Eco-anxiety: Almost 10% of College Students Feel Anxious About Climate Change
A study coordinated by Francisco Sampaio, a researcher at CINTESIS, states that one in 10 students has symptoms of eco-anxiety. The news is from the newspaper Expresso. Read more.
Precision Medicine in Oncology Forum is Scheduled for November 30
The Precision Medicine in Oncology Forum will take place on November 30 in the Auditorium of the Centre for Medical Investigation of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). This initiative is part of the Invited Chair for Innovation in Oncology at FMUP, coordinated by Nuno Vale, a researcher at CINTESIS@RISE and professor at this Faculty. Four [...]
Saturday // “There is no reason to deny aggressive cancer treatments to elderly women”
Fernando Schmitt, a researcher at CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, was interviewed by the magazine Sábado, in which he points out worrying data related to breast cancer treatment. The specialist is also a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and the coordinator of the Associate Laboratory RISE. See more here.
Anabela Silva: A Researcher in Search of Innovative Intervention Strategies for Chronic Pain and Elderly People
Anabela Silva is a researcher of the AgeingC group of CINTESIS at the University of Aveiro (UA) who develops projects and studies mainly in the areas of pain, technologies and elderly people. She was born in 1978 in Luxembourg, from where she came to Portugal when she was only four years old. She lived and studied in Pombal. She dreamed [...]
Experts Advocate Investment to Promote Mental Health Literacy
"Mental Health Literacy: How to obtain and maintain positive mental health" is the title of this month's editorial in "Frontiers in Psychology", authored by researchers from CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research. The authors, including researcher Carlos Sequeira, stress that it is time to move from opinion articles and observational studies to another type of research. "The [...]
CINTESIS Researchers Create International Student Chapter within the Gerontological Society of America
Researchers from CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research / the University of Aveiro are promoting the first international group of students from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) formed outside the USA. They are current and future students of any cycle of Higher Education and from areas, such as Medicine, Psychology, and Nursing, among many others, with [...]