Ana Aguiar (4C17-7295-012E)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Aguiar

Ana Aguiar began her research career at the Public Health Institute of the University of Porto in September 2015 and is a member of the Laboratory for the Epidemiology of Respiratory Diseases, Mycobacterial Infection and Other Infectious Diseases. She graduated in Educational Sciences from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto in 2013. In 2015, she completed her Master’s in Health Education from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. She has a PhD in Public Health since October 2024 and she is Guest Assistant at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Porto since September 2022 in the disciplines of Epidemiology and Public Health and Medical Epidemiology in the Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine. Since September 2015, she began working in the area of ¿¿infectious diseases (namely HIV , viral hepatitis and tuberculosis) in several projects at ISPUP. In 2020, he was awarded an individual scholarship from FCT to undertake a PhD in Public Health, at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, which led to his thesis entitled “Is it ok not to be ok?” The psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Portuguese population: understanding the role of individual and socio-environmental factors in mental health. Her main research interests are in the epidemiology of tuberculosis and its socio-economic and environmental determinants, especially in groups often referred to as those most at risk (people deprived of liberty, migrants, people who use drugs and people living on the streets). She also has a special interest in issues of stigma associated with the disease and the determinants of delay in diagnosis in TB.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Aguiar
Date of birth: 1989/11/17
Gender: Female

Citation names

Aguiar, A
Aguiar, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4C17-7295-012E
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7643-8963
AuthenticusID: R-00M-0E3

Email addresses

ana.aguiar@ispup.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

220426640 (Professional)

Addresses

Rua das Taipas, 135 - The Epidemiology Research Unit (EPIUnit), 4050-600, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://ispup.up.pt/pessoas/ana-aguiar-2/?lang=en (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/10/01 - 2024/10/30 Concluded	Saúde Pública (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "“Is it ok not to be ok? The psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Portuguese population: understanding the role of individual and socio-environmental factors in mental health" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved Unanimously
2016/09 - 2017/09 Concluded	Saúde Pública (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/06 - 2017/07 Concluded	Sixth European drugs summer school (EDSS) on Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies (Outros) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal	16
2013 - 2015/10 Concluded	Master Degree Course in Health Education (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "A educação de pares como forma de aproximação humana a situações de toxicodependência: a experiência da etnografia numa instituição de redução de riscos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16 (em 20)
2013/06 - 2013/07 Concluded	ERASMUS Intensive Program- Education for sustainable development: exploring hopeful pathways to preferable local and global futures (Outros) University of Bristol Graduate School of Education, United Kingdom
2010/09 - 2013/06/28 Concluded	First degree in Educational Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14 (em 20)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/11/06 - Current	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/12 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/10/01 - 2024/10/30	PhD student in Public Health with FCT scholarship	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

2019/03/16 - 2020/04	Research Fellow in the FCT project "UrbanTB-From symptoms to diagnosis of Urban Tuberculosis, considering individual and contextual factors"	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

2018/08 - 2019/01	Inquirer in the FCT project Generation XXI - 13-year-old assessment	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

2017/09/02 - 2017/10/01	Inquirer in the context of local elections polls	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal

2016/10/01 - 2017/07/31	Research Fellow in the project "Uso de drogas na cidade do Porto"	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

2017/01/01 - 2017/07/01	Member of the team and inquirer in the project "Acesso aos cuidados de saúde entre as pessoas utilizadoras de droga do município do Porto"	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

2015/10/01 - 2016/04/30	Research Fellow in the EEA-grants project "Community Screening Network Project"	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

2014/11/04 - 2015/06/30	Intern/Researcher for collection of data for the Master's dissertation	Associação para o Planeamento da Família, Portugal

