The research “CeliAct – Celiac Disease: characterize to treat”, developed by Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, received one of the scientific awards 5th edition of the Health Marathon, in the area of Autoimmune Diseases and Allergies, for the first time attributed to a Polytechnic. These prizes are awarded in partnership with the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), which provides the necessary logistical support for the application process, dissemination and distribution by the jury. Find more information HERE:  https://citechcare.ipleiria.pt/celiact/

On March 10th, 2019, during the 15th Portuguese Diabetes Congress, the Bragança Parreira SPD / Roche Grant was awarded the project “CBmeter – a new technology with predictive value for the diagnosis of metabolic diseases”, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Maria Pedro Guarino, Adjunct Professor at the School of Health Sciences and Researcher at the Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare). This grant is established by the Portuguese Society of Diabetology with the purpose of rewarding a research project in the area of Technology in Diabetes. This project is currently being developed in partnership with the Leiria Hospital Center, EPE

On March was awarded the Prize Pulido Valente Ciência 2018, in the area of Biomedical Engineering, to a paper published in the international scientific journal, Diabetologia of which Maria Pedro Guarino is also co-author. The objective of the study “Bioelectronic modulation of carotid sinus nerve activity in the rat: a potential therapeutic approach to type 2 diabetes”, whose first author is Joana Sacramento, of the Center for Studies on Chronic Diseases of the CEDOC of NOVA Medical School, was to evaluate the effect of a bioelectronic application in the nerve that connects the carotid body to the brain, the carotid sinus nerve, in

Bruno Carreira, MD, PhD, general practitioner at the Santiago Primary Care Unit in Leiria, ciTechCare researcher and Professor at School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic, is the principal investigator of a pilot project of the Directorate-General for Health that aims to analyze the benefits of targeted physical exercise and its impact on the quality of life of the users, as well as evaluating the cost-benefit of applying this measure compared to the costs of medication and treatment. On February 27, 2019, a cooperation protocol was signed between Polytechnic of Leiria, Santiago de Leiria Family Health Unit, Leiria City Hall, Pinhal

Maria dos Anjos Dixe (and the Help2Care team) has achieved: Honourable Mention in the Knowledge category in the 2018 edition of the Good Practices for Active and Healthy Ageing prize in the Central Region with the project Help2Care designated by the Regional Coordination and Development Committee of the Ageing@Coimbra Centre and Consortium – 20th November 2018.

First Prize with ‘Communication Overload of the Informal Caregivers of Dependent People: Challenges for Mental Health Nurses’ presented by Ana Querido and Maria dos Anjos Dixe in the 9th International Congress of the Portuguese Society for Mental Health Nursing held at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança on 18th-19th October 2018.Maria dos Anjos Dixe, Cristina Baixinho and Adriana Henriques, researchers at the Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), were awarded the Honourable Mention with the article ‘Restriction of activity after a fall in institutionalised elderly people’ a theory based on the 7th Ibero-American Congress on Qualitative Research held at the University of Fortaleza – Brazil on 11th-13th July 2018.