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Ana Ganho Ávila (female) is currently a doctorate researcher at CINEICC, a certified psychotherapist by the Portuguese Society of Constructivist Psychotherapy and certified psychologist with expertise in Clinical and Health Psychology and Psychotherapy by the Portuguese College of Psychology. Between 2002 and 2007, Ana has worked for the Ministry of Health as a psychologist and counselor for HIV/AIDS, setting up the national network of HIV counseling services and as Junior Project Manager/Consultant for the Regional Funding Program for HIV Prevention. Between 2007 and 2011, Ana was the Director of the Shelter for Women and Children at the Charity Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra. In 2011 she was awarded with a Ph.D. scholarship in Basic Psychology to conduct her studies on the neuropsychophysiological correlates of anxiety at the Neuropsychophygiology Lab of the School of Psychology of the University of Minho, advised by Professor Óscar Filipe Gonçalves. Back to Coimbra in 2013, she continued her Ph.D. studies co-advised by Professor Jorge Almeida at the Proaction Lab (Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention [CINEICC] at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra (FPCE-UC). At the Proaction Lab, Ana started conducted her postdoctoral work between 2016-2019, as the PI of the I&D project PTDC/MHC-PAP/5618/2014 and studying the neuronal correlates of mood and anxiety and the clinical applicability of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS). In 2018, Ana Ganho Ávila's team was awarded with new fundings for research in translational neuroscience using NIBS and Virtual Reality by BIAL Foundation. Additionally, in 2018, her research focus shifted to the applicability of NIBS in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and she coordinated the international consortia for funding to European calls including one two-stage proposal to Horizon 2020 (SEP-210653171; Score: 12.5/15) and a COST Action (CA18138- Riseup-PPD - Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder [PPD]) retained for funding [2019-2023] and of which she was the Chair and Grant Holder Scientific Representative. In 2019, she was awarded the Young Researcher Support (3rd Edition 2019 Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus) to conduct her studies focusing home-based tDCS in PPD (2020.02059.CEECIND; starting date: Oct 2021) and since 2020, Ana is a contracted doctoral researcher in CINEICC. Ana is certified in Clinical Trials by Harvard Medical School, certified in Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation by the City College of New York and certified in clinical applications of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Since 2018, Ana is a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Annual Conference in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry. Currently, Ana is the Secretary of the Committee of the European Society for Brain Stimulation (ESBS) and the Vice-president of the Neuromodulation Section of the Portuguese Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Acknowledged as an expert in the field of applied NIBS, Ana has been invited to co-author international consensus papers (e.g. Baeken et al., 2019; LOTES 2023 [updating LOTES 2017] and chapters (e.g. Ganho-Ávila et al., 2022), and has published her work as first and co-author in several international peer-reviewed journals. In academia, in the past years, she taught several courses of the Master Program at FPCE-UC, related to basic, social, affective and clinical neuroscience, motivation and emotion, was invited lecturer abroad (e.g. Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil), offers practice training in NIBS to clinicians and supervises masters and PhD thesis in clinical applications of NIBS and the neuro-correlates of parenthood.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ANA GANHO ÁVILA COSTA
Date of birth
1977/07/24
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Ganho-Ávila, A.
  • Ana Ganho
  • Ana Ganho-Avila

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F414-536B-9207
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5355-6166
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yVJt5GIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scopus Author Id
57201857667

Email addresses

  • ganhoavila@fpce.uc.pt (Professional)
  • anaganho@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra. Rua do Colégio Novo, 3000-115, COIMBRA, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology - Psychology
  • Social Sciences - Psychology - Psychology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/06/15 - 2024/06/19
Concluded
Certification in Internal Family Systems Therapy (Level 3) (Postgraduate Certificate)
International Family Systems Institute, United States
2022
Concluded
Certification in Internal Family Systems Therapy (Level 2) (Outros)
IFS Institute, United States
2021
Concluded
Co-Organised Training School in The combination of TMS/tDCS with MR imaging (Ghent, Belgium) (Outros)
COST Action CA18138 - Riseup-PPD, Belgium
2021
Concluded
Neurofeedback Startup [15h] (Outros)
MediBrain, Portugal
2021
Concluded
Training School in Evidence-based Interventions in Peripartum Depression (Outros)
COST Action CA18138 - Riseup-PPD, Belgium
2019
Concluded
Advanced Specialty in Psychotherapy (Título de especialista)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2019
Concluded
Certified Psychotherapist (Título de especialista)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicoterapias Construtivistas, Portugal
2019
Concluded
NY tDCS Fellowship (Outros)
City College of New York, United States
2019
Concluded
Unified Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders Workshop (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2019
Concluded
Certification in Internal Family Systems Therapy (Level 3) (Outros)
IFS Institute, United States
2018
Concluded
Certification in Clinical TMS applications (Outros)
European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Belgium
2018
Concluded
Structural Equation Models in AMOS Workshop (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2017
Concluded
Principles of Matlab applied to fMRI Analysis (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2011 - 2016
Concluded
PhD Basic Psychology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Psychological, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of the fear response" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Aprovado
