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As a researcher for The Health & Technology Research Center (H&TRC) at the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, I specialize in microbial exposure assessment, and public and environmental health and occupational health. I completed my master’s degree in applied microbiology and my bachelor’s degree in environmental health science. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have published 12 articles so far, in specialized journals, including the most recent "Microbial contamination in grocery stores from Portugal and Spain: the neglected indoor environment to be tackled in the scope of the One Health approach" (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162602) and "Comprehensive assessment of occupational exposure to microbial contamination in waste sorting facilities from Norway" (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297725). I also contributed to two book chapters related to these topics ("Microbial occupational exposure assessments in sawmills and microbial assessment in grocery stores"). My research interests include mycology (fungal characterization, mycotoxins production, and azole resistance), bacteriology (airborne bacteria, MRSA, endotoxins), and environmental and occupational exposure in various settings. I have been involved in several projects, including the Occupational Exposure of Waste Workers' and Exposure to Bioburden in the Truck Cabin during Waste Management (CML-HTRC; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115086). Furthermore, I have collaborated with a chapter (“Screening of fungal azole resistance in different environmental samples” [https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819990-9.00017-2]) for a Mycology Encyclopaedia. In addition, I have worked in other research projects such as "AIR QUALITY IN SPORT FACILITIES: DEEP INSIGHT ON ULTRAFINE PARTICLES AND ON THE POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS" (SFRH/BD/147185/2019) and "MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION PRESENT IN THE INDOOR AIR" (CESAM-UA) and the most recent and EU funded “Identifying determinants for indoor air quality and their health impact in environments for children: measures to improve indoor air quality and reduce disease burdens – INCHILDHEALTH” (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101056883). I believe that my ongoing work aligns directly with SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being, to Impact the school occupants 'health and well-being, SDG 4: Quality Education, to impact learning conditions, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, with impacts on efficiency affecting all sustainability dimensions – social, economic and environmental sustainability, and SDG 13: 13 Climate Action, as good indoor air quality, optimal ventilation, healthy buildings, promote a healthy environment.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Pena

Citation names

  • Pena, Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D71B-656F-BB9D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2188-9318

Email addresses

  • pedro_migpena@hotmail.com (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/10 - 2025
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Saúde Pública (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2020 - 2022/10/22
Concluded
 Microbiologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Microbial contamination exposure assessment in waste collector trucks" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2016 - 2020
Concluded
 Saúde Ambiental (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Saúde e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2020/05/29 Research Trainee (Research) Slovenská zdravotnícka univerzita, Slovakia
2019/09 - 2019/12 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Tecnico Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear, Portugal
2018/07 - 2018/07 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Saúde e Tecnologia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07/20 - Current Técnico Saúde Ambiental 1 Cl (Técnico Diagnóstico Terapeuta Saúde Ambiental) Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo IP, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current IDENTIFYING DETERMINANTS FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND THEIR HEALTH IMPACT IN ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN: MEASURES TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE DISEASE BURDENS
101056883
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2018/07 ExPOSE: Exposure Protocols in Occupational Settings
02/SAICT/2016 – Project nº 23222
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Saúde e Tecnologia, Portugal