2013/03/01 - 2013/06/17	Undergraduate Academic Internship - Participant Observation	Universidade Popular do Porto, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/10/01 - 2024/09/16	“Is it ok not to be ok? The psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Portuguese population: understanding the role of individual and socio-environmental factors in mental health” 2020.09390.BD 10.54499/2020.09390.BD Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/03/15 - 2020/04/30	UrbanTB - From symptoms to diagnosis of Urban Tuberculosis, considering individual and contextual factors. What are the determinants and critical points of this delay's pathway? PTDC/SAU-PUB/31346/2017 Research Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/11/06 - Current	UNITE4TB Academia and industry united innovation and treatment for tuberculosis 101007873 Researcher	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Epidemiology Research Unit - Institute of Public Health, University of Porto UID/DTP/04750/2019 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2015/09/01 - 2016/09/01	Community Screening Network Project PT06 - Ref.000200DT1 Research Fellow	Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Grants Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2019/04 - 2024/04	EUSAT-RCS: European-Latin American TB Research Collaboration Network EUSAT-RCS - 823890 Researcher Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Ongoing
2019/01 - 2020/09/30	Porto Cidade Sem Sida - Iniciativa Fast Track Cities non-applicable Other Câmara Municipal do Porto, Portugal	Câmara Municipal do Porto Ongoing
2018/03 - 2020/09/30	The Lisbon Cohort of Men who have sex with men non-applicable Other Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal	Ongoing
2016/10 - 2020/09	Community Screening Network Project PT06 - Ref.000200DT1 Researcher Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/08	Uso de drogas na cidade do Porto non-applicable Researcher Câmara Municipal do Porto, Portugal	Câmara Municipal do Porto Concluded
2017/01 - 2017/07	Acesso aos cuidados de saúde entre as pessoas utilizadoras de droga do município do Porto non-applicable Researcher Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal	Concluded
2014/11/04 - 2015/06/30	3R´s project - reduzir riscos, reintegrar non-applicable Other Associação para o Planeamento da Família, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Duarte R; Lopes F; Alves F; Aguiar, A; Monteiro H; Pinto M; Felgueiras Ó. Corresponding author: Duarte R. COVID-19 em Portugal: a estratégia. Braga, Portugal: UMinho Editora & Fundação Mestre Casais. 2022. Published • https://doi.org/10.21814/uminho.ed.71
Conference abstract	Aguiar, Ana; A414-AEF8-A5D2; B516-F62D-8567. Corresponding author: Aguiar, Ana. "Grief and mourning and its relation with anxiety and depressive symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic". Paper presented in World Congress of Epidemiology, 2021. Published • 10.1093/ije/dyab168.016 Aguiar, Ana; Maia, Isabel; A414-AEF8-A5D2; B516-F62D-8567. Corresponding author: Aguiar, Ana. "Food insecurity and mental health features and behaviours in adults from Portugal". Paper presented in World Congress of Epidemiology, 2021. 10.1093/ije/dyab168.015 Aguiar, A; Piñeiro C; Serrão R; Raquel Bessa de Melo. "The 8-item Morisky medication adherence scale: validation of a Portuguese version in HIV patients". Paper presented in 16th World Congress on Public Health, Rome, 2020. Published Aguiar, A; Rebelo, R; Vasco, F; Almeida, F; Duarte, R. "Implementing timely surveillance of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in key populations". 2018. Published • 10.1093/eurpub/cky218.140 Rebelo, R; Aguiar, A; Almeida, F; Silva, M; Vasco, F; Duarte, R. "Distribution of smoke materials as a strategy to approach people who use drugs". 2018. Published • 10.1093/eurpub/cky218.294 Meireles, P; Barros, H; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Simões, D; Freitas, R; Mendão, L. "The Community Screening Network project - Surveillance of HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections in the community in Portugal". 2018. Published • 10.1016/j.respe.2018.05.437
Conference poster	Valente, C; Pinheiro, M; Cruz, M; Moreira, ND; Aguiar, A; Duarte, R. "Rastreio de tuberculose em migrantes na Europa: revisão sistemática". Paper presented in 40º Congresso Nacional de Pneumologia, o 5º Congresso LUSO-PALOP e o 10th Union Europe Conference On Lung Health, 2024. Faria, MP; Aguiar, A; Machado Faria, A; Sousa, V. "Cuidar, desgasta?". Paper presented in 4º Congresso da Unidade de Saúde Pública do Baixo Vouga - ULS Região de Aveiro, 2024. Vieira, Mariana; Ramos, João Pedro; de Carvalho, Cátia; Gonçalves, Filipa; Barbosa, Pedro; Aguiar, A; Pinto, Marta. "Exploring Social-Environmental Factors in recovery and integration of substance-related disorders: a comprehensive scoping review". Paper presented in 4º Congresso da Unidade de Saúde Pública do Baixo Vouga - ULS Região de Aveiro, 2024. Luís Paciello; Floryn Schippers; Cecile Magis-Escurra ; Aguiar, A. "Evaluation of an audio-visual enhanced informed consent procedure in a diagnostic tuberculosis clinical trial". Paper presented in European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress, 2023. Marques MS; Silva, T; Aguiar, A; Pinto M; Duarte R. Corresponding author: Marques MS. "O estigma persiste: sentimentos de vergonha e tristeza entre pessoas com tuberculose". Paper presented in 14º Congresso de Pneumologia do Centro-Ibérico, 2023. J. Espinosa-Pereiro; Aguiar, Ana; E. Nara; A. Medina; G. Molinas; R. Filipe; M. Tavares; et