A Glance at the Physical Activity and Sleep Habits of Primary School Children in Évora

Associate Professor at the University of Évora, PhD in Mathematics from the same University. He has held various positions, such as Pro-Rector for the areas of Innovation, Knowledge Transfer, Entrepreneurship and Cooperation, and is currently Course Director of Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management and Coordinator of the Research Line in Mathematical Modelling in Life Sciences and Applications of the Research Centre in Mathematics and Applications (CIMA). He is responsible for curricular units of the different study cycles, having supervised undergraduate, master, and doctoral students. He has coordinated several projects between the University and the community and has publications in statistical methodology, statistical modelling, and data analysis, with data from different areas. He was the IR of the project Modelling and Prediction of Road Traffic Accidents in the District of Setúbal (MOPREVIS), supported by FCT. In addition to statistical modelling, his current research interests are in the areas of data science, quality control and survival analysis.

Anabela Afonso is an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Évora and a member of the Research Centre in Mathematics and Applications. She has a PhD in Mathematics, a Master's in Statistics and Information Management and a degree in Statistics and Operational Research. She is the course director of the Master in Statistical Modelling and Data Analysis at the University of Évora. Her main research interests are sampling, data analysis and statistical modelling.

PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico in 2011, a Master in Applied Mathematics from the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico in 2004 and a degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Évora in 2000.

Since 2001, he is a Lecturer at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Évora, integrated into the Probabilities and Statistics group, and since 2011 he is an Assistant Professor at this University. He is a member of the Research Centre in Mathematics and Applications at the University of Évora, in the Statistics, Stochastic Processes and Applications group, and a collaborator at the Centre for Computational and Stochastic Mathematics, University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico.

His main areas of interest are Stochastic Processes and their applications, with a special interest in modelling and performance evaluation of telecommunications networks. More recently he has also carried out scientific research in the estimation, prediction and optimisation of stochastic differential equation models, and in the area of statistical modelling and data analysis, having collaborated with public and private entities.

She has a degree in Sports Science, specialising in Physical Education and Scholar Sports, from the Faculty of Human Motricity of the University of Lisbon, and a post-graduate qualification in Sports Management from the same Faculty.

She was a Physical Education teacher in several primary and secondary schools. She has worked as a senior technician in Albufeira Municipal Council and in Évora Municipal Council. She is currently the Head of the Youth and Sports Division of the Municipality of Évora.

Pediatrician of Neurodevelopment at CUF Sintra Hospital. He has a PhD in Medicine from Nova Medical School with a study on children's sleep habits. He is a member of the Board of the Society of Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics and the Portuguese Society of Attention Deficit.

He was the coordinator of the social entrepreneurship program "ADHD Club" (2014-2019) and of the Postgraduate Course of Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopment at Nova Medical School (2017-2020).

Clinical psychologist, family and couple’s therapist and family mediator. She has a post-graduation in maternity and pregnancy psychology. She works in the paediatrics and obstetrics services of the Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora. Since 2019, she has been working in palliative care. She is currently doing her PhD at UNEX.

Nurse Specialist in Community Health at the Public Health Unit of Évora, (ACES). She has a postgraduate degree in Health Management. She has streamlined several public health projects.

Rita is currently the School Health Coordinator of ACES Alentejo Central.

Teacher for over 25 years. She has a Primary School Teacher Training Course from the University of Évora and a C.E.S.E. in School Administration from the same University. She has a Postgraduate Specialization in Special Education in the Cognitive and Motor Domains at the Moderna University of Lisbon.

Furthermore, she is currently the Assistant Director of the Gabriel Pereira Group of Schools in Évora.

She took the Primary Teaching course in 1987. Has a specialization course in School Administration and Management at the Instituto Superior de Educação e Trabalho.

Her professional career has been mainly developed in the Manuel Ferreira Patrício Group of Schools, previously designated as Grouping nº1 of Évora. From 2002 to 2007 she was Vice-President of the Grouping of Schools No. 1 of Évora. From 2007 to 2017 was the Assistant Director. In 2018 was the coordinator of the pedagogical team of the 4th year and in 2019 and 2020 coordinator of the pedagogical team of the 1st and 2nd year, respectively.

From the 3rd period of 2020 she was elected coordinator of the 1st cycle department, a position she holds to date.

Professor do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, com mestrado em Informática Educacional. Para além da atividade letiva desempenhou funções na Direção Regional de Educação e foi coordenador do Centro Educativo EB Galopim de Carvalho, em Évora. Atualmente é adjunto da diretora do Agrupamento de Escolas André de Gouveia.

Em paralelo com a sua atividade profissional, participou em diversas publicações no âmbito da Ilustração Científica.

She was born on 8th September 1973, in the city of Évora. She completed all her academic studies in the city of Évora, entering the University in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in Pre-School Education, she completed the Scientific and Pedagogical Training Supplement for Childhood Educators at the same university between 2001 and 2003. In 2022 she enrolled in the master's course in Education Sciences - Administration, Regulation and Educational Policies.

She worked as a pre-primary teacher between 1996 and 2010 in a private educational institution in the city of Évora, and between 2011 and 2021 she worked in several educational establishments of the public network. In May 2021 she joined the Direction of the Severim de Faria School Grouping as Assistant Director.