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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Cancer Signalling

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PI name
Bibiana I. Ferreira
PI email
biferreira@ualg.pt
Short description of research profile

Our laboratory is primarily focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms that enable cancer cells to develop resistance to multiple anticancer therapies. In particular, we investigate the TRIBBLES family of pseudokinases and their contribution to tumor initiation, progression, and therapeutic resistance.

University
University of Algarve
Research area
NATURAL SCIENCES
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Integrative Physiology and Metabolism

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PI name
Ana Luísa De Sousa-Coelho
PI email
alcoelho@ualg.pt
Short description of research profile

The primary objective of our research group is to explore the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying various metabolic disorders, including obesity, fatty liver disease, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. Our focus is on understanding how these conditions are influenced by factors such as ageing, physical activity, dietary habits, and weight reduction, particularly through bariatric and metabolic surgery as a treatment for obesity.

University
University of Algarve
Research area
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Nursing Education & Nursing Science

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PI name
Wolfgang von Gahlen-Hoops
PI email
wvgh@allgemeinmedizin.uni-kiel.de
Short description of research profile

Nursing Research 

Curriculum Develoment (Interprofessional Education)

International Learners

Retrainees in Nursing

Recruiting and Quality of Nursing Education Programs

Dementia and Delir

University
Kiel University
Research area
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

University Research Center in Psychology (CUIP) Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group

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PI name
Alexandra Reis
PI email
aireis@ualg.pt
Short description of research profile

1. Characterizing the heterogeneity of the cognitive profiles among adults with dyslexia, to understand the mechanisms that enable certain individuals to compensate for their deficits and succeed in their academic lives. while others do not.

2.Continuing to deepen our knowledge about the time course of visual word recognition, both in typical readers and in readers with dyslexia, exploring the electroencephalographic component N170 as a marker of the sensitivity of the reading system to the orthographic characteristics of words.

University
University of Algarve
Research area
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
SOCIAL SCIENCES » Psychology

Centro de Estudos e Desenvolvimento em Saúde (CESUAlg)

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PI name
Ana Catarina Baptista
PI email
acjesus@ualg.pt
Short description of research profile

CESUAlg enjoys scientific autonomy and develops its lines of research in the following areas:

1. Quality of Life in Health and Illness contexts (Coordinator: Prof. Luís Pedro Ribeiro);

2. Prevention, Diagnosis, Therapeutics and Rehabilitation (Coordinator: Prof. Rui Plácido Raposo);

3. Management and Assessment in Health Technologies (Coordinator: Prof. Margarida Espírito Santo);

4. Healthy Aging (Coordinator: Prof.  Nídia Rebelo Braz);

5. Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Coordinator: Prof.  Ezequiel Marques Pinto).

University
University of Algarve
Research area
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES