The Healthy Living and Active Ageing research group has been inspired by the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) and by Ageing@Coimbra Consortium (EIP on AHA Reference Site) to deliver innovative knowledge transfer on ageing research and good practices to support healthy living and better health care.

The key objectives of the research group are addressed the three inspiring questions:

1. Why we age?
2. How we age?
3. How we support healthy living and active ageing?

The specific objectives enclose:

1. To understand the impact of inflammation and stem cell dynamics in physiological ageing;
2. To identify common mechanisms related with inflammation and stem cell dynamics in age-related chronic diseases;
3. To develop good practices and technologies supporting healthy living and active ageing;
4. To empower citizens towards the adoption of adequate health management skills and healthy lifestyles. The mainstream topics enclose fundamental and translational research related with the most prevalent age-related chronic conditions, including: neurodegenerative diseases; musculoskeletal diseases; respiratory diseases, immunology, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, adherence to therapy and polymedication, falls and frailty, integrated care and palliative care.

The research team is highly interdisciplinary and encloses fundamental and applied research, medical, nursing and pharmaceutical care, ehealth, health literacy and citizens empowering skills. The members of the team have been founders and coordinators of Ageing@Coimbra; members of EIT Health Knowledge Innovation Community (KIC); coordinators of RESOE (North-West Iberian regional cluster) task force on Demographic Changes and Ageing; members of coordination board of the Reference Site Collaborative Network; coordinators of relevant scientific societies (eg. Neuroscience, Internal Medicine (including Geriatrics), Rheumatology, Forensic Medicine, Atherosclerosis, among others).