al. Corresponding author: Aguiar, Ana. "Optimized doses of rifampicin: systematic review and bayesian meta-analysis". Paper presented in 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health. TBScience 2021, 2021. Aguiar, Ana; Maia I; A414-AEF8-A5D2; Costa J; B516-F62D-8567. Corresponding author: Aguiar, Ana. "COVID-19 related psychological impact and social determinants in a sample of Portugal residents". Paper presented in XXXIX Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) y XVI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiología (APE), 2021. Simões, D; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Rocha, M; Meireles, P; Freitas, R; Barros, H. "Pares treinados são equivalentes a profissionais de saúde e outros com formação superior no rastreio rápido do VIH, VHB, VHC e Sífilis em estruturas de base comunitária". Paper presented in XIV Congresso Nacional Doenças Infeciosas e microbiologia clínica; XII Congresso nacional VIH/SIDA, 2018. Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Vargas-Castanho, M; Lucas, S; Lima, F; Pinto, M; Duarte, R.. "Strategies led by non-governmental organizations for TB prevention and control: a scoping review". Paper presented in 11th Young Researchers' Forum - 11th European Public Health Conference - Winds of change: towards new ways of improving public health in Europe, 2018. Abreu, A; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Gaio, R; Duarte, R.. "Barreiras à deteção da tuberculose em estabelecimentos prisionais portugueses". Paper presented in 5ª Reunião do Internato Médico de Saúde Pública da Zona Norte, 2018. Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Rebelo, R; Vasco, F; Almeida, F; Duarte, R.. "Implementing timely surveillance of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in key populations". Paper presented in 11th European Public Health Conference - Winds of change: towards new ways of improving public health in Europe, 2018. Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Rebelo, R; Almeida, F; Silva, M.; Vasco, F; Duarte, R.. "Distribution of smoke materials as a strategy to approach people who use drugs.". Paper presented in 11th European Public Health Conference - Winds of change: towards new ways of improving public health in Europe, 2018. Meireles, P; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Simões, D; Freitas, R; Rocha, M; Barros, H. "The Community Screening Network Project - Surveillance of HIV, Viral hepatitis and Sexually transmitted infections in the community in Portugal". Paper presented in European Congress of Epidemiology, 2018. Tadeu, A; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Meireles, P; Costa, D; Barros, H; Ribeiro, AI. "Access to health care among high-risk drug users in Porto utilization and barriers". Paper presented in ASPHER 10th Young Researchers’ Forum, 2017. Aguiar, Ana. "Community Based Screening Network: linking science, practice and community for early diagnosis". Paper presented in World Hepatitis Summit 2017, 2017. Meireles, P; Costa, D; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Moreira, C; Barros, H; Meireles, Paula; Costa, D.; Aguiar, A; Moreira, C.. "Drug use in the streets of Porto, Portugal: population size estimates using capture-recapture method under a participatory research.". Paper presented in 21st International Epidemiological Association (IEA), World Congress of Epidemiology (WCE2017), 2017. Simões, D; Freitas, R; Rocha, M; Meireles, P; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Barros, H. "Community based screening network: combined HIV, hepatitis and syphilis testing and monitoring a community led partnership in Portugal". Paper presented in HepHIV 2017 Conference, 2017. Simões, D; Freitas, R; Rocha, M; Curado, LM; Silva, A.; Rojas, D; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Meireles, P; Barros, H. "Scalling-up standards testing and linkage to care: Implementation of a Portuguese Community-based Screening Network". Paper presented in 21st International AIDS Conference, 2016.
Journal article	Ana Aguiar; Daniel Santos Cordeiro; Rita Gaio; Sara Soares; Mariana Vieira; Marta Pinto; Raquel Duarte. "‘Sleeping with the enemy’: a cross-sectional study on psychological and emotional violence among couples living in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic". Journal of Public Health (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae258. 10.1093/pubmed/fdae258 Aguiar, A; Abreu, Mariana; Duarte, Raquel. Corresponding author: Aguiar, A. "Healthcare professionals perspectives on tuberculosis barriers in Portuguese prisons—a qualitative study". Journal of Public Health (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae065. Published • 10.1093/pubmed/fdae065 Marques, M.S.; Silva, T.; Gomes, A.; Pereira, C.; Pinto, M.; Aguiar, A.; Duarte, R.. "Factors associated with patient delay in the diagnosis of TB – a study of health-seeking behaviour". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 28 5 (2024): 249-252. http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.23.0502. Published • 10.5588/ijtld.23.0502 Bessa-Melo, Renato; Fernandes, Cristina; Aguiar, A; Lopez-Ben, Santiago; Guimarães, Luís; Serralheiro, Pedro. Corresponding author: Bessa-Melo, Renato. "Preoperative diagnostic criteria for scleroatrophic gallbladder: A systematic review protocol". PLOS ONE 19 3 (2024): e0300336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300336. Open access • 10.1371/journal.pone.0300336 Sofia Sousa; Ana Aguiar. "Syndemic Burden: Bridging the gap between Tuberculosis and Mental Health Care for Integrated Patient-Centered Solutions - a comprehensive review". Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal 7 1 (2024): 14-26. https://doi.org/10.56508/mhgcj.v7i1.180. Open access • Published • 10.56508/mhgcj.v7i1.180 Silva, T.; Aguiar, A.; Gomes, A.; Marques, M.; Pereira, C.; Rodrigues, R.; Pinto, M.; Duarte, R.. "Delays have dangerous ends: Tuberculosis diagnosis delay in Portugal, a qualitative study". Pulmonology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.02.006. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.02.006 Aguiar, A; Abreu, M; EB18-930E-4456; B516-F62D-8567. Corresponding author: Aguiar, A. "Barriers to tuberculosis detection in Portuguese prisons, a cross-sectional study". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) (2024): Accepted Aguiar, A; A414-AEF8-A5D2; B516-F62D-8567. Corresponding author: Aguiar, A. "Urgent Attention Needed for Mental Health Challenges Arising from Prolonged Grief in the Wake of COVID-19". Acta Médica Portuguesa (2024): Open access • Accepted Luísa Soares; Pedro Barbosa; Aguiar, A; Marta Pinto. Corresponding author: Luísa Soares. "Clinical Psychology and the New Technological Challenges After Covid-19". Novel Practices in Medical Study 1 2 (2023): 1-8. https://crimsonpublishers.com/npms/pdf/NPMS.000510.pdf. Open access • Published Aguiar, Ana; Bezerra, Ana; Gaio, Rita; Pinto, Marta; Duarte, Raquel. "Anxiety and Depression Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cluster Analysis of Individuals Living in Portugal". Acta Médica Portuguesa (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.19559. Published • 10.20344/amp.19559 Soares, L; Leal, T; Faria, A L; Aguiar, A; Carvalho, C. Corresponding author: Soares, L. "Cardiovascular Disease: A Review". Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research 51 3 (2023): 42696-42703. Published • 10.26717/BJSTR.2023.51.008101 Dias, Beatriz; Aguiar, Ana; Morais, Cátia Iracema; Nery, Filipe Gaio. "Correlation between individual autoantibodies and clinical features in primary biliary cholangitis: results of a retrospective longitudinal study". European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 35 6 (2023): 682-689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/meg.0000000000002565. 10.1097/meg.0000000000002565 Ana Alfaiate; Rita Rodrigues; Ana Aguiar; Raquel Duarte. "Tuberculosis and COVID-19 related stigma: Portuguese patients experiences". Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2022.0062. In press • 10.4046/trd.2022.0062 Brazete, Cátia; Brazete, João; Alves, Filipe; Aguiar, Ana; Gonçalves, Ana Maria; Cardoso, Marta; Sá, Lígia; et al. "COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease and severe outcomes, 2021-2022: a test-negative case-control study". Public Health (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.015. Published • 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.015 Silva, Isabel; Aguiar, A; Oliveira, Ana; Guimas, Arlindo; Vita, Pedro; Alves, Rute; Rego, Ana; et al. "Predictive Factors for Acute Liver Failure or Death in Patients with Acute Liver Injury: A Longitudinal Retrospective Study". Medical Research Archives 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i1.3566. Published • 10.18103/mra.v11i1.3566 Gabriel, Marta; Alves, Filipe; Oliveira-Dias, Clara; Pinto, Marta; Monteiro, Hugo; Aguiar, Ana; Felgueiras, Óscar; et al. "Promoção da Qualidade do Ar Interior em Portugal para a Prevenção e Controlo de Doenças". Acta Médica Portuguesa 36 1 (2022): 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.18897. Published • 10.20344/amp.18897 Soares, P.; Aguiar, A; Leite, A.; Duarte, R.; Nunes, C.. Corresponding author: Soares, P.. "Ecological factors associated with areas of high tuberculosis diagnosis delay". Public Health 208 (2022): 32-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2022.04.010. Published • 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.04.010 Cátia Brazete; Marta Pinto; Lígia Sá; Ana Aguiar; Filipe Alves; Raquel Duarte. "Evaluation of the Real-World Effectiveness of Vaccines against COVID-19 at a Local Level: Protocol for a Test-Negative Case–Control Study". Vaccines (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/5/822. 10.3390/vaccines10050822 Aguiar, Ana; Pinto, Marta; Duarte, Raquel. "A qualitative study on the impact of death during COVID-19: Thoughts and feelings of Portuguese bereaved adults". PLOS ONE 17 4 (2022): e0265284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265284. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0265284 Aguiar, Ana; A414-AEF8-A5D2; B516-F62D-8567. Corresponding author: Aguiar, Ana. "The bad, the ugly and the monster behind the mirror - Food insecurity, mental health and socio-economic determinants". Journal of Psychosomatic Research 154 (2022): 110727. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110727. Published • 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110727 Rodrigues, Inês; Aguiar, Ana; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; B516-F62D-8567. "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis services". Pulmonology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.01.015. Published • 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.01.015 Silva, Teresa; Aguiar, Ana; A414-AEF8-A5D2; B516-F62D-8567. "The Rise and Fall of SARS-CoV-2 Variants". Acta Médica Portuguesa 35 1 (2022): 76. http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.17415. Published • 10.20344/amp.17415 Aguiar, Ana; Maia, Isabel; B516-F62D-8567; A414-AEF8-A5D2. "The other side of COVID-19: Preliminary results of a descriptive study on the COVID-19-related psychological impact and social determinants in Portugal residents". Journal of Affective Disorders Reports 7 (2022): 100294. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100294. Published • 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100294 Aguiar, A; A414-AEF8-A5D2; B516-F62D-8567; A Aguiar; M Pinto; R Duarte. Corresponding author: Aguiar, A. "Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Social Determinants on the Portuguese Population: Protocol for a Web-Based Cross-sectional Study". JMIR Research Protocols 10 10 (2021): e28071. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/28071. Published • 10.2196/28071 Aguiar, A.; A414-AEF8-A5D2; Alves, F.; Barbosa, P.; Monteiro, H.; Bigotte, J.; Santos, M.; et al. Corresponding author: Aguiar, A.. "A roadmap for lifting restrictive measures for COVID-19". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 25 9 (2021): 687-690. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0248. Accepted Gigante, A. R.; Sousa, M.; Aguiar, A.; Pinto, M.; Gaio, R.; B516-F62D-8567. "The impact of COVID-19 on the TB response: data from the field". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 25 9 (2021): 769-771. http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0149. Published • 10.5588/ijtld.21.0149 Alves, Adelaide; Aguiar, Ana; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; B516-F62D-8567. "COVID-19 Related Hospital Re-organization and Trends in Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Admissions: Reflections From Portugal". Archivos de Bronconeumología (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arbres.2021.09.005. Published • 10.1016/j.arbres.2021.09.005 Araújo, Rita; Lopes, Felisbela; Magalhães, Olga; Sá, Alberto; Aguiar, Ana. "Behavior Guidance during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Health Literacy as a Weapon against the Virus". Health Communication (2021): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1956070. Published • 10.1080/10410236.2021.1956070 Isabel Furtado; Ana Aguiar; Raquel Duarte; Furtado I; Aguiar, A; B516-F62D-8567. "Getting back on the road towards tuberculosis elimination: lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic". Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 47 2 (2021): https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20210123. Published • 10.36416/1806-3756/e20210123 B516-F62D-8567; Aguiar, A.; A414-AEF8-A5D2; Furtado, I.; Tiberi, S.; Lönnroth, K.; Migliori, G.B.. "Different disease, same challenges: Social determinants of tuberculosis and COVID-19". Pulmonology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2021.02.002. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2021.02.002 Aguiar, A; Furtado, I; Sousa, M; A414-AEF8-A5D2; B516-F62D-8567. "Changes to TB care in an outpatient centre during the COVID-19 pandemic". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 25 2 (2021): 163b-166(4). https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld/ijtld/2021/00000025/00000002/art00019#. Open access • Published • http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.20.0872 Aguiar, Ana; A414-AEF8-A5D2; B516-F62D-8567. "Grief and Mourning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Portugal". Acta Médica Portuguesa 33 13 (2020): 543-545. http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.14345. Published • 10.20344/amp.14345
Newsletter article	Aguiar, A; Meireles, P; Rebelo, R; Barros, H. "COVID-19 e as pessoas em situação de sem-abrigo: ninguém pode ser deixado para trás", Boletim de Publicações COVID-19, 2020, http://asset.youoncdn.com/ab296ab30c207ac641882479782c6c34/7c7b39d50c8250c4b32f991c3245e5f7.pdf.
Online resource	Ramos, J. P.; Ferreira, L.; Araújo, M; Vieira, Mariana; Barbosa, P.; Martin, D.; Aguiar, A; Duarte, R.. Evaluating Treatment Adherence Interventions vs. Directly Observed Therapy in TB Care: A Systematic Review. 2023. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023463667.. Aguiar, A; Alves, F.; Monteiro, H.; Bigotte, J.; Pinto, Marta; Santos, M.; Felgueiras, O.; Barbosa, P.; Duarte, R.. Proposta de Plano para Redução das Medidas Restritivas. Direção Geral de Saúde.. 2021. https://www.sns.gov.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Proposta-de-Plano-para-Reduc%CC%A7a%CC%83o-das-Medidas-PreventivasF.pdf.
Report	Aguiar, A; Alves, F; Monteiro, H; Bigotte, J; Pinto, M; Santos, M; Felgueiras, Ó; Henrique Barbosa, P; B516-F62D-8567. Corresponding author: B516-F62D-8567. 2021. Proposta de Plano para redução das medidas restritivas. https://www.sns.gov.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Proposta-de-Plano-para-Reduc%CC%A7a%CC%83o-das-Medidas-PreventivasF.pdf. Aguiar, A; Meireles, P; Freitas, R; Rocha, M. 2020. Rede de Rastreio Comunitária 2019. https://www.redederastreio.pt/public/uploads/publicacoes/rrc-2019-report_PT.pdf. Meireles, P; Costa, D; Aguiar, A (4C17-7295-012E); Quinteiros, F; Tadeu, A; Baptista, R; Barros, H. 2017. Uso de substâncias psicoativas ilícitas na cidade do Porto - Retrato do uso de substâncias psicoativas ilícitas na cidade do Porto, 2017. Simões, D; Freitas, R; Mendão, L; Rocha, M; Meireles, P; Aguiar, A; Lucas, R; et al. 2016. Community Screening Network: Results. https://www.redederastreio.pt/public/uploads/publicacoes/Rede_de_Rastreio_EN.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation	Aguiar, Ana. "A educação de pares como forma de aproximação humana a situações de toxicodependência: a experiência da etnografia numa instituição de redução de riscos". Master, 2015. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/80785.

