Maria Vergília Candal Ribeiro da Cunha (FC1F-568C-60EC)

Curriculum Vitae

Maria Vergília Candal Ribeiro da Cunha

MR Cunha is coordinator and physiatrist at the Rehabilitation Unit of Spinal Cord Injuries at Centro de Reabilitação do Norte - Dr. Ferreira Alves (CRN), Valadares, since 2014. This unit is specialized in the rehabilitation of spinal cord injury and provides patient-designed assistance at different levels, including inpatients, consultation of outpatients (general and specialized), and using complementary tools and means for diagnostics and therapeutics. MR Cunha develops and coordinates integrative rehabilitation programs that are comprehensive, intensive and tailored-made for each patient and extends her analysis by clinical long-term monitoring. MR Cunha has medical know-how on SCI in general and on the rehabilitative management of SCI patients, in particular, being aware of the challenges of rehabilitative protocols. MR Cunha is currently enrolled as PhD student in the Doctoral Program in Rehabilitation Sciences (University of Aveiro) and is highly motivated to enhance the bench-to-bedside crosstalk aiming at improvements in treatment quality, recovery, well-being and life quality of SCI patients.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Maria Vergília Candal Ribeiro da Cunha

Citation names

Cunha, Maria
Maria Ribeiro da Cunha
Maria Ribeiro-Cunha

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: FC1F-568C-60EC
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3706-7316

Email addresses

mariarcunha@ua.pt (Professional)
maria.ribeiro.cunha@ulsge.min-saude.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-cunha-a2838748/ (Professional)
https://www.sparklabvieira.com/team (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Other Clinical Medicine Subjects

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
German	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/10 - 2024/10 Ongoing	Doctoral Program in Rehabilitation Sciences (PDCR) (Doutoramento) Major in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "SCIMBIONT – Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: gut dysbiosis and immune biomarkers as functional prognosis tools and new therapeutic targets" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2023 Concluded	Competência em Gestão dos Serviços de Saúde (Outros) Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal
2022/09/27 - 2022/12/13 Concluded	Healthcare Institutions Senior Management Program (Outros) AESE Business School, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/07 Concluded	Postgraduate Course in Pelvic Floor Medical Approach (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Campus de Albacete, Spain
2013/04 Concluded	Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Título de especialista) Major in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal	18.8
2010/08/01 - 2012/12/31 Concluded	Medical Internship with Specific Training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Major in Rehabilitation, Neurology, Rheumatology, Spinal Cord Injury Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro Rovisco Pais, Portugal Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Italy Hospital Infante Dom Pedro-Aveiro, Portugal Fundación del Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos para la Investigación y la Integración, Spain Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2010/07/31 Concluded	Medical Internship with Specific Training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Major in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal Hospital Dona Estefânia, Portugal Hospital de Santa Marta, Portugal Hospital de São José, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Postgraduate Course in Cardiac Rehabilitation 4th edition (Pós-Graduação) Major in Cardiac Rehabilitation Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal	19
2009 - 2009 Concluded	Postgraduate Specialization Course in Technical English - Medical Area - 2nd Edition (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal	Muito bom
2008/01/21 - 2008/12/31 Concluded	Common Year/ Ano Comum (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Hospital Infante Dom Pedro-Aveiro, Portugal	Aproveitamento
2001 - 2007 Concluded	Medicine (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014/06/01 - Current	Assistente (Médica)	Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves Unidade de Reabilitação de Lesão Medular, Portugal

2013/04/22 - 2014/05/06	Assistente (Médica)	Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro Rovisco Pais, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/03/15 - Current	Director - Quality Management, Risk and Humanisation Department	Unidade Local de Saúde Gaia Espinho, Portugal
	Unidade Local de Saúde Gaia Espinho, Portugal
2017/04/01 - Current	Coordinator/ Coordenadora	Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves Unidade de Reabilitação de Lesão Medular, Portugal

2015 - Current	Coordinator of the Spinal Cord Injury Section of the Portuguese Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SPMFR)l	Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação (SPMFR), Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016 - 2018	PARES - Pairing rehabilitation and Axonal REgenerative therapies towards promoting Spinal cord repair N/A Researcher	Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Cancelled
2015 - 2018	COMBINE - Combinatorial regenerative strategy to potentiate axon regeneration and improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury MC-1068-2015 Researcher	Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Cancelled

