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Ana Rita Henriques

PhD Student

Ana Rita holds a BSc in Marine Biology and Biotechnology from the Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologias do Mar (Instituto Politécnico de Leiria), an MSc in Biostatistics from the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidade de Lisboa, and a postgraduate degree in Information Analysis and Management from NOVA Information Management School.

She is currently a PhD candidate in Global Public Health at NOVA Medical School and in Medical Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, supported by a Doctoral Fellowship under the EUTOPIA Programme (Grant No. PRT/BD/154695/2023). Her research focuses on the use of digital health tools in older adults.

Publications

1. Kozakiewicz, M., Petri, S., Uysal, H., Swash, M., & de Carvalho, M. (2021). Cardiovascular comorbidities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of the neurological sciences, 421, 117292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117292

2.Lopes, D. G., Henriques, A. R., Santos-Dias, M., Nunes-da-Silva, C., Gonçalves, J., de Sousa, R. D., Abdulghani, S., Eletério, J., Braga, S. J., Soares, H., Branco, J. C., Canhão, H., & Rodrigues, A. M. (2021). Staff SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and Mental Health as Key Factors in University Response to COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in public health, 9, 689919. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.689919