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My research relies on the use of neuroimaging techniques as a window towards understanding typical and atypical behavior, and I have been involved on several national and international projects. My PhD thesis, which I performed in the University of Barcelona under the supervision of Dr. Carles Soriano-Mas (with a predoctoral grant from the Generalitat de Catalunya), was focused on studying the neurobiological correlates of emotion regulation in psychiatric disorders, including the use of meta-analytical techniques. Also, I developed an interest in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) research that still continues today, and that opened me the possibility of collaborating in the international consortium ENIGMA. During that period, I was also awarded with two international research stay grants, that allowed me to spent two months doing a research stay in the Groote Schuur Hospital (University of Cape Town, South Africa), and three months in the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS, University of Minho, Portugal). After depending my PhD, I spent three years as a post-doctoral researcher at the ICVS in the University of Minho, where I expanded my interests into the study of other psychiatric disorders, and into developing novel biologically-informed treatments such as neurofeedback (a non-invasive neuromodulation technique). Moreover, I have been involved in a project exploring mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and I am Principal Investigator (PI) of two projects: one related to OCD research, and another focused at studying sex- and gender-related variables in the stress response, attempting to expand on the binary framework of sex differences in order to improve personalized healthcare. During this period I was also involved in the supervision of students (5 master thesis and 5 laboratory rotations completed, and 3 PhD thesis ongoing), the organization of research activities, and in science communication events. Finally, I was awarded with a “María Zambrano” contract to start working in the Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging group from the Jaume I University, and more recently, I received a Ramón y Cajal contract that will allow me to consolidate my research career and to stablish a strong research line in the institution, while keeping a close collaboration with my network of international collaborators, particularly with the research team at ICVS. During this time at Jaume I University I was also granted two more projects as PI, to continue exploring sex/gender differences in stress, emotional processing, and impulsivity, using novel neuroimaging and meta-analytical techniques. From a scientific production perspective, the 40 publications registered in Scopus since 2016 have generated 726 citations and an h-index of 12. Out of the 32 publications with impact factor available, 26 are Q1, from which 13 are D1.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Picó Pérez

Citation names

  • Picó-Pérez, Maria

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
051C-4AB3-10C5
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1573-2445

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Catalan (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/09 - 2024/09
Ongoing
Master in Equality and Gender in the Public and Private Spheres (Master)
Universitat Jaume I, Spain
2017 - 2019
Attended
Degree in Computer Science (Graduado)
Universidad Abierta de Cataluña, Spain
2018
Concluded
Medicine and Traslational Research (Doctorat)
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Spain
"Multimodal Neuroimaging of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Clinical and Healthy Control Samples" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Excellent Cum Laude
2013/09 - 2014/07
Concluded
Màster en Neurociències (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
"Functional connectivity of basolateral and centromedial-superficial amygdala in obsessive-compulsive disorder clinical subtypes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
8.7
2008/09 - 2013/06
Concluded
LICENCIATURA EN PSICOLOGIA (Licence)
Universitat de València, Spain
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
8.78
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universitat Jaume I Facultat de Ciències de la Salut, Spain
2018/12/06 - 2021/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/10 - 2018/11 PhD National Stay Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Universitat Jaume I, Spain
2015/02/01 - 2018/10/01 Pre-doctoral researcher Institut d'Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge, Spain
2018/01/01 - 2018/04/01 PhD International Stay Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2016/12/01 PhD International Stay University of Cape Town, South Africa
2014/07/01 - 2014/09/01 Summer Internship IDIBELL Institut d'Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge, Spain
2013/12/01 - 2014/06/01 Master's Internship Institut d'Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge, Spain
