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Mariana Sousa-Leite (MSc, PhD) is a registered psychologist (Portuguese Psychologists Association - OPP, Professional certificate: 24191) and Research Associate at the School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK, having been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, grant No.: ES/Z503125/1), UK. Sousa-Leite holds a PhD in Psychology from Cardiff University, UK, since June 2024. Her postgraduate training was supported by a four-year PhD studentship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, studentship No.: SFRH/BD/144429/2019). Mariana has been focusing her research on supporting people in achieving their family-building plans or, when this proves impossible, in coming to terms with their unrealised plans. Her work aims to inform evidence-based policy and practice in reproductive health by developing, evaluating, and implementing research-informed psychosocial resources to support those who desire or are actively trying to have children and the involved stakeholders (practitioners, advocates, and policymakers). The goal is for this support to be integrated into routine clinic care and easily accessible for stakeholders, including service users. Sousa-Leite's main fields of interest span across health and developmental psychology, assisted reproductive technology, fertility preservation, parenthood decision-making and evidence-based practice. Sousa-Leite has been actively involved in teaching, learning, and engaging in activities within the University and international societies related to human reproduction and open science. Currently, she serves as Senior Deputy of the Psychology and Counselling Special Interest Group of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), a member of the ESHRE Communications Committee and Associate Editor of the Human Reproduction Update journal (Oxford University Press).
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Mariana dos Reis Oliveira de Sousa Leite

Nomes de citação

  • Sousa-Leite, M

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
6416-97A2-63C0
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8002-4648
Google Scholar ID
EJukMGgAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
GQP-2382-2022

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • sousaleitem@cardiff.ac.uk (Profissional)

Moradas

  • School of Psychology, Cardiff University. Tower Building 70 Park Place, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, Wales, Reino Unido (Profissional)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Sociais - Psicologia

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Francês Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Alemão Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2020 - 2024/06
Concluído
 Doctoral student (Doctor of Philosophy)
Especialização em Cardiff Fertility and Reproductive Research (CFRR) in collaboration with the ITR Laboratory and EPIUnit of the Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto (ISPUP)
Cardiff University School of Psychology, Reino Unido
"'What if we never make it!? What's going to happen to us?': Routine psychosocial care to promote patients' adjustment to the end of unsuccessful fertility treatment" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 Passed VIVA with no corrections
2022/12
Concluído
 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Immersion (Outros)
Steven C. Hayes, Estados Unidos
2022/07 - 2022/07
Concluído
 Campus Course: Spirituality and reproductive medicine: a source of support and/or conflict? (Outros)
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Itália
2021/09 - 2022/04
Concluído
 Education Associate Fellowship Programme (AFHEA) (Outros)
Cardiff University, Reino Unido
2021/12 - 2021/12
Concluído
 Campus Course: Long-term impacts on physical and psycho-social well-being of ART patients and children conceived through ART: updates from different perspectives (Outros)
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2019/06 - 2019/06
Concluído
 Campus Course: How to present and publish your research? (Outros)
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Áustria
2018/02 - 2018/07
Concluído
 Master dissertation (Master)
Especialização em Cardiff Fertility Studies research group
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido
 19/20
2013/09 - 2018/07
Concluído
 Master's degree (Master)
School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal
 16.2/20
2018/03 - 2018/03
Concluído
 Campus Course: Communication with patients & information provision (Outros)
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Reino Unido
2017/09 - 2018/02
Concluído
 Extracurricular course: psychopharmacology (Outros)
School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal
 18/20
2017/09 - 2018/02
Concluído
 Curricular internship (Outros)
Especialização em Clinical and Health Psychology
São João University Hospital Centre [Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João - CHUS], Portugal, Portugal
 18/20
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2024/10 - Atual Pós-doutorado (Investigação) UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council, Reino Unido
Cardiff Fertility and Reproductive Research (CFRR), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido
2020 - 2024/06 Investigador Contratado (Investigação) Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - FCT], Portugal
Cardiff Fertility and Reproductive Research (CFRR), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK, in collaboration with the Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto (ISPUP), Portugal, Reino Unido
2021 - 2022 Investigador Contratado (Investigação) Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Reino Unido
Cardiff Fertility and Reproductive Research (CFRR), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido
2016/01 - 2019/12 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) Psychology Research Centre (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal
Family & Human Development research group, Portugal

Docência no Ensino Superior

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2022/10 - 2023 Monitor (Docente Universitário) School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido
2022/10 - 2023 Assistente Convidado (Docente Universitário) Cardiff University School of Psychology, Reino Unido
2020/10 - 2022 Assistente (Docente Universitário) School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido

Outros

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2018/09 - 2019/12 Clinical practice (Professional internship) School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal
Portuguese Psychologists’ Association [Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses], Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2020/01/01 - 2024/02/29 Beyond Infertility: an evidence-based psychological intervention to promote couples’ positive adjustment to unsuccessful fertility treatment
SFRH/BD/144429/2019
10.54499/SFRH/BD/144429/2019
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Cardiff University School of Psychology, Reino Unido
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2021 - 2022 Extending the international and clinical reach of MyJourney: an online self- help intervention for people with an unfulfilled wish for children
Grant No.: JA1710IF63, £24,903
Co-Investigador Responsável (Co-IR)
Cardiff University School of Psychology, Reino Unido
 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2024 - Atual Making a bridge between planning and support for (un)realised parenthood goals under the new 21st-century parenthood landscape
Grant No.: ES/Z503125/1, £127,274
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Cardiff University School of Psychology, Reino Unido
 UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council
Em curso
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em boletim informativo
  1. Sousa-Leite, M; Sola-Leyva, A. "ESHRE Ferti Job Hub: A New Initiative for Employers and Job Seekers in Human Reproduction and Embryology", Focus on Reproduction, 2024, https://www.focusonreproduction.eu/news-and-activities/eshre-ferti-job-hub-a-new-initiative-for-employers-and-job-seekers-in-human-reproduction-and-embryology/.
  2. Sousa-Leite, M. "Should we prepare fertility patients for ending treatment without a baby?", Progress Educational Trust (PET) BioNews flagship, 2023, https://www.progress.org.uk/should-we-prepare-fertility-patients-for-ending-treatment-without-a-baby/.
  3. Sousa-Leite, M. "Digital support interventions reviewed at counselling Campus meeting", Focus on Reproduction, 2023, https://www.focusonreproduction.eu/article/ESHRE-News-Fertility-Counselling.
Artigo em jornal
  1. Sousa-Leite, M; Gameiro, S. "The other side of the coin: preparing patients for the possibility fertility treatment may end without the children they wish for", British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA) Journal of Fertility Counselling, 2023
Artigo em revista
  1. Sousa-Leite, M; Costa, R; Figueiredo, B; Gameiro, S. "Discussing the possibility of fertility treatment being unsuccessful as part of routine care offered at clinics: patients' experiences, willingness, and preferences". Human Reproduction (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dead096.
    Publicado • 10.1093/humrep/dead096
  2. Sousa-Leite, M; Fernandes, M; Reis, S; Costa, R; Figueiredo, B; Gameiro, S. "Feasibility and acceptability of psychosocial care for unsuccessful fertility treatment". Health Expectations (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13598.
    Publicado • 10.1111/hex.13598
  3. Sousa-Leite, M; Figueiredo, B; ter Keurst, A; Boivin, J; Gameiro, S. "Women's attitudes and beliefs about using fertility preservation to prevent age-related fertility decline - A two-year follow-up". Patient Education and Counseling 102 9 (2019): 1695-1702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.03.019.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.pec.2019.03.019
  4. Gameiro, S; Sousa-Leite, M; Vermeulen, N. "Dissemination, implementation and impact of the ESHRE evidence-based guidelines". Human Reproduction Open 2019 3 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoz011.
    Publicado • 10.1093/hropen/hoz011
Capítulo de livro
  1. Sousa-Leite, M; Figueiredo, B. "Fertility preservation to prevent age-related fertility decline: systematic review". In Diálogos acerca da infertilidade, editado por Justo, J, 117-131. Leiria, Portugal: PSICOAP, 2019.
    Publicado
Poster em conferência
  1. Sousa-Leite, M; Costa, R; Figueiredo, B; Gameiro, S. "Psychosocial intervention focused on the adjustment after unsuccessful treatment: a feasibility study". Trabalho apresentado em XXXVIII Annual Meeting of Portuguese Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2023.
  2. Sousa-Leite, M; Costa, R; Figueiredo, B; Gameiro, S. "Acceptability, Demand, and Practicality of Psychosocial Support for Patients after Unsuccessful Fertility Treatment". Trabalho apresentado em Postgraduate Research Poster Conference, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, 2021.
  3. Sousa-Leite, M; Gameiro, S. "Association between an unfulfilled child-wish and wellbeing in an UK population representative sample". Trabalho apresentado em Fertility 2021, 2021.
Recurso online
  1. Sousa-Leite, M; Gameiro, S. How to continue your journey if fertility treatment doesn’t work. 2023. https://myjourney.pt/patients.
  2. Sousa-Leite, M; Gameiro, S. Helping your patients cope with unsuccessful fertility treatment. 2023. https://myjourney.pt/clinics.
Resumo em conferência
  1. Sousa-Leite, M; Costa, R; Figueiredo, B; Liu, J; Morey, R; Gameiro, S. "Multicentre two-arm randomised controlled trial of Beyond Fertility: A brief face-to-face psychosocial intervention to promote patients’ healthy adjustment when ending unsuccessful fertility treatment". Trabalho apresentado em 40th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Amsterdam, 2024.
    Publicado • https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deae108.126
  2. Sousa-Leite, M; Gameiro, S. "Research-informed educational materials to promote the routine implementation of psychosocial care for unsuccessful fertility treatment (PCUFT) at clinics: healthcare professionals’ and patients’ views". Trabalho apresentado em 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Copenhagen, 2023.
    Publicado • https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dead093.035
  3. Sousa-Leite, M; Costa, R; Figueiredo, B; Gameiro, S. "Patients' willingness and preferences about being counselled for the possibility of fertility treatment being unsuccessful". Trabalho apresentado em 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), 2022.
    Publicado • https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deac104.104
  4. Sousa-Leite, M; Figueiredo, B; ter Keurst, A; Boivin, J; Gameiro, S. "Women's decision-making process about the use of fertility preservation (FP) to prevent age-related fertility decline: a two-year prospective study". Trabalho apresentado em 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Vienna, 2019.
    Publicado • https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/34.Supplement_1.1
  5. Gameiro, S; Vermeulen, N; Sousa-Leite, M. "How do ESHRE members use and evaluate the ESHRE guidelines?". Trabalho apresentado em 34th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Barcelona, 2018.
    Publicado • https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/33.Supplement_1.1
Tese / Dissertação
  1. "'What if we never make it!? What's going to happen to us?': Routine psychosocial care to promote patients' adjustment to the end of unsuccessful fertility treatment". Doutoramento, Cardiff University School of Psychology, 2024. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/168829.
  2. "Women's attitudes and beliefs about using fertility preservation to prevent age-related fertility decline - a two-year follow-up". Mestrado, Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/55702.