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - Current MICROBIOLOGICALCONTAMINATION PRESENT IN THE INDOOR AIR
CESAM-UA
Researcher
2022 - Current EXPOSURE AND HEALTH EFFECTSOF BIOAEROSOLS AND BIOGENIC GASES IN GREENPROFESSIONS”
STAMI-KWU-CISP
Researcher
2022 - Current AIR QUALITY IN SPORT FACILITIES:DEEP INSIGHT ON ULTRAFINE PARTICLES AND ON THEPOTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS
SFRH/BD/147185/2019
Researcher
2021 - 2022 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN WASTE COLLECTIONTRUCKS
CML-HTRC
Researcher
2021 - 2022 MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION INGROCERIES
IRSST-KWU-HTRC
Researcher
2021 - 2022 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OFMICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN CEMETERIES
H&TRC.-CML
Researcher
2019 - 2022 FBR_OC1_038_ INSTITUTOPOLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA_ EXPO-GREEN
FBR_OC1_038
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Marta Dias; Pedro Pena; Bianca Gomes; Renata Cervantes; Susana Viegas; Carla Viegas. "Snapshot Assessment to Fungal Load in Wood Departments from “Do It Yourself” (DIY) Stores". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-38277-2_31
  2. Pedro Pena. "Bioburden Assessment in Lisbon Groceries". 121-127. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-12547-8_11
  3. "Screening of Fungal Azole Resistance in Different Environmental Samples". 150-158. Elsevier, 2021.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-819990-9.00017-2
Book review
  1. Dias, Marta; Gomes, Bianca; Cervantes, Renata; Pena, Pedro; Viegas, Susana; Viegas, Carla. "Microbial occupational exposure assessments in sawmills". http://hdl.handle.net/10362/137370.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13020266
  2. Viegas, Carla; Pena, Pedro; Gomes, Bianca; Dias, Marta; Caetano, Liliana Aranha; Viegas, Susana. "Are in vitro cytotoxicity assessments of environmental samples useful for characterizing the risk of exposure to multiple contaminants at the workplace?". http://hdl.handle.net/10362/137175.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10020072
Conference paper
  1. Viegas, Carla; Cervantes, Renata; Dias, Marta; Gomes, Bianca; Pena, Pedro; Carolino, Elisabete; Twaruzek, Magdalena; et al. "Fungi and mycotoxins occupational exposure: unveiling the contamination in different settings from Portugal". 2023.
    10.1093/annweh/wxac087.025
  2. Viegas, Carla; Cervantes, Renata; Gomes, Bianca; Moreira, Sílvia; Dias, Marta; Pena, Pedro; Carolino, Elisabete; et al. "Portuguese groceries: a comprehensive occupational exposure assessment to fungal contamination". 2022.
  3. Dias, Marta; Pena, Pedro; Cervantes, Renata; Gomes, Bianca; Caetano, Liliana Aranha; Viegas, Carla. "Aspergillus distribution on waste collection trucks". 2022.
  4. Viegas, Carla; Cervantes, Renata; Dias, Marta; Gomes, Bianca; Pena, Pedro; Carolino, Elisabete; Twaruzek, Magdalena; et al. "Occupational exposure to fungi and mycotoxins: overview of different studies developed in Portugal". 2022.
  5. Caetano, Liliana Aranha; Gomes, Bianca; Dias, Marta; Pena, Pedro; Cervantes, Renata; Viegas, Carla. "Azole-resistance of Mucorales order in three occupational environments and potential health risks for workers". 2022.
  6. Pena, Pedro. "Occupational exposure in health care facilities: a review". Paper presented in ICEH2019, Lisbon, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Bruna Riesenberger; Margarida Rodriguez; Liliana Marques; Renata Cervantes; Bianca Gomes; Marta Dias; Pedro Pena; Edna Ribeiro; Carla Viegas. "Filling the Knowledge Gap Regarding Microbial Occupational Exposure Assessment in Waste Water Treatment Plants: A Scoping Review". Microorganisms (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061144.
    10.3390/microorganisms12061144
  2. Carla Viegas; Cátia Peixoto; Bianca Gomes; Marta Dias; Renata Cervantes; Pedro Pena; Klara Slezakova; et al. "Assessment of Portuguese fitness centers: Bridging the knowledge gap on harmful microbial contamination with focus on fungi". Environmental Pollution (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123976.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123976
  3. Carla Viegas; Elke Eriksen; Bianca Gomes; Marta Dias; Renata Cervantes; Pedro Pena; Elisabete Carolino; et al. "Comprehensive assessment of occupational exposure to microbial contamination in waste sorting facilities from Norway". Frontiers in Public Health (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297725.
    10.3389/fpubh.2023.1297725
  4. Bianca Gomes; Marta Dias; Renata Cervantes; Pedro Pena; Joana Santos; Marta Vasconcelos Pinto; Carla Viegas. "One Health Approach to Tackle Microbial Contamination on Poultries—A Systematic Review". Toxics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040374.
    10.3390/toxics11040374
  5. Viegas, Carla; Gomes, Bianca; Cervantes, Renata; Moreira, Sílvia; Dias, Marta; Pena, Pedro; Carolino, Elisabete; et al. "Microbial contamination in grocery stores from Portugal and Spain: the neglected indoor environment to be tackled in the scope of the One Health approach". (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/15759.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162602
  6. Bianca Gomes; Pedro Pena; Renata Cervantes; Marta Dias; Carla Viegas. "Microbial Contamination of Bedding Material: One Health in Poultry Production". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416508.
    10.3390/ijerph192416508
