doing this exercise training modality”, said Professor Andre. ciTechCare developed a digital platform denominated OnTrack, a personalized coaching platform to tackle physical inactivity in COPD.

Innovative and ecologic was the project presented by researcher Marisa Gaspar, Ph.D, last november 17, in purpose of the developed work at the University of Coimbra, about the using and conversion of food residues into a sustainable solution of food edible coating. This project developed at the University of Coimbra, in collaboration with Agrarian School of Coimbra and the session was focused on the challenges and necessities associated and the importance of having partners to support the project, mainly if it satisfies the conditions of being a business solution.

This year’s Pulmonology Congress of the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, XII Luso-Brazilian Congress of Pulmonology, and 8th Union Europe Conference On Lung Health, took place from the 10th to the 12th of November at the Congress Center of the EPIC Sana Hotel, Algarve. This is a prestigious scientific event with professionals who work daily in the approach of the respiratory patient and in research in respiratory health, with various scientific and training sessions covering all areas of Pulmonology, whether in diagnosis, disease monitoring, and therapy.   The project “Personalising physical activity in COPD using digital health – optimization and implementation of the OnTRACK