She is a specialist in exercise physiology, a professor and researcher at the University of Lisbon School of Human Motricity (FMH-UL) and at the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER).
She has already worked on different research projects and has published several scientific articles in national and international specialty journals.
Her areas of interest focus on the study of the impact of physical exercise on cardiovascular prevention and treatment; acute responses and chronic adaptations of the autonomic nervous system to physical exercise; and associations between cardiovascular risk factors and markers for atherosclerosis.

Last updated: May 2024