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Ana Raquel Marcelino Mesquita completed her BSc in Applied Biology in 2003 at the School of Sciences from the Univesity of Minho and her PhD in Health Sciences in 2008 at the Medical School of the same University. She published more than 50 scientific articles in international peer-review journals, co-supervises and/or supervised 7 PhD thesis and 21 MSc dissertations. Participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 5 project(s) and as a team member in other 9 project(s). Her main research focus is on the neurobiological mechanisms of socio-emotional development in children living in different contexts of early-life adversity. Based on a multi-level approach, with a multidisciplinary team, she seeks to understand how environment and genetics interact in the definition of socio-emotional developmental trajectories and their neurobiological endophenotypes. Additionally, she has widened the focus of her research to epigenetic processes, which translate to a more dynamic interaction between genes and environment helping to disentangle how early experience "gets under the skin". To this end, she has used methodologies that cross molecular biology with neurosciences anchored in the developmental psychopathology perspective.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Raquel Marcelino Mesquita

Citation names

  • Mesquita, A.
  • Mesquita, A.R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A219-DFBB-9EAC
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9635-2355

Email addresses

  • ana.mesquita@prochildcolab.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 932143837 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Campus de Couros R. de Vila Flor 166 , 4810-225, Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2008
Concluded
 Health Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
"An integrative biological assessment of the programming effects of glucocorticoids upon the developping brain: Insights on their relevance for future psychiatric pathologies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Unanimous approval
2003
Concluded
 Applied Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Applied Biology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/12/02 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) ProChild CoLAB, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2009 - 2014 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - Current Inovação e Desenvolvimento de Ensino Aprendizagem da UMinho Criação de um laboratório para o ensino prático de neuroanatomia: plastBRAINlab
Projeto IDEA
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
 Universidade do Minho
Ongoing
2019 - Current Research Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder (Riseup -PPD)
CA18138
Researcher
European Union
Ongoing
2019 - Current Perinatal Mental Health and Birth-Related Trauma: Maximizing best practice and optimal outcomes
CA18211
Researcher
European Union
Ongoing
2018 - Current How early adversity does shape brain functioning through DNA methylation? Uncovering the mechanisms of emotional and behavioral regulatory problems in institutionally-reared adolescents
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028228
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017 - Current ProChild Colab - Against Poverty and Social Exclusion
ProChild
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017 - 2019 Getting the aging brain to train: a working memory and neurostimulation approach
286/16
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Bial
Concluded
2013 - 2017 Produção e regulação ocitocinérgica em resposta a estímulos sociais: Um estudo em três populações
CNPQ 487188/2013-6
Researcher
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
Concluded
2012 - 2015 The impact of early life adversity on the social behaviour pathways: a crosstalk between oxytocin and corticosteroids
PTDC/PSI-PCO/116612/2010
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2012 - 2015 Interaction between immune genes and quality of caregiver`s behaviours for child`s attachment outcomes
PTDC/PSI-PCL/116897/2010
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2010 - 2013 Inhibited and indiscriminate attachment disordered behaviours in institutionally-reared children: A multilevel comparison with autism spectrum disorders and Williams syndrome
PTDC/PSI-PCL/101506/2008
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2012 Multimodal analysis of the neurobiology of depression
PTDC/SAU-NEU/105180/2008
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2017 - Current HELP How can Early Life Program childs development? Epigenetic mechanisms of attachment disordered behaviors
IF/00750/2015/CP1294/CT0011
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Ongoing
2015 - 2017 How early life stressful experiences "get under skin"? Epigenetic programming of children's attachment
IF/01239/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2014 Compromisso com a Ciência 2008
C2008-UMINHO-CIPSI-02
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - Current Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID-19): an international prospective cohort study
No funding
Principal investigator
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Sampaio, A.; Mesquita, A.R.; Gonçalves, O.F.. "Cognitive development, learning and drug use". 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-17795-3_2
Conference paper
  1. Mesquita, A.; Belsky, J.; Sampaio, A.; Baptista, J.; Torres, M.; Soares, I.; Carracedo, A.. "Attachment disturbances in residential and foster care: Research and intervention - Attachment disordered behaviour in institutionally reared children: the putative role of epigenetic mechanisms". Paper presented in EUSARF 2018, XV International Conference, Porto, 2018.
  2. Mesquita, A.; Belsky, J.; Pinal, D.; Baptista, J.; Sampaio, A.; Soares, I.. "Effect of child-caregiver interaction quality on emotional face processing of institutionalized preschoolers". Paper presented in 16th World Association for Infant Mental Health World Congress (WAIMH), Rome, 2018.
  3. Soares, I.; Baptita, J.; Mesquita, A.; Sampaio, A.. "Effects of early parental deprivation and institutionalization on child development from 0 to 6: Attachment disturbances in light of the contributions of early relations experiences, brain function and genes”". Paper presented in 3rd International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology on Children and Adolescents, Seville, 2017.
  4. Mesquita, A.; Belsky, J.; Pinal, D.; Baptista, J.; Sampaio, A.; Soares, I.. "Emotional face processing in institutionalized preschoolers: The effects of the quality of the institutional relational care". Paper presented in IX Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, Faro, 2016.
  5. Baiao, R.; Pinto, R.; Carneiro, A.; Toscano, C.; Fernandes, C.; Meireles, M.; Baptista, J.; et al. "Is the Child Genetics Moderating the Association Between Maternal and Child interactive Behavior?". Paper presented in IX Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, Faro, 2016.