Other

Other output

Urgent Attention Needed for Mental Health Challenges Arising from Prolonged Grief During and in the Aftermath of COVID-19. 2024. Aguiar, A; Pinto, M; Duarte, R. https://www.authenticus.pt/P-010-80D.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/11/14	EXPERTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING PROCEDURES IN MIGRANTS	40.º Congresso de Pneumologia - 2024; 5º Congresso LUSO-PALOP; 10th Union Europe Conference On Lung Health Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/09/28	Tuberculose em contexto prisional: Resultados preliminares do estudo PriNose no Paraguai	ANEM conference ANEM (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/06/15	Psychological and emotional violence during COVID-19 among Portuguese residents: a cluster analysis Disclosure	11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine: “Investigation, Innovation and Integration” European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (Lausanne, Switzerland)
2024/05/21	Interventions to promote treatmente adhrence in peple with active tuberculosis: a systematic review with meta-analysis	4º Congresso da Unidade de Saúde Pública do Baixo Vouga - ULS Região de Aveiro (Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal)
2023/11/11	Estratégias e Intervenções promotoras da adesão ao tratamento em pessoas com tuberculose ativa: resultados preliminaries de uma revisão sistemática	39º Congresso de Pneumologia, 4º Congresso LUSO-PALOP de Pneumologia, 9th Union Europe Conference on Lung Health (Faro, Portugal)
2023/09/07	Factors associated with delay in the diagnosis tuberculosis: a study with patients	XLI Reunião da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia (SEE) e XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE) Epidemiologia para construir o futuro ISPUP (Porto, Portugal)
2023/09/07	Fatores associados ao atraso no diagnóstico da tuberculose pulmonar: um estudo qualitativo em Portugal	XLI Reunião da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia (SEE) e XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE) Epidemiologia para construir o future ISPUP (Porto, Portugal)
2023/09/06	Working from home with children having classes online: qualitative study among Portuguese residents	XVIII Congresso da APE e XLI Reunión Anual SEE ISPUP (Porto, Portugal)
2022/11	Efetividade das Vacinas contra COVID-19 na Prevenção de Doença Grave	III Congresso Nacional dos Médicos de Saúde Pública (Portalegre, Portugal)
2022/05/17	Psychological impact and social determinants in the Portuguese population during the COVID-19 pandemic	EUGLOHRIA Seeding Conference for Joint Pandemic Research
2021/09/05	Food insecurity and mental health features and behaviours in adults from Portugal	• World Congress of Epidemiology 2021
2021/09/03	Grief and mourning and its relation with anxiety and depressive symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic	World Congress of Epidemiology 2021
2021/04/02	Saúde Mental - Carga da doença, fatores de risco e alterações em tempos de pandemia	ANEM conference (Portugal)
2019/08	Barriers to tuberculosis detection in Portuguese prisons	ICT 2019: International Conference on Tuberculosis (Veneza, Italy)
2018/11/28	Elegibilidade para a profilaxia pré-exposição de acordo com a norma portuguesa e a sua associação com a seroconversão entre homens que têm sexo com homens em Lisboa, Portugal	XIV Congresso Nacional Doenças Infeciosas e microbiologia clínica; XII Congresso nacional VIH/SIDA (Portugal)
2018/11	USODROGAS.PT: Uso de drogas em Portugal: a web based survey	XIV Congresso Nacional Doenças Infeciosas e microbiologia clínica; XII Congresso nacional VIH/SIDA (Portugal)
2018/10/10	O caminho para o consumo de drogas – histórias de vida	Crescer + saudável, feliz e resiliente (Portugal)
2018/09	Forgoing Healthcare among high-risk drug users from Porto: reasons and determinants.	XIII Congress from Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, XXXVI reunión Científica de la SEE (Portugal)
2017/10	Drug consumption rooms in Porto, Portugal: listening to the concerned voices	Lisbon Addictions. Second European Conference on addictive behaviors and dependencies (Portugal)
2017/07	Assisted consumption rooms: knowledge and opinion of 15 drug users of the city of Porto, Portugal – preliminary results	Sixth European drugs summer school: ‘Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies’ (Portugal)
2017/06	Open drug scenes and public opinion on drug consumption rooms in Porto, Portugal	9th Young Researchers Forum ASPHER (France)
