Maria Inês Oliveira e Costa de Almeida Trindade (9A1B-2BB0-26D7)

Curriculum Vitae

Maria Inês Oliveira e Costa de Almeida Trindade

Inês Trindade is an Associate Senior Lecturer at the University of Örebro, Sweden. She is also affiliated to CINEICC, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, in Portugal. She is a clinical psychologist and has expertise in behavioural medicine. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology (2018), a MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology (2013), and a BSc in Psychological Sciences (2011) from the University of Coimbra. Inês was also a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Coimbra (2019-2021) and, later, at the Institute of Medicine of the University of Gothenburg (2021-2023). She has also been an Invited Assistant Professor of the Portuguese Institute for Psychology and Other Sciences (Inspsic), since 2019. Since 2012, Inês has done training and research in contextual behavioural science and behavioural medicine-related topics (in particular, psychogastroenterology and psycho-oncology). Her research interests relate to the factors that influence patient-reported outcomes in people with chronic medical conditions, and to the development and evaluation of face-to-face and digital contextual behavioural interventions in these populations. She has received several scientific awards and scholarships from international entities (e.g., Outstanding New Investigator from the International Society of Behavioral Medicine; Most Cited Paper Award in the journal “Inflammatory Bowel Diseases”). She has authored or co-authored 73 papers (31 as first author, and corresponding author in 40) in peer-reviewed international journals, that have resulted in over 1900 citations (g.scholar; h index: 27). Inês has attracted over 1 million euros (over 12 million SEK) in research funding as Principal Investigator, Co-Principal Investigator, or scholarship/fellowship recipient. She is currently the Principal Investigator of several research projects (mostly Randomized Controlled Trials) being conducted in both Sweden and Portugal. Inês is also an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Health Psychology and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal for Contextual Behavioral Science.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Maria Inês Oliveira e Costa de Almeida Trindade

Citation names

Trindade, Inês A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9A1B-2BB0-26D7
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1208-2077
Google Scholar ID: BwuKvDMAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id: 55927645400

