Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Carvalho
- Date of birth
- 1982/04/17
Citation names
- Carvalho, Joana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- C418-C0B5-A998
- Scopus Author Id
- 35361620100
Addresses
- Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro, 3810, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Psychology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
Italian | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | ||
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2011/12/21
Concluded
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PhD in Psychology - Human Sexuality (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2008/07/07
Concluded
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Msc in Clinical Psychology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
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2005/07/20
Concluded
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Licenciatura em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/01/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2020/09/01 - 2022/12/31 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2015/09/01 - 2020/08/31 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024 - Current | President of the General Assembly | Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, Portugal |
Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, Portugal | ||
2024 - Current | Mobility | Erasmus Departmental Coordinator for Psychology | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2024 - Current | Scientific Committe | Doctoral Program in Psychology | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2023 - Current | Director Sexual Behavior and Health Lab (SexBeHealth Lab) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2023 - Current | Integrated Researcher | Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal |
2023 - Current | Course Director - Doctoral Course Sexuality and Sexual Health in the XXI Century | Inter University Centre Dubrovnick, Croatia |
Inter University Centre Dubrovnick, Croatia | ||
2022 - Current | President | Sociedade Portuguesa de Sexologia Clínica, Portugal |
2021/02/01 - 2023/08/10 | Member of the Executive Committe - Center for Psychology of Porto University (CPUP - research center in Psychology) | Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal |
2021/01/01 - 2023/08/10 | Principal Investigator of the Research Group in Human Sexuality (CPUP-Porto University) | Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal |
2021 - 2023/08/10 | Executive Director of the Research Laboratory in Human Sexuality (SexLab) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
2022 - 2022 | Director Msc in Sexology | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2017/09/01 - 2020/08/31 | Vice-director HEI-Lab/Human-Environment Interactions Labs (research center in Psychology) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
2015/09/01 - 2020/08/31 | Director Msc in Forensic Psychology | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2012/01/01 - 2015/08/31 | Postdoctoral researcher | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | Visiting PhD student | Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex Gender and Reproduction, United States |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022 - Current | The prostate cancer journey: a dyadic perspective on sexuality.
SFRH/BD/11670/2022
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2022 - Current | The efficacy of a new sexual violence prevention program with college students: A randomized controlled trial
SFRH/BD/12638/2022
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2022 - Current | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a bystander sexual violence prevention program for secondary school students.
SFRH/BD/11986/2022
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2022 - Current | Asexuality: questions of attraction, arousal and identity maintenance
SFRH/BD/11771/2022
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2018 - 2023 | Mixed methods approach to understanding sexual boredom and its impact on sexual health and well-being.
SFRH/BD/136088/2018
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2015 - 2017 | Psychological intervention in pedophilia: A controlled clinical study on the effectiveness of Schema Focused Therapy.
SFRH/BPD/112059/2015
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010 - 2015 | Sexual aggression in Portugal: characterization of offenders and assessment of the impact of psychosocial factors in determining
aggressive sexual behavior.
SFRH/BD/73032/2010
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2024 - 2026 | INCEPTION LGB - Sexual Arousal in the Unconscious Mind: Exploring Sexually Explicit Stimuli’s Access to Awareness in LGB Population
N/A
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Center for Open Science |
2023 - 2026 | INCEPTION - Unconscious Perception of Sexual Stimuli: Exploring the Early Stages of Human Sexual Response
N/A
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Center for Open Science Templeton World Charity Foundation Inc Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness Ongoing
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2022/01/01 - 2025/06/01 | NEUROPSYCHOSEX - Neuro-psycho-physiological Determinants of Sexual Health
PTDC/PSI-GER/3377/2021
Co-Principal Investigator
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/12/01 - 2025/04/01 | PRIORITY - Prevention to Reduce Incidence of Sexual Abuse by Reaching Individuals Concerned About Their Risk to Young People.
