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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Fuertes

Citation names

  • Fuertes, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A615-08E1-6C13
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8562-2014

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2006 - 2007
Concluded
 Postgrau en Salut Mental i Intervencions Psicològiques amb Immigrants, Refugiats i Minories (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Psicologia, Spain
2005 - 2006
Concluded
 Master en Transtorn Mental Greu: de la Integració de Models a la Combinació de Psicoteràpia i Psicofàrmacs (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Formació Contínua, Spain

Fundació Bosch i Gimpera, Spain
1997 - 2003
Concluded
 Psicologia Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02 - Current Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10 - 2024/04/02 Adjunto da Secretária de Estado da Promoção da Saúde Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Saúde, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/09 Consultor do Programa Nacional para as Infeções Sexualmente Transmissíveis e Infeção pelo VIH Direcção-Geral da Saúde, Portugal
2017/12 - 2021/10 Assessor do Vereador dos Direitos Sociais Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2012/09 - 2017/11 Coordenador do IN-Mouraria/Centro de Redução de Danos GAT- Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, Portugal
2010/01 - 2016/03 Mediador de pares com homens que têm sexo com homens no CheckpointLX GAT- Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, Portugal
2009/01 - 2010/02 Mediador de pares com homens que têm sexo com homens no BCN Checkpoint BCN Checkpoint-Hispanosida, Spain
2006/07 - 2009/02 Técnico em Sala de Consumo Assistido/Centro de Redução de Danos Creu Roja Catalunya, Spain
2003/03 - 2005/04 Psicólogo (Casa de Saúde do Telhal) Ordem Hospitaleira de São João de Deus, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2012 - 2013 SIALONII: Capacity building in combining targeted prevention with meaningful HIV surveillance among MSM
n/a
Community Reseacher
European Commission Public Health
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2011 - Current The Lisbon MSM Cohort Study: prospective cohort of HIV-negative MSM
n/a
Comissão Executiva
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal

GAT- Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, Portugal
Ongoing
2010 - Current European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS-2010)
n/a
Community Reseacher
Robert Koch-Institut, Germany