Outros

Outra produção
  1. Beyond Fertility: a psychosocial intervention to promote patients' healthy adjustment to unsuccessful fertility treatment. 2022. Sousa-Leite, M; Costa, R; Figueiredo, B; Gameiro, S. https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN85897617.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2024/12/03 [Invited, forthcoming] Psychosocial support for the end of unsuccessful fertility treatment: What support is available to patients Fertility Webinars
European Fertility Society (Reino Unido)
2024/11 [Invited] I am starting, having, or have had fertility treatment: How can I prepare and cope if treatment does not work? UK National Fertility Awareness Week
Fertility Network UK (London, Reino Unido)
2024/10 [Invited] Psychosocial support for the end of unsuccessful fertility treatment: When, how, and by whom - What do we know today? VII Workshop of the Portuguese Fertility Society
Portuguese Fertility Society (Associação Portuguesa de Fertilidade - APF) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/07 [Invited lecture] Routine psychosocial care for unsuccessful fertility treatment Pre-congress Course of the 40th Annual Meeting of the ESHRE
(Amsterdam, Países Baixos)
2024/07 Session 33: Poster discussion session - Psychology & counselling Pre-congress Course of the 40th Annual Meeting of the ESHRE
(Amsterdam, Países Baixos)
2023/06 Research-informed educational materials to promote the routine implementation of psychosocial care for unsuccessful fertility treatment (PCUFT) at clinics: healthcare professionals and patients views 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
(Copenhagen, Dinamarca)
2022/07 Patients' willingness and preferences about being counselled for the possibility of fertility treatment being unsuccessful 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
(Milan, Itália)
2022/02 Feasibility and acceptability of psychosocial intervention support for unsuccessful fertility treatment FUSION2022 - ESHRE, IFS and ISAR International Conference on Reproductive Medicine
(Online, Índia)
2021/11 Counselling patients on the possibility of fertility treatment being unsuccessful: patients’ willingness and perceptions Postgraduate Research Conference
School of Psychology, Cardiff University (Cardiff, Reino Unido)
2019/11 Beyond Infertility: promoting couples' positive adjustment to unsuccessful fertility treatment 2nd Annual Meeting of the Marcé Society Portuguese Speaking Group
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2019/06 Women's decision-making process about the use of fertility preservation (FP) to prevent age-related fertility decline: a two-year prospective study 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE),
(Vienna, Áustria)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) 		Instituição / Organização
2023/06/25 - 2023/06/25 Precongress course: European regulation of third party reproduction (Copenhagen, Denmark) (2023/06/25 - 2023/06/25)
Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2023/03/10 - 2023/03/11 Campus Course: Basic training course for infertility counselling - practice and new challenges (Prague, Czech Republic) (2023/03/10 - 2033/03/11)
Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2022/11/10 - 2022/11/11 Postgraduate Research Conference (2022/11/10 - 2022/11/11)
Conferência (Coorganizador)
 School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido
2022/10/14 - 2022/10/15 Campus Course: Polyparenthood - ethical, legal and psychological challenges (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) (2022/10/14 - 2022/10/15)
Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Bélgica
2021/07/14 - 2021/07/14 Postgraduate Research Poster Conference (2021/07/14 - 2021/07/14)
Conferência (Coorganizador)
 School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento 		Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2024/07 - 2024/07 Invited Chair
Conferência
 40th Annual Meeting of ESHRE. Session 23: Novel insights on psychosocial outcomes. Amsterdam, NL
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2024/07 - 2024/07 Invited Chair
Conferência
 Pre-congress Course of the 40th Annual Meeting of the ESHRE. What happens when everything “fails”? Psychosocial counselling on unsuccessful trajectories. Amsterdam, NL.
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2023/06 - 2023/06 Invited Chair
Conferência
 39th Annual Meeting of ESHRE. Poster session. Copenhagen, DK. Hum Reprod.
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2023/05 - 2023/05 Invited Chair
Encontro
 Webinar. Dealing with third-party reproduction: Recommendations for patients, donors, and children. Online
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2023/03 - 2023/03 Invited Chair
Oficina (workshop)
 ESHRE Campus Course. Basic training course for infertility counselling: practice and new challenges. Prague, CZ
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica

Arbitragem científica em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
2024/01 - Atual Human Reproduction Update Oxford university press

Comissão de avaliação

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de assessoria 		Instituição / Organização Entidade financiadora
2024/03 - 2024/03 Evaluation of the Psychology and Counselling abstracts submitted for oral/poster presentation at the 39th European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Annual Meeting 2023
Avaliador
 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2023/03 - 2023/03 Evaluation of the Psychology and Counselling abstracts submitted for oral/poster presentation at the 39th European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Annual Meeting 2023
Avaliador
 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica

Consultoria / Parecer

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
2024/06 - Atual Research Consultant European Fertility Society - EFS, Reino Unido

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Disciplina Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2022/10 - 2023 PS2011 Developmental Psychology Psychology (Bachelor) School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido
2020/10 - 2022 PS2024 Psychological Research Skills Psychology (Bachelor) School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

Descrição da atividade Jornal / Forum
2022/07 Conversas Sub-30: “Desde que fui embora, vejo a cidade de uma forma diferente, para melhor”, reconhece Mariana Sousa Leite Porto City Hall

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2020/11 - Atual British Fertility Society Member
2018/09 - Atual Portuguese Psychologists Association [Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses] Effective member
2018/03 - Atual European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Member

Membro de comissão

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de participação 		Instituição / Organização
2023/07 - Atual ESHRE Communications Committee
Membro
 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2022/07 - Atual Senior (Past Junior) Deputy of the ESHRE Psychology & Counselling Special Interest Group European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Bélgica
2023/07 - 2024/07 ESHRE Young Talent Group
Membro
 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica
2020/10 - 2023/10 PhD Student Representative Cardiff University School of Psychology, Reino Unido

Revisão ad hoc de artigos em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
2023 - Atual Reproductive BioMedicine Online [RBMO] Elsevier
2023 - Atual Reproductive Health BioMed Central Ltd.
2023 - Atual BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMed Central Ltd.
2022 - Atual Human Reproduction Open Oxford University Press
2022 - Atual Human Reproduction Oxford University Press
2019 - Atual Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation S. Karger AG
Distinções

Prémio

2024 Nominated for Hadyn Ellis Prize for Best PhD
Cardiff University School of Psychology, Reino Unido
2022 First Prize in Paper Presentation | Junior category
FUSION2022 - ESHRE, IFS and ISAR International Conference on Reproductive Medicine, Índia
2022 Third Prize in the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®)
Cardiff University, Reino Unido
2021 Nominated for PhD Junior Researcher prize
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Reino Unido
2020 Merit-based Scholarship
General Directorate of Higher Education (DGES), Portugal
2019 Excellence Scholarship prize
University of Minho, Portugal

Outra distinção

2023 One of the five ESHRE Young Ambassadors
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology - ESHRE, Bélgica