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II One Health PhD Forum

We are delighted to announce the II One Health PhD Forum. This meeting brings together students, researchers, and academics dedicated to advancing knowledge and fostering partnerships in the field of environmental, animal, and human health.

The event will take place on 12 June 2025, at the Salão Nobre of ICBAS-UP. This one-day scientific event welcomes the participation of all students enrolled in Doctoral Programmes based at ICBAS-UP. Participants will have the opportunity to present their work in the One Health field in their preferred format: oral presentation or poster. The best presentations in both categories will be awarded a travel grant.

The II One Health PhD Forum will be a unique opportunity to share scientific knowledge from a One Health perspective. The program will also feature a keynote lecture on a topic of general interest.

Registration and Important Dates

Registration is free but mandatory, and it includes lunch and coffee breaks. All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

  • 11 April 2025: Deadline for registration with abstract submission.
    Register here.
  • 09 May 2025: Deadline for registration without abstract submission.
    Register here.

We eagerly await your participation!

The Organising Committee
ICBAS One Health Office | Adriano A. Bordalo e Sá, Begoña Pérez-Cabezas, Luísa Azevedo, Sofia A. Costa Lima

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One Health Talks

A próxima Conversa One Health terá como tema Obesidade, um destino inevitável? Esta sessão contará com a participação da Psicóloga Isabel Lourinho (ICBAS) e da Nutricionista Carla Gonçalves (UTAD), que partilharão as suas perspetivas sobre os desafios e implicações da obesidade na saúde.

Data: 20 de fevereiro de 2025
Hora: 13h
Local: Biblioteca, sala 2

Para tornar a conversa ainda mais acolhedora, oferecemos o café. Convidamos todos a trazer a sua chávena, em alinhamento com o conceito One Health e a nossa preocupação com a saúde do ambiente.

Obesidade, um destino inevitável? | Isabel Lourinho e Carla Gonçalves

A obesidade é um dos principais fatores de risco para diversas doenças crónicas, como diabetes tipo 2, hipertensão, doenças cardiovasculares e alguns tipos de cancro. Além disso, está frequentemente associada a questões de saúde mental, como ansiedade e depressão. Mas quais são as verdadeiras causas da obesidade? São predominantemente genéticas ou comportamentais? Como encaram os mais jovens a sua imagem corporal nos dias de hoje? Dada a complexidade deste problema, como podemos coordenar eficazmente a prevenção, a educação, as políticas públicas e as intervenções clínicas?

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ICBAS: 18 years researching water quality in Guinea

Research on water quality in Guinea-Bissau and its relationship with public health has been ongoing for 18 years and, after 33 missions, continues because there is still much to be done. Adriano A. Bordalo e Sá, a hydrobiologist, lecturer, and researcher at the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto, first travelled to Guinea-Bissau in July 2006, carrying a laboratory in his luggage. The aim was to analyse the quality of the water supplying the population of Bolama Island (a region of Guinea-Bissau in the Bijagós Archipelago) and the surrounding tabancas (villages), following reports of multiple episodes of diarrhoea and gastrointestinal issues at the regional hospital.

Read the full news story here.

Source: Notícias UP; Image: ICBAS.

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One Health Talks

A primeira Conversa One Health de 2025 terá como tema Cancro e Sociedade. Este evento contará com a participação de Joana Savva Bordalo e Sá (IPO Porto) e Marta Santos (ICBAS), num diálogo enriquecedor sobre os múltiplos desafios e perspetivas associados às doenças oncológicas.

Data: 23 de janeiro de 2025
Hora: 13h
Local: Monoblocos, sala 5

Para tornar a conversa ainda mais acolhedora, oferecemos o café. Convidamo-vos a trazerem a vossa chávena, permanecendo assim fiéis ao conceito One Health.

Cancro e Sociedade | Joana Savva Bordalo e Sá, Marta Santos

O cancro é uma doença que tem um impacto profundo na vida de quem dela padece e na sociedade em geral. Lidar com o diagnóstico, as emoções associadas e os efeitos secundários dos tratamentos não é tarefa fácil. Como se sentem, realmente, estes doentes? Existem estratégias de humanização implementadas nos cuidados de saúde oncológicos? O que podemos fazer para os ajudar? Será que a relação com os animais pode ser útil neste contexto? Qual o papel da medicina comparativa no avanço do diagnóstico e tratamento da doença oncológica? Estas e outras reflexões serão abordadas numa discussão aberta e inspiradora, a não perder!

