Sónia Maria Gomes de Amaral Ferreira (4D11-9C47-0093)

Curriculum Vitae

Sónia Maria Gomes de Amaral Ferreira

MSc. biomedical engineer with a Ph.D. in health sciences working in clinical research for 10 years. Proficient in planning, implementing, and executing clinical studies including a clinical trial and public health/epidemiologic studies. Experienced with ethics committee submissions, participants' recruitment, data collection and management, statistical analysis (SPSS | JASP| R), and scientific/grant/project writing. Training in health outcomes evaluation, statistics, epidemiology, clinical research design, and Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP). Several years of programming experience (MATLAB | Python). Skilled to work on several projects simultaneously with excellent autonomy, deadline compliance, and good attention to detail and problem-solving achievements. Capable of collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in clinical and academic settings and interacting with study participants. Experienced in international projects and presentations and science outreach activities, with several publications in peer-reviewed journals.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Sónia Maria Gomes de Amaral Ferreira

Citation names

Ferreira, Sónia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4D11-9C47-0093
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3527-1623

Email addresses

soniamgaf@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

932473363 (Personal)

Addresses

Gualtar, 4710-489, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sónia-maria-ferreira-78592142/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
German	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/09/01 - 2021/02/04 Concluded	Health Sciences (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal iCognitus, Portugal "Cognitive and emotional regulation in stress and obsessive-compulsive disorder" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito bom
2006/09/01 - 2011/09/09 Concluded	Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Major in Biomedical instrumentation and biomaterials Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Assisted analysis of ocular movements in the parameterization of cochlear implants" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/02/01 - Current	Science and Technology Management	Kolabtree, United Kingdom
	Kolabtree, United Kingdom
2020/11/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	P5 Digital Medical Center, Portugal
	P5 Digital Medical Center, Portugal (...)
2020/11/01 - Current	Science and Technology Management	Enago, United States
	Enago, United States
2016/09/01 - 2021/02/04	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2017/04/01 - 2017/08/31	Research Trainee (Research)	iCognitus, Portugal
	iCognitus, Portugal
2011/11/01 - 2016/07/15	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
	Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal
2010/07/01 - 2010/08/31	Research Trainee (Research)	BlueWorks - Medical Expert Diagnosis, Portugal
	BlueWorks - Medical Expert Diagnosis, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2009/08/31	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	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 Researcher Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Clinical Academic Center-Braga Ongoing
2020/03/01 - Current	Promoting Mental Health During Pandemic - a digital platform for monitoring and intervention Research4COVID Researcher Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/03/01 - Current	Neural correlates of impulsive behavior: from bench to bedside to bench NeurImp4B Technical development Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Clinical Academic Center-Braga Ongoing
2017/01/01 - Current	Treating refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging, OCDNF PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Clinical Academic Center-Braga Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2020/12/31	Developing a neurofunctional intervention for emotion regulation under stress PT/FB/BL-2016-206 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação Bial Concluded
2017/09/01 - 2019/12/31	A novel multimodal predictive approach of the effects of antidepressants in the recovery, remission and relapse of depression PTDC/DTP-PIC/6936/2014 Technical development Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/10/01 - 2016/04/30	International \| European young investigators network for Usher syndrome E-Rare4/0001/2012 Researcher Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded
2011/11/01 - 2013/07/31	International \| Comprehensive analysis of rod-cone photoreceptor degeneration associated with rhodopsin mutations E-Rare2/SAU/0001/2008 Researcher Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded
2008/12/01 - 2009/12/01	Development of an intelligent system for the automatic classification of protein sequences using Bayesian Neural Networks NA Integration into Research Grant Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/10/01 - Current	International \| ENIGMA-OCD working group for obsessive-compulsive disorder NA Researcher Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2021/02/28	Mobile devices and health-related apps use PD/BDE127839/2016 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016/09/01 - 2020/12/31	Cognitive regulation of reward in obsessive-compulsive, stress and anxiety disorders PD/BDE/127839/2016 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2020/08/31	Balloon Analogue Risk Task in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder PD/BDE127839/2016 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2010/09/01 - 2011/09/09	Development of software and hardware for face and eye detection and tracking to help the recovery of children with hearing loss after auditory implantation NA Master Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
2010/07/01 - 2010/08/31	Development of image and video processing algorithms to optimize the performance of a medical device for the administration of an eye drug NA Master Student Fellow BlueWorks - Medical Expert Diagnosis, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Ferreira, Sónia; Picó-Pérez, Maria; Machado Sousa, Mafalda; Vieira, Rita; Morgado, Pedro. "Magnetic resonance imaging-based neurofeedback improves obsessive-compulsive symptomatology". Paper presented in ECNP congress, 2020. 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.12.104 Ferreira, Sónia; Moreira, Pedro; Magalhaes, Ricardo; Coelho, Ana; Marques, Paulo; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Sousa, Nuno; Morgado, Pedro. "Decreased cognitive flexibility impairs decision-making in obsessive-compulsive disorder – a functional magnetic resonance imaging study". Paper presented in ECNP congress, 2019. Ferreira, Sónia; Picó-Pérez, Maria; Machado Sousa, Mafalda; Vieira, Rita; Morgado, Pedro. "A feasibility study of fMRI neurofeedback for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder". Paper presented in RT-FIN conference, 2019. Ferreira, Sónia; Pêgo, José Miguel; Morgado, Pedro. "Symptomatic self-regulation with mobile devices in obsessive-compulsive disorder". Paper presented in 2CA Clinical Research and Innovation Day, 2017. Harvey, Ben M; Brascamp, Jan; Ferreira, Sónia; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Dumoulin, Serge O.; Silva, Maria Fatima. "Radial asymmetries in population receptive field size and cortical magnification factor in early visual cortex". Paper presented in Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, 2017. 10.1167/17.10.587 Ferreira, Sónia; Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Reis, Aldina; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Enhanced visual attentional modulation in patients with inherited peripheral retinal degeneration in the absence of cortical degeneration". Paper presented in EVER congress, 2017. 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2017.0T056 Silva, Maria Fatima; Brascamp, Jan; Ferreira, Sónia; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Dumoulin, Serge O.; Harvey, Ben M. "Population receptive field size and cortical magnification factor changes across polar angle in human early visual cortex". Paper presented in CNPS congress, 2016. Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Ribeiro, João Carlos; Ferreira, Sónia; Reis, Aldina; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Multisensory deprivation leads to regional decreases and increases in cortical gray matter volume in Usher syndrome". Paper presented in SNP meeting, 2015. Ferreira, Sónia; Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Ribeiro, João Carlos; Reis, Aldina; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Brain activation in response to odors in deaf-blind patients". Paper presented in SPN meeting, 2015. Ferreira, Sónia. "Brain structural and functional reorganization due to long-term retinal peripheral degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa". Paper presented in EVER, 2014. Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Ferreira, Sónia; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Mateus, Catarina; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Progressive visual loss in retinitis pigmentosa leads to cortical and subcortical reorganization of the human brain". Paper presented in EVER congress, 2014. 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.3671.x Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Al-Rawi, M; Ferreira, Sónia. "Novel psychophysical approaches identify impairment of motion, achromatic and chromatic discrimination in early diabetic retinopathy". Paper presented in ARVO, 2014. Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Ferreira, Sónia; Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Mateus, Catarina; Almeida, Maria Rosário; Silva, Eduardo Duarte. "Evidence for structural and functional reorganization of visual retinotopic and high level regions in a human model of genetically determined peripheral visual loss". Paper presented in SFN, 2014. Ferreira, Sónia; Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Mateus, Catarina; Almeida, Maria Rosário; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Retinal dystrophy and functional organization of visual cortex in retinitis pigmentosa". Paper presented in ECVP congress, 2013. 