Luís Mendonça Galaio
Occupational Health Invited Assistant ProfessorPart-time -10%
lgalaio@ensp.unl.pt
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Invited Assistant Professor in the Environmental and Occupational Health Department.
Degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the Nova University of Lisbon, Specialist in Occupational Medicine, Consultant in Occupational Medicine and Occupational Health doctor in Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte.
Doctoral candidate in Public Health, speciality of Occupational and Environmental Health at the National School of Public Health in Nova University of Lisbon.
Academic interest areas are: occupational health, occupational medicine, occupational safety and hygiene, particularly in healthcare workers and/or healthcare institutes, namely biological risks, musculoskeletal risks, shift-work and/or night-work related risks.
Collaboration in teaching:
- Postgraduate Course in Occupational Medicine (CMT) at NOVA NSPH
- Master's Course in Occupational Health at NOVA NSPH
The research area is essentially focused on risk assessment in Occupational Health and Safety, with a focus on healthcare providers.
Specific topics of interest include: biological occupational risks (COVID-19, influenza, pulmonary tuberculosis, legionellosis, work-related accidents with biological risk, among others), occupational risks associated with shift work and/or night work, and occupational musculoskeletal risks.
Member of CHRC (Comprehensive Health Research Centre).
Member do CISP/PHRC (Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública / Public Health Research Centre)
- João André Antunes-Raposo; Diana França; André Lima; Luís Mendonça-Galaio; Ema Maria Sacadura-Leite. "Evaluation of personal protective equipment use in healthcare workers exposed to ionizing radiation in a Portuguese university hospital". Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho (2022)
- Ana Isabel Correia; Mendonça-Galaio, Luís; Ema Sacadura-Leite. "Symptoms in healthcare professionals infected with SARS-CoV-2 at a university hospital". (2021)
- Mendonça-Galaio, Luís. "A COVID-19 outbreak in a rheumatology department upon the early days of the pandemic". (2020)
- Luís Mendonça-Galaio; Ema Sacadura-Leite; João Raposo; Diana França; Ana Correia; Rodrigo Lobo; Jorge Soares; et al. "The COVID-19 Impact in Hospital Healthcare Workers: Development of an Occupational Health Risk Management Program". Portuguese Journal of Public Health (2020)
- Sacadura-Leite, Ema; Mendonça-Galaio, Luís. "Biological Hazards for Healthcare Workers: Occupational Exposure to Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as an Example of a New Challenge". Portuguese Journal of Public Health (2018)
- Shapovalova, Olena; Resende, Ema; GALAIO, LUÍS MENDONÇA; Pereira, Isabel; Rocha, Regina; Sousa-Uva, Antonio. "Tuberculose latente em profissionais de saúde: concordância entre 2 testes diagnósticos". Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública 34 1 (2016)
- GALAIO, LUÍS MENDONÇA; Almeida, Clara; Resende, Ema. "Perceção do risco de gripe pandémica entre profissionais de saúde de um hospital universitário". Saúde e Trabalho 8 (2012)
- Almeida, Clara; GALAIO, LUÍS MENDONÇA; Serranheira, Florentino; Sousa-Uva, Antonio. "Caracterização de LMELT em assistentes operacionais de um serviço de apoio hospitalar". Saúde e Trabalho 27 3 (2012)
- GALAIO, LUÍS MENDONÇA; Resende, Ema. "A gripe sazonal: breve revisão sobre as causas, formas de transmissão, métodos para evitar o contágio e peso social da doença". Segurança Comportamental 3 (2011)
- Resende, Ema; GALAIO, LUÍS MENDONÇA; Shapovalova, Olena; Isabel Pereira; Rocha, Regina. "A Medicina do trabalho e a pandemia da gripe A H1N1 (2009): caso concreto do Hospital de Santa Maria / CHLN". Infeção e Sepsis (2010)
- Founding member of the Portuguese Occupational Medicine Society, occupying its board between 2009-14.
- Member of the board of the Occupational Medicine Office of the Portuguese College of Physicians between 2018-21.
- Co-coordinator of the Occupational Medicine in Hospitals Work Committee of the Portuguese Occupational Medicine Society.