  6. Pinto, R.; Baiao, R.; Carneiro, A.; Baptista, J.; Carvalho-Correia, E.; Soares, I.; Mesquita, A.. "Internalizing behaviors in preschool context: contribution of immune genes and maternal care". Paper presented in IX Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, Faro, 2016.
  7. Soares, I.; Baptista, J.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Mesquita, A.; Martins, C.; Belsky, J.. "Early family maltreatment, caregiver’ sensitivity, and disturbed social-emotional behaviors among institutionalized infants". Paper presented in 15th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Prague, 2016.
  8. Baptista, J.; Belsky, J.; Oliveira, P.; Corval, R; Fachada, I.; Mesquita, A.; Soares, I.. "Social communication difficulties in institutionalized preschoolers: from genes to environmental risks". Paper presented in 15th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Prague, 2016.
  9. Carneiro, A.; Baiao, R.; Pinto, R.; Mesquita, A.; Dias, P.; Soares, I.. "Behavioral and emotional problems in preschool aged children: Distal and proximal risk factors". Paper presented in 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Braga, 2015.
  10. Oliveira, P.; Crego, A.; Corval, R.; Fachada, I.; Mesquita, A.; Sampaio, A.; Fearon, P.; Belsky, J.; Soares, I.. "Determinants, obstacles, sources and cooperation to innovation in Portuguese firms, using community innovation survey". Paper presented in 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Braga, 2015.
  11. Mesquita, A.; Baiao, R.; Belsky, J.; Carneiro, A.; Pinto, R.; Dias, P.; Soares, I.. "Association between the oxytocin profile and psychopathological symptoms in preschool children from low socio-economic contexts". Paper presented in 6th Infant Attachment Conference (IAC), Pavia, 2013.
  12. Mesquita, A.; Osório, A.; Sampaio, A.; Fernandes, L.; Fachada, I.; Oliveira, P.; Belsky, J.; Soares, I.. "Understanding the neural processing of face familiarity in institutionalized children with and without attachment disordered behaviors: an ERP study". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD),, Seatlle, 2013.
  13. Mesquita, A.; Sampaio, A.; Soares, I.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Martins, C.; Belsky, J.. "Oxytocin and cortisol as neuroendocrine biomarkers of attachment disordered behaviors in institutional reared children". Paper presented in International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Edmonton, 2012.
  14. Oliveira, P.; Osório, A.; Soares, I.; Fachada, I.; Samapaio, A.; Mesquita, A.; Martins, C.; et al. "Attachment disordered behaviors in institutionally reared children: Exploring similarities and differences with children with Williams syndrome". Paper presented in World Association of Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), Cape Town, 2012.
  15. Soares, I.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Oliveira, P.; Mesquita, A.; Martins, C.; et al. "Disorganization and attachment disturbed behaviours in Portuguese institution-reared infants". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Montreal, 2011.
  16. Mesquita, A.; Correia-neves, M.; Roque, S.; Castro, A.G; Vieira, P.; Pedrosa, J.; Palha, J.A.; et al. "IL-10 modulates depressive-like behavior". Paper presented in Workshop “Drug treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders", Bad Honnef, 2007.
    10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.02.004
Conference poster
  1. Moutinho, V; Baptista, J; Wolke, D; Mesquita, A.; Toscano, Carolina; Soares, I.. "Relation between maternal interactive behavior and preterm infant’s stress system regulation". Paper presented in 6th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children, 2020.
  2. Baião, R.; Fearon, P.; Belsky, J.; Pinto, R.; Carneiro, A.; Baptista, J.; Teixeira, P.; Soares, I.; Mesquita, A.. "GXE interaction on the explanation of maternal sensitivity: is there a plastic role for 5-HTTLPR?". Paper presented in 15th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, 2016.
  3. Baião, R.; Pinto, R.; Carvalho-Correia, E.; Carneiro, A.; Soares, I.; Fearon, P.; Mesquita, A.. "The association between mother’s Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism and maternal behaviour is moderated by psychosocial risk". Paper presented in 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), 2015.
  4. Pinto, R.; Baião, R.; Carvalho-Correia, E.; Carneiro, A.; Soares, I.; Mesquita, A.. "Preschool psychopathology using GxE model: contribution of IL-10 gene and maternal psychopathology". Paper presented in 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), 2015.
  5. Pinto, R.; Baiao, R.; Carneiro, A.; Baptista, J.; Carvalho-Correia, E.; von Doellinger, P.; Toscano, C.; Soares, I.; Mesquita, A.. "Pinto, R., Baião, R., Carneiro, A., Baptista, J., Correia, E., Von Doellinger, P., Toscano, C., Soares, I. & Mesquita, A.R. (2014, June). Preschooler psychopathology: contribution of the immune genes and maternal interactive behaviors.". Paper presented in 14th World Association for Infant Mental Health World Congress (WAIMH), 2014.
  6. Pinto, R.; Baião, R.; Carneiro, A.; Baptista, J.; Carvalho-Correia, E.; von Doellinger, P.; Toscano, C.; Soares, I.; Mesquita, A.. "Preschooler psychopathology: contribution of the immune genes and maternal interactive behaviors". Paper presented in 14th World Association for Infant Mental Health World Congress (WAIMH), 2014.
  7. Fachada, I.; Belsky, J.; Mesquita, A.; Vieira, S.; Oliveira, G.; Soares, I.. "Maternal sensitivity and oxytocin profile among children with autism". Paper presented in 6th Infant Attachment Conference (IAC), 2013.