ISFP-AG-101038787
Co-Principal Investigator
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Horizon 2020
Ongoing
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2023 - 2025 | Safe from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Programme
SfSGBV, IPPF-EN, 2021
Researcher
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European Union |
2021/03/01 - 2023/04/30 | SexHealth & ProstateCancer - Biopsychological Determinants of Sexual Health in Men with Prostate Cancer
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000057
Co-Principal Investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal
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Horizon 2020
Concluded
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2018/09/01 - 2022/08/31 | FEMOFFENCE - The myth of innocence: A mixed methods approach toward the understanding of female sexual offending behavior
PTDC/PSI-GER/28097/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | Symbiotic technology for societal efficiency gains: Deus ex Machina
Ref Norte 01-0145-FEDER-000026; Norte-45-2015-02
Researcher
Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal
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Horizon 2020
Concluded
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2011/01/01 - 2014/12/31 | Sexual response to a bogus negative feedback: psychological predictors and neurophysiological correlates.
PTDC/PSI-PCL/117522/2010
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | A clinical trial on the psychological treatment of psychogenic erectile dysfunction: cognitive behavioral therapy versus medical
treatment.
PTDC/PSI-PCL/112207/2009
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 | Women´s and men’s sexual health: a biopsychosocial model
PTDC/PSI/68319/2006
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Manual |
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Activities
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2022 - Current | Member of the Pedagogical Committe of the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology
Member
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2022 - Current | Co-chair of the Scientific Review Committee, International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
Coordinator
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2018 - Current | Member of the Sexology Committee, European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM)
Member
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2022 - 2026 | Member of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Scientific Committee
Member
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2022 - 2026 | Member of the Accreditation Committee, Latin American Federation of Societies of Sexology and Sexual Education (FLASSES)
Member
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2024 - 2025 | Co-chair of the joint International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and the International Society of Sexual Medicine Scientific Committee | |
2018 - 2024 | Senior member of the Guideline Panel for the European Clinical Guidelines in Male Sexual and Reproductive Health, European
Association of Urology (EAU)
Member
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2021 - 2023 | Member of the European Sexual Medicine Network (COST Action CA18124 - EU)
Member
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2021 - 2022 | Chair of the Psychosexual Aspects Scientific Committee, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) | |
2020 - 2022 | Co-chair on the International Consultation and Guidelines Committee, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
Coordinator
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2019 - 2021 | Member of the Psychosexual Aspects and Sexual Orientation Committee, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
Member
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Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2024 - Current | Member of the Scientific Committe - 27th World Congress for Sexual Health | Brisbane |
2023 - Current | Member of the Scientific Commitee - 26th World Congress for Sexual Health | Antalya |
2024 - 2025 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 27th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Vienna |
2024 - 2024 | 8th EFCAP (European Association for Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology and Other Involved Professions) Congress | Azores |
2024 - 2024 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 25th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Bari |
2023 - 2023 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 24st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Rotterdam |
2023 - 2023 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 24th World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine | Dubai |
2023 - 2023 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 26th Congress of the World Association of Sexual Health | Antalya |
2022 - 2022 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 23rd World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine. | Miami |
2021 - 2021 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 25th Congress of the World Association of Sexual Health | South Africa |
2020 - 2020 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 22th World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine | Yokohama, Japan |
2020 - 2020 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 22st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Prague |
2020 - 2020 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 23st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Virtual |
2019 - 2019 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 24th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health | Mexico City |
2019 - 2019 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 21st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Ljubljana |
2018 - 2018 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 14th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology | Albufeira |
2017 - 2017 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 23rd Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health | Prague |
2015 - 2015 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 22nd Congress of the World Association of Sexual Health | Singapur |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023 - Current | Consulting member in the International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM) Leadership Program Taskforce; plan development for the Capstone group project | |