2016/07	A rede de rastreio comunitária: primeiros resultados	Conferência Rede de Rastreio Comunitária (Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/10/12 - Current	A perspetiva do estudante de medicina sobre fatores promotores e protetores de burnout durante a formação pré-graduada - um estudo de Photovoice Co-supervisor of Filipa Fernandes	Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2023/10/02 - Current	Consensus-based recommendations for tuberculosis screening in the migrant population from countries of high incidence (Consensus-TB) Co-supervisor of Marina Pinheiro	Curso de Especialização em Saúde Pública (CESP) (Specialization course) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2023/05/01 - 2023/11/15	Breaking Stigmas: A Mixed-Design Study on Drug Decriminalisation in Portugal Over Time Co-supervisor of Mariana Sofia Carreira do Rosário Matos	Mestrado em Psicologia - Área de Especialização em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/06 - 2022/09	Delay in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Vale do Sousa Norte and Espinho/Gaia: a mixed methods study with patients Co-supervisor of Ana Teresa Silva	Curso de Especialização em Saúde Públia (CESP) (Specialization course) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2021/06 - 2022/07	Evaluation of the effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19: a negative test case-control study Co-supervisor of Cátia Brazete	Public Health (Specialization course) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09/02 - 2018/07/30	Barreiras na deteção da tuberculose em estabelecimentos prisionais portugueses Co-supervisor of Mariana Abreu	Curso de Especialização em Saúde Pública (CESP) (Specialization course) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/12/15 - 2022/12/15	Organization of the seminar "Tuberculosis, thinking about the delay in diagnosis". This seminar was realised within the URBANTB project and organised by the NOVA National School of Public Health. (2022/12/15 - 2022/12/15) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Staff member responsible for supporting oral communications at the congress ECER 2014 “The Past, the Present and Future of Educational Research in Europe” (2014/09/01 - 2014/09/05) Conference (Other)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/11/10 - 2021/11/12	Attendance in the "14th European Public Health Conference Public health futures in a changing world Virtual Event" Congress	14th European Public Health Conference Public health futures in a changing world Virtual Event
2021/10/19 - 2021/10/22	Attendance in the "52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health. TBScience 2021" Conference	52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health. TBScience 2021
2021/09/03 - 2021/09/06	Attendance in the "World Congress of Epidemiology 2021" Congress	World Congress of Epidemiology 2021
2020/02/12 - 2020/02/13	Attendance in the "1ª Edição das Jornadas de Estatística Médica" Meeting	1ª Edição das Jornadas de Estatística Médica Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/11/25 - 2019/11/25	Participation in the regional meeting "A Infeção VIH na região Norte" Symposium	A Infeção VIH na região Norte Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte IP, Portugal
2019/09/03 - 2019/09/06	Attendance to the XXXVII REUNIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE EPIDEMIOLOGÍA (SEE), XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE) y XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria (SESPAS). Congress	XXXVII REUNIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE EPIDEMIOLOGÍA (SEE), XIV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE) y XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria (SESPAS)
2018/11/28 - 2018/12/02	Attendance in the 11th European Public Health conference and presentation of 2 poster-walks in the congress and 1 poster in the Young Research forum Conference	11th European Public Health Conference - Winds of change: towards new ways of improving public health in Europe
2018/07/23 - 2018/07/27	Attendance on the 22nd International AIDS Conference yeld in Amesterdam, Netherlands. Participation in the conference provided new insights, networking with other researchers in the area, and meetings with them for institutional partnerships. Conference	22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) - Netherlands
2018/07/11 - 2018/07/11	Attendance to the seminar entitled "Revisitar a vigilância epidemiológica da infeção por VIH e SIDA em Portugal, 35 anos após o diagnóstico dos primeiros casos" Seminar	Revisitar a vigilância epidemiológica da infeção por VIH e SIDA em Portugal, 35 anos após o diagnóstico dos primeiros casos Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2018/01/13 - 2018/02/10	Attendence in the course "Geographic Information Systems for Public Health" Other	Geographic Information Systems for Public Health Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2017/02/16 - 2017/02/17	Participation on the V National Congress on Public Health Congress	V National Congress on Public Health
2014/11/26 - 2014/12/16	Training course in "Child Health Care" Other	Child Health Care Sindicato Nacional dos Profissionais de Farmácia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/11/14	Justice System Challenges in Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Portugal (Thesis) Main arguer	Inês Ramalho (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023/11/13	Alternativas à Toma Observada Direta no tratamento da dependência de opiáceos - um estudo misto (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Inês de Santulhão Ramiro Pires (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2020/05 - Current	Pulmonology (25310429, 25310437)	Elsevier

