Curriculum Vitae
Fernanda Maria Antunes da Silva
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Fernanda Maria Antunes da Silva
Citation names
- Silva, Fernanda M.
- Silva, Fernanda
- Silva, F.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 3B13-1E85-181F
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8019-0729
- Researcher Id
- rid7830
Email addresses
- geral.fernandasilva@gmail.com (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAM-1787-2020 (Professional)
- https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57213015756 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Sport and Fitness Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2019 - 2024
Concluded
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Ciências do Desporto (Doutoramento)
Major in Atividade Física e Saúde/ Physical Activity and Health
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
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Approved with praise and distinction |
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2017 - 2019
Concluded
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Atividade Física (Mestrado)
Major in Gerontomotricidade
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
"Impacto dos comportamentos sedentários e da atividade física na aptidão física, função pulmonar e composição corporal de
idosos não institucionalizados do distrito de Castelo Branco" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 |
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2013 - 2016
Concluded
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Desporto e Atividade Física (Licenciatura)
Major in Minor crianças e idosos
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
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17 |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2024/09 - Current | Invited Full Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
| 2022/03/02 - 2022/03/31 | Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal |
| 2021/10/11 - 2021/11/19 | Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/09 - 2019/12 | Volunteering | Academia Sénior da Sertã, Portugal |
| 2018/10 - 2019/09 | Science - Data Collection | Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude, Portugal |
| Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal | ||
| 2017/10 - 2018/06 | Science - Data Collection | Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude, Portugal |
| Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/10/01 - 2024/09/30 | The Effects of Concurrent Training on Metabolic Diseases Risk Markers, Cardiorespiratory Function, Quality of Life and Stress
in Sedentary Middle-aged Workers
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/09/01 - 2019/09/30 | Healthy Lifestyle Innovation Quarters for Cities and Citizens (HeaLIQs 4 Cities)
Technical development
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EIT Health
Concluded
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| 2018 - 2019 | Operationalization of the National System of Surveillance and Monitoring of Physical and Sports Activity
CP/311/DD/2018
Technical development
Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude, Portugal
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Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude Universidade de Coimbra Concluded
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| 2017 - 2018 | Operationalization of the National System of Surveillance and Monitoring of Physical and Sports Activity.
CP/311/DD/2017
Technical development
Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude, Portugal
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Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude Universidade de Coimbra 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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| Report |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2023 | Combined Exercise Training, Body Composition, Glucose and Insulin Metabolism in Sedentary Workers. | International Congress CIDESD 2023.
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
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| 2023 | Meta-analysis of the Effects of Combined Training on Insulin Resistance and Inflammatory Profile. | International Congress CIDESD 2023.
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
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| 2023 | Association of Serum Adipokines Levels with Fat Mass, Lipid and Glycemic Profiles in Middle-Aged Sedentary Adults. | 2nd International Congress of Physical Activity.
Polytechnic institute of castelo branco (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
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| 2023 | Normal Range Glycated Hemoglobin A1c is Associated with Reduced Pulmonary Function in Middle-Aged Adults. | 2nd International Congress of Physical Activity.
Polytechnic institute of castelo branco (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
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| 2022 | Movement behaviours are associated with metabolic health markers in working adults: a cross-sectional analysis. | European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 2022
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2022 | Exercise as an intervention to mitigate metabolic changes due to sedentarism: A randomized controlled trial during COVID-19 pandemic. | 27th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla, Spain)
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| 2021 | Health Outcomes Associated with Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Older Adults. | Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Health and Well-being Intervention ICHWBI2021. Lisboa: Edições Piaget
(Portugal)
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| 2021 | Associations between physical activity, sedentary behavior, life satisfaction, and perceived stress among adults with sedentary jobs | XXII JORNADAS DA SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE PSICOLOGIA DO DESPORTO
(Leiria, Portugal)
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| 2021 | Physical Activity, Inactivity, and Sedentary Behaviour: Health Consequences | IV Seminário Internacional de Investigação em Ciências do Desporto da ESECB
Polytechnic institute of castelo branco (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
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| 2019 | Relationship between objectively measured sedentary behaviour, physical activity and adiposity in old people | CIDESD 2019 International Congress
(Maia, Portugal)
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| 2019 | Correlation between Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity and Lung Function in the Elderly. | XV International Seminar of Physical Education, Leisure and Health, SIEFLAS/ IV BUDO Congress
(Castelo Branco, Portugal)
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| 2019 | Adherence to physical activity guidelines and body composition in elderly people using objective measurements | XV International Seminar of Physical Education, Leisure and Health, SIEFLAS/ IV BUDO Congress
(Castelo Branco)
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| 2019 | The Relation between sedentary time and physical activity with physical fitness of the elderly | International Congress of Health and Well-being Intervention (ICHWBI 2019)
Institute Piaget University (Viseu, Portugal)
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| 2018 | The impact of physical activity on spirometric parameters in non-institutionalised elderly people | 4th IPLeiria International Health Congress: Global Health Trends
(Leiria, Portugal)
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| 2018 | The influence of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity activity on the physical fitness of non-institutionalised elderly people | 4th IPLeiria International Health Congress: Global Health Trends
(Leiria, Portugal)
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| 2018 | Influência da prática de atividade física moderada a vigorosa na aptidão física, nos parâmetros espirométricos e na composição corporal de idosos não institucionalizados | 2º Seminário Internacional de Investigação em Ciências do Desporto, Escola Superior de Educação de Castelo Branco |
| 2015 | Illinois Agility Test, o 5-0-5 Agility Test e o Pro-Agility Shuttle Test na Avaliação da Agilidade em Alunos do Ensino Superior | I Congresso Internacional de Atividade Física, Idanha-a-Nova. |
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2017 - 2017 | 1º Seminário de Investigação em Ciências do Desporto (2017/05/26)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal |
| 2015 - 2015 | II Ciclo de Colóquios Desporto e Bem-estar 'Dicas de Fitness' (2015/12/02)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/10/12 - 2023/10/13 | Participation in the CIDESD International Congress 2023
Congress
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CIDESD International Congress 2023
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
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| 2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 | Dynamization of activities for the European Researchers Night 2023
Festival
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European Researchers’ Night 2023
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal |
| 2023/03 - 2023/04 | Research Stay in the Laboratory of Professor Dr Richard J. Simpson at the Health Sciences Building, University of Arizona,
Tucson, USA.
