Cristina Mendes Santos (D211-A545-54FC)

Curriculum Vitae

Cristina Mendes Santos

Cristina Mendes Santos, MSc, Ph.D., is a Senior Researcher at Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS in the Human-Centred Design department and an Invited Assistant Professor in the Master of Medicine of Universidade Fernando Pessoa. She has a licentiate degree in Clinical Psychology, an MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology, a Postgraduate degree in Health Management, and a Ph.D. in Dynamics of Health and Welfare. Cristina has international work and research experience in Portugal, Angola, and Sweden. She has prior clinical experience within Psycho-oncology and a strong track record in oncology clinical trials research coordination. Cristina was also the Head of the Communications and Sustainability office of an extensive healthcare network in Angola, an experience that strongly shaped her research. Cristina's research is transdisciplinary, combining psychological, health, economic, and computer sciences. As she believes evidence-based digital programs are key to providing equitable mental healthcare and strengthening healthcare systems worldwide; her work has focused on Digital Mental Health. She has studied internet interventions' development, acceptance, efficacy, and implementation to improve cancer survivors' psychosocial outcomes using a user-centered design approach and mixed methods. Cristina has successfully applied for an Erasmus Mundus grant and an FCT Ph.D. Studentship to finance this work, being ranked first nationally in the latter. She also received three other awards and honors. Cristina has published 13 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, three conference papers, two theses, one book chapter, one professional manual, and one newspaper article. She has also presented five posters, 21 oral communications, and one demo at conferences. Cristina has also served as a co-guest editor of the Special Issue "Advances in E-mental Health" by IJERPH and Healthcare and is acting as co-guest editor of the "Digital Phenotyping: From Design to Implementation" special issue by Frontiers in Digital Health. Cristina has a record as a PI, CO-PI, researcher, and clinical research coordinator in private and public-funded projects. She is the PI of projects AUTONOMOUS and iNNOVSensing, and was the CO-PI of project Anathema - Technology for ageless sexual health. Moreover, she is currently a researcher in projects PROTECT (PTDC/SAU-DES/7945/2020), CONNECTED HEALTH (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046858), and SiCiSalus. Cristina was also a clinical research coordinator in 17 clinical trials targeting cancer patients. Cristina has been collaborating as a lecturer in masters and advanced training programs. Currently, she is the co-supervisor of a Ph.D. student in the field of Digital Mental Health and is the main supervisor of a Ph.D. Internship focusing on user-research methods to be applied in internet interventions. In the past, she has tutored one MSc student and a Clinical Psychology trainee. The keywords for her work are e-health, Digital Health; Digital Mental Health, Internet Interventions; Oncology; Public Health; and Breast Cancer.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Cristina Mendes Santos

Citation names

Mendes-Santos, Cristina
Santos, Cristina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: D211-A545-54FC
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1437-9157

Email addresses

cristina.santos@fraunhofer.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research - AICOS. R. Alfredo Allen 455, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

linkedin.com/in/cristina-mendes-santos-90553b13 (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology
Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/09 - 2021/12/07 Concluded	Erasmus Mundus PHOENIX EM Joint Doctoral Program on Dynamics of Health and Welfare (Doctor of Philosophy) Major in Dynamics of Health and Welfare Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal Linköpings universitet, Sweden "Developing Internet Interventions to Improve Psychosocial Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors: Attitudes and practices in Portuguese cancer settings" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Pass (out of Pass or Fail)
2010 - 2011 Concluded	Health Management (Pós-Graduação) Major in Health Management Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal	Good
2008 - 2010 Concluded	MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology (Mestrado) Major in MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal "Avaliação da qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde em doentes portadores de carcinoma colo-rectal (TN: Quality of Life Assessment in patients with colorectal carcinoma: Preliminary validation study of QLQCR-29)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	A
2003/09 - 2008/07/10 Concluded	Clinical Psychology (Licenciatura) Major in Clinical psychology Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal	A

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/01/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal

2021/01/01 - 2021/12/31	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal

2020/07/06 - 2020/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal

2016/10/01 - 2020/07/05	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014 - 2016	Head of Communications and Sustainability Office	Clínica Sagrada Esperança group (Health Network), Angola

2013 - 2014	Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors	Clínica Sagrada Esperança group (Health Network), Angola

2009 - 2013	Clinical Psychologist	Hospital Privado Da Boa Nova, Portugal

2009 - 2013	Clinical Research Coordinator	Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/01/01 - Current	iNNOV Sensing: a pilot cognitive-behavioral internet intervention to detect, treat, and monitor anxiety and depression in breast cancer survivors based on multimodal active and passive sensing data 2022.15591.CMU Principal investigator Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing
2023/06/01 - Current	AUTONOMOUS - An intelligent UbiquiTOus solutioN fOr MultimOdal daily living procedUreS tracking in people with dementia AUTONOMOUS Principal investigator Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2021/12/07	SELF-CARE PROGRAMS IN ONCOLOGY: Developing internet interventions to improve psychosocial outcomes in breast cancer survivors: attitudes and practices in Portuguese cancer settings 2020.09045.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal Linköpings universitet, Sweden	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2016/10/01 - 2020/07/05	SELF-CARE PROGRAMS IN ONCOLOGY: Developing internet interventions to improve psychosocial outcomes in breast cancer survivors: attitudes and practices in Portuguese cancer settings NCT03275727 PhD Student Fellow Linköpings universitet, Sweden Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal	European Union Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2022/06/15 - Current	Sintonizar as Ciências da Saúde na Lusofonia (SiCiSaLus) (TN: Tuning Health Sciences in Lusophony (SiCiSaLus)) SiCiSalus Researcher	Rede Académica das Ciências da Saúde da Lusofonia (RACS) Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current	CONNECTED HEALTH: End-to-end solution for smart health management POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046858 Researcher Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2024/12/31	PROTECT - Prehabilitation to enhance cancer treatment in patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction and the stomach PTDC/SAU-DES/7945/2020 10.54499/PTDC/SAU-DES/7945/2020 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/04/01 - 2023/12/31	Anathema - Technology for ageless sexual health aal-2020-7-133-CP Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2023/06/30	Augmented Humanity POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046103 Researcher Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2020/03/31	Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (Tn: Research Center in Public Health) UID/Multi/04562/2019 Researcher Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012 - 2013	A Study of Pertuzumab in Combination With Trastuzumab (Herceptin) and a Taxane in First-Line Treatment in Participants With Human Epidermal Growth Factor 2 (HER2)-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer (PERUSE) NCT01572038 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	F Hoffmann-La Roche AG Concluded
2012 - 2013	A Safety and Tolerability Study of Assisted and Self-Administered Subcutaneous (SC) Herceptin (Trastuzumab) as Adjuvant Therapy in Early Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-Positive Breast Cancer (SafeHER) NCT01566721 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	F Hoffmann-La Roche AG Concluded
2012 - 2013	A Phase II Trial of Ridaforolimus and Exemestane, Compared to Ridaforolimus, Dalotuzumab and Exemestane in Participants With Breast Cancer (MK-8669-064) NCT01605396 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. Concluded
2010 - 2013	A Study of Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1) Plus Pertuzumab/Pertuzumab Placebo Versus Trastuzumab [Herceptin] Plus a Taxane in Participants With Metastatic Breast Cancer (MARIANNE) NCT01120184 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	F Hoffmann-La Roche AG Concluded
