Rita Maria Pinho Ferreira has a degree and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. She is an Associate Professor at DQ-UA, where she has been teaching courses related to biochemistry and molecular biomedicine to both undergraduate and graduate students. Her research work is in the field of muscle plasticity in pathophysiological conditions, including the evaluation of the impact of exercise training in wasting conditions using omics approaches. Her interest in muscle plasticity started during her Ph.D., and since then, she has been devoted to the study of the preventive and therapeutic effects of physical activity in the setting of cancer cachexia. She has participated in more than 20 scientific research projects, most of them in the field of Health Sciences. She has published more than 240 scientific publications in international journals, most of which were in Life and Health Sciences (h-index 37 according to Scopus in December 2023). She has also published six papers in national journals, three books (one international and two national editions) and seventeen book chapters. She supervises/has supervised two pos-doc, 16 Ph.D., 64 master's and 28 undergraduate students.
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Rita Maria Pinho Ferreira has a degree and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. She is an Associate Professor at DQ-UA, where she has been teaching courses related to biochemistry and molecular biomedicine to both undergraduate and graduate students. Her research work is in the field of muscle plasticity in pathophysiological conditions, including the evaluation of the impact of exercise training in wasting conditions using omics approaches. Her interest in muscle plasticity started during her Ph.D., and since then, she has been devoted to the study of the preventive and therapeutic effects of physical activity in the setting of cancer cachexia. She has participated in more than 20 scientific research projects, most of them in the field of Health Sciences. She has published more than 240 scientific publications in international journals, most of which were in Life and Health Sciences (h-index 37 according to Scopus in December 2023). She has also published six papers in national journals, three books (one international and two national editions) and seventeen book chapters. She supervises/has supervised two pos-doc, 16 Ph.D., 64 master's and 28 undergraduate students.
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