2016
Concluded
Expert in Clinical and Health Psychology (Título de especialista)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2015
Concluded
Principles and Practice in Clinical Research (Diploma de especialização)
Harvard Medical School, United States
2015
Concluded
Principles of fMRI 1 and 2 (Coursera) (Outros)
Johns Hopkins University, United States
2014
Concluded
Mini Fellowship - training in human fear conditioning procedures (Outros)
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2014
Concluded
Fellowship - training in human fear conditioning procedures (Outros)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia, Spain
2013
Concluded
Mini fellowship on fMRI Data analysis (Outros)
Brain Innovation BV, Netherlands
2013
Concluded
Fellowship in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2013
Concluded
LabChart Training for Psychophysiology Data Acquisition, Advanced Analysis and Automation, Levels I, II & III (Outros)
ADInstruments North America, United States
2012
Concluded
Mini fellowship – training in human fear conditioning procedures (Outros)
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 - 2004
Concluded
Adult Neuropsychology (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
1995 - 2002
Concluded
Clinical Psychology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/10/30 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020/11/16 - 2021/09/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/11 - 2021/12 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2017/09/01 - 2018/05/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2014/06/01 - 2017/06/01 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2007/07/03 - 2011/10/09 Técnico Psicologia 2 Cl (Técnico Psicologia) Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra, Portugal
2002/11/27 - 2007/11/26 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Administração Regional de Saúde do Centro IP, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2004 - Current Clinical Psychologist Independent Professional, Portugal
2019 - 2020 CEO NeuronCircuit, Portugal
2016/12/01 - 2019/11/30 Invited Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2011 - 2016/09/12 PhD Student Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2015/01/20 - 2015/11/30 Site monitor Harvard Medical School, United States
2007 - 2011 Director of Organic Unit - Shelter for Women and Children Caritas Diocesana de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/15 - Current The therapeutic potential of the cerebellum in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia
2020.05099.BD
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024 - 2028 TREASURE - Maternal Perinatal Stress and Adverse Outcomes in the Offspring: Maximising infants ´development (COST Action CA22114)
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Neural correlates of joint attention: A foundational basis to subsequent social competence
2022.10347.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioural Intervention
UIDP/00730/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/02/01 - 2024/02/01 Comparing parents' and midwives / obstetricians' knowledge, causal attributions and attitudes towards perinatal depression
xxxxx
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal

Hôpital Albert Chenevier Pôle Neurolocomoteur, France
Fondation FondaMental
Ongoing
2019/04 - 2022/02 Changing Human Time Perception in Virtual Reality Emotional Priming: A Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study
Researcher
Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Portugal
Fundação Bial
Ongoing
2013/01 - 2018/12 Retinotopic reorganization of the auditory cortex of congenitally deaf individuals due to neuroplasticity
112/12
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2012/01 - 2016/09 Psychological, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of the fear response
SFRH/BD/80945/2011
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
2013 - 2016 Morphometric analysis of auditory brain regions in deaf patients
000
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2013 - 2016 Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Major Depression with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
000
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2011 - 2015 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as a functional interhemispheric imbalance at the thalamic level
000
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2011 - 2011 Doctoral Fellowship by Portuguese Technology and Science Foundation
SFRH/BD/80945/2011.
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021 - 2026 Remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation: an alternative non-invasive treatment to postpartum depression
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo e Comportamental
UID/PSI/00730/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Center in Psychology
UID/PSI/01662/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/07/11 - 2019/12/31 Fear Memory - A Neuromodulation Study in Generalized Anxiety Disorder
PTDC/MHC-PAP/5618/2014
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2019 Changing courses of social anxiety in adolescence: What works, why, and for whom.
PTDC/PSI-ESP/29445/2017
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - Current VRMindful: The psychophysiological and neurocognitive correlates of mindfulness in virtual reality environment
-
Researcher
Ongoing
2023 - Current tDCS and Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders (tDCSplusUP)
NCT04453631
Researcher
2020/10 - Current Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID19): an international prospective cohort study
000
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2018 - Current DearMUM - Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a novel alternative approach to postnatal depression disorder
SEP-210629509
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society
Not funded
2019 - 2024 Theory and applications towards optimal human development
88881310344201801
Researcher
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Ongoing
2018/11/13 - 2023/04/14 Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Portugal
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society
Ongoing
2022 - 2023 Development of the European Guidelines for the clinical practice in PPD
COST Action CA18138
Researcher
2019 - 2019 Electric current stimulation in fibromyalgia a randomized controlled double-blind clinical trial.
