INVITED SPEAKERS

Dr. Ramunė Dirvanskienė
Dr. Ramunė Dirvanskienė is an Associate Professor at Vilnius University and a popular neuropsychology book author (“How the brain works”). She earned her PhD from the University of Edinburgh and gained clinical experience at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, working on research projects and clinical trials. Her areas of interest include brain aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and cognitive epidemiology. Her company BrainLectures offers popular neuroscience lectures for corporate events, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions.

Dr. Daniela Trifan – Director at Agricultural Research and Development Station of Braila, Romania

Experienced Research Scientist with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Skilled in Food Security, Sustainable Development, Analytical Skills, Water Quality, and Lecturing. Strong research professional with a PhD focused in Genetics and Plants Breeding, and master in Engineering and Environmental Protection.

Dr. Marietta Pateinioti
• Internal Medicine Specialist.
• ICU and Critical Care Medicine Consultant General Hospital of Chios.
• MSc Global Health and Disaster Medicine.
• ERC BLS/AED Course Director/ Instructor Trainer.
• ERC ALS Provider/ Instructor Potential.
• Emergency Prehospital Medicine Trained.
• Hellenic Society of Emergency Prehospital Care (HSEPC)’ s European Union Projects Scientific Director.

Carla Sofia da Silva Piscarreta Damásio- RN, MSN, EdScD, EdScM, NPhd

Assistant Professor in the scientific area of Nursing Science at Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal since 2009. She received her Ph.D. degree in nursing from the University of Lisbon. She graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in educational sciences and postgraduate degrees in medical-surgical nursing, ozone therapy, and risk and well-being in organizations. She is also a nurse specialist in medical-surgical nursing. She was Departmental Coordinator of Mobility and the President of the Pedagogical Council from 2015-2017. She is currently the Coordinator of the Higher Technical Professional Course in Gerontology. Her research interests include health education, medical-surgical nursing, narrative medicine, ozone therapy, qualitative research, and well-being at organizations. Her research unit is at ciTechCare – Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology. She has been part of the Group of Studies and Reflection in Narrative Medicine (GERMEN) since February 2018, a foreign collaborator of the Research Group Networks, Sociability and Power, of the Federal University of Pernambuco – UFPE, (Brazil) since April 2019, and a member of the editorial board of artciencia.com, co-Editor of Health Academy Kastamonu Journal.

Helena María Scherlowski Leal David

Helena Maria Scherlowski Leal David is a Full Professor in the Department of Public Health Nursing at the UERJ School of Nursing. She is a permanent lecturer in the Postgraduate Program in Nursing and the Postgraduate Program in Telemedicine and Teleshealth at UERJ. She has been a grantee of the PROCIÊNCIA UERJ program since 2008 and a Productivity in Research grantee from CNPq since 2012. Additionally, she was a Visiting Professor under the CAPES Senior Visiting Professor Program at the University of Alicante, Spain, from November 2018 to July 2019. Helena holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and Obstetrics from the Catholic University of Petrópolis (1982), a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (1995), and a Ph.D. in Public Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (2001). Her academic studies encompass teaching, research, and extension activities in the fields of nursing and public health, including critical labor theory, healthcare service and nursing process, public education and health, education and work, social networks in healthcare services and nursing jobs, community health workers, and primary healthcare services.

Prof. Ira Nurmala

Ira Nurmala is a professor at the Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Airlangga University. She is also currently the deputy head of Airlangga Health Promotion Center (AHPC). Prof Ira does research in Public Health, Health Promotion, Substance abuse, Youth Reproductive Health, Higher Education and Qualitative Social Research.

 

Ana Sofia RUIVO ALVES

Alves, A.R. is assistant professor in Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Covilhã, Portugal. She earned her Ph.D in Sports Sciences from UBI. The main research field are in youth training and pediatric exercise science. However, her main interest areas of research proceed to sport and health, physiology and physical fitness. Recently, she has been searching on strength and conditioning in young adults and youth athletes, but also contributing on active aging on health and physical condition in elderly.