  8. Carneiro, A.; Pinto, R.; Baião, R.; Mesquita, A.; Soares, I.; Dias, P.. "The role of maternal psychopathology and insensitivity and child negative affect in predicting child psychopathology". Paper presented in 6th Infant Attachment Conference (IAC), 2013.
  9. Martins, C.; Soares, I.; de Castro, F.; Marques, S.; Silva, J.; Baptista, J.; Oliveira, P.; Mesquita, A.; Belsky, J.. "Developmental Trajectories in Institutionalized Children: Inter- and intra-individual associations with child, family, and institutional factors". Paper presented in ., ., ., ., , , , Mesquita A.R., World Association of Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), Cape Town, South Africa, 2012., 2012.
  10. Soares, I.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Mesquita, A.; Oliveira, P.; Martins, C.; et al. "Development of children placed in institutions: Contributions of individual characteristics, early family context, and institutional experiences". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant and Mental Health (WAIMH), 2010.
  11. Baptista, J.; Henriques, M.; Soares, I.; Oliveira, A.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Sousa, M.; et al. "Early deprivation, quality of care and developmental catch-up in postinstitutionalized children". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant and Mental Health (WAIMH), 2010.
  12. Silva, J.; Soares, I.; Carlson, E.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Oliveira, P.; Mesquita, A.; et al. "Disorganization and attachment disordered behaviors in institutionalized infants: Prevalence and associations with quality of care". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant and Mental Health (WAIMH), 2010.
  13. Dias, P.; Soares, I.; Baptista, J.; Oliveira, P.; Mesquita, A.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; et al. "Attachment in institutionally-reared children and caregivers' narrative competence: Child's cardiac activity during interactions with the caregiver". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant and Mental Health (WAIMH), 2010.
  14. Marques, S.; Soares, I.; Sousa, N.; Silva, J.; Baptista, J.; Mesquita, A.; Palha, J.; Martins, C.. "Neuroendorine functioning in relation to other developmental domains in Portuguese institutionally reared children: Preliminary longitudinal findings". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant and Mental Health (WAIMH), 2010.
  15. Soares, I.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Mesquita, A.; Dias, P.; Henriques, M.; et al. "Attachment disordered behaviours in Portuguese institutionally-reared infants". Paper presented in XVIIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), 2010.
  16. Oliveira, P.; Soares, I.; Silva, J.; Baptista, J.; Marques, S.; Mesquita, A.; Martins, C.; Miller, E.; Lyons-Ruth, K.. "Indiscriminate attachment behavior among institutionally reared infants using the RISE assessment: Relations to maternal risk". Paper presented in XVIIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS) Baltimore, 2010.
  17. Soares, I.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Pereira, M.; Mesquita, A.; Teixeira, D.; et al. "Effects of institution on infants’ physical growth, mental development, neuro-endocrine and socioemotional functioning and temperament: Preliminary data.". Paper presented in Jean Piaget Society Annual Meeting, 2009.
  18. Soares, I.; Dias, P.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Machado, F.; Teixeira, D.; et al. "Disturbios del apego en los niños institucionalizados: la regulación autonómica, riesgo sociofamiliares y cuidado institucionales". Paper presented in IAN, 2009.
  19. Soares, I.; Silva, J.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Pereira, M.; Mesquita, A.; Teixeira, D.; et al. "Effects of institutional rearing on chidren’s physical growth, neuro-cognitive functioning and social-emotional development". Paper presented in 40th Annual Meeting Society for Psychotherapy Research, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2009, 2009.
  20. Mesquita, A.; Roque, S.; Nóbrega, C.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Carvalho, I.M.; Palha, J.A.; Correia-neves, M.; Sousa, N.. "Immunological characterization of maternal separated animals". Paper presented in 6th FENS Fórum, 2008.
  21. Mesquita, A.; Pêgo, J.M.; Summavielle, T.; Maciel, P.; Almeida, O.F.X.; Sousa, N.. "Neurodevelopmental impact of stress in early post-natal period". Paper presented in IBRO – World Congress of Neuroscience, 2007.
  22. Mesquita, A.; Bessa, J.M.; Barroso, A.; Correia-Neves, M; Castro, A.G.; Pedrosa, J.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, N.. "Depressive-like behavior can be influenced by interleukin-10". Paper presented in Society For Neuroscince 36th Annual Meeting, 2006.
  23. Mesquita, A.; Silva, R.; Bessa, J.; Sousa, N.. "Long-term consequences of early-life stress in anxious-like behaviour". Paper presented in Forum of Experimental Psychology, 1st Edition, 2004.
  24. Mesquita, A.; Silva, R.; Bessa, J.; Sousa, N.. "Emotional stress in early life determines anxious phenotype in adulthood". Paper presented in EBPS Workshop on Neurobehavioural Plasticity, 2004.
Journal article
  1. Raquel Costa; Ana Mesquita; Emma Motrico; Sara Domínguez-Salas; Pelin Dikmen-Yildiz; Sandra Saldivia; Eleni Vousoura; et al. "Unmet needs in mental healthcare for women with clinically significant symptoms of perinatal depression and/or anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic". Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13664.
    10.1111/acps.13664
  2. Ramadas, Louise; Doba, Karyn; Mesquita, Ana Raquel; Wawrziczny, Émilie; Nandrino, Jean-Louis. "Role of emotion regulation and mentalizing in rejection sensitivity: The specific relationship to potentially psychologically traumatic event". Personality and Individual Differences 218 (2024): 112461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112461.
