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Maria Ines Varela-Silva
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Doutoramento

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Colaboradores

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Desafios Ambientais, Sustentabilidade e Etnografia

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America Central (México e Guatemala) | Lima e Huanuco (Peru)

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Saúde materno-infantil | comunidades indígenas | saúde comunitária | America Central

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ISCTE

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Dr Inês Varela-Silva usa uma abordagem biocultural para estudar aspectos de saúde e nutrição em grupos minoritários e em comunidades indígenas. O seu principal objetivo é promover a saúde e o bem-estar sustentados para todos, em todas as idades e garantir que os resultados da sua investigação retornem às comunidades com as quais trabalha. A sua missão, como académica, é criar e sustentar ambientes inclusivos, onde todos prosperam.

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Colaborador/a (2022-03-15)

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2022/01/01-2022/06/30

Establishing a cross-disciplinary and geographical Partnership to Explore the Challenges and Opportunities to Address the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Children and Adolescents in Ecuador

IP2007

Principal investigator

Loughborough University

public.financiers: Loughborough University

2022/01/01-2026/01/31

UNESCO Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development.

UNESCO/FITFORLIFE

Post-doc

Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences; UNESCO Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development

public.financiers: Loughborough University

2020/10/01-2021/12/31

Cards for  Health (Targetas para la Salud). Empowering children to be the agents of change among their families and communities

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Principal investigator

Loughborough University

public.financiers: Loughborough University Enterprise Office

2019/04/15-2022/12/31

New strategies to reduce anaemia and risk of overweight and obesity through complementary feeding of infants and young children in Peru

MR/S024921/1

Post-doc

Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences

public.financiers: Medical Research Council

2019/07/30-2020/07/01

Communities' languages, identities and belonging in participatory health care interventions.

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Post-doc

Loughborough University; The University of Sheffield

public.financiers: Royal Academy of Engineering

2015/05/04-2016/05/03

Nutrition and exercise for health: setting up a laboratory at CINVESTAV

NF/RS2015

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Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences; Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Mérida

public.financiers: Academia Mexicana de Ciencias; Newton Fund

2015/04/01-2016/03/31

Quantifying healthy birth, growth and development knowledge integration.

OPP1125811

Post-doc

Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences

public.financiers: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

2011/01/01-2012/12/31

Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal - Strategic Project - UI 283 - 2011-2012

PEst-OE/SADG/UI0283/2011

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Universidade de Coimbra; Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde

public.financiers: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2009/11/08-2011/05/01

Nutritional status and health outcomes in a dual-burden population of Maya in Yucatan

ICRG-93

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Loughborough University School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences; Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Mérida

public.financiers: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

2008/09/01-2011/08/31

Trends and predictors in childhood obesity in Portugal. Changes from 2002 to 2008.

UC/LU

Post-doc

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde; Loughborough University

public.financiers: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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