Chateando con la Ciencia: Germán Vicente
Chateando con la Ciencia: “Better to move than to cure: physical exercise as a source of health at any age”- Thursday 18 May
On Thursday 18th May at 19:00h a new session of the VII edition of the Cycle of colloquiums “Chateando con la Ciencia” will take place, organised by the Real Zaragoza Tennis Club with the collaboration of the Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, INMA (CSIC-University of Zaragoza) with the conference entitled “Better to move than to cure: physical exercise as a source of health at any age” which will be given by Germán Vicente Rodríguez, Professor of Physical Activity and Health of the University of Zaragoza.
Summary: It is an indisputable fact that life expectancy is increasing all the time. The million-dollar question is: do we fill the years of life or only the years of life? A healthy lifestyle is fundamental for a healthy life. Physical activity and exercise have been proven to be a source of health. In this conference, Professor Germán Vicente will explain the benefits of sporting activity, not only in terms of quality of life but also in the treatment of various pathologies, the early prevention of diseases, reducing the risk of mortality, and in favouring healthy ageing.
Germán Vicente Rodríguez is Professor of Physical Activity and Health at the University of Zaragoza, where he has been president of the PhD Commission and has coordinated the PhD programme in Health and Sports Sciences. He also coordinates the Master’s Degree in Emergency Medicine and Mountain Rescue and has been Dean of the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences (No. 3 in Spain and top 100 in the world according to the Shanghai Ranking). Member of the Scientific Committee of the AECOSAN (Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality); and of the Scientific Committee of Sport, Health and NAOS of the General Council of Official Colleges of Sports Science Graduates (COLEF). Co-Principal Investigator of the GENUD-EXER research group (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) of the University of Zaragoza and the Government of Aragon. He is part of the IA2 Research Institute and the CIBEROBN of the ISCIII of the Ministry of Science and Innovation. He has worked as a pre- and postdoctoral associate at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre (CMRC) at the University of Copenhagen, and at the Preventive Nutrition Unit at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He has participated in more than 40 national and international projects related to exercise and health and is co-author of more than 250 scientific publications, of which 195 are international JCR articles. He has been included among the top 800 Spanish researchers in all areas of knowledge and among the top 10 in Spain in the area of sport sciences according to the Standford Ranking. Although teaching and quality research continue to be my main focus, he is very interested in social and business transfer, devoting renewed efforts to implement exercise programmes for older adults in the community of Aragon.
In order to access the talk, an access code must be requested to the following email address: palacio@unizar.es.
