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Researchers from TUS-Athlone joined ciTechCare for a scientific discussion on physical activity and health science

30 June 2023

The development of scientific projects in the area of physical activity and its impact on the rehabilitation of patients with chronic disease was the main purpose of the last Science Swing session that took place at the Health Innovation Hub, on June 19. As usual, in these sessions, external researchers are invited to share their research projects, contributing to strengthen relations with other scientists and foster potential future projects. The last Science Swing session were led by Pedro Machado, Ph.D. research fellow on Sports Science: Physical Activity, from ciTechCare, and Clare McDermott and Fiona Skelly, both Ph.D. researchers and Lecturers

Opening of call for research fellowships

28 June 2023

The Polytechnic of Leiria is now opening applications for (three) scientific research fellowship (BI) within the project “MorphoPlay – Playful strategies for assessing morphological knowledge (2022.02585.PTDC)”, financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). These scholarships are intended for graduates in Speech Therapy, Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Clinical Linguistics or similar areas, who meet the enrollment conditions or already enrolled in a Master’s Degree in the field of Health, Psycholinguistics or Clinical Linguistics, who wish to develop research activities at ciTechCare- Innovation Center in Technologies and Health Care, aiming to obtaining a Master’s degree. The duration of each research fellowship

Science Swing session gathered researchers in design to talk about its impact in a better quality of life

8 June 2023

Sandra Neves, design healthcare-related researcher and Vice-Director of LIDA (Laboratory in Design and Arts of Polytechnic of Leiria) and Satu Jumisko-Pyykkö, principal research scientist at the University of Applied Sciences Häme, in Finland, on Design thinking lead a science swing session on may 31, at 10 a.m. Both communications addressed several design projects whose practical application in various situations, both in the hospital and in daily life, through human interaction is truly remarkable. The LIDA researcher presented the participatory design process used in the SafeTrack project, developed in partnership with the Hospital Center of Leiria. This project allowed a dialogue between designers, health professionals and patients’

ciTechCare researchers integrate the Committee of Experts of the Research Center of Leiria Hospital Center

7 June 2023

CiTechCare researchers Ana Querido, António Campos, Carolina Henriques, Raquel Oliveira and Sónia Gonçalves Pereira are members of the Committee of Experts of the Researcher Center of Leiria Hospital Center (RS.LHC). The Committee of Experts gathered on may 25 for the first time to inform about the developed work of the RS.LHC over the last 9 years, to discuss work perspectives and to promote future activities. Maria Guarino, Coordinator of ciTechCare, also joined the meeting as member of the Executive Committee of the RS.LHC, presented the ciTechCare and strategies to straight professional relationships and empower partner projects on scientific research. Photography by Leiria Hospital

Ana Querido kicked off a new cycle of conferences at the Research Center of Leiria Hospital Center

7 June 2023

The first of four conferences organized by the Research Center of the Hospital Center of Leiria (HCL), was conducted on May 25, by Ana Querido, researcher at ciTechCare in the area of Mental Health and Palliative Care. The invited speaker dedicated her presentation to the theme “Knowledge in Health Care Service – The perspective of a Researcher” and talked about two of the research projects that are developing “Hope in Palliative Care” and “Caregiver Training”. The cycle of conference, that will be on going this year of 2023, intends to promote the sharing of scientific experiences in the HCL and

ciTechCare dedicates the 4th anniversary to education and research in Nutrition and Food Innovation

30 May 2023

Researchers, professors and students were together last May 16 at the Health Innovation Hub of the Polytechnic of Leiria to celebrate the 4th anniversary of ciTechCare, marked on May 13. May 16, also the National Scientist’s Day, was dedicated to research, in particular to developed projects in the field of Nutrition and Food Innovation, but also to the discussion on ‘Education, Citizenship and… Science’, which took place in the morning. Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio, former Minister of Justice and a defender of the freedom of scientific research and Maria Guarino, Coordinator of the Research Unit, boosted this discussion where the impact