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ICBAS Lecturer on the Biosfera Programme – Invisible Contamination.

Less than half of Portugal's water bodies are in good environmental condition. Various pollutants compromise aquatic ecosystems, with nitrates being a key concern. These nitrogen compounds can lead to anoxia, or a lack of oxygen in the water, endangering biodiversity. On this topic, the Biosfera programme interviewed Catarina Teixeira, a researcher at CIIMAR and a visiting assistant professor at ICBAS.

See the full program here.

Source: RTP; Image: Unsplash.

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One Health Talks

To tackle the challenge of discussing One Health in under 60 minutes, the second cycle of monthly talks at ICBAS will continue on December 19th

In this session, Jorge Ribeiro, Clinical Director of the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Porto (UPVet), invites the nurse Sónia Brandão, specialist in maternal and obstetric health (Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto), and the engineer Miguel Braga da Costa (PontoPR – Inovação Digital), to discuss the topic ‘New technologies enable more sustainable clinical teaching’.

The event will take place from 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm in Room 2 of the ICBAS/FFUP Library.

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“One Health Pet Awards” distinguem iniciativa do ICBAS

The activity 'One Health in Schools', developed by the One Health Office of the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto, received one of the five awards in the “Merit & Relevance” category at the One Health Pet Awards. The awards were presented on 28 November during a ceremony held in Lisbon.

This recognition “validates the effort we have been making to place the One Health approach on various agendas, which also involves promoting the concept among the younger generation, who are the future,” stated Henrique Cyrne Carvalho, Director of ICBAS.

Read the full text here.

Source: Notícias UP.; Image: ICBAS.

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One Health Talks

To tackle the challenge of discussing One Health in under 60 minutes, the second cycle of monthly talks at ICBAS will continue on 21st November. In this session, José Barros, Clinical Director of the Santo António University Hospital Centre and Visiting Full Professor at ICBAS, invites Ana Castroa Nephrology Hospital Assistant at the same hospital, to explore the topics of 'Green Hospitals and Green Nephrology’.

The event will take place from 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm in Room 2 of the ICBAS/FFUP Library.

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ICBAS launches book on One Health

One Health - A contribution from the University “It is not intended to be a finished work, but rather one aimed at civil society, to reach a wide audience,” argue Adriano Bordalo e Sá, Begoña Perez-Cabezas, Luísa Azevedo, and Sofia Costa Lima, from the One Health Office of the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), right in the foreword of the book.

This work aims to spread awareness of the importance of the One Health concept, under which “Human health is connected to the health of other living beings and the health of the environment,” as “human beings do not live alone on the planet,” explain the editors, who are also lecturers and researchers at ICBAS.

Read the full text here.

The book can be purchased at the U. Porto Store (Praça Gomes Teixeira, Porto) or online at the publisher's website UP Press.

Source: Notícias UP.; Image: UP Press.

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Demystifying aquatic food production and its effects on the environment and human health

By Paulo Vaz-Pires and António Afonso | ICBAS

PORTO—Aquatic foods are obtained through fishing, a traditional activity, and aquaculture, a fairly recent intensive production activity. According to WHO, FAO, and nutritional recommendations, they are considered essential in a balanced diet.

Fishing provides around 50 percent of the world's aquatic food, and aquaculture is another 50 percent. The increase in the world's population and difficulties in fishing make aquaculture increasingly indispensable.

Aquatic foods are associated with various myths. ‘Farmed fish is less tasty and healthy than fish from fisheries', and 'aquaculture is environmentally harmful' are common. In fact, farmed fish have excellent nutritional quality, and quality and safety are ensured by modern and efficient systems.

The benefits demonstrated are those related to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and arthritis. In the area of cancer, there are promising results.

Human interests are very strong and continue to prevent us from achieving adequate sustainability in the aquatic environment, while real solutions are still being pushed into the future, which could be seriously and irreparably affected.

In short, we should consume fish regularly, both from fisheries, selecting less endangered species, and from aquaculture, opting for local and national production. Searching for, selecting, and studying reliable information is the only way to dispel the many myths associated with this type of product.

Image – Paulo Vaz-Pires and António Afonso at the ‘One Health Talk’ held at ICBAS on October 24, 2024. Credits: Sofia A. Costa Lima.

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