Kátia Furtado

KÁTIA AUGUSTA XAVIER FURTADO completed her PhD in 2024 at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Leg Ulcer Management (2002) and an Advanced International Course in Leg Ulcer Management (2001) from University of West London. Currently, she serves as a specialist Nurse at Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Alentejo and a Coordinating Researcher at Long Term Care Units in Alentejo. She is also an Adjunct Professor at both Universidade de Évora and Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre. Her research affiliations include Investigator at Comprehensive Health Research Centre, from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz.

Dr. Furtado has published twenty-three articles in specialized journals, authored eleven book chapters, and written four books. She has organized fifty-five events and participated in 277 events. Her mentorship includes supervising nineteen undergraduate thesis projects and five master theses. She has received four awards and/or distinctions and has been involved in various projects, including three as Technical Development, four as Researcher, and five as Principal Investigator.

Her research focuses on Medical and Health Sciences, particularly Nursing. Her Ciencia Vitae curriculum highlights frequent terms such as Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic Foot, Diabetic Neuropathies, Quality of Life, Chronic Wound, Venous Ulcer, Compression Therapy, Doppler, Debridement, Postgraduate, Patient Assessment, Healing, Wounds, Pressure Ulcers, Home Care Nursing, Informal Caregiver, Caregiver Burden, Biofilms, Infection, Biofilm, Prevalence Study, Continuing Care Network, Education and Training, Network, Advanced Intervention, Medical Sciences::Health Sciences, Chronic Wounds, Milk Protein, Waste Valorisation, Biomimetics, Knowledge, Nursing, Pressure Ulcers, Long-Term Care, Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test, Portugal, Chronic Wounds, Continuing Care Units, Pressure Ulcer, Prevalence, Cross-Sectional Studies, Epidemiological Studies, Long-Term Care, Nursing Home, Pressure Ulcer, Home Care Nursing, Informal Caregiver, and Caregiver Burden.