    10.1016/j.paid.2023.112461
  3. Ana Mesquita; Raquel Costa; Pelin Dikmen-Yildiz; Susana Faria; Gabriela Silvestrini; Vera Mateus; Eleni Vousoura; et al. "Changes to women’s childbirth plans during the COVID-19 pandemic and posttraumatic stress symptoms: a cross-national study". Archives of Women's Mental Health (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-023-01403-3.
    10.1007/s00737-023-01403-3
  4. Raquel Costa; Tiago Miguel Pinto; Ana Conde; Ana Mesquita; Emma Motrico; Bárbara Figueiredo. "Women's perinatal depression: Anhedonia-related symptoms have increased in the COVID-19 pandemic". General Hospital Psychiatry (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.06.007.
    10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.06.007
  5. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Guiomar, Raquel; Sobral, Mónica; Pacheco, Francisca; Caparros-Gonzalez, Rafael A.; Diaz-Louzao, Carla; Motrico, Emma; et al. "The impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding rates: An international cross-sectional study". Midwifery 120 (2023): 103631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103631.
    10.1016/j.midw.2023.103631
  6. Mesquita, Ana; Costa, Raquel; Bina, Rena; Cadarso-Suárez, Carmen; Gude, Francisco; Díaz-Louzao, Carla; Dikmen-Yildiz, Pelin; et al. "Author Correction: A cross-country study on the impact of governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30737-2.
    10.1038/s41598-023-30737-2
  7. Moutinho, Vanessa; Baptista, Joana; Mesquita, Ana R.; Wolke, Dieter; Toscano, Carolina; Moreira, Carla; Bernardo, Ana C.; Soares, Isabel. "Cortisol reactivity and negative affect among preterm infants at 12 months during a mother-infant interaction task". Infant Behavior and Development 70 (2023): 101784. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101784.
    10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101784
  8. Oliveira, Paula S.; Fearon, Pasco; Belsky, Jay; Mesquita, Ana R.; Sampaio, Adriana; Pinal, Diego; Soares, Isabel. "Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionalised children and links to attachment disordered behaviour". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13728.
    10.1111/jcpp.13728
  9. Mateus, Vera; Cruz, Sara; Costa, Raquel; Mesquita, Ana; Christoforou, Andri; Wilson, Claire A.; Vousoura, Eleni; et al. "Rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the perinatal period during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparisons between countries and with pre-pandemic data". Journal of Affective Disorders 316 (2022): 245-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.017.
    10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.017
  10. Cruz, Andrea; Vieira, Maria; Mesquita, Ana R.; Sampaio, Adriana; Mendes-Pinto, Inês; Soares, Isabel; Freitas, Paulo P.. "Non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring tool of children’s mental health: A point-of-care immunosensor for IL-6 quantification in saliva samples". Frontiers in Neuroscience 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.919551.
    10.3389/fnins.2022.919551
  11. Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Vogazianos, Paris; Christofi, Maria-Dolores; Motrico, Emma; Domínguez-Salas, Sara; Mesquita, Ana R.; Christoforou, Andri. "Experiences, concerns, and needs of pregnant and postpartum women during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cyprus: a cross-sectional study". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 22 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05017-y.
    10.1186/s12884-022-05017-y
  12. Nakic Radoš S; Motrico, Emma; Mesquita, A.; Ganho-Ávila A; Vousoura E; Lalor J.. "Changes in perinatal mental health care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A protocol for a collaborative research study between the COST Actions RISEUP-PPD and Devotion. BMJ Open". BMJ Open (2022):
    Accepted
  13. Sobral M; Pacheco F; Perry B; Antunes J; Martins S; Soares I; Sampaio A; Mesquita, A.; Ganho-Avila A . Corresponding author: Mesquita, A.. "Neurobiological Correlates in Fathers' During The Postpartum Period: A Scoping Review",". Frontiers in Psychology-Health Psychology. (2022):
    Accepted
  14. Mesquita, A.; Costa, R; Bina, R; Cadarso-Suárez, C; Gude, F; Díaz-Louzao, C; Dikmen-Yildiz, P; et al. Corresponding author: Mesquita, A.. "The Impact of Governmental Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Perinatal Mental Health: Evidence From 12 Countries". SSRN preprint (2022): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4006137.
    Submitted
  15. Mesquita, A.; Sampaio, A; Osório, A. Corresponding author: Mesquita, A.. "The importance of early developmental neuroscience for research, practice, and policy". Psicologia: Teoria e Prática 24 1 (2022): 1-5. http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/15134/11362.
    Accepted
  16. Joana Carvalheiro; Vasco A. Conceição; Ana Mesquita; Ana Seara-Cardoso. "Acute stress blunts prediction error signals in the dorsal striatum during reinforcement learning". Neurobiology of Stress 15 (2021): 100412-100412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100412.
    10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100412
  17. Motrico, Emma; Bina, Rena; Domínguez-Salas, Sara; Mateus, Vera; Contreras-García, Yolanda; Carrasco-Portiño, Mercedes; Ajaz, Erilda; et al. "Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID-19): protocol for an international prospective cohort study". BMC Public Health 21 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10330-w.
    10.1186/s12889-021-10330-w
  18. Carvalheiro, Joana; Conceição, Vasco A.; Mesquita, Ana; Seara-Cardoso, Ana. "Acute stress impairs reward learning in men". Brain and Cognition 147 (2021): 105657. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105657.
