Faculdade de Motricidade Humana

Veronica Vleck did her PhD on training and injury in Elite triathletes and is currently a full-time Research Fellow, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. She has extensive University and international lecturing experience in sports and exercise physiology and psychology, and is a former Laboratory Director of the National Sports Medicine Institute of the UK. She has over twenty years of experience in coaching and/or providing sports science support to all levels of athlete, from novices through to World Age Group Champions, National Squads and Olympic medallists.

Associate professor of the Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon. Member of the Laboratory of Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry, and CIPER, funded by FCT. During the last 8 years Professor Fragoso was largely involved in high-level athletes' evaluation and consulting, with regular contracts with national sports federations and with the Portuguese Sports Institute. Fragoso’s main research activity is focused on anthropometric maturation and performance.

He concluded a 5 yr graduation in Special Education and Rehabilitation in 2004. Then, in 2007, he completed a Post-Graduate program in Neurosciences at the Faculty of Medicine/University of Lisbon. In 2008 he obtained a Master degree in Physiotherapy and concluded a PhD in Human Kinetics in 2012 (Faculty of Human Kinetics/Technical University of Lisbon). He is an ACSM certified Exercise Physiologist since 2006 and has supervised Cardiac Rehabilitation interventions for a period of 4 yrs. Additionally, he directed a phase III/IV Cardiac Rehabilitation program from 2005-2007. In parallel, he coordinated the APPACDM-Ajuda Adapted Physical Activity program for adults with Down syndrome from 2004-2012. In 2008 he was awarded with the prize of young researcher of the year in the domain of Human Kinetics (Young Researchers Lisbon Technical University/Delloit) and with an honorary mention for senior researcher in Human Kinetics (Senior Researchers Lisbon Technical University/Santander Totta). Presently, his research interests focus on the cardiorespiratory, autonomic adaptations to exercise and resistance training with vascular restriction. He has published several scientific papers in international peer reviewed journals with impact factor. Finally, he has also served as a reviewer for many well respected journals in the field of Sports Medicine, Applied Physiology and Neurophysiology.