-
Supervisor
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Raquel Nunes R. M. Guiomar; Pacheco, Francisca. "Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Perinatal Period". In Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Clinical Principles and Management, edited by Andre R Brunoni; Michael A. Nitsche; Colleen K. Loo, 313-328. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2021.
    Published
  2. Brem, Anna-Katharine; Baeken, Chris; Arns, Martijn; Brunoni, Andre R.; Filipccic, Igor; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Langguth, Berthold; et al. "Depressive Disorders". In Non Invasive Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 63-78. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-43356-7_6
Conference abstract
  1. Guiomar, Raquel; Vasileiadi, Maria; Sobral, M.; Rezaeian, Manya; Pacheco, Francisca; Mateus, Vera; Pozo-Neira, Johanna; et al. "TMS for peripartum depression: a meta-analytical study to explore a functional DLPFC target". Paper presented in 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference, 2023.
    10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.660
  2. Guiomar, Raquel; Saraiva, Mariana; Branco, Bruna; Pocinho, Fernando; Melo, Ana; Brunoni, André; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Mechanism of action of tDCS for fear conditioning in a clinical sample: methodological considerations". Paper presented in 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference, 2023.
    10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.700
  3. Guiomar, Raquel; Sobral, M.; Vasileiadi, Maria; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Schuler, Anna-Lisa. "Imaging-informed targeting approaches for NIBS in PPD". Paper presented in 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference, 2023.
    Published • 10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.037
  4. Tecirlia, G.; Barsbay, M. C.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Palau, R.; Ribeiro, I.; Sheaf, G.; Onerd, N.; et al. "Scoping review of cost-effectiveness evidence for interventions in peripartum depression". Paper presented in Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, 2023.
    Published • 10.1080/0167482x.2023.2257061
  5. Dubreucq, J.; Kamperman, A. M.; Al-Maach, N.; Bramer, W. M.; Pacheco, F.; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Lambregtse-van den Berg, M. P.. "Complementary and alternative therapies to treat peripartum depression in pregnant or postpartum women: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.". Paper presented in Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, 2023.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2023.2257061
  6. Motrico, M.; Costa, R.; Mateus, V.; Osório, A.; Bina, R.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Mesquita, A.. "Overview of the main results on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health: Riseup-PPD-COVID- 19 international cross-sectional study.". Paper presented in Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2023.2257061
  7. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Guiomar, R.; Sobral, M.; Pacheco, F.; Caparros-Gonzalez, R.A.; Dias-Louzao, C.; Torre-Luque, A.. "The impact of COVID- 19 on breastfeeding rates: results from the Riseup-PPD COVID-19 international cross-sectional study". Paper presented in Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2023.2257061
  8. Ferreira, A.M.; Sobral, M.; Tomás, A.; Pozo-Neira, J.; Coimbra, M.; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "Does motherhood affect cognition? Recent evidence and new perspectives on the mommy brain.". Paper presented in Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, 2023.
  9. Sobral, M.; Fonseca, A.; Osório, A.; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "Unveiling perinatal depression: task-based approaches to brain imaging and cognitive assessment.". Paper presented in Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2023.2257061
  10. Sobral, M.; Guiomar, R.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Schuler, A.L.. "A comprehensive meta-analysis on neural correlates of PPD.". Paper presented in Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2023.2257061.
  11. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Cruz, A.; Szczygiel, N.; Tomás, A.; Bastos, P.; Azevedo, C.; Moura-Ramos, M.. "Perspectives on tDCS treatment in PPD.". Paper presented in Riseup-PPD Second International Conference Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions, 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2023.2257061
  12. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Tomás, A.; Moura-Ramos, M.. "Transcranial direct current stimulation in perinatal mental health: Current status and future directions.". 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.038
  13. Guiomar, R.; Beatriz Catoira; Mónica Sobral; Paula Cristina de Oliveira de Castilho Freitas; Chris Baeken; Ana Ganho. "Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation for schizophrenia: a current modelling study.". Paper presented in 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, Zagreb, 2022.
    Published
  14. Sobral, M.; Guiomar, Raquel; Martins, Vera; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "COMBINING APP-BASED PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION WITH HOME-BASED TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSIVE AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS: A CASE SERIES". Paper presented in 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Mental health, Zagreb, 2022.
  15. Guiomar, Raquel; Sobral, M.; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION IN THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD: COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH IN TWO STANDARD MONTAGES FOR DEPRESSION". Paper presented in 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Mental health, Zagreb, 2022.