2023 - 2025 | Consulting member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM): 5th international consensus on Sexual Medicine, Committe Psychological and Interpersonal Dimensions of Sexual Function and Dysfunction: A Functional and Pragmatic Approach for the Clinician | |
2023 - 2024 | Invited member of the advisory board for the Horizon 2030 project Scalable Technology for Online Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Materials - STOP-CSAM | |
2022 - 2024 | Consulting member of the UNESCO Chair in Sexual Health and Human Rights; co-criation of the international course MOOC Rights, Sexual Health & EducationS. | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, France |
2014 - 2017 | Consulting member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM): 4th international consensus on Sexual Medicine, Committee 14 - Female Sexual Dysfunction, Medical and Psychological Treatments |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2022 - 2025 | Member of the FWO Review College
Member
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Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen | |
2024 - 2024 | Jury panel member, I&D project applications of the Czech Health Research Council | Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic
Evaluator
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Ministerstvo zdravotnictví Ceské republiky, Czech Republic | |
2022 - 2022 | Jury panel member for I&D project applications -National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki - NCN); Primary NCN Review Panel HS6 - Human nature and human society /H06-001 - General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics. | Narodowe Centrum Nauki | |
2021 - 2021 | Jury panel member for I&D project applications -National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki - NCN); Primary NCN Review Panel HS6 - Human nature and human society/H06-001 - General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics. | Narodowe Centrum Nauki | |
2019 - 2019 | Jury panel member for I&D project applications -National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki - NCN); Primary NCN Review Panel HS6 - Human nature and human society/H06-001 - General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics. | Narodowe Centrum Nauki | |
2017 - 2017 | Jury panel member Research Foundation Flanders / Postdoctoral Grants (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO)
Evaluator
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Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2024 - Current | Sexual Medicine Reviews - Associate Editor (2050-0513) | Oxford University Press |
2023 - Current | International Journal of Sexual Health - Editorial Board Member | Taylor & Francis |
2023 - Current | PLOS Global Public Health - Associate (academic) Editor (2767-3375) | PLOS |
2016 - Current | Journal of Sexual Medicine - Associate Editor (1743-6109) | Oxford University Press |
2021/01/01 - 2024 | SEXES - Editorial Board Member (2411-5118) | MDPI |
2020/09/17 - 2024 | Frontiers in Psychology (Health Psychology Section) - Associate Editor (1664-1078) | Frontiers Media SA |
2021 - 2023 | SEXES - Guest Editor Special Edition: Sexual Relationships, Sexual Behaviors and Gender-Based Violence (2411-5118) | MDPI |
2019 - 2022 | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - Editorial Board Member (1697-2600) | Elsevier |
2019 - 2021 | Frontiers in Psychology - Guest Associate Editor Special Edition: Psychological Dimensions in Human Sexual Health and Behavior (1664-1078) | Frontiers Media SA |
2019 - 2020/09/16 | Frontiers in Psychology (Health Psychology Section) - Editorial Board Member (1664-1078) | Frontiers Media SA |
2017 - 2020 | International Journal of Forensic Medicine Forecast - Editorial Board Member | |
2014 - 2016 | Sexual Medicine Open Access - Survey Board Member (2050-1161) | Elsevier |
Distinctions
Award
2022 | Best poster award (senior author) - Sexual health and prostate cancer: Psychological intervention for sexual well-being and quality of life. Congresso Nacional de Oncosexologia, Coimbra. |
2022 | Sexual Tipping Point Award
The MAP Education & Research Foundation , United States
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2022 | ISSM Special Service Award
International Society of Sexual Medicine , Netherlands
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2021 | AASECT Book Award for Sexuality Professionals
American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, United States
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2017 | Top Ten Best Communications (co-author) - Brain dynamics of the inhibition of genital response in psychogenic erectile dysfunction. 23th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health. |
2013 | Best Paper Award (first author) - Psychological moderators characterizing the relationship between PGA severity and distress to PGA symptoms. 21st Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health. |
2010 | Best Paper Award (first author) - How do Emotional and Relationship Factors Determine Sexual Desire According to Gender? 10th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology |
Other distinction
2024 | Selection by the Portuguese Business Magazine as representative of female leadership under the role of president of the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology |
2024 | Scientist with greatest influence and impact in 2023, list published by Stanford University | Elsevier Scopus
Stanford University, United States
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2023 | The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Honorable Mention, A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of treatments for vulvodynia - Senior author of the communication |
2022 | Ambassador nomination for the XXI Latin American Congress of Sexology and Sex Education (commemoration of the Sexual Rights promulgated at the World Congress of Sexology in 1977). |
2022 | Front Page nominated scientific article doi.org/10.3390/sexes3030026 - SEXES (senior/corresponding author) |
2016 | Best JSM Reviewer of 2016 (Journal of Sexual Medicine). |
2013 | Successful candidate in the European Union selection cast EPSO/CAST/S/5/2013 Researcher (FG IV). |
2010 | Two papers (first author DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01568.x; DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01716.x ) selected for the Top 45 Most Influence Papers in the History of Female Sexuality (special edition Journal of Sexual Medicine). |