10.1177/03010066130420S101 Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Ferreira, Sónia; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Mateus, Catarina; Almeida, Maria Rosário; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Cortical reorganization upon peripheral visual loss in Retinitis Pigmentosa". Paper presented in ECVP congress, 2013. 10.1177/03010066130420S101 Ferreira, Sónia; Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Mateus, Catarina; Almeida, Maria Rosário; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Peripheral vision loss and visual cortical organization in retinitis pigmentosa". Paper presented in SPN meeting, 2013. Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Ferreira, Sónia; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Mateus, Catarina; Almeida, Maria Rosário; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Cortical alterations due to peripheral visual loss in Retinitis Pigmentosa". Paper presented in SPN meeting, 2013. Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Mateus, Catarina; Reis, Aldina; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Ferreira, Sónia; Almeida, Maria Rosário; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Phenotypic characterization in two patients with identified rhodopsin gene mutation: impact of retinal degeneration on cortical structure". Paper presented in ARVO congress, 2012. Ferreira, Sónia; Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Mateus, Catarina; Reis, Aldina; Quendera, Bruno Alexandre Pais; Almeida, Maria Rosário; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Influence of retinal dystrophy on brain cortex structure in retinitis pigmentosa". Paper presented in ESMRMB congress, 2012.
Journal article	Ferreira, Sónia; Machado Sousa, Mafalda; Moreira, Pedro; 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 and Surveillance (2021): Open access • Accepted Moreira, Pedro; Ferreira, Sónia; Couto, Beatriz; Machado Sousa, Mafalda; Fernandez, Marcos; Raposo-Lima, Catarina; Sousa, Nuno; Picó-Pérez, Maria; Morgado, Pedro. "Protective elements of mental health status during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Portuguese population". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 4 (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041910. Open access • Published • 10.1101/2020.04.28.20080671 Ferreira, Sónia; Couto, Beatriz; Sousa, Mafalda; Vieira, Rita; Sousa, Nuno; Picó-Pérez, Maria; Morgado, Pedro. "Stress Influences the Effect of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms on Emotion Regulation". Frontiers in Psychiatry 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.594541. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.594541 Caetano, Inês; Amorim, Liliana; Soares, José Miguel; Ferreira, Sónia; Coelho, Ana; Reis, Joana; Correia Santos, Nadine; et al. "Amygdala size varies with stress perception". Neurobiology of Stress (2021): Under revision Picó-Pérez, Maria; Ferreira, Sónia; Couto, Beatriz; Raposo-Lima, Catarina; Machado Sousa, Mafalda; Morgado, Pedro. "Sociodemographic and lifestyle predictors of mental health adaptability during COVID-19 compulsory confinement: a longitudinal study". Journal of Affective Disorders (2021): Submitted Cunha, Gonçalo; Moreira, Pedro; Machado Sousa, Mafalda; Castanho, Teresa; Picó-Pérez, Maria; Ferreira, Sónia; Morgado, Pedro. "The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R): Translation and Validation of the Portuguese Version". Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related disorders (2021): Submitted Ferreira, Sónia; Duarte, Isabel Catarina ; Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Ribeiro, João Carlos; Quental, Hugo; Reis, Aldina; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Deactivation of primary olfactory cortex, orbitofrontal hyperactivation and deactivation of higher order regions in a human disorder of ciliary dysfunction, Usher Syndrome". Brain Imaging and Behavior (2021): Under revision Ferreira, Sónia; Moreira, Pedro; Magalhães, Ricardo; Coelho, Ana; Marques, Paulo; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Silva, Catarina; Sousa, Nuno; Morgado, Pedro. "Frontoparietal hyperconnectivity during cognitive regulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder followed by reward valuation inflexibility". Journal of Psychiatric Research (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.11.008. Published • 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.11.008 Ferreira, Sónia; Pêgo, José Miguel; Morgado, Pedro. "A Systematic Review of Behavioral, Physiological, and Neurobiological Cognitive Regulation Alterations in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder". Brain Sciences 10 11 (2020): 797. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10110797. Open access • Published • 10.3390/brainsci10110797 Ferreira, Sónia; Veiga, Carlos; Moreira, Pedro; Magalhães, Ricardo; Coelho, Ana; Marques, Paulo; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Sousa, Nuno; Morgado, Pedro. "Reduced Hedonic Valuation of Rewards and Unaffected Cognitive Regulation in Chronic Stress". Frontiers in Neuroscience 13 2019 (2019): 724. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00724. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnins.2019.00724 Ferreira, Sónia; Pereira, Andreia Carvalho; Quendera, Bruno; Reis, Aldina; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Enhanced Visual Attentional Modulation in Patients with Inherited Peripheral Retinal Degeneration in the Absence of Cortical Degeneration". Neural Plasticity 2019 (2019): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8136354. Open access • Published • 10.1155/2019/8136354 Ferreira, Sónia; Pêgo, José Miguel; Morgado, Pedro. "The efficacy of biofeedback approaches for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis". Psychiatry Research 272 (2019): 237-245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.096. Published • 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.096 Ramos, João Nuno; Ribeiro, João Carlos; Pereira, Andreia Carvalho; Ferreira, Sónia; Duarte, Isabel Catarina; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Evidence for impaired olfactory function and structural brain integrity in a disorder of ciliary function, Usher syndrome". NeuroImage: Clinical 22 (2019): 101757. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101757. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101757 Silva, Maria Fatima; Brascamp, Jan W.; Ferreira, Sónia; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Dumoulin, Serge O.; Harvey, Ben M.. "Radial asymmetries in population receptive field size and cortical magnification factor in early visual cortex". NeuroImage 167 (2018): 41-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.11.021. Published • 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.11.021 Rita Machado, Ana; Carvalho Pereira, Andreia; Ferreira, Fábio; Ferreira, Sónia; Quendera, Bruno; Silva, Eduardo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Structure-function correlations in Retinitis Pigmentosa patients with partially preserved vision: a voxel-based morphometry study". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11317-7. Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-017-11317-7 Ferreira, Sónia; Pereira, Andreia Carvalho; Quendera, Bruno; Reis, Aldina; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Primary visual cortical remapping in patients with inherited peripheral retinal degeneration". NeuroImage: Clinical 13 (2017): 428-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.12.013. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.12.013 Rosa, Andreia Martins; Silva, Maria Fátima; Ferreira, Sónia; Murta, Joaquim; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Plasticity in the Human Visual Cortex: An Ophthalmology-Based Perspective". BioMed Research International 2013 (2013): 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/568354. Open access • Published • 10.1155/2013/568354 Cabeleira, Manuel; Ferreira, Sónia; Silva, Luís F; Correia, Carlos; Cardoso, João. "Face and Eye Tracking for Parameterization of Cochlear Implants". Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing: BIOSIGNALS (2012): https://doi.org/10.5220/0003792604290433. Open access • Published • 10.5220/0003792604290433
Thesis / Dissertation	Ferreira, Sónia. "Cognitive and emotional regulation in stress and obsessive-compulsive disorder". PhD, Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, 2021. Ferreira, Sónia. "Assisted analysis of ocular movements in the parameterization of cochlear implants". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/17608.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2017/01/01	Visual cortical alterations in patients with visual retinopathy	XVII Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/01/01	Altered brain activation in response to odors in deaf-blind patients	VII Annual Meeting of IBILI (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/01/01	Functional brain reorganization in pigmentary retinopathy	XXIV Coimbra Ophthalmology International Congress, VICT Meeting (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/01/01	Brain structural and functional reorganization due to long-term retinal peripheral degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa	EVER congress (Nice, France)