    Published
  16. Guiomar, Raquel; Catoira, Beatriz; Sobral, M.; Castilho, Paula; Baeken, Chris; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "CEREBELLAR TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA: A CURRENT MODELLING STUDY". Paper presented in 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Mental health, Zagreb, 2022.
  17. Ganho-Avila, Ana; Mesquita, Ana; Cruz, Andrea; Moura-Ramos, Mariana. "Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation in postpartum depression: the feasibility study and pilot study". Paper presented in SRIP, 2022.
  18. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Guiomar, Raquel. "Neuromodulação não-invasiva - impacto nos processos de extinção e generalização da resposta de medo associada aos sintomas de ansiedade.". Paper presented in 4º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Braga, 2018.
    Published
  19. Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Cathodal tDCS enhances extinction-based procedures". Paper presented in 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, Lyon, 2018.
    Published
  20. Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Cathodal tDCS impacts the fear network activity and connectivity patterns during a therapy-like extinction session". Paper presented in 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, Lyon, 2018.
    Published
  21. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Gonçalves, O.F.; Boggio, P.S.; Asthana, M-K.; Almeida, J.. "Combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and classical extinction to persistently erase avoidance tendencies.". Paper presented in Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, Barcelona, 2017.
    Published
  22. Ávila, Ana. "Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria's International Health Congress : Leiria, Portugal. 6-7 May 2016.". Leiria, 2016.
    Published • 10.1186/s12913-016-1423-5
Conference poster
  1. Vera Mateus; Ana Carolina Santos; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Sobral, Mónica; Ana Osório; Cruz, Sara. "Systematic review of the neural correlates of joint attention in infants aged 8-24 months". Paper presented in 7th bi-annual ESCAN meeting, European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2024.
  2. Guiomar, R.; Beatriz Catoira; Peter Van Schuerbeek; Linde De Wandel; Guo-Rong Wu; Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt; Hubert Raeymaekers; et al. "Impact of a Single Sham-Controlled High-Frequency rTMS Session over the Left DLPFC on Memory-Related Neural Correlates: A Prospective fMRI Study Using Portrait Art Stimuli.". Paper presented in 6th European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Mental Health, 2024.
  3. Coimbra, Maria; Marina Cunha; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Ferreira, Cláudia. "Navigating one's body image: development and validation of a new body image-related psychological flexibility measure.". Paper presented in EABCT 2023 Congress - CBT in changing world: Migration and cultural diversity., 2023.
  4. Raquel Nunes R. M. Guiomar; Catoira, Beatriz; Castilho, Paula; Baeken, Chris; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Optimized tDCS montage to target the cerebellum in schizophrenia: A current modelling study". Paper presented in VI Mostra de Doutoramento em Psicologia, 2023.
  5. Mateus, V.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Sobral, M.A.; Cruz, S.; Osório, A.. "The SocialBabyBrain Study Protocol: Neural Correlates of Joint Attention and its Relation to Social-communicative Abilities". Paper presented in Interpersonal Synchrony and Its Relevance for Attachment & Caregiving, University of Essex, Colchester, UK., 2023.
  6. Vagos, Paula; Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Rijo, Daniel. "Changes throughout treatment modules of remotely delivered cognitive therapy for adolescent SAD". Paper presented in IV Congresso Internacional CINEICC, 2023.
  7. Sobral, M.; Fonseca, A.; Osório, A.; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Brain changes in pregnancy and the postpartum period, maternal caregiving and peripartum depression: A multimethod longitudinal study protocol". Paper presented in 2nd Riseup-PPD International Conference, 2023.
  8. Sobral, M.; Guiomar, R.; Rezaeian, M.; Pacheco, F.; Vasileiadi, M.; Mateus, Vera; Palau-Costafreda, R.; et al. "Crossmodal ALE comparison between Peripartum Depression and Major Depressive Disorder". Paper presented in The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) 2023 Annual Meeting, 2023.
  9. Coimbra, M.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Ferreira, C.. "When the mirror is wrong: a multi-method study on Body Dysmorphia". Paper presented in EABCT 2023 "CBT in a Changing World: Migration and Cultural Migration", 2023.
  10. Santos, C.; Mateus, V.; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "Neural correlates of joint attention in infants aged up to 24 months: A systematic review". Paper presented in IV International Congress CINEICC, 2023.
  11. Mateus, V.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Sobral, M.; Cruz, S.; Osório, A.. "Neural correlates of joint attention in infancy: an fNIRS study protocol". Paper presented in IV International Congress CINEICC, 2023.