    10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105657
  19. Motrico, Emma; Mateus, Vera; Bina, Rena; Felice, Ethel; Bramante, Alessandra; Kalcev, Goce; Mauri, Mauro; Martins, Sara; Mesquita, Ana. "Good Practices in Perinatal Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Report from Task-Force RISEUP-PPD COVID-19". Clínica y Salud 31 3 (2020): 155-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.5093/clysa2020a26.
    10.5093/clysa2020a26
  20. Pinto, R.; Belsky, J,.; Baptista, J.; Carvalho, A.; Cunha, C.; Soares, I.; Mesquita, Ana; et al. "Mothers’ distress exposure and children’s withdrawn behavior – a moderating role for the Interferon Gamma gene (IFNG)". Developmental Psychobiology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21955.
    10.1002/dev.21955
  21. Corval, Raquel; Mesquita, A.; Soares, Isabel. "Links Between Reactive Attachment Disorder, Caregiving and Temperament: A Differential Susceptibility Perspective". The Journal of Genetic Psychology (2020):
  22. Baião, Rita; Fearon, Pasco; Belsky, Jay; Teixeira, Pedro; Soares, Isabel; Mesquita, Ana. "Does 5-HTTLPR moderate the effect of the quality of environmental context on maternal sensitivity? Testing the differential susceptibility hypothesis". Psychiatric Genetics (2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ypg.0000000000000247.
    10.1097/ypg.0000000000000247
  23. Carvalheiro, Joana; Seara-Cardoso, Ana; Mesquita, Ana Raquel; de Sousa, Liliana; Oliveira, Pedro; Summavielle, Teresa; Magalhães, Ana. "Helping behavior in rats (Rattus norvegicus) when an escape alternative is present.". Journal of Comparative Psychology 133 4 (2019): 452-462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/com0000178.
    10.1037/com0000178
  24. Baião, Rita; Fearon, Pasco; Belsky, Jay; Baptista, Joana; Carneiro, Alexandra; Pinto, Raquel; Nogueira, Marlene; et al. "Child’s oxytocin response to mother-child interaction: The contribution of child genetics and maternal behavior". Psychoneuroendocrinology 102 (2019): 79-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.11.022.
    10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.11.022
  25. Baptista, Joana; Sampaio, Adriana; Fachada, Inês; Osório, Ana; Mesquita, Ana R.; Garayzabal, Elena; Duque, Frederico; Oliveira, Guiomar; Soares, Isabel. "Maternal Interactive Behaviours in Parenting Children with Williams Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Relations with Emotional/Behavioural Problems". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 49 1 (2018): 216-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3715-6.
    10.1007/s10803-018-3715-6
  26. Corval, Raquel; Belsky, Jay; Baptista, Joana; Mesquita, Ana; Soares, Isabel. "Development and validation of an observational measure of symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder". Attachment & Human Development 21 2 (2018): 111-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2018.1499209.
    10.1080/14616734.2018.1499209
  27. Baiao, R.; Baptista, J.; Carneiro, A.; Pinto, R.; Toscano, C.; Fearon, P.; Soares, I.; Mesquita, A. R.. "Assessing preschoolers interactive behaviour: A validation study of the “Coding System for Mother-Child Interaction”". Child: Care, Health and Development 44 4 (2018): 644-650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cch.12572.
    10.1111/cch.12572
  28. Doellinger, Patrícia von; Soares, Isabel; Sampaio, Adriana; Mesquita, Ana R.; Baptista, Joana. "Prematuridade, Funções Executivas e Qualidade dos Cuidados Parentais: Revisão Sistemática de Literatura". Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa 33 0 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e3321.
    10.1590/0102.3772e3321
  29. Carneiro, Alexandra; Dias, Pedro; Pinto, Raquel; Baião, Rita; Mesquita, Ana; Soares, Isabel. "Agreement and Disagreement on Emotional and Behavioral Problems in a Sample of Preschool-Age Children". Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment 37 2 (2017): 154-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734282917736392.
    10.1177/0734282917736392
  30. Sampaio, Adriana; Belsky, Jay; Soares, Isabel; Mesquita, Ana; Osório, Ana; Gonçalves, Óscar F.. "Insights on Social Behavior From Studying Williams Syndrome". Child Development Perspectives 12 2 (2017): 98-103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12263.
    10.1111/cdep.12263
  31. Osório, Ana Alexandra Caldas; do Egito, Júlia Horta Tabosa; Martins, Gabriela Carneiro; Kim, Chong Ae; Honjo, Rachel Sayuri; Sampaio, Adriana da Conceição Soares; Mesquita, Ana Raquel Marcelino; et al. "Associations between fetal testosterone and pro–social tendencies, anxiety and autistic symptoms in Williams syndrome: a preliminary study". International Journal of Developmental Disabilities 65 2 (2017): 82-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2017.1376163.
    10.1080/20473869.2017.1376163
  32. Coutinho, J.; Oliveira-Silva, P.; Mesquita, A. R.; Barbosa, M.; Perrone-McGovern, K. M.; Gonçalves, O. F.. "Psychophysiological Reactivity in Couples During a Marital Interaction Task". Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 42 4 (2017): 335-346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10484-017-9380-2.