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2018/05/30 - Current	Member of "Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia - APE"	Member of APE

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2015 - Current	Member of group 4 of the scientific committee where every 8 weeks (more or less) the group meets to discuss scientific articles produced by researchers internal and external to ISPUP. The goal is to review scientific articles before being submitted to scientific journals. The scientific committee has a peer review role Member	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020/05/01 - Current	Thematic Reviewer in the Pulmonology journal (IF: 2.096)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/09/12 - Current	Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022/09/12 - Current	Epidemiologia Médica	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2022/05/12	Covid-19: Luto inacabado pode ter impacto “devastador” na saúde mental a longo prazo	Lusa
2022/05/12	Covid-19: luto inacabado pode ter impacto "devastador" na saúde mental a longo prazo	Expresso
2022/01/12	Estudo português revela agravamento de sintomas de depressão e ansiedade com pandemia	CNN Portugal
2022/01/12	Estudo revela agravamento de sintomas de depressão e ansiedade com pandemia	Jornal de Notícias
2021/07/29	Boas práticas para lidar com atuais e futuras doenças infeciosas	ISPUP
2021/03/11	Desconfinamento: a impossível tarefa de agradar	Público
2020/07/24	ISPUP propõe medidas para ajudar a viver melhor o luto durante a pandemia	Notícias Universidade do Porto
2020/07/24	Não teve aquela despedida digna, vestida, de tratarem dela e de nós a vermos.¿ Como os funerais em tempos de covid-19 perturbam o luto	Expresso
2019/12/20	Interview in journal entitled: "Drogas: Como funciona uma sala de consumo assistido?"	JPN-JornalismoPortoNet

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2022/01 - Current	Estudo analisou o impacto da pandemia de COVID-19 na saúde mental dos Portugueses

Distinctions

Award

2024	EAPM Conference Award 2024 European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, Germany
2019	Best presentation award - ICT 2019 : International Conference on Tuberculosis