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/09/01 - Current	(CENTRO2020) DiscoveriesKT - MEDISIS Clinical and pre-clinical projects with Hospitals of Aveiro Region (iBiMED-CHVNG/E: ProtMedula) N/A PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal	Ongoing
2016 - 2017	InSCI (International Spinal Cord Survey) /PortSCI - International Multicenter Study (Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury) N/A Researcher	Cancelled
2011 - 2011	SORT – Survey of Osteoarthritis Real World Therapies N/A Researcher Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro Rovisco Pais, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Application Protocol of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation applied to Pain N/A Researcher Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro Rovisco Pais, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Cunha, Maria; Diamantino, L.. "A Medicina Física e de Reabilitação no Serviço de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica.". In Procedimentos em Cirurgia Cardiotorácica, 107-114. Portugal: LIDEL - Edições Técnicas, 2009.
Conference poster	Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Serum proteomic shifts with rehabilitation in spinal cord injury patients.". Paper presented in 62nd International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2023)., 2023. Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Rehabilitation-associated alterations in the serum proteome of spinal cord injury patients". Paper presented in 11th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. Granada, Spain, 2023. Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Rehabilitation-associated alterations in serum inflammatory biomarkers of spinal cord injury patients.". Paper presented in International Society for Physical Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) 2023 World Congress. Cartagena, Colombia, 2023. Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Rehabilitation-associated shifts in the serum proteome of spinal cord injury patients.". Paper presented in VI iBiMED Symposium. Aveiro, Portugal, 2023. Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Rehabilitation-associated serum proteomic signatures shifts in spinal cord injury patients.". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting 2023. Algarve, Portugal, 2023. Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Profilling Microbiome and Gut Dysbiosis in Spinal Cord Injury patients ¿ SCIMBIONT project.". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting 2023. Algarve, Portugal, 2023. Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Ribeiro, Beatriz; da Cruz, Bruna C.; Correia, Patrícia D.; Maria Ribeiro da Cunha. "Cell therapies for Spinal Cord Injury: reviewing the clinical trials and exploring cell-type therapeutic potential.". Paper presented in ENCODS 2023. Faro, Portugal, 2023. Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Trindade, Dário; Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "The influence of rehabilitation in serum inflammatory biomarkers of spinal cord injury patients.". Paper presented in FENS-Hertie Winter School. Obergurgl, Austria., 2023. Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Trindade, Dário; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "You have to bust a gut! SCI rehabilitation, neurogenic bowel dysfunction and gut microbiome". Paper presented in 61st International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2022). Vancouver, Canada., 2022. Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Trindade, Dário; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Serum cytokines in spinal cord injury good or evil?". Paper presented in 61st International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2022). Vancouver, Canada, 2022. Bárbara Mamede de Sousa; Trindade, Dário; Maria Ribeiro da Cunha; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "SCInflam: Serum Changes of Inflammatory analytes in Spinal Cord Injury patients". Paper presented in FENS Forum 2022. Paris, France, 2022. Ribeiro, Beatriz; Cruz, Bruna; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Correia, Patrícia D.; de Almeida, Ramiro; Cunha, Maria; Marques Baptista, António; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "Cell therapies for Spinal Cord Injury: A comprehensive review of the clinical trials and cell-type therapeutic potential". Paper presented in 2nd International Meeting of Portuguese Spinal Cord Injury Researchers, 2022. Ribeiro, Beatriz; Cruz, Bruna; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; Correia, Patrícia D.; Cunha, Maria; Marques Baptista, António; Vieira, Sandra Isabel. "What does the future hold for cell-based therapies in human spinal cord injury? A review on the clinical trials.". Paper presented in SPN 2021 - XVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, 2021.