    10.1007/s10484-017-9380-2
  33. Corval, Raquel; Belsky, Jay; Baptista, Joana; Oliveira, Paula; Mesquita, Ana; Soares, Isabel. "Inhibited attachment disordered behavior in institutionalized preschool children: links with early and current relational experiences". Attachment & Human Development 19 6 (2017): 598-612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2017.1342172.
    10.1080/14616734.2017.1342172
  34. Baptista, Joana; Belsky, Jay; Mesquita, Ana; Soares, Isabel; Baptista, J.; Belsky, J.; Mesquita, A.; Soares, I.. "Serotonin transporter polymorphism moderates the effects of caregiver intrusiveness on ADHD symptoms among institutionalized preschoolers". European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 26 3 (2016): 303-313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-016-0890-x.
    10.1007/s00787-016-0890-x
  35. Mesquita, A.R.; Belsky, J.; Li, Z.; Baptista, J.; Carvalho-Correia, E.; Maciel, P.; Soares, I.. "Institutionalization and indiscriminate social behavior: Differential-susceptibility versus diathesis-stress models for the 5-HTTLPR and BDNF genotypes". Physiology & Behavior 152 (2015): 85-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.09.015.
    10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.09.015
  36. Mesquita, Ana R.; Belsky, Jay; Crego, Alberto; Fachada, Inês; Oliveira, Paula; Sampaio, Adriana; Soares, Isabel. "Neural Correlates of Face Familiarity in Institutionally Reared Children With Distinctive, Atypical Social Behavior". Child Development 86 4 (2015): 1262-1271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12371.
    10.1111/cdev.12371
  37. Pinto, R.Q.; Soares, I.; Carvalho-Correia, E.; Mesquita, A.R.. "Gene-environment interactions in psychopathology throughout early childhood: A systematic review". Psychiatric Genetics 25 6 (2015): 223-233. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945900161&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1097/YPG.0000000000000106
  38. Baptista, Joana; Belsky, Jay; Marques, Sofia; Silva, Joana R.; Oliveira, Paula; Mesquita, Ana; Martins, Carla; Soares, Isabel. "The interactive effect of maltreatment in the family and unstable institutional caregiving in predicting behavior problems in toddlers". Child Abuse & Neglect 38 12 (2014): 2072-2079. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.10.015.
    10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.10.015
  39. Coutinho, Joana Fernandes; Gonçalves, Oscar Filipe; Maia, Liliana; Fernandes Vasconcelos, Cristiana; Perrone-McGovern, Kristin; Simon-Dack, Stephanie; Hernandez, Kristina; et al. "Differential activation of the default mode network in jet lagged individuals". Chronobiology International 32 1 (2014): 143-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/07420528.2014.955187.
    10.3109/07420528.2014.955187
  40. Roque, Susana; Mesquita, Ana Raquel; Palha, Joana A.; Sousa, Nuno; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "The Behavioral and Immunological Impact of Maternal Separation: A Matter of Timing". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 8 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00192.
    10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00192
  41. Gonçalves, Óscar F.; Sampaio, Adriana; Mesquita, Ana; Petrosyan, Annie; Pinheiro, Ana P.; Carvalho, Sandra; Leite, Jorge; et al. "A psicologia como neurociência cognitiva: Implicações para a compreensão dos processos básicos e suas aplicações". Análise Psicológica 32 1 (2014): 3-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.14417/ap.836.
    10.14417/ap.836
  42. Mesquita, Ana R.; Soares, Isabel; Roisman, Glenn I.; IJzendoorn, Marinus van; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian; Luijk, Maartje; Tiemeier, Henning; Belsky, Jay. "Predicting children's attachment behaviors from the interaction between oxytocin and glucocorticoid receptors polymorphisms". Psychiatry Research 210 3 (2013): 1322-1323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.005.
    10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.005
  43. Baptista, Joana; Belsky, Jay; Martins, Carla; Silva, Joana; Marques, Sofia; Mesquita, Ana; Soares, Isabel. "SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL BEHAVIOR IN INSTITUTIONALIZED TODDLERS: INDIVIDUAL, EARLY FAMILY AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS". Infant Mental Health Journal 34 6 (2013): 562-573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21416.
    10.1002/imhj.21416
  44. Soares, Isabel; Belsky, Jay; Mesquita, Ana R.; Osório, Ana; Sampaio, Adriana. "Why Do Only Some Institutionalized Children Become Indiscriminately Friendly? Insights From the Study of Williams Syndrome". Child Development Perspectives 7 3 (2013): 187-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12036.
    10.1111/cdep.12036
  45. Martins, C.; Belsky, J.; Marques, S.; Baptista, J.; Silva, J.; Mesquita, A. R.; de Castro, F.; Sousa, N.; Soares, I.. "Diverse Physical Growth Trajectories in Institutionalized Portuguese Children Below Age 3: Relation to Child, Family, and Institutional Factors". Journal of Pediatric Psychology 38 4 (2012): 438-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jss129.
    10.1093/jpepsy/jss129
  46. Salgado, Antonio J.; Fraga, Joana S.; Mesquita, Ana R.; Neves, Nuno M.; Reis, Rui L.; Sousa, Nuno. "Role of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Progenitors Conditioned Media in Neuronal/Glial Cell Densities, Viability, and Proliferation". Stem Cells and Development 19 7 (2010): 1067-1074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2009.0279.
    10.1089/scd.2009.0279
  47. Dias-Ferreira, E.; Sousa, J. C.; Melo, I.; Morgado, P.; Mesquita, A. R.; Cerqueira, J. J.; Costa, R. M.; Sousa, N.. "Chronic Stress Causes Frontostriatal Reorganization and Affects Decision-Making". Science 325 5940 (2009): 621-625. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1171203.
