Career and Professional Roles:

 

• Graduated in Physical Education from Gama Filho University - Rio de Janeiro

• Master in Exercise and Health by the Faculty of Human Motricity - University of Lisbon

• PhD in Human Motricity with a specialty in Physical Activity and Health by the Faculty of Human Motricity (FMH) - University of Lisbon (UL)

• Invited assistant professor at FMH - UL since 2002, teaching various subjects in the fitness area in undergraduate courses in sports sciences with a specialty in exercise and health.

• Teacher in the master’s degree in Exercise and Health at FMH-UL in the Curricular Units of Exercise Programming and Prescription, Exercise and Metabolic Diseases and Exercise and Neurological Diseases, and regent of the internship curricular unit of the same course.

• Invited adjunct professor at the Higher School of Hospitality and Tourism of Estoril, in the Leisure and Tourist Animation Management course • Trainer at WellxProSchool in the “Senior Exercise Specialist” certification courses

• Trainer at Shift You in the Yoga and Pilates teacher courses, in the kinesiology discipline

• Fitness instructor and exercise physiologist for over 25 years, working in group classes, Pilates and personal training • Research in the area of gerontomotricity, prevention of falls and frailty in the elderly

 

Areas of Interest:

 

• Clinical Pilates and Pilates Matwork - stability training, postural correction, prevention and recovery of musculoskeletal injuries

• Gerontomotricity - prevention of functional decline, frailty and falls in the elderly

• Biomechanics of senior locomotion

• Exercise in the prevention of chronic and neurodegenerative diseases

• Exercise during pregnancy and postpartum.