2012/10/01 - 2013/05/01 University Internship Universitat de València, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01 - 2026/12 Assessing the consistency of neuroimaging sex/gender differences in impulsivity and emotional processing through meta-analysis and latent variable modeling analysis
UJI-2023-28
Principal investigator
Universitat Jaume I
2023/01 - 2025/01 Exploring sex/gender differences in stress and emotional processing using meta-analytical and neuroimaging techniques
CIAICO/2022/133
Principal investigator
Generalitat Valenciana
2022/01 - 2024/01 The reinforcement sensitivity theory as a higher order model for structure-function organization in the human brain
PID2021-127340NB-C21
Post-doc Fellow
España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
2022/01 - 2023/06 Influence of sex and gender on the stress response: going beyond the binary framework for improving personalized healthcare
EXPL/PSI-GER/1030/2021
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/04 - Current Influence of individual differences in reward sensitivity on the modulation of cognitive-motivational interactions in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
CMI-OCD
Principal investigator
Hospital de Braga
2020/01 - 2022/12 Towards robust biomarkers in mental health: Development of a magnetic resonance imaging-based atlas of mental disorders, and initial validation of an associated diagnostic aid tool
PI19/00394
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
2019/04 - 2020/12 Neural correlates of impulsive behavior: from bench to bedside to bench
NeurImp4B
Post-doc Fellow
Hospital de Braga
2018/01 - 2020/12 Caracterització mitjançant neuroimatge de predictors i mecanismes de resposta a la teràpia cognitiu-conductual en el trastorn obsessiu-compulsiu
PERIS SLT006/17/249
PhD Student Fellow
Generalitat de Catalunya Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
2020/05/01 - 2020/07 Promoting Mental Health During Pandemic - a digital platform for monitoring and intervention
110_596697345
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01 - 2019/12 The model of uncertainty-anticipation: use of functional neuroimaging to predict the trajectory of anxiety symptoms and to characterize related brain alterations
PI16/00889
PhD Student Fellow
Institut d'Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge, Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Other

Designation Funders
2022/07 - 2023/12 Neural basis of suicidality in Major Depression: from suicidal ideation to action
Id2Act
Post-doc Fellow
2CA-Braga
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Vânia D’Alva-Teixeira; Maria Picó-Pérez; Pedro Morgado. "Determinants of Poor Mental Health of Medical Students in Portugal—A Nationwide Study". Healthcare (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11141991.
    10.3390/healthcare11141991
  2. Maria Picó-Pérez; Víctor Costumero; Juan Verdejo-Román; Natalia Albein-Urios; José Miguel Martínez-González; Carles Soriano-Mas; Alfonso Barrós-Loscertales; Antonio Verdejo-Garcia. "Brain networks alterations in cocaine use and gambling disorders during emotion regulation". Journal of Behavioral Addictions (2022): https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2022.00018.
    10.1556/2006.2022.00018
  3. Caetano, Ines; Amorim, Liliana; Castanho, Teresa Costa; Coelho, Ana; Ferreira, Sonia; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Soares, Jose Miguel; et al. "Association of amygdala size with stress perception: Findings of a transversal study across the lifespan". European Journal of Neuroscience (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51844888/.
    10.1111/EJN.15809
  4. Pico-Perez, Maria; Fullana, Miquel A.; Albajes-Eizagirre, Anton; Vega, Daniel; Marco-Pallares, Josep; Vilar, Ana; Chamorro, Jacobo; et al. "Neural predictors of cognitive-behavior therapy outcome in anxiety-related disorders: a meta-analysis of task-based fMRI studies". Psychological Medicine (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51753783/.
    10.1017/S0033291721005444
  5. Pico-Perez, Maria; de la Pena-Arteaga, Victor; Barbosa, Renato; Couto, Beatriz; Ferreira, Sonia; Castro, Ines; Soriano-Mas, Carles; Morgado, Pedro. "Neural Correlates of an fMRI Cognitive Reappraisal Task in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder". Biological Psychiatry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53804233/.
  6. de la Pena-Arteaga, Victor; Fernandez-Rodriguez, Marcos; Moreira, Pedro Silva; Abreu, Tania; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Soriano-Mas, Carles; Pico-Perez, Maria; et al. "An fMRI study of cognitive regulation of reward processing in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)". Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53804232/.
    10.1016/J.PSCYCHRESNS.2022.111493
  7. Raposo-Lima, Catarina; Moreira, Pedro; Magalhaes, Ricardo; Ferreira, Sonia; Sousa, Nuno; Pico-Perez, Maria; Morgado, Pedro. "Differential patterns of association between resting-state functional connectivity networks and stress in OCD patients". Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53804229/.
