Born in Lisbon, José Pedro Ferreira is an Associate Professor at the Sport Sciences and Physical Education Faculty at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Jose finished his undergraduate in Physical Education (1991), in Special Education and Rehabilitation (1993) and his Master Course in Motor Development (1998) at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, Lisbon Technical University. In 2002 he completed his Mphil in the University of Exeter, UK and in 2004 concluded his PhD in Exercise and Health Sciences at the University of Bristol, UK, under the supervision of Professor Kenneth R. Fox. From 2007- 2011 and 2019 - 2020 he was/is the Dean of the Sport Sciences and Physical Education Faculty, at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. His present research interests are focused on the psychological and cognitive functioning effects of exercise in special groups. Since 2005 he is the coordinator of the Master programme in Exercise, Health and Well-being for Special Groups at the University of Coimbra and since 2009 he is the president of the Sport Observatory of the University of Coimbra. At international level, Jose Ferreira is an invited professor on the Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physical Activity at Leuven University, Belgium, since 2010. Between 2006-2014 he was the vice-president and the president elect of European Federation of Adapted Physical Activity and since October 2014 he was appointed as president of the EUFAPA. José published 59 articles in journals, has 13 section(s) of books and 7 book(s). Supervised 4 PhD thesis(es) e co-supervised 3. Supervised 39 MSc dissertation(s). Participates and/or participated as principal investigator in 6 project(s) and Researcher in 10 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences. In their professional activities interacted with 227 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.