Curriculum Vitae
Vânia Patrícia Martins Rocha
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Vânia Patrícia Martins Rocha
Citation names
- Rocha, Vânia
- Vânia Rocha
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 121A-B12E-5795
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7928-6387
Email addresses
- vania.rocha@ua.pt (Professional)
- vania.rocha@ispup.up.pt (Professional)
- vania.p.rocha@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- Edif.30 Agras do Crasto, Campus Universitário Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vania_Rocha (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2015/09/01 - 2020/03/11
Concluded
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Doctoral degree in Public Health (Doutoramento)
Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal
"A life-course approach to social inequalities in lung function" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved |
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2020/01/19 - 2020/02/04
Concluded
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Data scientist with R (Outros)
Major in Course
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal
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2018/07/02 - 2018/07/06
Concluded
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Summer school on social determinants of health (Outros)
Major in Summer School
University College London Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, United Kingdom
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2011/09/01 - 2013/05/31
Concluded
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Master degree in Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy (Mestrado)
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
"Computerized respiratory sound analysis in people with dementia: a first-step towards diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory
conditions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 valores (0-20) |
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2006/09/15 - 2010/07/31
Concluded
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Degree in physiotherapy (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal
"Measuring crackles in cystic fibrosis: a systematic review of the literature." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 valores (0-20) |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2021/12/15 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
| 2020/01/01 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal |
| University of Aveiro, School of Health Sciences, Portugal | ||
| 2020/10/01 - 2021/12/14 | Postdoc (Research) | Lab3R - Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Portugal |
| University of Aveiro, School of Health Sciences, Portugal | ||
| 2015/09/01 - 2020/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto, Portugal | ||
| 2020/01/01 - 2020/09/30 | Research Assistant (Research) | Lab3R - Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Portugal |
| University of Aveiro, School of Health Sciences, Portugal | ||
| 2010/09/01 - 2012/08/31 | Research Assistant (Research) | University of Aveiro, School of Health Sciences, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012/09/01 - 2014/12/31 | Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Fisioterapeuta) | Long-term Care Unit in Mira, Coimbra, Portugal |
| Long-term Care Unit in Mira, Coimbra, Portugal | ||
| 2013/04/01 - 2014/04/30 | Técnico de 2ª Classe (Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Fisioterapeuta) | Occupational Activities Center, Portugal |
| Centro de Acção Social do Concelho de Ílhavo, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/07/16 - 2022/07/15 | HINEC - When do health inequalities start? Understanding the impact of childhood social adversity on health trajectories from
birth to early adolescence
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029567
PTDC/SAU-PUB/29567/2017
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2015/09/01 - 2020/12/31 | A life-course approach to social inequalities in lung function
SFRH/BD/103726/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal
Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/12/15 - Current | eHealthResp – Development and validation of e-Health tools to support clinical decision and patient empowerment in respiratory
infections: randomized controlled cluster trial
PTDC/SAU-SER/31678/2017
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031678
Post-doc
iBiMED-Institute of Biomedicine, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2020/10/01 - 2021/12/14 | PRIME - Pulmonary Rehabilitation Innovation and Microbiota in Exacerbations of COPD
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028806
PTDC/SAU-SER/28806/2017
Post-doc
Lab3R - Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Portugal
iBiMED-Institute of Biomedicine, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2020/01/01 - 2020/09/30 | PRIME - Pulmonary Rehabilitation Innovation and Microbiota in Exacerbations of COPD
PTDC/SAU-SER/28806/2017
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028806
Research Fellow
Lab3R - Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Portugal
iBiMED-Institute of Biomedicine, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2014/05/01 - 2014/07/31 | The influence of indoor hygrothermal conditions in quality of life of people living in social housing
EXPL/ECM-COM/1999/2013
Research Fellow
Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2011/09/01 - 2012/08/31 | Using International Classification of Functionality (ICF) to develop integrated interventions for institutionalised people
with dementia and their formal caregivers
RIPD/CIF/109464/2009
Research Fellow
University of Aveiro, School of Health Sciences, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2010/09/01 - 2011/08/31 | Psychoeducational support for informal caregivers of people with dementia
100131/FCG/2009
Research Fellow
University of Aveiro, School of Health Sciences, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference abstract |
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| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2020/11/13 | Are in person and telephone interview equivalent modes of administrating the COPD Assessment Test, the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness-Fatigue Subscale and the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire? | 36th Virtual Congress of Portuguese Society of Pneumology
Portuguese Society of Pneumology (Albufeira, Portugal)
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| 2018/09/13 | Inequalities in maternal education and lung function from adolescence to early adulthood. | XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología y XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
Portuguese Epidemiology Association (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2017/11/03 | Childhood violence, inflammation and DNA methylation: a systematic review. | 10th European Public Health Conference
European Public Health Society (Stockholm, Sweden)
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| 2017/11/02 | Social inequalities in lung function growth from adolescence to early adulthood: the EPITeen Cohort study. | 10th European Public Health Conference
European Public Health Society (Stockholm, Sweden)
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| 2016/05/21 | Socioeconomic differences in the use and forgoing of health-care and prescribed medication or treatment among older people. | European Sociological Association Mid-Term Conference of the Research Network on Sociology of Health & Illness (RN16)
European Sociological Association Research Network (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2013/09/09 | Speaker in the 2nd seminar - Rethink ageing-, organized by the Integrated Social Service of the Municipality of Ílhavo, Aveiro. | Rethink ageing
Integrated Social Service of the Municipality of Ílhavo (Ilhavo, Portugal)
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| 2012/09/23 | Hospitalizations or emergency department use by institutionalised people with dementia. | 3.ª Edição da Conferência Internacional sobre Envelhecimento
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2012/06/11 | Physical pain in formal caregivers of dependent older people. 21st Nordic Congress of Gerontology | 21st Nordic Congress of Gerontology
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
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| 2012/03/09 | The (ab)use of antipsychotics in people with dementia according to the living conditions. | 27th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International
(London, United Kingdom)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2013/06/15 - Current | Member of the organisation team of training about support in intellectual and developmental disabibility - a new perspective
to intervene in people with disability, held by Dr. Ana Sofia Santos. (2013/06/15)
Seminar
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Center for psychosocial action of Ilhavo, Portugal |
| 2017 - 2019 | Member of the organisation committee of the Porto University exhibition (MOSTRA-UP), having contributed to the dynamization
of the connection space between the university and the community. (2017 - 2019)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal |
| 2018/05/17 - 2018/05/18 | Member of the organisation team of the LIFEPATH fourth annual meeting held in Porto, Portugal. Lifepath was an EU-funded project
aimed to provide updated, relevant and innovative evidence for the relationship between social inequalities and healthy ageing.
(2018/05/17 - 2018/05/18)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2018/09/12 - Current | Invited moderator in the session child and adolescent health from the XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de
Epidemiología y XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Lisboa.
Conference
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XXXVI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología y XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
Portuguese Society of Epidemiology, Portugal
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| 2018/02/05 - Current | Invited moderator in the seminar - Biobanks, research and Public Health: promises and challenges. Museu Nacional Soares dos
Reis, Porto.
Seminar
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Biobanks, research and Public Health: promises and challenges.
Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal
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| 2012/11/23 - Current | Participant in the International conference on active ageing, held in Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Nova, Lisbon.
Conference
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International conference on active ageing
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Nova, Lisbon. , Portugal
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| 2012/07/12 - Current | Speaker and participant in the VII Conference of health in ageing, organized by the Social Complex of Santa Casa da Misericórdia
de Aveiro. Aveiro.
Conference
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VII Conference of health in ageing
Social Complex of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2020/11/12 - 2020/11/14 | Participant in the 36th Virtual Congress of Portuguese Society of Pneumology. Algarve, Portugal.
Conference
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36th Virtual Congress of Portuguese Society of Pneumology
Portuguese Society of Pneumology, Portugal
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| 2020/09/07 - 2020/09/09 | Participant in the European Respiratory Society Virtual Congress. Vienna, Austria.
Congress
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European Respiratory Society Virtual Congress
European Respiratory Society, Switzerland
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| 2019/07/08 - 2019/07/10 | Participant in the Science and Technology Summit in Portugal. Lisbon, Portugal
Meeting
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Science and Technology Summit
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2017/11/01 - 2017/11/04 | Participant in the 10th European Public Health Conference. Stockholm, Sweden.
Conference
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10th European Public Health Conference
EUPHA, Netherlands
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| 2016/05/19 - 2016/05/21 | Participant in the European Sociological Association Mid-Term Conference of the Research Network on Sociology of Health &
Illness (RN16). Lisboa, Portugal.
Conference
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RN16 - Sociology of Health and Illness
European Sociological Association, France
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| 2014/05/16 - 2014/05/17 | Participant in the 1st Congress of Physiotherapy from Hospital Charity of Mealhada. Coimbra, Portugal. Health promotion in
sports, work, children and young, women and in elderly people.
Conference
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1st Congress of Physiotherapy
Hostpital da Mealhada, Portugal
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| 2012/03/07 - 2012/03/10 | Participant in the 27th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International. 7-10 March, 2012. London, U.K.
Conference
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27th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International
Alzheimer’s Disease Association, United Kingdom
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2021/01/01 - Current | Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas - APFISIO | Member of the society |
| 2020/02/01 - Current | Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia (Portuguese Society of Pulmonology) | Member of the society |
| 2012/01/01 - Current | European Respiratory Society | Member of the society |
| 2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | Portuguese Society of Epidemiology | Member of the society |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2017/11/18 - Current | Seminar on social inequalities in health: an approach throughout life course | Master degree in physiotherapy (Mestrado) | School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2011/03 - Current | Two seminars in the discipline - Clinical Contexts in Physiotherapy | Degree in Physiotherapy (Licenciatura) | School of Health Sciences, University of Aveiro, Portugal |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
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| 2018/03/16 - Current | Mentes que briham - Porto Canal | Neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and health-related quality of life |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2015/01 - Current | REVIEWER IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS Frontiers in Public Health; International Journal of Public Health; Disability and Rehabilitation Journal; Science Journal of Clinical Medicine; International Journal for Equity in Health; Journal of Women´s Health; American Journal of Preventive Medicine |