Department: Health Sciences

Centre: Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Center and Specialization Campus: CITIC - Centre for Information and Communications Technology Research

Area: Nursing

Research group: Tecnología Aplicada a la Investigación en Ocupación, Igualdad y Salud

Email: thais.pousada.garcia@udc.es

Personal web: https://view.genial.ly/5e7d3d20006df70d7703b235/personal-...

Doctor by the Universidade da Coruña with the thesis Impacto psicosocial de la silla de ruedas en la vida de las personas afectadas por una enfermedad neuromuscular 2011. Supervised by Dr. Javier Pereira-Loureiro, Dr. Emiliano Díez Villoria.

PhD in Health Science by University of A Coruña (2011). She is a graduate in occupational therapy (2003-2006), with a master degree in Health Assistance an Research (2018). In 2016 she got a degree in Nursing. She is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Science at the University of A Coruña. Her professional experience includes job positions in different organizations and enterprise, and different topics of occupational therapy`s intervention, such as elderly, people with neurological conditions, and, especially people with rare diseases, in concrete, with Neuromuscular Disorders. She is a member of TALIONIS Research Group (https://talionis.citic.udc.es/) and she is involved in different projects focused on assistive technologies (especially with 3D printers).