  12. Silva, Andre; Caria-Rodrigues, Ines; Saraiva-Martins, Andreia; Sobral, M.; Guiomar, Raquel; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "A SINGLE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL SESSION INCREASES ACCEPTABILITY TOWARDS TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (tDCS) IN TREATING ANXIETY DISORDERS". Paper presented in 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Mental health, 2022.
  13. Guiomar, R.; Manya Rezaeian; Mónica Sobral; Francisca Pacheco; Vera Mateus; Roser Palau-Costafreda; Johanna Pozo-Neira; et al. "Peripartum depression influences the ACC-dmPFC axis: a meta-analysis". Paper presented in OHBM 2022 Annual Meeting, 2022.
  14. Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Vagos, Paula; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Salvador, Maria do Céu; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Rijo, Daniel. "What explains social anxiety in adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder and health controls? The applicability of the Clark and Wells¿ model". Paper presented in EABCT 2022 Congress, 2022.
  15. Silva, A.; Caria-Rodrigues, I.; Saraiva-Martins, A.; Sobral, M.; Guiomar, R.; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "A Single Psychoeducational Session Increases Acceptability Towards Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Treating Anxiety Disorders.". Paper presented in 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, 2022.
  16. Guiomar, R.; Sobral, M.; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "Transcranial direct current stimulation in the postpartum period: computational modelling of electric field strength in two standard montages for depression". Paper presented in 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, 2022.
  17. Vagos, Paula; Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Rijo, Daniel; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Salvador, Maria do Céu. "The role of fear of negative and positive evaluation in adolescent social anxiety: Differential effects of gender". Paper presented in 7th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescent, 2021.
  18. Vagos, Paula; Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Miguel, Rita; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Rijo, Daniel; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Salvador, Maria do Céu. "Ansiedade social na adolescência em contexto escolar: Uma experiência (não tão) normativa". Paper presented in XVI Congresso Internacional Galego-Português de Psicopedagogia, 2021.
  19. Vagos, Paula; Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Miguel, Rita; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Rijo, Daniel; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Salvador, Maria do Céu. "Ansiedade social na adolescência em contexto escolar: Uma experiência (não tão) normativa [Social anxiety in adolescents in schools: A (not so) normal experience]". Paper presented in XVI Congresso Internacional Galego-Português de Psicopedagogia, 2021.
  20. Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Salvador, Maria do Céu; Rijo, Daniel; Vagos, Paula. "Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescence: Initial feasibility data on a manualized online approach". Paper presented in European Conference on Mental Health, 2021.
  21. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Rijo, Daniel; Salvador, Maria do Céu; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Vagos, Paula. "Online cognitive therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescence: preliminary efficacy data on worriedness and clinical global impression". Paper presented in EABCT 2021 Congress, 2021.
  22. Vagos, Paula; Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Miguel, Rita; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Rijo, Daniel; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Salvador, Maria do Céu. Corresponding author: Vagos, Paula. "Ansiedade social na adolescência em contexto escolar: Uma experiência (não tão) normativa. [Social Anxiety during adolescence within school: A (not so) normative experience]". Paper presented in XVI Congresso Internacional Galego-Português de Psicopedagogia, 2021.
  23. Guiomar, Raquel; Pacheco, Francisca; Silva, André (5C19-A449-3BCF)); Fonseca, Ana (0F18-4278-46B8); Mateus, Vera; Pereira, Marco; Osório, Ana; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Brain Plasticity in the peripartum: a multi-method longitudinal study of mothers and fathers.". Paper presented in Brainbox Initiative Virtual Conference., 2020.
  24. Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Efficacy of rTMS in decreasing postnatal depression symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Paper presented in II Encontro Anual 2019 do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé. Guimarães,, 2019.
  25. Guiomar, R.; Castilho, P.; Ganho-Ávila, A.. "Estimulação Elétrica Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua na redução da impulsividade - um estudo de modelos 3D de densidade de corrente". Paper presented in I Encontro Nacional de Neuroestimulação, 2019.
  26. Bergström, Fredrik; Martins, Ana R.; Almeida, Jorge; Amaral, Lénia; Freixo, Andreia; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Kristensen, Stephanie; et al. "Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effects on object-selective neural responses in the inferior parietal lobe". Paper presented in Concepts, Actions, and Objects (CAOS), Rovereto, 2018.
  27. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Guiomar, R.; Gerardo, B.; Almeida, J.. "Measuring fear conditioning: skin conductance inconsistency across anxiety sensitivity levels.". Paper presented in 47th congress of the european association for behavioural and cognitive therapies, 2017.
  28. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Valério, D.; Gonçalves, O. F.; Almeida, J.. "The fronto-amygdalar circuit during fear responses.". Paper presented in X Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental., 2015.