  7. Carla Viegas; Bianca Gomes; Filipe Oliveira; Marta Dias; Renata Cervantes; Pedro Pena; Anita Quintal Gomes; et al. "Microbial Contamination in the Coffee Industry: An Occupational Menace besides a Food Safety Concern?". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013488.
    10.3390/ijerph192013488
  8. Carla Viegas; Renata Cervantes; Marta Dias; Bianca Gomes; Pedro Pena; Elisabete Carolino; Magdalena Twaruzek; et al. "Unveiling the Occupational Exposure to Microbial Contamination in Conservation–Restoration Settings". Microorganisms (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081595.
    10.3390/microorganisms10081595
  9. Carla Viegas; Pedro Pena; Marta Dias; Bianca Gomes; Renata Cervantes; Elisabete Carolino; Magdalena Twaruzek; et al. "Microbial contamination in waste collection: Unveiling this Portuguese occupational exposure scenario". Journal of Environmental Management 314 (2022): 115086-115086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115086.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115086
  10. Carla Viegas; Renata Cervantes; Marta Dias; Bianca Gomes; Pedro Pena; Elisabete Carolino; Magdalena Twaruzek; et al. "Six Feet under Microbiota: Microbiologic Contamination and Toxicity Profile in Three Urban Cemeteries from Lisbon, Portugal". Toxins 14 5 (2022): 348-348. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14050348.
    10.3390/toxins14050348
  11. Carla Viegas; Pedro Pena; Bianca Gomes; Marta Dias; Liliana Aranha Caetano; Susana Viegas. "Are In Vitro Cytotoxicity Assessments of Environmental Samples Useful for Characterizing the Risk of Exposure to Multiple Contaminants at the Workplace? A Systematic Review". Toxics (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10020072.
    10.3390/toxics10020072
  12. Marta Dias; Bianca Gomes; Renata Cervantes; Pedro Pena; Susana Viegas; Carla Viegas. "Microbial Occupational Exposure Assessments in Sawmills—A Review". Atmosphere 13 2 (2022): 266-266. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13020266.
    10.3390/atmos13020266
  13. Viegas, Carla; Cervantes, Renata; Dias, Marta; Gomes, Bianca; Pena, Pedro; Carolino, Elisabete; Twaruzek, Magdalena; et al. "Six feet under microbiota". (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/139684.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14050348
  14. "Sampling methods and assays applied in SARS-CoV-2 exposure assessment". Science of The Total Environment 775 (2021): 145903-145903. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145903.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145903
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/03/20 First insights of Portuguese Primary schools’ Fungal assessment – Is Indoor Air Quality complying with Portuguese legal framework? International Society of Exposure Science Europe 2024 Workshop – Theme: Connecting Communities & Science through Addressing Environmental Exposures
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) (Berlim, Germany)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/09/18 - 2022/09/18 Participation and organizer member in the congress “International Society of Exposure Sciences – ISES 2022” (2022/09/18 - 2022/09/22)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/09/25 - 2019/09/27 Participation and organizer member, and Host in the congress “International Congress on Environmental Health 2019 – ICEH 2019 – “New” Challenges For The Future" (2019/09/25 - 2019/09/27)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/05/09 - 2019/05/10 Participation and Organizer member in the congress “CLimACT Final Event” (2019/05/09 - 2019/05/10)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/05/06 - 2019/05/08 Participation and organizer member in the congress “41st Mycotoxins Workshop” (2019/05/06 - 2019/05/08)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/30 Participation in the event “Global Health Forum”
Other
 “Global Health Forum”
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2023/06/15 - 2023/06/16 Participation in the event "Congresso de Saúde Pública 2023"
Congress
 "Congresso de Saúde Pública 2023"
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2022/11/03 - 2022/11/03 Participation in “1st Egas Moniz One Health Symposium”
Symposium
 "1st Egas Moniz One Health Symposium"
Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/18 Participation in the event "Ciência 2022 – Science and Technology encounter in Portugal"
Meeting
 "Ciência 2022 – Science and Technology encounter in Portugal"
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/04/27 - 2021/04/27 Participation in the conference “Emerging Infectious Diseases and related environmental, clinical and translational challenges” organized by University of Coimbra “Emerging Infectious Diseases and related environmental, clinical and translational challenges”
2019/05/08 - 2019/05/10 Participation in “Congresso Internacional de Segurança Integrada”
Congress
 Congresso Internacional de Segurança Integrada

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/04/01 - 2024/04/01 Lecture on “Microbial Air Quality Assessment in Elementary Schools in Portugal” for Public Health class from Environmental Health degree at ESTeSL, IPL, Lisbon (Licenciatura)
2023/10/23 - 2023/10/23 Lecture on "Sampling methods for assessing exposure to microbiological agents" and "Extraction of environmental matrices from the assessment of exposure to microbiological agents for the characterization of microbial contamination" for Environmental Microbiology class from Environmental Health degree at ESTeSL, IPL, Lisbon
Distinctions

Award

2024 2nd place at Poster competition
2022 Winner of the Student Poster Competition