José MiraPost-doc Fellow

Nationality: Portuguese

Biography

José Mira completed his Bachelor’s degree in Sports Sciences at the Faculty of Human Kinetics – University of Lisbon, Portugal (2008-2011).

He then moved abroad to follow the European Master in Health and Physical Activity (2011-2013), which was held in The University of Rome ‘Foro Italico’ (first year and master thesis), in partnership with The University of Southern Denmark (internship Best Practice in Childhood Physical Activity and Health) and The University of Vienna (internship Physical Activity and Disease Prevention in Adults).

After the Master’s, he moved to Qatar to complete an internship in physiology applied to soccer at Aspire Academy (2014).

Upon completion of the internship, José was awarded a PhD scholarship by the University of Savoie Mont Blanc. His PhD was entitled ‘Neuromuscular fatigue of prolonged exercises in normoxia and hypoxia revisited: methodological developments and fatigue etiology’. It was offered as a cotutelle program with The University of Calgary under the supervision of Dr Thomas Rupp and Prof Guillaume Millet. Subsequently, José returned to Portugal to become Assistant Prof and Coordinator of the Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Sport at Piaget Institute of Almada (2018-2021). He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Prof Guillaume Millet and Dr Laurent Gergelé.

Field of expertise: His research focuses on the study of neuromuscular fatigue by utilizing electrical and magnetic stimulation techniques to understand the contributions of central and peripheral fatigue that limit performance. He also investigates whether performance and fatigue etiology are influenced by hypoxia and its severity. Presently, José’s research focuses on clinical exercise. He is currently investigating the effects of an exercise intervention on neuromuscular fatigue, subjective fatigue, and quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer.

Post-doc Fellow project: FATIGUE & QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER

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