Research Group: PharmaHTA – Therapeutics, Pharmacovigilance & Hypertension Diagnosis
Thematic Line: TL2 – Clinical & Translational Research
Hub: Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Research Areas: Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems, Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Toxicology, Public , Environmental and Occupational Health, General and Internal Medicine
updated on 19/03/2018
Jorge Polónia is the Principal Investigator of the PhamaHTA Research Group of CINTESIS.
He graduated and earned his Doctoral Degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and specialised in Pharmacology and Clinical and Internal Medicine. Currently, he is the Coordinator of the Pharmacovigilance Unit of Porto, a Consultant of Medicine and Hypertension at the Pedro Hispano Hospital, an Associate Professor of the Department of Medicine of FMUP, and Guest Full Professor at the University of Aveiro.
It is at CINTESIS that the researcher develops his pioneering study on hypertension and salt consumption in Portugal (PHYSA study), which is his main research area. Through his work, Jorge Polónia aims to “identify the modifiable factors that determine the excess mortality from stroke in Portugal”, thus achieving one of his life goals – contributing to health promotion solutions.
His CV includes numerous scientific awards, mostly attributed to works in the area of arterial hypertension; and more than a hundred scientific articles published in international journals.
TITLE: 2013 ESH/ESC guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
AUTHORS: Mancia, G; Fagard, R; Narkiewicz, K; Redon, J; Zanchetti, A; Bohm, M; Christiaens, T; Cifkova, R; De Backer, G; Dominiczak, A; Galderisi, M; Grobbee, DE; Jaarsma, T; Kirchhof, P; Kjeldsen, SE; Laurent, S; Manolis, AJ; Nilsson, PM; Ruilope, LM; Schmieder, RE;…More
SOURCE: European Heart Journal, VOLUME: 34, ISSUE: 28, PUBLISHED: 2013
TITLE: An educational intervention to improve physician reporting of adverse drug reactions – A cluster-randomized controlled trial
AUTHORS: Adolfo Figueiras; Maria T Herdeiro; Jorge Polonia; Juan J Jesus Gestal Otero;
SOURCE: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, VOLUME: 296, ISSUE: 9, PUBLISHED: 2006
TITLE: Physicians’ attitudes and adverse drug reaction reporting – A case-control study in Portugal
AUTHORS: Herdeiro, MT; Figueiras, A; Polonia, J; Gestal Otero, JJ;
SOURCE: DRUG SAFETY, VOLUME: 28, ISSUE: 9, PUBLISHED: 2005
TITLE: Influence of pharmacists’ attitudes on adverse drug reaction reporting – A case-control study in Portugal
AUTHORS: Herdeiro, MT; Figueiras, A; Polonia, J; Gestal Otero, JJ;
SOURCE: DRUG SAFETY, VOLUME: 29, ISSUE: 4, PUBLISHED: 2006
TITLE: Estimation of salt intake by urinary sodium excretion in a Portuguese adult population and its relationship to arterial stiffness [Determinação do consumo de sal numa amostra da população Portuguesa adulta pela excreção urinária de sódio. Sua relação com rigidez arterial]
AUTHORS: Polonia, J; Maldonado, J; Ramos, R; Bertoquini, S; Duro, M; Almeida, C; Ferreira, J; Barbosa, L; Silva, JA; Martins, L;
SOURCE: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, VOLUME: 25, ISSUE: 9, PUBLISHED: 2006
PDICSS – Programa Doutoral em Investigação Clínica e em Serviços de Saúde