Prof. Dr. Isaura Tavares is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine (Department of Biomedicine, Unit of Experimental Biology), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, and is also affiliated with I3S-Institute of Innovation in Health Sciences, University of Porto in Porto, Portugal. She was the Guest Editor of the Special Issues “Spinal Cord Injury: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Approaches” and “Chronic Pain: From Prevention to Therapeutic Strategies” published by MDPI. Her research interests mainly focus on mechanisms of pain modulation, including 3rd generation cognitive behavioral therapies, namely Mindfulness. She is also interestered in medical education. Her scientific output includes more than 110 papers published in various journals with h-indexes of 35 (Scopus, May 2026).