Ramos Vieira, Edgar Graduate Faculty

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  • Dr. Vieira is the Associate Dean of Research (FIU Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences) and a tenured associate professor (FIU Department of Physical Therapy), the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, and a grant reviewer for NIH, CDC, and NIDILRR among others. Dr. Vieira has BSs and MSc degrees in physical therapy, a PhD in rehabilitation science, and post-docs in mixed-methods health research, and in mobility impairments, and falls in older adults. His research program in healthy aging aims to help older adults stay functionally independent by optimizing mobility, preventing frailty, falls and related injuries. His projects have been funded by the Florida Department of Health, the Administration for Community Living (ACL-HHS), the Department of Veteran Affairs, and NIH. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers, which were cited over 8000 times, with an h-index of 40, and an i10 of more than 100.

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  • Risk assessment and prevention of aging-related mobility impairments, fatigue, frailty and falls in older adults from different populations

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  • Edgar Vieira

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