  29. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Margalhos, P.; Brunoni, A.; Martins. A.R.S; Pocinho, F.; Almeida, J.. "Fear Memory. A neuromodulation study in anxiety disorders.". Paper presented in First European meeting for noninvasive brain stimulation techniques (NIBS) for psychiatric disorders., 2015.
  30. Gonçalves, O. F.; Sousa, S.; Leite, J.; Carvalho, S.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Pocinho, F.; Relvas, J.; Sampaio, A.. "Áreas cerebrais visuais na Perturbação Obsessivo-Compulsiva (POC)– uma abordagem de Imagiologia por Tensão de Difusão.". Paper presented in VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Andrea Antal; Ana Ganho-Ávila; Sara Assecondi; Tracy Barbour; Jovana Bjekic; Daniel M. Blumberger; Nadia Bolognini; et al. "The consequences of the new European reclassification of non-invasive brain stimulation devices and the medical device regulations pose an existential threat to research and treatment: An invited opinion paper". Clinical Neurophysiology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2024.03.039.
    10.1016/j.clinph.2024.03.039
  2. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Sobral, Mónica; Berg, Mijke Lambregtse-van den. "Transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation in reducing depressive symptoms during the peripartum period". Current Opinion in Psychiatry 37 5 (2024): 337-349. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/yco.0000000000000954.
    10.1097/yco.0000000000000954
  3. Guiomar, Raquel; Samarra, Sara; Rodrigues, Mariana; Martins, Andreia; Martins, Vera; Jesus, Mariana; Fernandes, Filipe; et al. "Adaptation and preliminary validation of the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) using the Structured Interview Guide (SIGMA) for European Portuguese". Psychologica 66 (2023): e066003. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/1647-8606_66_3.
    Published • 10.14195/1647-8606_66_3
  4. Bikson, Marom; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Datta, Abhishek; Gillick, Bernadette; Joensson, Morten Goertz; Kim, Sungjin; Kim, Jinuk; et al. "Limited output transcranial electrical stimulation 2023 (LOTES-2023): Updates on engineering principles, regulatory statutes, and industry standards for wellness, over-the-counter, or prescription devices with low risk". Brain Stimulation 16 3 (2023): 840-853. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.05.008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.brs.2023.05.008
  5. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Guiomar, Raquel; Sobral, M.; 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. FIGUEIREDO, Diana V.; VAGOS, Paula; Ganho-Ávila, A.; DO CÉU SALVADOR, Maria; NOBRE-LIMA, Luiza; RIJO, Daniel. "What explains social anxiety in adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder and healthy controls? The applicability of the Clark and Wells’ model". Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies 22 1 (2023): 15-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/jebp.2023.1.2.
    Published • 10.24193/jebp.2023.1.2
  7. Baeken, Chris; Arns, Martijn; Brunelin, Jerome; Chanes, Lorena; Filipcic, Igor; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Hirnstein, Marco; et al. "European reclassification of non-invasive brain stimulation as class III medical devices: A call to action". Brain Stimulation 16 2 (2023): 564-566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.02.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.brs.2023.02.012
  8. Vagos, Paula; Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Mayr, Andreas; Rijo, Daniel. "Remotely delivered cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder in adolescence: Preliminary efficacy evidence based on changes throughout treatment". Frontiers in Psychology 13 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.915677.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2022.915677
  9. Lee, Dongha; Guiomar, Raquel; Gonçalves, Óscar F.; Almeida, Jorge; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on neural activity and functional connectivity during fear extinction". International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 23 1 (2023): 100342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100342.
    10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100342
  10. Zeas-Sigüenza, Ananda; Oliveira, Sara; Ferreira, Cláudia; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Vagos, Paula; Ruisoto, Pablo. "Psychometric properties of the University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale version 3: the European Portuguese version". Ansiedad y Estrés 29 1 (2023): 18-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5093/anyes2023a3.
    10.5093/anyes2023a3
  11. Coyle, Samantha; agos, Paula; Masia, Carrie; Silva, Joana; Xavier, Ana; Martin, Grace; Wimmer, Jessica; et al. "A qualitative study of social anxiety and impairment amid the COVID-19 pandemic for adolescents and young adults in Portugal and the US". European Journal of Education and Psychology (2022): 115-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.32457/ejep.v15i2.1952.
    Published • 10.32457/ejep.v15i2.1952
  12. Dubreucq, Julien; Kamperman, Astrid M; Al-Maach, Nadia; Bramer, Wichor M; Pacheco, Francisca; Ganho-Avila, Ana; Lambregtse-van den Berg, Mijke. "Examining the evidence on complementary and alternative therapies to treat peripartum depression in pregnant or postpartum women: study protocol for an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses". BMJ Open 12 11 (2022): e057327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057327.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057327
  13. Ana Ganho-Ávila; Diana Vieira Figueiredo; Paula Vagos. "Online Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescence: A Clinical Case Study Using the CT@TeenSAD". Clinical Case Studies (2022): https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501221091519.
    10.1177/15346501221091519
  14. Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Miguel, Rita; Paulo, Marlene; Luiza Isabel Gomes Freire Nobre Lima; Salvador, Maria do Céu; Rijo, Daniel; Vagos, Paula. Corresponding author: Figueiredo, Diana Vieira. "Online Compassion Focused Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescence: Preliminary efficacy data on worriedness and clinical global impression". Psychologica (2022):
    In press
  15. Sobral, Mónica; Pacheco, Francisca; Perry, Beatriz; Antunes, Joana; Martins, Sara; Guiomar, Raquel; Soares, Isabel; et al. "Neurobiological Correlates of Fatherhood During the Postpartum Period: A Scoping Review". Frontiers in Psychology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.745767.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2022.745767
  16. Sobral, Mónica; Morgado, Sara; Moreira, Helena; Guiomar, Raquel; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Association between cortical thickness and anxiety measures: A scoping review". Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 319 (2022): 111423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111423.
    10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111423
  17. Sobral, Monica; Guiomar, Raquel; Martins, Vera; Ganho-Avila, Ana. "Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation in dual active treatments for symptoms of depression and anxiety: A case series". Frontiers in Psychiatry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55131461/.
    10.3389/FPSYT.2022.947435
  18. Pacheco, Francisca; Guiomar, Raquel; Brunoni, Andre; Buhagiar, Rachel; Evagorou, Olympia; Roca-Lecumberri, Alba; Poleszczyk, Anna; et al. "Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation in decreasing depression symptoms during the peripartum period: A systematic review". Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/52384403/.
  19. Rados, Sandra Nakic; Motrico, Emma; Mesquita, Ana M.; Ganho-Avila, Ana; Vousoura, Eleni; Lalor, Joan. "Changes in perinatal mental healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: a protocol for a collaborative research study between the COST actions RISEUP-PPD and DEVOTION". BMJ Open (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53370069/.
    10.1136/BMJOPEN-2021-052411
  20. Vieira Figueiredo, Diana; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Ramos Miguel, Rita; Paulo, Marlene; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Salvador, Maria do Céu; Rijo, Daniel; Vagos, Paula Emanuel Rocha. "Terapia focada na compaixão online para a perturbação de ansiedade social na adolescência (CFT@TeenSAD)". Psychologica 64 2 (2021): 87-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/1647-8606_64-2_4.
    10.14195/1647-8606_64-2_4
  21. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Guiomar, Raquel; Valério, Daniela; Gonçalves, Óscar F.; Almeida, Jorge. "Offline tDCS modulates prefrontal-cortical–subcortical-cerebellar fear pathways in delayed fear extinction". Experimental Brain Research 240 1 (2021): 221-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-021-06248-9.
    10.1007/s00221-021-06248-9
  22. Francisca Pacheco; Mónica Sobral; Raquel Guiomar; Alejandro de la Torre-Luque; Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez; Ana Ganho-Ávila. "Breastfeeding during COVID-19: A Narrative Review of the Psychological Impact on Mothers". Behavioral Sciences 11 3 (2021): 34-34. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11030034.
    10.3390/bs11030034
  23. 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
  24. Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Ganho-Avila, Ana; Miguel, Rita Ramos; Paulo, Marlene; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Salvador, Maria do Ceu; Rijo, Daniel; Vagos, Paula Emanuel Rocha. "Online compassion focused therapy for social anxiety disorder in adolescence (CFT@TeenSAD): Preliminary data on efficacy throughout treatment". Psychologica (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54410272/.
  25. Pacheco, Francisca; Guiomar, Raquel; Brunoni, Andre R.; Buhagiar, Rachel; Evagorou, Olympia; Roca-Lecumberri, Alba; Poleszczyk, Anna; et al. "Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation in decreasing depression symptoms during the peripartum period: A systematic review". Journal of Psychiatric Research (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/48110132/.
    10.1016/J.JPSYCHIRES.2021.06.005
  26. Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez; Ana Ganho-Ávila; Alejandro de la Torre-Luque. "The COVID-19 Pandemic Can Impact Perinatal Mental Health and the Health of the Offspring". Behavioral Sciences 10 11 (2020): 162-162. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10110162.
