Jose Alberto Neder PhD, DSc, FRCP, FERS

Dr. Neder is a respirologist and physician-scientist with a specific interest in the cardio-circulatory and respiratory interactions that support oxygen transfer from atmospheric air to cell mitochondria. Using physical exercise as a systemic stressor, Dr. Neder and his associates have been successful in elucidating the mechanisms and consequences of abnormal oxygen delivery and utilization in chronic cardiopulmonary diseases. These lines of research have the ultimate goal to develop and test novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to improve patient’s quality of life.

Dr. Neder has been a senior author in over 130 peer-reviewed papers and has authored many book chapters on respiratory and exercise physiology, pulmonary rehabilitation, and integrated care in chronic respiratory diseases. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Physiology (Respiratory Physiology) and a member of the editorial boards of the European Respiratory Journal and the European Journal of Applied Physiology. His book "Clinical Exercise Physiology: Theory and Practice" is widely used as a reference text in his home country of Brazil and remains the only Portuguese-written textbook in the field. He has extensive experience in training research personnel from undergraduate to post-doctoral levels.