Journal article	Maria Ribeiro-Cunha. "Inpatient Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Adult Spinal Cord Injury Without Neuroimaging Abnormality (SCIWNA): A Case Report.". Cureus 16 1 (2024): DOI 10.7759/cureus.52077. Open access • Published Ribeiro, Beatriz; Cruz, Bruna; de Sousa, Bárbara M; Correia, Patrícia D; David, Nuno; Rocha, Camila; de Almeida, Ramiro; et al. Corresponding author: Vieira, Sandra I. "Cell therapies for spinal cord injury: a review of the clinical trials and cell-type therapeutic potential". Brain (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad047. 10.1093/brain/awad047 Teixeira-Vaz, Ana; Silva, João Carlos; Ribeiro da Cunha, Maria. "Inflammatory bowel disease – an enemy of neurogenic bowel management in spinal cord injury patients". PM&R (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12938. Published • 10.1002/pmrj.12938 Maria Ribeiro-Cunha; André Borges; Igor Neto; Rodrigo Correia; Gandarez, Maria de Fátima L.. "Autonomic Dysreflexia, A Clinical Entity not to be Forgotten!". Examines Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 3 5 (2022): https://crimsonpublishers.com/epmr/pdf/EPMR.000572.pdf. Open access • Published Cunha, Maria. "Urinary dysfunction and urodynamic evaluation in multiple sclerosis. 2021;20(1):55-58.". International Journal on Disability and Human Development 20 1 (2021): 55-58. https://novapublishers.com/shop/volume-20-issue-1-international-journal-on-disability-and-human-development/. Published Amaral, Daniela M.; Pereira, Ana Margarida V. C.; Rodrigues, Margarida R.; Gandarez, Maria de Fátima L.; Cunha, Maria R.; Torres, Marta S. R.. "Urinary tract infection in patients with spinal cord injury after urodynamics under fosfomycin prophylaxis". Porto Biomedical Journal 4 6 (2019): e56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000056. 10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000056 Amorim, Samuel; Teixeira, Vitor Hugo; Corredeira, Rui; Cunha, Maria; Maia, Bruno; Margalho, Paulo; Pires, Joana. "Creatine or vitamin D supplementation in individuals with a spinal cord injury undergoing resistance training: A double-blinded, randomized pilot trial". The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 41 4 (2017): 471-478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1372058. 10.1080/10790268.2017.1372058 Campos, Ines; Margalho, Paulo; Lopes, Arminda; Branco, Catarina; Faria, Filipa; Caldas, Jorge; Cunha, Maria; Andrade, Maria João; Lains, Jorge. "People with Spinal Cord Injury in Portugal". American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 96 (2017): S106-S108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/phm.0000000000000616. 10.1097/phm.0000000000000616 Cunha, Maria; Margalho, Paulo; Laíns, Jorge; Sánchez-Ramos, António. "A influência das prostatites crónicas do lesionado medular nas características do líquido seminal: dúvidas e verdades comprovadas". Revista Internacional de Andrología 10 4 (2012): 147-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1698-031x(12)70071-7. 10.1016/s1698-031x(12)70071-7 Cunha, Maria; Barosa, J; Margalho, P; Tomé, P; Lains, J. "Protocolo de encerramento de traqueotomia em internamento em Reabilitação". Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação 22 (2012): 28-35. https://spmfrjournal.org/index.php/spmfr/article/view/10/10.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/11/29	Actualidades em Lesão Medular: Classificação AIS	Secção de Lesões Medulares da SPMFR
2021/10/23	Abordagem da Bexiga Neurogénea na Lesão Medular em Centros de Reabilitação - Durante o internamento.	Coloplast
2021/10/18	Internal formation from SGQRH on 'Bem Acolher: O Serviço de Gestão da Qualidade Risco e Humanização'.	SGQRH
2021/10/14	Cumprimento do treino intestinal em doentes com lesão medular	Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação (SPMFR)
2021/10/07	Workshop on 'Recuperação do Pavimento Pélvico no pós-parto', at UGI Mulher e Criança CHVNGE
2021/09/17	II Seminário do Risco do CHVNGE	SGQRH
2021/07/08	The Project SCIMBIONT	Universidade de Aveiro
2021/06/16	Gestão da Qualidade: o que é? Para que serve?, at CRN.	CRN
2021/05/12	Pergunte ao seu médico - Lesão Medular: dúvidas frequentes.	Coloplast
2021/05/05	Prevenção e tratamento de úlceras de pressão, at CRN	Formação Interna CRN
2021/02/03	Sexualidade no doente com lesão medular.	Coloplast
2021/01/20	Sexualidade no doente em cateterização intermitente.	Coloplast
2017/06	Zoom-out – Clinical Practice in SCI Rehabilitation, M. Cunha.	Advanced Summer School: The Research/Clinic Interface At The Spine Instituto de Investigação e Inovaçao em Saúde (i3S) (Porto, Portugal)
2017/05	General Information on Spinal Injury Rehabilitation/ Generalidades sobre Reabilitação da Lesão Medular, M. Cunha.	3ª Reunião da Rede de Lesões Medulares Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) (Porto, Portugal)
2016/10	Cardiorespiratory approach and intervention in the spinal cord injured/ Abordagem e intervenção cardiorespiratória no lesionado medular, M. Cunha.	I Jornadas de Reabilitação Cardiorespiratória Centro de Reabilitação do Norte
2015/03/27	Bladder Rehabilitation Strategies for Autonomy Development/ Estratégias de Reabilitação Vesical para desenvolvimento de autonomia, M. Cunha.	IX Encontro de Reabilitação Universidade Fernando Pessoa
2014/12	Neurophysiological Review of the Spinal Cord/ Revisão Neurofisiológica da Medula Espinhal, M. Cunha.	Jornadas Um Dia com a Lesão Medular (Porto, Portugal)
2012/10/08	Sexual rehabilitation in spinal cord injury/ Reabilitação sexual na lesão medular, M. Cunha.	Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro - Rovisco Pais
2012/10	The influence of chronic prostatitis in spinal cord injured in seminal plasma characteristics: doubts and prooved truths, M. Cunha, P. Margalho, J. Lains, A. Sanchez-Ramos.	9th Mediterranean Congress of PRM (Italy)
2012/06	Progressive necrotizing myelopathy: a diagnosis of uncertainty..., M. Cunha, P. Margalho.	18th PRM European Congress (Greece)
2012	Longitudinal lupus myelitis: a rare presentation of advanced disease, M. Cunha, S. Santos, P. Margalho.	18th PRM European Congress (Greece)
2011/11/14	Pain in spinal cord injury/ Dor na lesão medular, M. Cunha.	Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro - Rovisco Pais
2011/10	Diving spinal cord injury: a preventable cause?, M. Cunha, M. J. Azevedo.	II Jornadas Allergan Hispano-Lusas para Me´dicos Residentes en Rehabilitacio´n (Lisboa, Portugal)
2011/10	Neoplastic spinal cord injury: is it worth rehabilitating?/ Lesão medular neoplásica: vale a pena reabilitar?, M. J. Azevedo, M. Cunha, P. Margalho, J. Laíns.	X Jornadas Internacionais do Serviço de MFR do Centro Hospitalar de São João (Porto, Portugal)
2010/10	Urinary and anal (in)continence: a review of inpatients of a rehabilitation centre, during two years. J. Laíns, A. Pereira, I. Campos, I. Peixoto, P. Figueiredo, J. Branco, M. Ramos, M. Violante, M. Cunha, J. Almeida, I. Lucas.	8th Mediterranean Congress of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (Cyprus)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2021/11/29 - 2021/11/29	Webinar on Spinal Cord Injury Classification, by Secção de Lesões Medulares da SPMFR. (2021/11/29 - 2021/11/29) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
2021/04/21 - 2021/04/21	IV Encontro sobre Lesões Medulares by Associação Salvador (2021/04/21 - 2021/04/21) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
2020/02/17 - 2020/02/17	III Encontro sobre Lesões Medulares organizado pelo ICVS, o CRN e o CRN-MAR, Movimento Associativo de Reabilitação e Associação Salvador. (2020/02/17 - 2020/02/17) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019 - 2019	Member of the Organizing Committee of the "International Spinal Cord Injury Day" (Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Unit). (2019) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Member of the Organizing Committee of the "One Day with Spinal Cord Injury" sessions (SPMFR Section of Spinal Injuries). (2018) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação de Alcoitão, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Member of the Organizing Committee of the "Life continues with spinal cord injury" symposium, under the framework of the Project COMBINE. (2017 - 2017) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves, Portugal
2008 - 2008	Member of the Organizing Committee of the training event "Jornadas do Internato Médico 2008" (2008) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/09/29 - 2021/10/02	ISCoS 60th Annual Scientific Meeting Congress	ISCoS 60th Annual Scientific Meeting
2019/03 - 2019/06	Training Course for Staff in the scope of Hospital Services Management/ Curso de Formação para Quadros no âmbito da Gestão de Serviços Hospitalares, SInASE.	Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho EPE, Portugal
2015/12/14 - 2015/12/18	Curso de Formação profissional "Gestão construtiva de conflitos", UNAVE, Universidade de Aveiro. Workshop	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/07/05 - 2013/07/06	Leadership in Health Management at School of Business & Economics, Universdade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal. Seminar	Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2019/12	Jury member of the PhD Thesis in Neurosciences entitled: Management of neurogenic detrusor overactivity caused by spinal cord injury - the case of botulinum toxin and resiniferatoxin, presented to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto in December 2019.	Raquel Leal Monteiro Mano de Oliveira (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023 - Current	Physiological Genomics
2022 - Current	Spinal cord series and cases (2058-6124)	SpringerNature (London, GB)