    10.1016/J.PNPBP.2022.110563
  8. Weeland, Cees J.; Kasprzak, Selina; de Joode, Niels T.; Abe, Yoshinari; Alonso, Pino; Ameis, Stephanie H.; Anticevic, Alan; et al. "The thalamus and its subnuclei-a gateway to obsessive-compulsive disorder". Translational Psychiatry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/52355427/.
    10.1038/S41398-022-01823-2
  9. Víctor De la Peña-Arteaga; Pedro Morgado; Beatriz Couto; Sónia Ferreira; Inês Castro; Nuno Sousa; Carles Soriano-Mas; Maria Picó-Pérez. "A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of frontal networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder during cognitive reappraisal". European Psychiatry (2022): https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2322.
    10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2322
  10. Fortea, Lydia; Albajes-Eizagirre, Anton; Yao, Yuan-Wei; Soler, Edu; Verdolini, Norma; Hauson, Alexander O.; Fortea, Adriana; et al. "Focusing on Comorbidity-A Novel Meta-Analytic Approach and Protocol to Disentangle the Specific Neuroanatomy of Co-occurring Mental Disorders". Frontiers in Psychiatry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51753782/.
    10.3389/FPSYT.2021.807839
  11. Costa, Ana Daniela; Fernandes, Afonso; Ferreira, Sonia; Couto, Beatriz; Machado-Sousa, Mafalda; Moreira, Pedro; Morgado, Pedro; Pico-Perez, Maria. "How Long Does Adaption Last for? An Update on the Psychological Impact of the Confinement in Portugal". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51450974/.
    10.3390/IJERPH19042243
  12. Varela Cunha, Goncalo; Silva Moreira, Pedro; Sousa, Mafalda Machado; Castanho, Teresa; Pico-Perez, Maria; Ferreira, Sonia; Morgado, Pedro. "The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R): Translation and Validation of the European Portuguese Version". Acta Médica Portuguesa (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54653531/.
    10.20344/AMP.16452
  13. Pico-Perez, Maria; Vieira, Rita; Fernandez-Rodriguez, Marcos; Pereira De Barros, Maria Antonia; Radua, Joaquim; Morgado, Pedro. "Multimodal meta-analysis of structural gray matter, neurocognitive and social cognitive fMRI findings in schizophrenia patients". Psychological Medicine (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51753780/.
    10.1017/S0033291721005523
  14. Reis, Joana Vanessa; Vieira, Rita; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Coelho, Ana; Magalhaes, Ricardo; Moreira, Pedro; Ferreira, Sonia; et al. "Suicidal Ideation Is Associated With Reduced Functional Connectivity and White Matter Integrity in Drug-Naive Patients With Major Depression". Frontiers in Psychiatry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51887738/.
    10.3389/FPSYT.2022.838111
  15. Caetano, Ines; Ferreira, Sonia; Coelho, Ana; Amorim, Liliana; Castanho, Teresa Costa; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Soares, Jose Miguel; et al. "Perceived stress modulates the activity between the amygdala and the cortex". Molecular Psychiatry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54653536/.
    10.1038/S41380-022-01780-8
  16. Maria Picó-Pérez; Sónia Ferreira; Beatriz Couto; Catarina Raposo-Lima; Mafalda Machado-Sousa; Pedro Morgado. "Sociodemographic and lifestyle predictors of mental health adaptability during COVID-19 compulsory confinement: A longitudinal study in the Portuguese population". Journal of Affective Disorders 295 (2021): 797-803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.150.
    10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.150
  17. Domingos, Célia; Picó-Pérez, Maria; Magalhães, Ricardo; Moreira, Mariana; Sousa, Nuno; Pêgo, José Miguel; Santos, Nadine Correia. "Free-Living Physical Activity Measured With a Wearable Device Is Associated With Larger Hippocampus Volume and Greater Functional Connectivity in Healthy Older Adults: An Observational, Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Portugal". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 13 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.729060.
    10.3389/fnagi.2021.729060
  18. Ricardo Magalhães; Maria Picó-Pérez; Madalena Esteves; Rita Vieira; Teresa C. Castanho; Liliana Amorim; Mafalda Sousa; et al. "Habitual coffee drinkers display a distinct pattern of brain functional connectivity". Molecular Psychiatry (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01075-4.
    10.1038/s41380-021-01075-4
  19. Ferreira, Sónia; Machado-Sousa, Mafalda; Moreira, PS; Sousa, Nuno; Picó-Pérez, Maria; Morgado, Pedro. "A wake-up call for burnout in Portuguese physicians during the COVID-19 outbreak: a national survey study". JMIR Public Health Surveill (2021):
    In press • doi:10.2196/24312
  20. Moreira, PS; Ferreira, Sónia; Couto, Beatriz; Machado-Sousa, Mafalda; Fernandez, Marcos; Raposo-Lima, Catarina; Sousa, Nuno; Picó-Pérez, Maria (051C-4AB3-10C5)*; Morgado, Pedro*. "Protective Elements of Mental Health Status during the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Portuguese Population. *Co-last Authorship". Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 18 4 (2021): 1910.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041910
  21. Magalhães, Ricardo*; Picó-Pérez, Maria (051C-4AB3-10C5)*; Esteves, Madalena*; Vieira, Rita; Castanho, Teresa C.; Amorim, Liliana; Machado-Sousa, Mafalda; et al. "Habitual coffee drinkers display a distinct pattern of brain functional connectivity. *Co-first authorship". Molecular Psychiatry (2021):
    Accepted
  22. Pico-Perez, Maria; Fernandez-Rodriguez, Marcos; Pereira de Barros, Maria Antonia; Radua, Joaquim; Morgado, Pedro. "Multimodal Meta-Analysis of Structural Grey Matter, Executive Function and Emotional Processing fMRI Findings in Schizophrenia Patients". Biological Psychiatry (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/43131917/.
    10.1016/J.BIOPSYCH.2021.02.447
  23. Ferreira, Sonia; Couto, Beatriz; Sousa, Mafalda; Vieira, Rita; Sousa, Nuno; Pico-Perez, Maria; Morgado, Pedro. "Stress Influences the Effect of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms on Emotion Regulation". Frontiers in Psychiatry (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/40004077/.
    10.3389/FPSYT.2020.594541
  24. Caetano, Ines; Amorim, Liliana; Soares, Jose Miguel; Ferreira, Sonia; Coelho, Ana; Reis, Joana; Santos, Nadine Correia; et al. "Amygdala size varies with stress perception". Neurobiology of Stress (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/45741018/.
    10.1016/J.YNSTR.2021.100334
  25. Patel, Yash; Parker, Nadine; Shin, Jean; Howard, Derek; French, Leon; Thomopoulos, Sophia I.; Pozzi, Elena; et al. "Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders". JAMA Psychiatry 78 1 (2020): 47-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2694.
    Published • 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2694
  26. Picó-Pérez, Maria; Moreira, Pedro Silva; de Melo Ferreira, Vanessa; Radua, Joaquim; Mataix-Cols, David; Sousa, Nuno; Soriano-Mas, Carles; Morgado, Pedro. "Modality-specific overlaps in brain structure and function in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Multimodal meta-analysis of case-control MRI studies". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 112 (2020): 83-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.01.033.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.01.033
  27. dos Santos, CF; Picó-Pérez, Maria (051C-4AB3-10C5)*; Morgado, Pedro (E217-6873-2F4F)*. "COVID-19 and mental health - What do we know so far? *Co-last Authorship". Front. Psychiatry 11 565698 (2020):
    Published • 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.565698
  28. Picó-Pérez, M.; Alemany-Navarro, M.; Dunsmoor, J.E.; Radua, J.; Albajes-Eizagirre, A.; Vervliet, B.; Cardoner, N.; et al. "Common and distinct neural correlates of fear extinction and cognitive reappraisal: A meta-analysis of fMRI studies". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 104 (2019): 102-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.029.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.029
  29. Steward, Trevor*; Picó-Pérez, Maria*; Mestre-Bach, Gemma; Martínez-Zalacaín, Ignacio; Suñol, Maria; Jiménez-Murcia, Susana; Fernández-Formoso, Jose A.; et al. "A multimodal MRI study of the neural mechanisms of emotion regulation impairment in women with obesity. *Co-first Authorship". Translational Psychiatry 9 1 (2019): 194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0533-3.