Other
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Research Stay
The University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, United States
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| 2022/08/30 - 2022/09/02 | Participation in the 27th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
Congress
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27th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
European College of Sport Science, Germany
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| 2022/06/09 - 2022/06/11 | Participation in the EUCAPA 2022 – European Congress of Adapted Physical Activity 202
Congress
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EUCAPA 2022 – European Congress of Adapted Physical Activity 202
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
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| 2022/03 - 2022/03 | Participation in the XXII FORUM INTERNACIONAL DO DESPORTO
Symposium
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XXII FORUM INTERNACIONAL DO DESPORTO
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
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| 2021/09 - 2021/09 | AT1x: Human Anatomy: Musculoskeletal Cases (Online non-credit course)
Other
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Human Anatomy: Musculoskeletal Cases
Harvard University, United States
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| 2021/06/01 - 2021/06/30 | Summer Intensive Course of English
Other
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Intensive Course
The Cambridge School of English, Czech Republic
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| 2021/05/14 - 2021/05/15 | Participation in the Training Action "Validação de instrumentos para aplicação no contexto do desporto, atividade física e
saúde"
Workshop
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Validação de instrumentos para aplicação no contexto do desporto, atividade física e saúde
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, Portugal
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| 2021/02 - 2021/03 | Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Online non-credit course)
Classification: 97.84%/ 100%
Other
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Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Major in Qualitative Research)
Johns Hopkins University, United States
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| 2020/11 - 2021/01 | Writing in the Sciences (Online non-credit course)
Classification: 95.56%/ 100%
Other
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Writing in the Sciences (Major in Sciences)
Standford University , United States
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| 2020/04/29 - 2020/04/29 | Participation in the "Advanced topics in metabolism and immune system applied to physical exercise"
Congress
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Advanced topics in metabolism and immune system applied to physical exercise
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da UNESP, Brazil
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2023/11 - Current | American College of Sports Medicine (nº 933006) | ACSM Student Member |
| 2023/02 - Current | Portuguese Society of Diabetology (nº 1606) | SPD Member |
| 2021 - Current | Research Unit for Sport and Physical Activity (CIDAF) | Collaborator |
| 2022 - 2023 | European College of Sport Science | ECSS Student Member |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/06/17 - 2023/07/01 | Module 'Sedentarismo e Atividade Física na Saúde e no Bem-estar' (15 teaching hours) | Curso de Especialização em Promoção de Estilos de Vida Ativos e Saudáveis em Contextos de Baixa Densidade (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| 2022/10/16 - 2022/10/16 | Class at the Seminar Curricular Unit (2 hours) | Prescrição do Exercício e Promoção da Saúde (Mestrado integrado) | Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação de Leira, Portugal |
| 2020/05/07 - 2020/05/07 | Class at the Biomechanics II Curricular Unit (6 hours) | Ciências do Desporto (Licenciatura) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/12 - Current | Topic Coordinator of the Research Topic "(Un)healthy lifestyles, Aging, and Type 2 Diabetes" / Frontiers in Aging (Intervention in Aging) (2673-6217) | Frontiers |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/11/18 - 2022/11/18 | Member (Invited External member) of the Jury of the final research projects of the Bachelor's degree 'Atividade Física e Estilos de Vida Saudáveis' | Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, Portugal |
| 2022/06/01 - 2022/06/01 | Member (Arguer) of the Jury of the 'Provas de Aptidão Profissional' of the Profissional Course of Sport. | Instituto Vaz Serra, Portugal |
| 2021/07/12 - 2021/07/12 | Member (Arguer) of the Jury of the 'Provas de Aptidão Profissional' of the Profissional Course of Sport. | Instituto Vaz Serra, Portugal |
| 2021/06/22 - 2021/06/22 | Member (Invited External member) of the Jury of the final research projects of the Bachelor's degree 'Atividade Física e Estilos de Vida Saudáveis' | Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2020 | Merit Award for Master's degree classification (2017/2018 academic year)
Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
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| 2019 | One the best scientific papers of the International Congress of Health and Well-being Intervention (ICHWBI, 2019)
Escola Superior de Educação Jean Piaget de Viseu, Portugal
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| 2016 | Scholar Merit Award, for obtaining the highest classification among the students at the Higher School of Education (2015/2016
academic year)
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
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| 2013 | IVS Merit Award 2012/2013, Dr. Gil Marçal Application and Effort Award |