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2014 - Current	Associação Portuguesa de NeuroUrologia e UroGinecologia (APNUG)
2009 - Current	International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
2009 - Current	European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
2009 - Current	Portuguese Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
2007 - Current	Ordem dos Médicos

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2011 - 2013	Founding member and Coordinator of the Residents Section of the Portuguese Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Coordinator
2011 - 2013	Founding member and representative of the interns of the Portuguese Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SPMFR) at the Committee of Residents of the Mediterranean Forum of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (MFPRM)
2008 - 2008	Representative of the Hospital Infante D. Pedro common year interns in 2008 Other

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/11/01 - Current	Curso de Medicina Sexual at Academia Clínica do Dragão
2019/05/09 - Current	Teacher of the theme "Neurogenic Bladder", Training and Teaching Center of CHVNG/E. Training directed to nursing teams.		Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves, Portugal
2016/01/09 - Current	Teacher of the Module "Respiratory Assessment", EPAP - Advanced Professional Education and Postgraduate. Training included in the Postgraduate Course in Oropharyngeal Dysphagia, aimed at speech therapists.		Centro de Reabilitação do Norte Dr Ferreira Alves, Portugal
2012/10/19 - Current	Lecturer of the class Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury in course unit "Clinical Topics in Physiotherapy I" , addressed to physiotherapists of the 1st year of the Master Course in Physiotherapy.	Fisioterapia (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro, Portugal
2011/12/17 - Current	Musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Collaborated in teaching the discipline with the theme "Treatment of nonspecific low back pain", under the supervision of Dr. Jorge Laíns, addressed to nurses in the Postgraduate Course in Rehabilitation Nursing.	Postgraduate Specialization Degree in Rehabilitation Nursing	Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/11/20 - 2011/12/14	Teacher of the topic “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Pain”, addressed to doctors, nurses and therapists.	Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Course	Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro Rovisco Pais, Portugal
2011/09/05 - 2011/10/12	Teacher of the training action at the course "Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers" aimed at doctors and nurses with a workload of 21 hours.		Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro Rovisco Pais, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2015 - Current	Associate editor of the Portuguese Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine/ Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação (SPMFR) scientific journal Specialist

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2021/08/18 - 2021/08/18	Podcast 'Lesões medulares - Mergulho no desconhecido' for Secção de Internos da SPMFR

Distinctions

Award

2023	PhD Grant Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho EPE, Portugal
2016	Prize Albino Aroso for the project PARES - Pairing rehabilitation and Axonal REgenerative therapies towards promoting Spinal cord repair. Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto, Portugal
2015	Neuroscience Prize Melo e Castro 2015 for the project COMBINE - Combinatorial regenerative strategy to potentiate axon regeneration and improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal

Other distinction

2012	Honorable Mention for Best Poster, with the work Protocol for closing tracheotomy in inpatient rehabilitation. M. Cunha, J. Barosa, P. Margalho, P. Tomé, J. Laíns.
2011	2nd Best Poster, with the work Diving spinal cord injury: a preventable cause? M. Cunha, M. J. Azevedo.