    Published • 10.1038/s41398-019-0533-3
  30. Suñol, Maria; Martínez-Zalacaín, Ignacio; Picó-Pérez, Maria; López-Solà, Clara; Real, Eva; Fullana, Miquel Àngel; Pujol, Jesús; et al. "Differential patterns of brain activation between hoarding disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder during executive performance". Psychological Medicine 50 4 (2019): 666-673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291719000515.
    Published • 10.1017/s0033291719000515
  31. Picó-Pérez M; Ipser J; Taylor P; Alonso P; López-Solà C; Real E; Segalàs C; et al. "Intrinsic functional and structural connectivity of emotion regulation networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder.". Depression and anxiety 36 2 (2018): 110-120. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30253000.
    Published • 10.1002/da.22845
  32. Picó-Pérez, Maria; Radua, Joaquim; Steward, Trevor; Menchón, José M.; Soriano-Mas, Carles. "Emotion regulation in mood and anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis of fMRI cognitive reappraisal studies". Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 79 Pt B (2017): 96-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.06.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.06.001
  33. Picó-Pérez, Maria; Alonso, Pino; Contreras-Rodríguez, Oren; Martínez-Zalacaín, Ignacio; López-Solà, Clara; Jiménez-Murcia, Susana; Verdejo-García, Antonio; Menchón, José M.; Soriano-Mas, Carles. "Dispositional use of emotion regulation strategies and resting-state cortico-limbic functional connectivity". Brain Imaging and Behavior 12 4 (2017): 1022-1031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-017-9762-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s11682-017-9762-3
  34. Steward, Trevor*; Picó-Pérez, Maria*; Mata, Fernanda; Martínez-Zalacaín, Ignacio; Cano, Marta; Contreras-Rodríguez, Oren; Fernández-Aranda, Fernando; et al. "Emotion Regulation and Excess Weight: Impaired Affective Processing Characterized by Dysfunctional Insula Activation and Connectivity. *Co-first Authorship". PLOS ONE 11 3 (2016): e0152150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152150.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0152150
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09 Neural predictors of cognitive-behavior therapy outcome in anxiety-related disorders: a meta-analysis of task-based fMRI studies 52th European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) Congress
(Barcelona, Spain)
2021/07 Can we consider functional magnetic resonance imaging guided neurofeedback as a third-generation therapy? V Congreso Nacional de Psicología
2020/01 Neurobiological basis of emotional deregulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder XIV Congresso Nacional de Psiquiatria
Sociedade Portuguesa Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental (Troia, Portugal)
2020/01 The Impact of Caffeine in the Connectivity of Brain Resting State Networks and in Decision-Making XIV Congresso Nacional de Psiquiatria
Sociedade Portuguesa Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental (Troia, Portugal)
2016/06 Emotion regulation strategies and fronto-limbic functional connectivity 68th Conference of the Catalan Society of Neuropsychology
Catalan Society of Neuropsychology (Barcelona, Spain)
2015/03 Conectividad funcional fronto-límbica y regulación emocional en el trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo IX National Congress of Psychology Students (CNEP)
Colectivo de Estudiantes de Psicología (CEP-PIE) (Valencia, Spain)
2015/02 Connectivitat funcional fronto-límbica i regulació emocional al trastorn obsessiu-compulsiu III Biomedical Research Congress (CIB)
(Valencia, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/01 - Current Decision-making in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: from behavior to neurobiological alterations
Co-supervisor
PhD in Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2022/01 - Current D2/D3 agonist Pramipexole in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: a paradigm shift for treatment-resistant presentations?