Centre d'Estudis Epidemiològics sobre les ITS/HIV/SIDA de Catalunya, Spain

Sistema Epidemiologico Regionale della Regione del Veneto, Italy

Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Concluded
2014 - 2017 Euro HIV EDAT Project - Operational knowledge to improve HIV early diagnosis and treatment among vulnerable groups in Europe
n/a
Community Reseacher
GAT- Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Filipe Oliveira Azevedo; Ana Neto; Ana Gama; Ana Subtil; Ricardo Fuertes; Claúdia Pereira; Joana Tavares; et al. "Problemas ligados ao álcool em centros de emergência (PLACE)—People experiencing homelessness with alcohol-related problems in Lisbon's emergency shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic: a description and analysis of a harm reduction intervention". Frontiers in Psychology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1165322.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1165322
  2. Azevedo, Filipe Oliveira; Neto, Ana; Gama, Ana; Subtil, Ana; Fuertes, Ricardo; Pereira, Claúdia; Tavares, Joana; et al. "Problemas ligados ao álcool em centros de emergência (PLACE)". (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/155429.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1165322
  3. Ricardo Fuertes; Elsa Belo; Cristiana Merendeiro; Adriana Curado; Diana Gautier; Ana Neto; Hannah Taylor. "Lisbon’s COVID 19 response: harm reduction interventions for people who use alcohol and other drugs in emergency shelters". Harm Reduction Journal 18 1 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00463-x.
    10.1186/s12954-021-00463-x
  4. Hoyos J; Maté T; Guerras JM; Donat M; Agustí C; Kuske M; Fuertes R; et al. "Preference towards HIV Self-Testing above Other Testing Options in a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men from Five European Countries.". International journal of environmental research and public health (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33946300.
    10.3390/ijerph18094804
  5. Blondeel K; Dias S; Furegato M; Seuc A; Gama A; Fuertes R; Mendão L; Temmerman M; Toskin I. "Sexual behaviour patterns and STI risk: results of a cluster analysis among men who have sex with men in Portugal.". BMJ open (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33483434.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033290
  6. Tomás Maté; Juan Hoyos; Juan Miguel Guerras; Cristina Agustí; Sophocles Chanos; Matthias Kuske; Ricardo Fuertes; et al. "Potential of HIV Self-Sampling to Increase Testing Frequency Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, and the Role of Online Result Communication: Online Cross-Sectional Study". Journal of Medical Internet Research 22 11 (2020): e21268-e21268. https://doi.org/10.2196/21268.
    10.2196/21268
  7. Guerras JM; Hoyos Miller J; Agustí C; Chanos S; Pichon F; Kuske M; Cigan B; et al. "Association of Sexualized Drug Use Patterns with HIV/STI Transmission Risk in an Internet Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men from Seven European Countries.". Archives of sexual behavior (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32875382.
    10.1007/s10508-020-01801-z
  8. Marcus U; Nöstlinger C; Rosinska M; Sherriff N; Gios L; Dias SF; Gama AF; et al. "Behavioural and demographic correlates of undiagnosed HIV infection in a MSM sample recruited in 13 European cities.". BMC infectious diseases (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30081839.
    10.1186/s12879-018-3249-8
  9. Hoyos J; Maté T; Indave BI; Agustí C; Chanos S; Pichon F; Kuske M; et al. "Knowledge, actual and potential use of HIV self-sampling testing kits among MSM recruited in eight European countries.". HIV medicine (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29488699.
    10.1111/hiv.12593
  10. Marcus U; Schink SB; Sherriff N; Jones AM; Gios L; Folch C; Berglund T; et al. "HIV serostatus knowledge and serostatus disclosure with the most recent anal intercourse partner in a European MSM sample recruited in 13 cities: results from the Sialon-II study.". BMC infectious diseases (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29178847.
    10.1186/s12879-017-2814-x
  11. Mirandola M; Gios L; Sherriff N; Pachankis J; Toskin I; Ferrer L; Dias S; et al. "Socio-demographic Characteristics, Sexual and Test-Seeking Behaviours Amongst Men Who have Sex with Both Men and Women: Results from a Bio-behavioural Survey in 13 European Cities.". AIDS and behavior (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28643241.
    10.1007/s10461-017-1831-5
  12. Perelman J; Rosado R; Amri O; Morel S; Rojas Castro D; Chanos S; Cigan B; et al. "Economic evaluation of HIV testing for men who have sex with men in community-based organizations - results from six European cities.". AIDS care (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28027661.
    10.1080/09540121.2016.1271392
  13. Rocha M; Deniel A; Mereiles P; Fuertes R; Barros H; Bernier A. "Urgent need for demonstration projects in Portugal to produce pre-exposure prophylaxis-related data.". International journal of STD & AIDS (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27566798.
    10.1177/0956462416645245
  14. Lorente N; Fernàndez-López L; Fuertes R; Rojas Castro D; Pichon F; Cigan B; Chanos S; et al. "COBA-Cohort: a prospective cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men, attending community-based HIV testing services in five European countries (a study protocol).". BMJ open (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27412103.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011314
  15. Meireles P; Lucas R; Martins A; Carvalho AC; Fuertes R; Brito J; Campos MJ; Mendão L; Barros H. "The Lisbon Cohort of men who have sex with men.". BMJ open (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25967995.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007220
  16. Meireles P; Lucas R; Carvalho C; Fuertes R; Brito J; Campos MJ; Mendão L; Barros H. "Incident risk factors as predictors of HIV seroconversion in the Lisbon cohort of men who have sex with men: first results, 2011-2014.". Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25884151.
    10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.14.21091
  17. Dias S; Gama A; Fuertes R; Mendão L; Barros H. "Risk-taking behaviours and HIV infection among sex workers in Portugal: results from a cross-sectional survey.". Sexually transmitted infections (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25512671.
    10.1136/sextrans-2014-051697
  18. Rocha LM; Campos MJ; Brito J; Fuertes R; Rojas J; Pinto N; Mendão L; Esteves J. "Acceptability of PrEP among HIV negative Portuguese men who have sex with men that attended 2014 Lisbon pride fair.". Journal of the International AIDS Society (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25397480.
    10.7448/ias.17.4.19734
  19. Carvalho C; Fuertes R; Lucas R; Martins A; Campos MJ; Mendão L; Schmidt AJ; Barros H. "HIV testing among Portuguese men who have sex with men--results from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS).". HIV medicine (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24033897.
    10.1111/hiv.12058
  20. Dias, Sónia; Gama, Ana; Fuertes, Ricardo; Cohen, Gabriela; Rosa, Ricardo; Mendão, Luís. "Utilization of HIV health services by gay men: Access to information, prevention and testing". (2012): https://doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v26i1.265.
    https://doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v26i1.265
  21. Dias,Sónia; Gama,Ana; Fuertes,Ricardo; Cohen,Gabriela; Rosa,Ricardo; Mendão,Luís. "Utilização de serviços de saúde relacionados com a infecção VIH por parte de homens gays: acesso a informação, prevenção e teste". (2012): http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0874-20492012000100007.
  22. Delas J; Adán E; Díaz O; Aguas M; Pons M; Fuertes R. "Smoked cocaine in socially-depressed areas.". Harm reduction journal (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21059272.
    10.1186/1477-7517-7-27

Other

Other output
  1. Potential of HIV Self-Sampling to Increase Testing Frequency Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, and the Role of Online Result Communication: Online Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint). 2020. Tomás Maté; Juan Hoyos; Juan Miguel Guerras; Cristina Agustí; Sophocles Chanos; Matthias Kuske; Ricardo Fuertes; et al. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.21268.
    10.2196/preprints.21268
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023 - 2024 World Hepatitis Summit 2024 (2024 - 2024)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 World Hepatitis Alliance, Switzerland
2021 - 2021 Lisbon Fast Track Cities Conference (2021 - 2021)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, United States

Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - 2017 2nd Hep C Community Summit (2017 - 2017)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2017 - 2021 Lisboa Sem Sida- iniciativa Fast Track Cities- HIV
Member
 Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - 2021 Plano Municipal LGBTI+
Coordinator
 Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - 2021 Comissão de Acompanhamento da Implementação dos Programas de Consumo Vigiado
Member
 Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - 2017 Representante da Coalition Plus no Fórum da Sociedade Civil sobre Drogas
Member
 European Commission, Belgium
2012 - 2014 Membro da Comissão de Acompanhamento do Programa de Troca de Seringas
Member
 Direcção-Geral da Saúde, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2014 - 2014 Manual- Linhas de orientação técnica para a intervenção em redução de riscos e minimização de danos: competências dos interventores. Serviço de Intervenção nos Comportamentos Aditivos e nas Dependências IP, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Evaluation indicators for HIV prevention and people who use drugs. Institut de Recerca en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Spain

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2016/09 Interview- Drug Reporter Drug Reporter