SINDIA​ – Socio-Spatial Inequalities in Dementia (Duration: 2023-2026)

by CIAS Gestão | May 2, 2023 | On Going

Duration: 2023-2026 Abstract: The SINDIA project aims to understand how socio-spatial inequalities affect people living with dementia and their informal caregivers.This is an interdisciplinary project whose objectives are:1. Understand how socio-spatial...

SCREEN HEALTH – Screen media use trajectories, inequalities, and long-term effects on children’s obesity and mental health (Duration: 2023–2026)

by CIAS Gestão | Apr 25, 2023 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 03/2023 – 02/2026 Abstract: The SCREENHEALTH Project will be the first Portuguese 3-yr prospective study to document the impact of screen use trajectories on obesity and mental health among preschool children. It aims to: 1) identify the trajectories related...

Bioarcheology of the Late Mesolithic, the last HUnter-Gatherers of Europe (Duration: 2023-2025)

by CIAS Gestão | Mar 28, 2023 | On Going

Duration: May 2023 – April 2025 Abstract: Climate and socio-cultural changes are major ongoing concerns in our modern societies, their impacts on past populations are also central to understand the evolution of the human species, its resilience, and...

UPSEE HEALTH – Urban places and sensory experiences of everyday in health (Duration: 2023–2025)

by CIAS Gestão | Feb 25, 2023 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 10/2023 – 09/2025 Abstract: The primary goal of this project is to expand understanding of how young people are exposed to, experience, and interact with the urban lived places in ways that affect their health. There are three sub-objectives: 1) analyze...

A study of genetic variants associated with fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels in the population of S. Tomé and Príncipe (Duration: 2023-2024)

by CIAS Gestão | Jan 29, 2023 | On Going, Projects

Duration: 2023 – 2024 Abstract: To evaluate the association of genetic variants at the HBB gene cluster, BCL11A gene, and HMIP region ((HBS1L-MYB intergenic polymorphisms) with HbF levels in Hemoglobin S carriers and in normal individuals of São Tomé e Príncipe....

IberAmber – Local amber and amber networks in the Prehistory of Iberia: Portuguese sources characterization as a global case-study (Duration: 2023-2024)

by CIAS Gestão | Jan 28, 2023 | On Going

Duration: 2023-2024 Abstract: Amber is a fossil resin that has had a social value since the Upper Paleolithic. This is due to its unique natural characteristics, which have made it widely used and socially valued throughout prehistory, especially as a...