Co-supervisor
PhD in Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2021/01 - Current Multidimensional and predictive approach of suicide in Major Depression: From suicidal ideation to action
Co-supervisor
PhD in Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2022/11 - 2023/06 Brain Functional Connectivity and Mental Health Benefits of an 8-Week Mindfulness Training: A Resting-State fMRI Study
Supervisor
Master’s thesis within the Master's Degree in Brain and Behaviour Research (Master)
Universitat Jaume I, Spain
2022/09 - 2023/06 Exploring the impact of gender-related variables on health measures and perceived stress
Supervisor
Final Optional Project within the Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/06 Local Gyrification Index in obsessive-compulsive disorder: an ENIGMA-OCD Consortium pipeline analysis
Supervisor
Laboratory Rotation within the PhD in Health Sciences (PhDCS) (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/03 - 2022/01 Alterations in Emotion Regulation in individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and associated neuroimaging findings
Co-supervisor
Final Optional Project within the Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/06 Development of a an artificial neural network for identification of caffeine consumption
Supervisor
Laboratory Rotation within the PhD in Health Sciences (PhDCS) (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/03 - 2021/01 Automated analysis of free speech in individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and related neuroimaging findings
Co-supervisor
Final Optional Project - Integrated Masters Degree in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/07 A longitudinal study of mental health status during COVID-19 pandemic
Co-supervisor
Summer Rotation within the Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/05 - 2020/06 Emotion regulation and empathic personal distress in schizophrenia: An fMRI study.
Co-supervisor
Laboratory Rotation within the PhD in Health Sciences (PhDCS)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/04 Is there a brain signature for chronic pain? – A systematic review of resting-state fMRI studies
Co-supervisor
Option Project III - Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine (Other)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/03 - 2020/01 Alterations in the neurobiological mechanisms associated to decision making in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder individuals
Co-supervisor
Final Optional Project - Integrated Masters Degree in Medicine (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/05 Structural grey matter and functional MRI findings in schizophrenia patients: a meta-analysis
Co-supervisor
Master of Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2019/06 - 2021/12 Member of the Postdoctorates Committee of the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), responsible of organizing the annual institutional retreat from the Neuroscience Domain (NeRD retreat). (2019/11)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2016/06 - 2018/06 Member of the Predoctorates Committee of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), preparing the congress for IDIBELL PhD students (contacting speakers, looking for sponsors, scheduling the different activities of the congress). (2017/02)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
Institut d'Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge, Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/01 - 2021/01 Transversal Skills and Employability Workshops
Workshop
Meeting Coordination Workshop
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/12 - 2020/12 Transversal Skills and Employability Workshops
Workshop
Time management Workshop
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/12 - 2020/12 Online course
Other
Tools for the creation of Educational Videos
Universidade do Norte Extension School (Projeto UNorteX.PT), Portugal
2020/11 - 2020/11 Transversal Skills and Employability Workshops
Workshop
Leadership Workshop
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/09 - 2020/09 Online course
Workshop
1st Online Machine Learning Workshop
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Neuroimaging Network, Netherlands
2020/09 - 2020/09 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Marcos Fernández-Rodríguez; Maria Pereira de Barros; Pedro Morgado. "Structural grey matter and functional MRI findings in schizophrenia patients: a meta-analysis".
Congress
33rd ECNP Congress Virtual
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2019/09 - 2019/09 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Pedro Silva Moreira; Vanessa de Melo Ferreira; Joaquim Radua; Nuno Sousa; Carles Soriano-Mas; Pedro Morgado. "Common structural grey matter and functional activation abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analytic investigation".
Congress
32nd ECNP Congress, Copenhaguen, Denmark
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2019/06 - 2019/06 Meeting
Meeting
2nd Meeting of the Neuroimaging Network ACLIMAGEN
Neuroimaging Network “Aplicaciones Clínicas de la Neuroimagen Funcional” (ACLIMAGEN), Spain
2019/06 - 2019/06 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Pedro Silva Moreira; Patrício Costa; Nuno Sousa; Carles Soriano-Mas; Pedro Morgado. "A meta-analytic connectivity modelling and functional decoding study of emotional processing in OCD".