    10.1126/science.1171203
  48. Leite-Almeida, Hugo; Almeida-Torres, Luis; Mesquita, Ana Raquel; Pertovaara, Antti; Sousa, Nuno; Cerqueira, João José; Almeida, Armando. "The impact of age on emotional and cognitive behaviours triggered by experimental neuropathy in rats". Pain 144 1 (2009): 57-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2009.02.024.
    10.1016/j.pain.2009.02.024
  49. Mesquita, Ana Raquel; Wegerich, Yvonne; Patchev, Alexandre V.; Oliveira, Mario; Leão, Pedro; Sousa, Nuno; Almeida, Osborne F.X.. "Glucocorticoids and neuro- and behavioural development". Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 14 3 (2009): 130-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.siny.2008.11.002.
    10.1016/j.siny.2008.11.002
  50. Roque, Susana; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Mesquita, Ana Raquel; Palha, Joana Almeida; Sousa, Nuno. "Interleukin-10: A Key Cytokine in Depression?". Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology 2009 (2009): 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/187894.
    10.1155/2009/187894
  51. Bessa, João M.; Mesquita, Ana R.; Oliveira, Mário; Pêgo, J.M.; Cerqueira, J.J.,; Palha, J.A.; Osborne, F.X. Almeida; Sousa, N.. "A trans-dimensional approach to the behavioral aspects of depression". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 3 (2009): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/neuro.08.001.2009.
    10.3389/neuro.08.001.2009
  52. Silva, R.; Mesquita, A.R.; Bessa, J.; Sousa, J.C.; Sotiropoulos, I.; Leão, P.; Almeida, O.F.X.; Sousa, N.. "Lithium blocks stress-induced changes in depressive-like behavior and hippocampal cell fate: The role of glycogen-synthase-kinase-3ß". Neuroscience 152 3 (2008): 656-669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.12.026.
    10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.12.026
  53. Mesquita, A.R.; Pêgo, J.M.; Summavielle, T.; Maciel, P.; Almeida, O.F.X.; Sousa, N.. "Neurodevelopment milestone abnormalities in rats exposed to stress in early life". Neuroscience 147 4 (2007): 1022-1033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.007.
    10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.007
  54. Mesquita, A.R.; Tavares, H.B.; Silva, R.; Sousa, N.. "Febrile convulsions in developing rats induce a hyperanxious phenotype later in life". Epilepsy & Behavior 9 3 (2006): 401-406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.012.
    10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.012
  55. Oliveira, Mário; Bessa, João M.; Mesquita, Ana; Tavares, Hugo; Carvalho, André; Silva, Rui; Pêgo, José M.; et al. "Induction of a Hyperanxious State by Antenatal Dexamethasone: A Case for Less Detrimental Natural Corticosteroids". Biological Psychiatry 59 9 (2006): 844-852. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.020.
    10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.020
  56. Gorter, Jan A.; Mesquita, Ana R.M.; van Vliet, Erwin A.; da Silva, Fernando H. Lopes; Aronica, Eleonora. "Increased Expression of Ferritin, an Iron-storage Protein, in Specific Regions of the Parahippocampal Cortex of Epileptic Rats". Epilepsia 46 9 (2005): 1371-1379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.11505.x.
    10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.11505.x
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/09/09 Perinatal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: Assessment of the impact on child's development and mother's perinatal mental health Growing up with changes: Challenges for mental health during infancy and adolescence
Portuguese Psychiatry Association for Infancy and Adolescence
2021/04/29 Task-Force on perinatal mental health and COVID-19 Multi-projects International Symposium from CAPES
Mackenzie Presbyterian University (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Covid-19 as an early adverse childhood event: Environmental contributions to risk and resilience for children's neurobiological and socio-emotional functioning.
Co-supervisor
 Applied Psychology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021 - Current Neurocognitive correlates of affective empathy in institutionalized adolescents
Co-supervisor
 Master in Applied Psychology
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2018 - Current A differential susceptibility approach of early social cognition in boys and girls born preterm: The contribution of child temperament and maternal quality of care.
Co-supervisor
 Applied Psychology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2017 - Current Avaliação da conetividade funcional em redes cerebrais em repouso de adolescentes com trajetórias de desenvolvimento distintas: contribuição de mecanismos epigenéticos
Co-supervisor
 Basic Psychology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2013 - Current Attachment disturbed behaviors of the inhibited-type: contribution of genetic factors and quality of care
Co-supervisor
 Applied Psychology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Early experiences of affective touch during COVID-19: assessment of developmental trajectories in infants
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Neuropsicologia Clínica e Experimental (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Emotional face processing in institutionalized children: the role of epigenetic mechanisms
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Neuropsicologia Clínica (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Impact of COVID-19 pandemic in perinatal mental health
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Psicologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Emotional processing in institutionalized teenagers - an fMRI study
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia - Dupla titulação Minho-Lille (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2017 - 2021 Unveiling the neurocomputational mechanisms of acute stress on reinforcement learning: a model-based neuroimaging approach
Co-supervisor
 Basic Psychology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Maternal sensitivity and social cognition in premature children at preschool age
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 The neuro-structural impact of early adversity - a study with institutionally-reared adolescents
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Psicologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Divergent Thinking and its Underlying Structural Brain Correlates
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Psicologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Can false childhood memories be differentiated from true childhood memories? Study on phasic autonomic responses on recall and individual differences
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado dupla Titulação Minho-Lille
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - 2019 The contribution of corticotherapy and the quality of mother-infant interactive behaviors in infants born-preterm
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Neuroendocrine functioning, maternal psychopathology and interactive behaviors in infants born pre-term
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Indiscriminate Social Behavior in Institutionalized Children: Insights from Williams Syndrome
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Neurociências Cognitivas e Comportamentais (Master)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
2013 - 2019 The study of psychopathology on the pre-school period under a GXE approach: contribution of the immune genes and quality of the maternal interactive behaviors
Co-supervisor
 Applied Psychology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2015 - 2018 The impact of mothers’ oxytocin receptor gene and maternal sensitivity on children’s neuroendocrine and behavioural functioning
Co-supervisor
 Applied Psychology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Assessment of withdraw behavior in babies born pre-term: the role of maternal interactive behaviors for the infant's neuroendocrine functioning
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2014 - 2015 The impact of maternal separation on depressive-like behavior: the role of immunological pathways
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Genética Molecular (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2014 The contribution of genetic susceptibility and environmental risk for quality of attachment in the preschool period.
