Leonel São Romão Preto is Professor at the Department of Nursing Science of IPB (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança). He has published about 80 papers in international scientific journals and conference proceedings. In his professional activities he interacted with more than 200 collaborators in co-authorship. Its work, presented at scientific meetings, were awarded 23 prizes and / or distinctions. He is coordinator of the Master in Rehabilitation Nursing at the School of Health of IPB. His areas of interest in research are gerontology and rehabilitation, especially the syndrome frailty in the elderly, the processes of functional readaptation and the introduction of new technologies in caring. He was part of the research team of the project "COPD- Breathe Quality of Life ", funded by MAPFRE Foundation (Spain). He is a member of the Research Center "The Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E)".