2010 - 2013	Study of Denosumab as Adjuvant Treatment for Women With High Risk Early Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Therapy (D-CARE) NCT01077154 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	Amgen Biofarmaceutica Lda Concluded
2010 - 2013	LUX-Breast 1: BIBW 2992 (Afatinib) in HER2-positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients After One Prior Herceptin Treatment NCT01125566 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH Concluded
2010 - 2013	A Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of an Aromatase Inhibitor in Combination With Lapatinib, Trastuzumab or Both for the Treatment of Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer NCT01160211 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	Novartis Pharmaceuticals Concluded
2009 - 2013	Microarray In Node-negative and 1 to 3 positive lymph node Disease may avoid ChemoTherapy:A prospective, randomized study comparing the 70-gene signature with the common clinical-pathological criteria in selecting patients for adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer with 0 to3 positive nodes(MINDACT) NCT00433589 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC Ongoing
2009 - 2013	An Open-Label Expanded Access Study of Lapatinib and Capecitabine Therapy in Subjects with ErbB2 Overexpressing Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer EGF103659 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	Glaxo SmithKline Research and Development Limited Concluded
2009 - 2013	A Study of Vinflunine Plus Gemcitabine Versus Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer (VICTORIA) NCT02054338 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	Pierre Fabre Medicament Castres Chartreuse Concluded
2009 - 2013	A Study of Trastuzumab Emtansine Versus Capecitabine + Lapatinib in Participants With HER2-positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer (EMILIA) NCT00829166 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	F Hoffmann-La Roche AG Concluded
2009 - 2013	BETH Study: Treatment of HER2 Positive Breast Cancer With Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab vs Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab Plus Bevacizumab (BETH) NCT00625898 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	F Hoffmann-La Roche AG Concluded
2011 - 2012	QUILT-2.014: Gemcitabine and AMG 479 in Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas (GAMMA) NCT01231347 Other Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto, FG, Portugal	NantCell, Inc. Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Elisabete Valério; Maria de Lurdes Carvalho; Magú Hilário; Sónia Castro; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Maria José Pereira; Lúcio Lara Santos. "Cuidados de Enfermagem e Apoio Psicológico ao doente com cancro da mama (TN: Nursing care and psychological support for breast cancer patients))". In Cancro da Mama – O que devemos saber?, edited by Lúcio Lara Santos; Basílio Lopes. Porto, Portugal: LIDEL, 2014. Published
Conference paper	Ana Correia de Barros; Couto da Silva, Joana; Nora Ramadani; Mendes-Santos, Cristina. "Towards the inclusive design of a digital sexual health promotion programme". Paper presented in INCLUDE 2022. 11th Inclusive Design Conference Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Royal College of Art/ London, UK, London, 2022. Published Jorge Ribeiro; Cristina Santos; Elsa Oliveira; Ricardo Melo. "Designing a Worker Companion - Design Implications from On-Site and Remote Participatory Design in the Context of Industry 4.0". 2022. 10.1007/978-3-031-05544-7_31 Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Maria João Costa; Susana Martinho; Vera Almeida. "Intervenção Psicológica em Doentes Fibromiálgicos. (TN: Psychological intervention with Fibromyalgia patients). Actas do II Congresso Família, Saúde e Doença: Braga, Universidade do Minho.". Paper presented in II Congresso Família, Saúde e Doença, Braga, 2007.