2014/01/01	Functional and structural organization of human visual cortex in retinitis pigmentosa	ARVO congress (Orlando, United States)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/01/01 - 2021/01/01	Smartphone use and interest in using mobile apps to monitor health in the general Portuguese population and patients with obsessive compulsive-disorder Co-supervisor	Master in Medicine Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/03/01 - Current	Orpheus conference 2020/2021 - Guidelines for PhD education (2021/04/23) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2019/03/06	Brain Awareness Week (2019/03/01 - 2019/03/06) Other	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2015/03/06	Brain Awareness Week (2015/03/01 - 2015/03/06) Other	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/03/01 - 2013/03/06	Brain Awareness Week (2013/03/01 - 2013/03/06) Other	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2012/09/06	European Researcher's Night (2012/09/01 - 2012/09/06) Other	Coimbra Science Museum, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2020/09/01 - 2020/09/30	Online course \| medical technology and evaluation Workshop	University of Minnesota, United States
2020/02/01 - 2020/02/07	Course \| outcome evaluation of public health interventions Workshop	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019/12/09 - 2019/12/09	Course \| fNIRS neuroimaging technique Workshop	Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany
2019/12/01 - 2019/12/06	Course \| neurofeedback Workshop	Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany
2019/10/01 - 2019/10/07	Course \| clinical research: from regulation to practice (Good Clinical Practice ICH-GCP) Workshop	Clinical Academic Center-Braga, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2019/07/10	Course \| FSL brain data processing Workshop	University of Oxford Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, United Kingdom
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/10	Online course \| scientific writing and publishing Workshop	Nature Masterclass, United Kingdom
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/03	Course \| introduction to systematic review and meta-analysis Workshop	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2018/08/06	Course \| magnetic resonance imaging Workshop	Hospital de Braga, Portugal
2018/06/01 - 2018/06/10	Course \| analyzing neural time series data Workshop	Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands
2018/06/01 - 2018/06/05	Course \| from geek to easy speak Workshop	TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2018/05/01 - 2018/05/06	Course \| medical devices: from regulation to practice (Good Clinical Practice ICH-GCP) Workshop	Clinical Academic Center-Braga, Portugal
2017/12/01 - 2017/12/31	Online course \| OCD from diagnostic to intervention Workshop	Revista Portuguesa de Psicologia, Portugal
2017/05/01 - 2017/05/31	Course \| being a research entrepreneur Workshop	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/01/31	Course \| SPSS statistics Workshop	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2016/10/31	Course \| research methodologies Workshop	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/01/06	Course \| design of clinical research studies Workshop	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2015/10/31	Online course \| introduction to programming with MATLAB Workshop	Vanderbilt University, United States
2014/10/01 - 2015/09/01	Course \| English B2 level Workshop	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/04/01 - 2015/04/30	Online course \| programming for everybody in Python Workshop	Michigan State University, United States
2014/09/01 - 2014/09/30	Online course \| statistical analysis of fMRI data Workshop	Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States
2010/10/01 - 2011/07/31	Course \| English B1 level Workshop	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020/09/01 - Current	Letters with science	Volunteer - science outreach for children
2013/03/01 - 2014/03/01	Science Museum of Coimbra	Volunteer- science activities for children and science museum visits
2012/09/01 - 2013/01/31	Learn how to play	Volunteer - science activities for children in pediatric hospital

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2019/09/01 - 2019/09/01	Magnetic resonance imaging class - Fundamentals in Neuroscience Course	(Doutoramento)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2019/06/05	Fun with magnetic resonance imaging - Workshop	(Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2018/09/01	Magnetic resonance imaging class - Fundamentals in Neuroscience Course	(Doutoramento)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2017/09/01	Electroencephalography class - Fundamentals in Neuroscience Course	(Doutoramento)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2020/06/01 - 2020/08/31	Summer student rotation	Mariana Castro
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/01	Medicine master thesis	Ana Rita Machado
2015/01/01 - 2015/12/01	Medicine master thesis	João Ramos
2013/01/01 - 2014/01/01	Medicine master thesis	Anne Moura

Distinctions

Award

2020	Travel grant from ECNP congress European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2019	"Dance your PhD project" video award Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016	PhD fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014	Travel grant from ARVO congress Arvo Foundation for Eye Research, United States
2004	Secondary and higher-education merit scholarship Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal