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DrRuben Fernandez-Rodriguez

Associate Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

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  • Associate Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • HERB, Health, Education and Research Building (HERB), Level 1, 285 Ryrie Street, Geelong

GRANTS

  • PRIZE / AWARD
    IMPACT INSTITUTE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
    20 May 2026
    Demonstrating evidence of my international engagement with publications, joint grant applications with international colleagues, mentoring international students, and memberships in international societies.
  • PRIZE / AWARD
    Cum Laude International PhD “Best Thesis Award in Health Sciences (2024), conferred by the UCLM. Best Thesis Award in Health Science
    14 Jun 2023
    Cum Laude International PhD “Best Thesis Award in Health Sciences (2024), conferred by the UCLM. Best Thesis Award in Health Science: “Nut Consumption and Dietary Strategies for Cardiometabolic and Mental Health”. The scientific articles of this doctoral thesis (n=7) demonstrated that nut consumption does not negatively influence weight and adiposity parameters in different populations, but reduces the risk of depression in older adults.
  • PRIZE / AWARD
    IX Research Award on Physiotherapy
    Colegio profesional de fisioterapeutas de Castilla-La Mancha”22 Feb 2021
    IX Research Award on Physiotherapy (3000€// 4.819,20 AUD) conferred by the “Colegio profesional de fisioterapeutas de Castilla-La Mancha” (Sept 2021), Toledo, Spain.
  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    Nuts4Brain Project: The relationship between nut consumption and mental health outcomes throughout adulthood
    Instituto de Salud Carlos III1 Sep 2020 - 1 Sep 2023
    6 out of my 7 publications for my PhD project were related to the Nuts4Brain Project.
  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    - “Nuts4Brain Project: Nut consumption and its relationship to mental health and body composition [translated]”).
    Provincial Council of Albacete and the UCLM. Duration: 2021. Budget: 6.000€ (9.641,40 AUD).1 May 2020
  • PRIZE / AWARD
    Extraordinary Master Award
    1 Sep 2019
    Extraordinary Master Award (2019), conferred by the UCLM, because of the highest mark during my Master's and final project: “Fernández-Rodríguez R, et al. Pilates improves physical performance and decreases risk of falls in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Physiotherapy (UK). 2021. Scopus, Citations: 17, FWCI: 1.25. Q1 Journal. 2021.
  • PRIZE / AWARD
    Extraordinary Degree Award
    31 Jul 2017
    Extraordinary Degree Award (2017), conferred by the UCLM. Academic award for the highest mark during the grade and final project “Pilot trial exploring foam rolling on flexibility and performance in female sports athletes”.