Conference poster	Ferreira, Diana; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Ana Quinta Gomes. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Diana. "Uma intervenção mediada pela internet para promoção da saúde sexual em sobreviventes de cancro da mama (AFECTUS): Protocolo de Investigação; TN: An internet intervention to promote the sexual health of breast cancer survivors (AFECTUS): Research Protocol))". Paper presented in 2º Congresso Nacional de OncoSexologia, 2024. Quinta-Gomes, Ana Luísa; Nóbrega, Catarina; Carneiro, Bruna; Vasconcelos, Priscila; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Couto, Joana; Nobre, Pedro J; Barros, Ana Correia. "Promoção da Saúde Sexual em Sobreviventes de Cancro Colorretal: Estudo Piloto Randomizado Controlado [Promotion of Sexual Health in Colorectal Cancer Survivors: Randomized Controlled Pilot Study]". Paper presented in 2º Congresso Nacional OncoSexologia [2nd National Congress of OncoSexology], 2024. Ferreira, Diana; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Quinta Gomes, Ana Luísa. "Ferreira, D., Mendes-Santos, C., & Quinta-Gomes, A.L. (2024). Intervenção mediada pela internet para melhoria promoção da saúde sexual em sobreviventes de cancro da mama (Afectus): protocolo de investigação.". Paper presented in 2º Congresso Nacional de Oncosexologia. Porto, Portugal., 2024. Quinta-Gomes, Ana Luísa; Nóbrega, Catarina A.; Carneiro, Bruna; Vasconcelos, Priscila; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Pereira, Raquel; Couto, Joana; Nobre, Pedro J; Barros, Ana Correia. "Anathema: Pilot study to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of a digital intervention to promote sexual health in colorectal cancer survivors". Paper presented in 24th World Meeting on Sexual Medicine ISSM/MESSM, 2023. Quinta-Gomes, Ana Luísa; Carneiro, Bruna; Nóbrega, Catarina; Vasconcelos, Priscila; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Pereira, Raquel; Couto, Joana; Nobre, Pedro J; Barros, Ana Correia. "Estudo piloto para avaliação da aceitabilidade, exequibilidade e eficácia preliminar de um programa de intervenção para a promoção da saúde sexual de sobreviventes de cancro colorretal [Pilot study to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of an intervention program for promoting the sexual health of colorectal cancer survivors]". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Sexologia [National Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Sexology], 2023. Ana Filipa Dias Oliveira; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Ana Vasconcelos; Ana Carla Seabra Torres Pires; Isabel Maria Barbas dos Santos. "CanCOG - A Web-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program for Cancer Survivors: Development and Usability Evaluation". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2023, 2023. Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Nora Ramadani; Raquel Pereira; Priscila Vasconcelos; Quinta Gomes, Ana Luísa; Nobre, Pedro; Couto da Silva, Joana; Ana Correia de Barros. Corresponding author: Mendes-Santos, Cristina. "Older adults' acceptability of smartphone-based sexual health promotion programs". Paper presented in 11th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII), 2022. Mendes-Santos, Cristina. "Developing smartphone-delivered sexual health promotion programs targeting older adults: insights from user research". 2022. Mendes-Santos, Cristina. "Adults' acceptability of smartphone-based sexual health promotion programs". 11th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII). Pittsburgh. https://isrii.org/11th-isrii-scientific-meeting/ Internacional". Paper presented in 11th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII). Pittsburgh. https://isrii.org/11th-isrii-scientific-meeting/ Internacional, 2022. Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Nunes, Francisco; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Santana, Rui; Andersson, Gerhard. "Mapping mental health professionals journey along the Digital Mental Health intervention process: a qualitative study"". Paper presented in EPA Virtual 2021 – 29th European Congress of Psychiatry, 2021. Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Elisabete Weiderpass; Rui Santana; Gerhard Andersson. "A guided internet-delivered individually-tailored ACT-influenced cognitive behavioural intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes in breast cancer survivors (iNNOVBC): Study protocol. ISRII 9th Scientific Meeting: Making e/mHealth Impactful in Peoples Lives, Berlin, Germany". Paper presented in ISRII 9th Scientific Meeting, 2017. JP Silva; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; M Dinis-Ribeiro; A. Sousa; Lúcio Lara Santos. "QLQCR-29 Portuguese version: evaluation in 500 patients with colorectal cancer. ASCO Meeting Library". Paper presented in 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2011.
Journal article	Correia de Barros, Ana; Bergmans, Mariëtte; Hasanaj, Kreshnik; Krasniqi, Drianë; Nóbrega, Catarina; Carvalho Carneiro, Bruna; Vasconcelos, Priscila A; et al. "Evaluating the User Experience of a Smartphone-Delivered Sexual Health Promotion Program for Older Adults in the Netherlands: Single-Arm Pilot Study". JMIR Human Factors 11 (2024): e56206. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/56206. 10.2196/56206 Andreia Geraldo; Artemisa Rocha Dores; Cristina Mendes-Santos; Fernando Barbosa. "Guidelines for the Provision of Remote Psychological Services". European Psychologist (2024): https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000523. 10.1027/1016-9040/a000523 Geraldo, Andreia; Dores, Artemisa Rocha; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Barbosa, Fernando. Corresponding author: Geraldo, Andreia. "Guidelines for the provision of remote psychological services: A scoping review.". European Psychologist (2023): Under revision Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Nóbrega, Catarina; Quinta-Gomes, Ana Luísa; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Santana, Rui; Andersson, Gerhard. "Validation of the Portuguese version of the supportive care needs survey short-form questionnaire (SCNS-SF34-Pt) and the breast cancer supplementary module (SCNS-BR8-Pt)". Journal of Psychosocial Oncology (2023): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2023.2282015. Published • 10.1080/07347332.2023.2282015 Cristina Mendes-Santos; Teresa Campos; Diana Ferreira; Elisabete Weiderpass; Rui Santana; Gerhard Andersson. "Breast Cancer Survivors´ Attitudes toward eMental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study". Healthcare (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11131920. Published • 10.3390/healthcare11131920 Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Quinta Gomes, Ana Luísa; Raquel Pereira; Priscila Vasconcelos; Pedro Nobre; Couto da Silva, Joana; Ana Correia de Barros. "A Smartphone-delivered program to promote the Sexual Health of Older adults', Colorectal Cancer, and Stroke Survivors' (Anathema): Protocol for a Feasibility Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols.". JMIR Research Protocols (2023): Open access • Published Cristina Mendes-Santos; Francisco Nunes; Elisabete Weiderpass; Rui Santana; Gerhard Andersson. "Development and Evaluation of the Usefulness, Usability, and Feasibility of iNNOV Breast Cancer: Mixed Methods Study". JMIR Cancer (2022): https://doi.org/10.2196/33550. 10.2196/33550 Pinto, Carvalho Cristina; Filipe Pereira; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Fatima Teixeira; Moreira-Gonçalves, Daniel; Lúcio Lara Santos. "PATIENT-REPORTED EXPERIENCE IN COLORECTAL CANCER CONTINUUM OF CARE. HOW TO TRANSLATE THEM IN A HELPING PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILY?". Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia 52 (2022): 1-10. https://revista.spcir.com/index.php/spcir/issue/view/53. Open access • Published Quinta-Gomes, Ana Luisa; Vasconcelos, Priscila A.; Pereira, Raquel; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Nobre, Pedro J.. "Using Technology for Promoting Sexual Health in Older Adults, Colorectal Cancer and Stroke Survivors". International Journal of Sexual Health (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55032326/. Soares, Patrícia; Leite, Andreia; Esteves, Sara; Gama, Ana; Laires, Pedro Almeida; Moniz, Marta; Pedro, Ana Rita; et al. "Factors Associated with the Patients' Decision to Avoid Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 24 (2021): 13239. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413239. 10.3390/ijerph182413239 Cristina Mendes-Santos; Francisco Nunes; Elisabete Weiderpass; Rui Santana; Gerhard Andersson. "Understanding mental health professionals perspectives and practices regarding the implementation of Digital Mental Health: a qualitative study". JMIR Formative Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.2196/32558. In press • 10.2196/32558 Moreira-Gonçalves, Daniel; Antero do Vale Fernandes; Clara Daher Mota; João Antunes; Carina Cannapele; Pedro C. Martins; Fátima Santos; et al. "A HOME-BASED PREHABILITATION PROGRAM, DELIVERED THROUGH AN INTERNET-BASED PLATFORM, IN PATIENTS WITH LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION AND STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA, UNDERGOING PERIOPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY: PROTOCOL FOR A FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY". Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia 51 (2021): 125-136. https://doi.org/10.34635/rpc.938. Published Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Andersson, Gerhard; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Santana, Rui. "Mitigating COVID-19 Impact on the Portuguese Population Mental Health: The Opportunity That Lies in Digital Mental Health". Frontiers in Public Health 8 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.553345. 10.3389/fpubh.2020.553345 Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Santana, Rui; Andersson, Gerhard. "Portuguese Psychologists' Attitudes Toward Internet Interventions: Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study". JMIR Mental Health 7 4 (2020): e16817. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16817. 10.2196/16817 Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Santana, Rui; Andersson, Gerhard. "A guided internet-delivered individually-tailored ACT-influenced cognitive behavioural intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes in breast cancer survivors (iNNOVBC): Study protocol". Internet Interventions 17 (2019): 100236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2019.01.004. 10.1016/j.invent.2019.01.004 Fernando Miguel; Lygia Vieira Lopes; Eduardo Ferreira; Emília Ribas; Alexis Fuentes Pelaez; Conceição Leal; Teresina Amaro; et al. "Breast cancer in Angola, molecular subtypes: a first glance". ecancermedicalscience (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2017.763. 10.3332/ecancer.2017.763 Ana Vaz da Conceição; Dora Bernardo; Lygia Vieira Lopes; Fernando Miguel; Fernanda Bessa; Fernando Monteiro; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; Blasques Oliveira; Lúcio Lara Santos. "Oncology pharmacy units: a safety policy for handling hazardous drugs and related waste in low- and middle-income African countries-Angolan experience.". Ecancermedicalscience (2015): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557873. 10.3332/ecancer.2015.575. eCollection 2015. Miguel, F.; Conceição, A.V.; Lopes, L.V.; Bernardo, D.; Monteiro, F.; Bessa, F.; Santos, C.; Oliveira, J.B.; Santos, L.L.. "Establishing of cancer units in low or middle income African countries: Angolan experience - A preliminary report". Pan African Medical Journal 19 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84913529619&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.291.5320
Manual	Renato Gomes Carvalho; Ana Dias Fonseca; Dores, Artemisa Rocha; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; João Baptista; João Salgado; Marlene Sousa. LINHAS DE ORIENTAÇÃO PARA A PRÁTICA PROFISSIONAL DA ORDEM DOS PSICÓLOGOS PORTUGUESES: PRESTAÇÃO DE SERVIÇOS DE PSICOLOGIA MEDIADOS POR TECNOLOGIAS DA INFORMAÇÃO E DA COMUNICAÇÃO (TIC) (TN: Portuguese Psychologists Association Guidelines for the provision of technology-enabled Psychology services). Portugal: Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses. 2020. Published
Newspaper article	Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes; Carla Nunes; João Sarmento; Mendes-Santos, Cristina; João M. Rocha. "Cuidados de saúde primários na era digital (TN: Primary healthcare in the digital era)", Público, 2020, https://www.publico.pt/2020/05/12/opiniao/opiniao/cuidados-saude-primarios-digital-1916089.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Developing Internet Interventions to Improve Psychosocial Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors: Attitudes and practices in Portuguese cancer settings". PhD, Linköpings universitet, 2021. http://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1609316&dswid=1354. Mendes-Santos, Cristina. "Avaliação da Qualidade de Vida nos doentes portadores de carcinoma colo-rectal: Estudo preliminar de validação da versão portuguesa do módulo de avaliação da qualidade de vida relacionada com a saúde específico para doentes portadores de carcinoma colo-rectal da EORTC (QLQCR-29). (TN: Quality of Life Assessment in patients with colorectal carcinoma: Preliminary validation study of QLQCR-29))". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, 2010.

Other

Other output

Co-guest editor of the Special Issue "Digital Phenotyping: From Design to Implementation" by Frontiers in Digital Health. 2023. Mendes-Santos, Cristina.
Anathema - Technology for ageless sexual health demonstration. 2022. Couto da Silva, Joana; Maya Lie; Kreshnik Hasanaj; Miradije Zeqiri; Nora Ramadani; Raquel Pereira; Priscila Vasconcelos; et al.
Co-guest editor of the Special Issue "Advances in E-mental Health" by IJERPH and Healthcare. 2022. Dores, Artemisa Rocha; Mendes-Santos, Cristina. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/advances_emental_health#editors.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/09	A smartphone-delivered program to promote the Sexual Health of Colorectal Cancer Survivors (Anathema): Lessons learned from conducting a feasibility pilot randomized controlled trial	IPOS 2023 WORLD CONGRESS IPOS (Milan, Italy)
2023/09	Breast cancer survivors' unmet supportive care needs : psychometric assessment of the Portuguese version of the Supportive Care Needs Survey Short-Form (SCNS-SF34) and the breast cancer module (SCNS-BR8)	IPOS 2023 WORLD CONGRESS IPOS (Milan, Italy)
2023/04/01	Is Psychology the same?	IV Congresso Internacional CINEICC CINEICC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/04/01	Performing neuropsychological remote assessments with seniors: challenges and strategies.	IV Congresso Internacional CINEICC CINEICC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/09	Developing smartphone-delivered sexual health promotion programs targeting older adults: insights from user research	5º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugues Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugues (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/09	Revisão integrativa das linhas orientadoras para a prestação de serviços de psicologia mediados por tecnologias digitais (TN: Scoping review of professional guidelines for the provision of Psychology services mediated by digital technologies)	5º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/06	Digital Mental Health: Challenges and opportunities posed by the COVID-19 pandemics (TN: Saúde Mental Digital: Desafios e oportunidades impostos pela pandemia de COVID-19)	XI Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia. Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia (Vila Real, Portugal)
2022/04/01	How can Digital Mental Health strengthen the Portuguese Mental Health System amidst and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic?	Tec2Med 2022 Tec2Med 2022 (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/12/02	Transição digital - Novas tecnologias aplicadas à Psicologia: novos mercados de trabalho. (TN: Digital transition - New technologies applied to Psychology, new job markets.)	Psicarreiras On.Summit 2021 Portuguese Psychologists Association (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/09	Usefulness, usability and feasibility of iNNOV Breast Cancer (iNNOVBC): a mixed-methods study	WAS 2021 WAS (South Africa)
2021/09	Mapping mental health professionals' journey along the Digital Mental Health intervention process: a qualitative study	EHMA EHMA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/09	Breast cancer patients' attitudes toward Digital Mental Health	EHMA EHMA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/12/10	To be or not to be digital? - Participation in virtual roundtable.	Webinar VirtualHealthcare VirtualHealthcare (Porto)
2020/10/14	Telepsicologia. Ética e Deontologia na Telemedicina e Telepsicologia. (TN: Telepsychology. Ethics and Deontology in Telemedicine and Telepsychology.)	Unicare Summit. UNICARE (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/09/28	Tecnologias, saúde e bem-estar psicológico (TN: Technologies, health and psychological well-being) - Participation in virtual roundtable.	Webinar Delegação Regional da Madeira da Ordem dos Psicólogos Delegação Regional da Madeira da Ordem dos Psicólogos (Madeira)
2019/11/18	Sobrevivência: que desafios? (TN: Survivorship: what challenges?)	Cancro, muito para além da doença. Associação Mais Esposende (Esposende)
2019/09/06	Mendes-Santos, C., Weiderpass, E., Santana, R., & Andersson, G. (2019). Portrait of Portuguese psychologists attitudes toward and frequency of use of internet-delivered interventions: an exploratory cross-sectional study. ESRII 6th Scientific Meeting, Copenhagen.	ESRII 6th Scientific Meeting European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (esrii) (Copenhaga, Denmark)
2017/11/17	Mendes-Santos, C., Weiderpass, E., Santana, R., & Andersson, G. (2017). PROGRAMAS DE AUTO-CUIDADO EM ONCOLOGIA: uma intervenção psicológica baseada na internet, personalizada, guiada e fundamentada em princípios das Terapias cognitivo-comportamentais e de Aceitação e Compromisso (ACT), para melhoria de indicadores psicossociais em sobreviventes de cancro da mama - Projeto INNOV Cancro da Mama. XIII Congresso Nacional de Psico-oncologia: A Psico-oncologia na reabilitação oncológica, Lisboa Portugal	XIII Congresso Nacional de Psico-oncologia: A Psico-oncologia na reabilitação oncológica Academia Portuguesa de Psico-Oncologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/10/13	Mendes-Santos, C., Weiderpass, E., Santana, R., & Andersson, G. (2017). A guided internet-delivered individually-tailored ACT-influenced cognitive behavioural intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes in breast cancer survivors (iNNOVBC): Study protocol. ISRII 9th Scientific Meeting: Making e/mHealth Impactful in People’s Lives, Berlin, Germany (Poster presentation).	ISRII 9th Scientific Meeting International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) (Berlim, Germany)
2008	Mendes-Santos, C. (2008). Proposta de uma intervenção psicológica em grupo na fibromialgia. (TN: Group psychological intervention for Fibromyalgia patients): 7º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde, Porto, Portugal (Oral presentation).	7º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde (Porto, Portugal)
2007	Mendes-Santos, C. (2007). Aplicação prática de uma intervenção psicológica em doentes fibromiálgicos. (TN: Psychological intervention for Fibromyalgia patients case study): Braga, II Congresso Família, Saúde e Doença.	II Congresso Família, Saúde e Doença. Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022 - Current	The International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII)
2016 - Current	The European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII)
2009/12 - Current	Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2018 - 2020	Portuguese Psychologists' Association (OPP) Working Group on Psychology and eHealth	Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current	Lectures on the topics of Digital Health, Telemedicine and remote healthcare, and New technologies in the doctor-patient relationship in the subject of Fundamentals of Medical Sciences I	Master in Medicine	Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2024/03/02 - 2024/03/02	Lecture focusing on the topic of Pre-habilitation in the surgical oncology patients: Digital platforms and pre-habilitation	(Outros)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
2022/10 - 2022/10	Lecture on Telemedicine	Oncology Pharmacy (Pós-Graduação)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/10 - 2022/10	Lecture on User Research methods in User-centered design: Longitudinal Studies and Implementation issues	Design of Health Technologies (Especialização pós-licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/05/13 - 2021/05/13	Lecture on Telemedicina: uma nova forma de apoio (TN: Telemedicine: a new form of support)	Pós-Graduação em Cirurgia Oncológica/Postgraduate Diploma in Oncological Surgery (Pós-Graduação)	Escola Portuguesa de Oncologia do Porto (EPOP), Portugal
2019/05/08 - 2019/05/08	Lecture on eMental Health: Intervenções psicológicas mediadas por tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) - Open Class	Psicologia da Saúde e do Lazer (Outros)	Escola Superior de Saúde Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Lecture on Investigational Site Management	Training Course in Pharmaceutical Medicine (Pós-Graduação)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Lecture on Cancer prevention. Psycho-oncology training course. Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro. Núcleo Regional do Norte.	Psycho-oncology (Outros)	Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro – Núcleo Regional do Norte., Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2022/12 - Current	PhD internship focusing on user research methods applied to internet interventions targeting cancer survivors (Internship supervisor))	Ana Oliveira
2022/11 - Current	PhD thesis focusing on the development and validation of a sexual health CBT internet intervention targeting breast cancer survivors (co-supervisor))	Diana Ferreira
2023/08/01 - 2023/12/31	User Research	Inês Mesquita da Silva
2022/10 - 2023/07	MSc thesis on the Design and validation of an interface for the self-report and management of the mental health of industry 4.0 shop floor workers (co-supervisor)	Inês Mesquita da Silva
2021/05/01 - 2022/04/30	Portuguese Psychologists Association Clinical and Health Psychology Traineeship focusing on the setup of a technology-enabled Psychology clinic (main supervisor)	Ana Luísa Alves

Distinctions

Award

2023	Longitude Prize on Dementia Discovery Award
2022	Best Poster Award at ISRII 11: "Older adults' acceptability of smartphone-based sexual health promotion programs"
2008	Award of Excelence - Clinical Psychology Top Student Award (Class of 2003-2008)

Other distinction

2011	Award of Excellence Top enrolling study team in Portugal during 2nd and 4th quarter of 2011 in D-CARE Study