Email addresses

ines.trindade@oru.se (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences
Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021 - 2021 Concluded	Irritable Bowel Syndrome e-learning course (Outros) United European Gastroenterology, Austria
2021 - 2021 Concluded	Rome Foundation Global Study Disorder of Gut-Brain Interaction, 12 hours (Outros) Rome Foundation, United States
2020/09 - 2020/09 Concluded	Psychogastroenterology Basic Skills Workshop (Outros) Rome Foundation Psychogastroenterology, United States	100%
2020 - 2020 Concluded	Principles and Practices in Clinical Trials" Training School (COST Action RISE-UP PPD) (Outros) CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Portugal
2019/06 - 2019/06 Concluded	Mind & Life Summer Research Institute, 7 days (residential retreat), (Org: Mind & Life Institute, Garrison Institute, New York). (Outros) Mind and Life Institute, United States
2019 - 2019 Concluded	Mindful Self-Compassion Intensive Practice retreat (Prof. Maria do Céu Salvador and Prof. Paula Castilho), 6 hours (Org: Psikontacto). (Outros) Psikontacto, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Concluded	Workshop “Using ACT with Persistent Medical Conditions: An intermediate level workshop, focussing on creative hopelesness, and working with changed sense of self” (Prof. David Gillanders), 12 hours (Org: CINEICC). (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Concluded	Workshop “Problemas sexuais no doente oncológico”[Sexual problems of the cancer patient) (Cristina Nave) (Org: University of Aveiro). (Outros) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Concluded	“MindKindful” Course (mindfulness + compassionate training) (Prof. José Pinto-Gouveia), 24 hours (Org: CINEICC). (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014 - 2018 Concluded	PhD in Clinical Psychology (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Emotion regulation and chronic illness: The roles of acceptance, mindfulness and compassion in physical and mental health" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Distinção e Louvor por Unanim.
2018 Concluded	Workshop “The Science of Meditation” (Dr. Diego Hangartner), 12 hours, (Org: CINEICC). (Outros) CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Portugal
2018 Concluded	Workshop “Exploring and Resolving Fears, Blocks and Resistances, and Enhancing Compassion Motivation, Through Motivational Interviewing” (Dr. Stan Steindl), 6 hours (Org: CINEICC). (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 Concluded	Workshop “O terapeuta mindful e a comunicação compassiva [The mindful therapist and compassionate communication]” (Dr. Ricardo J. Teixeira), 8 hours (Org: CINEICC). (Curso médio) CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Portugal
2018 Concluded	Workshop “Structural Equation Modelling with Mplus 8” (Professor João Marôco), 12 hours (Org: CINEICC). (Outros) CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Portugal
2017 Concluded	Residential retreat “The Wheel of Mental Balance” (with Diego Hangartner) (Outros) CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Portugal
2016 Concluded	Course “Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses” (Biostatistics lab of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra), 6 hours (Org: FPCE-UC). (Outros) Laboratório de Bioestatística e Informática Médica, Portugal
2015 Concluded	Workshop "Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) for people who overeat" (Prof. Kenneth Goss), 6 hours (Org: CINEICC). (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015 Concluded	Workshop “Compassion-Focused Therapy: Clinical Skills” (Prof. Paul Gilbert), 12 hours (Org: CINEICC). (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015 Concluded	Workshop “Guidelines for publishing in international journals” (Professor Jan Wallander) (Org: FPCE-UC). (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015 Concluded	Workshop “Advanced methods of multivariate data analysis” (Professor João Marôco), 6 hours (Org: CINEICC). (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015 Concluded	Curricular course “Statistical Methods” (Professor Pedro Ferreira) of the PhD programme in Management (Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra). Final grade: 18 out of 20. (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal	18/20
2014 Concluded	Course associated to the professional internship of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists (76 hours). Classification of Very Good (maximum grade) in the three modules of the course (Psychology in Portugal; Ethics and Professional Deontology of the Ps (Outros) Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal	Muito bom (Very Good; max)
2014 Concluded	Course “Advanced SPSS – Multivariate data analysis” (Dr. Zélia Barroso), 24 hours (Org: Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra). Final grade: 16/20. (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal	16/20
2014 Concluded	Workshop “Latent Class Analysis” (Prof. Roy P. Martin) (Org: FPCE-UC). (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014 Concluded	Course “Structural Equation Modelling with Amos” (Prof. Mário Augusto), 12 hours (Org: Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra) (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2014 Concluded	Workshop “New developments in mediation and moderation” (Prof. Paul Jose), 8 hours (Org: FPCE-UC). (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Concluded	Post-Graduation in Cognitive and Behavioural Interventions, Associação Central de Psicologia. (Pós-Graduação) Associação Central de Psicologia, Portugal	18
2011 - 2013 Concluded	Master’s Degree in Clinical and Health Psychology, speciality of “Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention in Psychological Disorders and Health”, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal. (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "When thoughts seem more than just thoughts: The roleof body image-related cognitive fusion in eating psychopathology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2013 Concluded	Intensive course in Neuropharmacology (Ângela Pizarro), 20 hours. Final grade: Very Good (maximum grade). (Outros) P&P, Portugal
2013 Concluded	4th course in Introduction to Mindfulness (Prof. José Pinto-Gouveia), 20 hours (Org: Portuguese Association for Mindfulness). (Outros) Associação Portuguesa para o Mindfulness, Portugal
2013 Concluded	Communication and Oncology (Outros) Associação de Apoio ao Centro de Investigação em Meio Ambiente, Genética , Portugal
2012 Concluded	First Certificate in English, University of Cambridge (Outros) International House, Portugal
2012 Concluded	Certification in Psychological Assessment of Drivers (Outros) Conclusão- Estudos e Formação, Portugal
2008 - 2011 Concluded	Bachelor’s Degree in Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal. (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 Concluded	Course in A1 Italian (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	19/20
2007 Concluded	Course in A2 Spanish (Outros) International House, Portugal	8/10
1994 - 2004 Concluded	Graded Examinations in Dance (Outros) Royal Academy of Dance, United Kingdom