Congress
25th OHBM Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy
Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), United States
2019/04 - 2019/04 Participation in the contest for science communication “Dance your PhD” from the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) Open Day with the video (awarded as best video) “Neurofeedback Awakens: The Attack of the Obsessive Mind” (https://photos.app.goo.gl/hNRygfR6cpRKcCUh8).
Meeting
ICVS Open Day
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018/12 - 2018/12 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Jonathan Ipser; Paul Taylor; Pino Alonso; Clara López-Solà; Eva Real; Cinto Segalàs; Annerine Roos; José M. Menchón; Dan J. Stein; Carles Soriano-Mas. "Intrinsic functional and structural connectivity of emotion regulation networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder".
Meeting
NeRD Annual Retreat, Guimarães, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018/10 - 2018/10 Event for basic/clinical science exchange. Selected to participate among the young researcher participants of the 31st European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress.
Other
“Meet Your Translational Match” meeting
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2018/10 - 2018/10 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Jonathan Ipser; Paul Taylor; Pino Alonso; Clara López-Solà; Eva Real; Cinto Segalàs; Annerine Roos; José M. Menchón; Dan J. Stein; Carles Soriano-Mas. "Intrinsic functional and structural connectivity of emotion regulation networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder".
Congress
31st ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2018/07 - 2018/07 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Jonathan Ipser; Paul Taylor; Pino Alonso; Clara López-Solà; Eva Real; Cinto Segalàs; Annerine Roos; José M. Menchón; Dan J. Stein; Carles Soriano-Mas. "Intrinsic functional and structural connectivity of emotion regulation networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder".
Congress
11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2018/05 - 2018/05 Selected to participate in the workshop for science communication This “Stuff” is Really Cool (TSiRC), part of the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative (NNCI). The workshop resulted in the talk “Feedback for Lisa”, presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP), New York (https://vimeo.com/269697855).
Workshop
This “Stuff” is Really Cool (TSiRC)
2018/05 - 2018/05 Meeting
Meeting
1st Meeting of the Neuroimaging Network ACLIMAGEN
Neuroimaging Network “Aplicaciones Clínicas de la Neuroimagen Funcional” (ACLIMAGEN), Spain
2018/05 - 2018/05 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Jonathan Ipser; Paul Taylor; Pino Alonso; Clara López-Solà; Eva Real; Cinto Segalàs; Annerine Roos; José M. Menchón; Dan J. Stein; Carles Soriano-Mas. "Intrinsic functional and structural connectivity of emotion regulation networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder".
Congress
73rd Annual Meeting of the SOBP, New York, USA
Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP), United States
2017/09 - 2017/09 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Joaquim Radua; Trevor Steward; José M. Menchón; Carles Soriano-Mas. "Emotion regulation in mood and anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis of fMRI cognitive reappraisal studies".
Congress
30th ECNP Congress, Paris, France
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2017/07 - 2017/07 Course
Workshop
Mindfulness to Improve the Quality of Life during Aging
Universidad de Barcelona Instituto de Formación Continua, Spain
2017/04 - 2017/04 Course
Workshop
Matlab for Psychology and Neuroscience
The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
2017/03 - 2017/03 Workshop for Junior Scientists
Workshop
ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for Junior Scientists
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2017/02 - 2017/02 University of Barcelona Training program for young researchers
Workshop
Module II: Techniques for quality research
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, Spain
2017/02 - 2017/02 Course
Workshop
Introduction to R sintaxis using Rstudio – Module II
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Servei d'Estadística Aplicada, Spain
2017/02 - 2017/02 Course
Workshop
Introduction to R sintaxis using Rstudio – Module I
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Servei d'Estadística Aplicada, Spain
2016/07 - 2016/07 Poster presentation: Maria Picó-Pérez; Pino Alonso; Narcís Cardoner; Marta Subirà; Clara López-Solà; Cinto Segalàs; Ignacio Martínez-Zalacaín; Eva Real; Ximena Goldberg; Rosa Hernández-Ribas; José M. Menchón; Carles Soriano-Mas. "Emotion regulation strategies and corticolimbic functional connectivity".
Congress
10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2016/03 - 2016/03 Meeting
Meeting
ECNP Neuroscience and Psychotherapy Meeting
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2015/05 - 2015/05 Poster presentation: Maria Picó; Narcís Cardoner; Pino Alonso; Marta Subirà; Clara López-Solà; Cinto Segalàs; Ignacio Martínez-Zalacaín; Eva Real; Ximena Goldberg; Rosa Hernández-Ribas; José M. Menchón; Carles Soriano-Mas. "Fronto-limbic functional connectivity and emotion regulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder".
Congress
70th Annual Scientific Convention of the SOBP, Toronto, Canada
Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP), United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/11/18 EEG correlates of fMRI dynamic functional connectivity states
(Thesis) Arguer
Afonso Jorge Nunes Aires (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/01 - Current Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology Neuropsychology; Higher cognitive functions; Affective and social neuroscience (Bachelor) Universitat Jaume I, Spain
2022/09 - Current Master's Degree in Brain and Behaviour Research Neuroscience of Emotion Regulation; Advanced data analysis (Master) Universitat Jaume I, Spain
2019 - 2021 “Neuroimaging Lab” part of the Fundamentals of Neuroscience course PhD in Health Sciences (PhDCS) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/02 DCBM course (Da clínica à biologia molecular) Integrated Masters Degree in Medicine (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017/12 - 2017/12 Neuroimaging Lab Bachelor of Biomedicine (Bachelor) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Spain

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/07 - 2023/07 Interview in the “Herrera en COPE” radio program (https://www.cope.es/programas/herrera-en-cope/noticias/tiene-efecto-cerebro-tomarte-cafe-por-manana-una-experta-explica-efecto-placebo-20230703_2794279), regarding the Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2023) publication, which received a lot of media attention (https://www.altmetric.com/details/150621167).
2023/02 - 2023/02 Interview in the “Podríem fer-ho millor” radio program from À Punt (https://www.apuntmedia.es/programes/podriem-fer-ho-millor/audio-temporada-4/12-02-2023-ho-millor-tercera-part_135_1590956.html), discussing the neurobiology of love.
2020/06 - 2020/06 Participation in the "Academia à Conversa" talk “Quem pratica desporto está mais preparado para enfrentar as crises?” (https://www.facebook.com/aauminho/videos/901025460361540/), organized by the Associação Académica da Universidade do Minho (AAUMinho)
2020/03 - 2020/03 "A Ciencia Cierta", Spanish program from the valencian radio (cvradio). Psychological effects of the confinement during COVID-19

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/04 - Current Review editor for Frontiers in Psychiatry
2019 - Current Ad-hoc peer-reviewing for: Brain Imaging and Behavior; Brain and Behavior; Cognitive Therapy & Research; European Journal of Psychiatry; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry; PloS One; Psychological Medicine.
2020 - 2020 External evaluation of the PhD thesis “Brain differences associated with personality traits: a structural and resting state fMRI approach”, from the student Jesús Adrián Ventura Universitat Jaume I Facultat de Ciències de la Salut, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2019 Dance your PhD Award
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019 Travel award to the poster “Common structural grey matter and functional activation abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analytic investigation”
2018 Travel fellowship award for predoctoral scholars
2017 Travel award to the poster “Emotion regulation in mood and anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis of fMRI cognitive reappraisal studies”
2016 Oral Communication Award to the best abstract “Emotion regulation strategies and fronto-limbic functional connectivity”
2015 Oral Communication Award to the oral communication “Fronto-limbic functional connectivity and emotion regulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder”

Other distinction

2022 Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC2021-031228-I)
España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain
2021 María Zambrano Postdoctoral Fellowship for the attraction of international talent (MAZ/2021/11)
Universitat Jaume I Facultat de Ciències de la Salut, Spain
2018 PhD Fellowship for finishing the Doctoral Thesis
2018 PhD International Travel Fellowship
2016 PhD International Travel Fellowship
2015 FI-AGAUR Predoctoral Fellowship (2015 FI_B 00839)