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Psicologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Structural differences in the social brain of patients with William's syndromme
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Empathy on typical development: validation of behavioural assessmentsacle
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2012 - 2013 The role of oxytocin and cortisol for withdraw behavior in institutionalized children and caregiver's responsiveness
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Neural processing of faces in institutionalized children with attachment disordered behaviours: an ERP study
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2010 - 2011 The study of psychometric properties of the Children Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ) for temperament assessment in Portuguese children aging between 3 and 5 years old
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2009 - 2010 A multidimensional analysis of maternal separation impact: corticosteroids and oxytocin linkage
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Infant' caregiver relationship in an institutional context: Infant's cardiac activity, temperament and psychopathological correlates
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2015/07 - 2015/07 Meeting with a parliament group of deputies sharing our results about the impact of children's institutionalization in Portugal (2015 - 2015)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021 Characterization of the mechanisms underlying behavioral alterations in interleukin 10 KO mice
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sónia Beatriz Alves Gomes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020 Consequence of mothers behaviour on offspring cognition ability: the role of environment manipulation as strategy to reduce maternal anxiety
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Renata Alves, (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 Performance cognitiva: estudo do papel da interleucina-10 em murganhos machos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ângela Sofia Gerós Mesquita (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2018 O impato da exposição pré-natal a glucocorticóides no cérebro humano
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nuno Gabriel Silva Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2018 Dissecting SNX27 role in the Brain: Implications for cognition
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Liliana Filipa Silva Ferreira (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017 Neurobiological basis of anxiety and social behavior
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sónia Maria de Sousa Borges (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015 he Effect of Prenatal Glucocorticoid Exposure in the Gastrointestinal System: A Morphophysiological Study
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rui Miguel Granado Seixal (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2014 Neuropsychophysiological correlates of interactive behavior: evidence from infant development and implications for therapeutic relationship
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sara Cruz (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2011 Neuropsychophysiological Correlates of Emotional Processing
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sandra Conceição Ribeiro de Carvalho (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2009 Volumetric study of the cerebellum on Williams Syndrome
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Paula Alexandra Fernandes Figueiredo (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Psychoneuroendocrinology (PNEC)
2019 - Current Developmental Psychology
2018 - Current Developmental Neurophysiology
2018 - Current Psychiatry Research
2018 - Current Infant Behavior and Development
2017 - Current International Journal of Behavioral Development (ISSBD)
2013 - Current PlosOne

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current International Associated Laboratory (LAI) created in collaboration between the Research Center in Psychology from University of Minho and the Cognitive and Affective Sciences laboratory-SCALab from University of Lille Researcher and member of the initial group that launch this Associate Laboratory

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Co-Leading a Task-Force within a European Consortium RISEUP-PPD CA18138
Coordinator
2018/12/13 - 2021 School Council of the Psychology School from the University of Minho
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2017 - 2021 Scientific Council of the Psychology School from the University of Minho
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Co-Director of the Research Center in Psychology (CIPsi)
Member
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Ethical Committee of the University of Minho
Member
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Ethical Sub-commission of Social and Human Sciences from the University of Minho
Member
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 - 2014 Scientific Council of the School of Psychology from the University of Minho
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2012 - 2014 Ethical committee of the School of Psychology from University of Minho
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Scientific Council of the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute from University of Minho
Member
 Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021 - 2022 Bases Neuro-Psicológicas do Crime (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Introdução às Neurociências (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/10/18 - 2021/10/22 Neuroscience of early childhood (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2018 - 2019 Diversidade na Psicologia Opção UMinho (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Neurobiological impact of early life adversity: Gene and environment interplay in children's institutionalization Master double degree - Minho-Lille (Mestrado) Université de Lille - Campus Pont-de-Bois, France
2016 - 2019 Themes in Experimental Psychology PhD in Basic Psychology (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Bases Neuro-Psicológicas do Crime Licenciatura em Criminologia e Justiça Criminal (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola de Direito, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Psicologia e Diversidade Integrated Master in Psychology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Introdução às Neurociências do Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia Integrated Master in Psychology (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2010 Travel award to participate at “Functional MRI Visiting Fellowship: A Five Day Intensive Introduction” em Boston, EUA.
2007 Travel award to participate at IBRO – World Congress of Neuroscience, Melbourne, Australia.