Matilde A. Rodrigues is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the School of Health | P.Porto. She is a researcher at the Research Centre on Environment and Health, ESS | P.Porto and collaborator at the ALGORITMI Research Center in the “Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM)” research line, group of “Ergonomics and Human Factors”, UMinho, as well as in the Center for Rehabilitation Research (CIR), ESS | P.Porto. She received her BSc in Environmental Health from the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal. From the University of Minho she received her MSc in Human Engineering and her PhD in Industrial Engineering and Systems. Her research interests focus on Occupational Safety & Health, Ergonomics, Environment and Public Health. She is also Technical and Scientific Advisor.
The main domains are:
- Occupational Ergonomics
- Occupational Safety
- Industrial Hygiene
- Assessment, management and communication of risks
- Effectiveness of risk control and management techniques
- Decision-making
- Education and Training in Prevention
- Management Systems
- Safety culture/safety climate
- Data analysis
Matilde A. Rodrigues has published several papers in international peer-reviewed journals and in international conference proceedings. She is co-author of several chapters published in international books. She is Associate Editor of Safety Science.