Cátia Paixão

Cátia Paixão is a physiotherapist who holds a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Aveiro (Portugal). During her Ph.D., Paixão conducted a home-based physical activity programme for people with interstitial lung diseases (ILD). During this journey, she got passionate about the ILD world. Her clinical and research interests include the study of interstitial lung diseases, non-pharmacological interventions, such as pulmonary rehabilitation, physical activity and self-management as well as outcome measures.

Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Health of Piaget of Viseu (Portugal) and at the School of Health of the Polytechnic University of Coimbra (Portugal). Paixão is also a research member of the Lab3R-Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory and the Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED) of the University of Aveiro (Portugal) and a member of the European Respiratory Society, American Thoracic Society and the Portuguese Pulmonology Society.