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/05 - 2023/09	Postdoc (Research)	Göteborgs universitet Sahlgrenska Akademin, Sweden

2019/08/30 - 2021/02/05	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2019/08	Science and Technology Management	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2013/09 - 2015/01	Researcher (Research)	CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/09 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Ôrebro universitet Institutionen för beteende- social- och rättsvetenskap, Sweden

2019 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Instituto Português de Psicologia e Outras Ciências, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/02 - 2018/07	PhD student (with Scholarship)	FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
	CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Portugal
2014/05 - 2015/01	Intern (professional internship)	Associação Portuguesa de Pais e Amigos do Cidadão com Deficiência Mental, Portugal

2012/09 - 2013/07	Intern (curricular internship)	Serviço de Psiquiatria do CHUC, Portugal

2011/02 - 2012/05	Intern (voluntary internship)	Unidade de Tumores do Aparelho Locomomtor do CHUC, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/01 - Current	Development, feasibility, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of an online ACT intervention for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (iACTforDGBI) 2023-00741 Principal investigator Ôrebro universitet Institutionen för beteende- social- och rättsvetenskap, Sweden	Forskningsradet for halsa arbetsliv och valfard Ongoing
2021 - Current	Mind programme for cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial testing the programme´s cost-effectiveness and efficacy in changing psychological and biological outcomes in women with breast cancer PTDC/PSI-GER/7847/2020 Principal investigator	FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Ongoing
2020 - 2023	Mental health after infection: Effects of COVID-19 on survivors' psychosocial functioning n/a Principal investigator	La Caixa Foundation Concluded
2018 - 2023	LIFE with IBD: Living with Intention, Fullness and Engagement with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The impact of a group intervention and an ICT-based transcultural intervention on physical and mental health CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-028602 PTDC/PSI-ESP/28602/2017 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) CINEICC - Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Portugal	FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded
2022 - 2022	Scientific Stimulus Employment (not accepted) 2021.01605.CEECIND Individual Fellowship	FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Cancelled
2015/02 - 2018/02	Emotion regulation and chronic illness: The roles of acceptance, mindfulness and compassion in physical and mental health SFRH/BD/101906/2014 PhD Student Fellow	FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/08/30 - 2021/02/05	iACT with Pain: an ICT-delivered intervention for self-management of chronic pain PTDC/PSI-GER/28829/2017 Post-doc Fellow	FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020 - 2023	The impact of the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic on gastrointestinal symptoms and well-being: an international collaborative study. Host institution: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. N/A Researcher	Concluded
2020 - 2021	Fear of contracting COVID-19, quarantine, and mental health: An international study exploring implications for inflammatory bowel disease patients N/A Principal investigator	Concluded
2017 - 2021	Low Intensity Internet Therapy for Chronic Illness (@LIIT-CI): An online brief contextual intervention for young people with medical conditions No funding Principal investigator	Concluded

Distinctions

Award

2023	Most Cited Paper Award The Journal of Pain, United States
2022	Most Cited Paper Award (2021) Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (journal), United Kingdom
2022	Best paper award IBS Days, Italy
2021	Outstanding New Investigator Award - International Society of Behavioral Medicine International Society of Behavioral Medicine, United States
2020	Investigator Award - The 8th Annual Meeting of Asian Organization for Crohns & Colitis
2018	Student Spotlight Award - Association for Contextual Behavioral Science Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, United States
2018	European Psychiatric Association 2018 Best e-Poster Award for "Preliminary Study on the Efficacy of the MIND Programme for Cancer Patients" European Psychiatry Association, France

Other distinction

2020	Scholarship to attend the "Principles and Practices in Clinical Trials" Training School in Nicosia, Cyprus (cancelled due to COVID-19 - attended online) - COST Action RISE-UP PPD
2019	"New Investigator" - Summer Research Institute Scholarship - Mind and Life Institute Mind and Life Institute, United States
2018	Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing - Elsevier Elsevier, Portugal
2015	PhD Scholarship - Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal