Expresso // Lia Fernandes on Mental Health and Ageing Podcast
“I know a couple who takes turns buying their medication due to lack of money: he takes it one month, she takes it another.” The interview with Lia Fernandes, CINTESIS@RISE researcher and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, to the podcast "Que Voz é Esta?", from the newspaper Expresso. Read and listen here.
CINTESIS Researchers Assess Mental Health Literacy in Adult Population
CINTESIS@RISE, together with the Nursing School of Porto (ESEP) and the Portuguese Catholic University, is developing a study to assess the levels of mental health literacy in the Portuguese adult population. This joint work includes an online questionnaire to which all people aged 18 or older living in mainland Portugal or the Autonomous Regions of Madeira or the Azores can [...]
CINTESIS Researcher Takes Office in the Order of Engineers
Abel Nicolau, a researcher at the Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS@RISE), is a member of the Installation Committee of the new Biomedical Engineering Specialty College of the Order of Engineers. The inauguration ceremony took place on February 8, at the national headquarters of the Order of Engineers, in a ceremony presided over by its President Fernando de [...]
Liliana Mota: “Networking” makes it possible to “leverage research”
She is known for her never-ending energy and contagious joy. Liliana Mota is also a researcher who is passionate about what she does, a creator of "apostles", an advocate of teamwork and the connection to clinical practice, and a scientist who is highly aware of the impact her work can have on society. These are some of the reasons why [...]
CINTESIS Merges into New Research Unit – RISE-Health
CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, together with UnIC - Cardiovascular Research Center, both based at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), are leading an unprecedented merger to form a new Research Unit. RISE-Health was made official on January 17, as part of the Evaluation of the Multi-Year Funding Program for R&D Units [...]
Electoral Commission Announces Annulment of CINTESIS Scientific Coordination Election Process
The election process for the Scientific Coordinator of CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, which was due to take place on January 17, 2024, has been annulled. The decision was announced in a statement by the Electoral Commission. According to the document, the decision was taken due to the lack of applications for the position (which should [...]