    10.3390/bs10110162
  27. Fonseca, Ana; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Lambregtse-van den Berg, Mijke; Lupatelli, Angela; Rodriguez-Muñoz, Maria de la Fé; Ferreira, Pedro; Radoš, Sandra Nakic; Bina, Rena. "Emerging issues and questions on peripartum depression prevention, diagnosis and treatment: A consensus report from the COST Action RISEUP-PPD". Journal of Affective Disorders (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.112.
    In press • 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.112
  28. Borrione, Lucas; Bellini, Helena; Razza, Lais Boralli; Avila, Ana G.; Baeken, Chris; Brem, Anna-Katharine; Busatto, Geraldo; et al. "Precision non-implantable neuromodulation therapies: a perspective for the depressed brain". Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0741.
    In press • 10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0741
  29. Ana Ganho-Ávila; Mariana Moura-Ramos; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Jorge Almeida. "Measuring Vulnerability to Anxiety: Factorial Structure, Reliability, Validity, and Discriminatory Accuracy of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index–3–PT". Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (2019): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2019.1594916.
    10.1080/07481756.2019.1594916
  30. Ana Ganho-Ávila; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Raquel Guiomar; Paulo Sérgio Boggio; Manish Kumar Asthana; Angelos-Miltiadis Krypotos; Jorge Almeida. "The effect of cathodal tDCS on fear extinction: A cross-measures study". PLOS ONE (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221282.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0221282
  31. Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Poleszczyk, Anna; Mohamed, Mahmoud M.A.; Osório, Ana. "Efficacy of rTMS in decreasing postnatal depression symptoms: A systematic review". Psychiatry Research 279 (2019): 315-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.05.042.
    10.1016/j.psychres.2019.05.042
  32. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Moura-Ramos, Mariana; Gonçalves, Óscar F.; Almeida, Jorge. "Measuring Vulnerability to Anxiety: Factorial Structure, Reliability, Validity, and Discriminatory Accuracy of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index–3–PT". Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 52 4 (2019): 223-238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2019.1594916.
  33. Baeken, C.; Brem, A.-K.; Arns, M.; Brunoni, A.R.; Filipcic, I.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Langguth, B.; et al. "Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for depressive disorders: Current knowledge and future directions". Current Opinion in Psychiatry 32 5 (2019): 409-415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071067536&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1097/YCO.0000000000000533
  34. Brunelin, J.; Mondino, M.; Arns, M.; Baeken, C.; Brem, A.-K.; Filipcic, I.; Ganho-Avila, A.; et al. "3rd European Conference on brain stimulation in psychiatry – From mechanism to medicine. Conférence européenne sur la stimulation cérébrale en psychiatrie – Des mécanismes à l'application thérapeutique". Encephale 45 (2019): S47-S49. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065625938&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.encep.2019.04.001
  35. Gonçalves, Ó. F. Sousa, S. Carvalho, S. Leite J. Ganho, A. Fernandes-Gonçalves, A. Pocinho F., Carracedo, A. Sampaio A.; Sousa, S.; Carvalho, S.; Leite J.; Fernandes-Gonçalves, A.; Pocinho, F.; Carracedo, A.; Sampaio A.. "Alterations of gray and white matter morphology in obsessive compulsive disorder.". Psicothema 29 1 (2017): 35-42. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28126056.
    Open access • 10.7334/psicothema2016.86
  36. Tomas Andriotti; Rafaelly Stavale; Tarek Nafee; Stephanie Fakhry; Mahmoud M.A. Mohamed; Nigar Sofiyeva; Ana Ganho- Ávila; et al. "ASSERT trial – How to assess the safety and efficacy of a high frequency rTMS in postpartum depression? A multicenter, double blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial". Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 5 (2017): 86-91. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.conctc.2017.01.004.
    10.1016/j.conctc.2017.01.004
  37. Goncalves, Ó.F.; Soares, J.M.; Carvalho, S.; Leite, J.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Fernandes-Goncalves, A.; Pocinho, F.; Carracedo, A.; Sampaio, A.. "Patterns of Default Mode Network Deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder". Scientific Reports 7 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015273206&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/srep44468
  38. Almeida, J.; Martins, A.R.; Bergström, F.; Amaral, L.; Freixo, A.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Kristensen, S.; et al. "Polarity-specific transcranial direct current stimulation effects on object-selective neural responses in the inferior parietal lobe". Cortex 94 (2017): 176-181. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85026438161&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cortex.2017.07.001
  39. Amaral, L.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Osório, A.; Soares, M.J.; He, D.; Chen, Q.; Mahon, B.Z.; et al. "Hemispheric asymmetries in subcortical visual and auditory relay structures in congenital deafness". European Journal of Neuroscience 44 6 (2016): 2334-2339. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84987811127&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ejn.13340
  40. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Mariana Moura-Ramos; Oscar F. Goncalves; Almeida, Jorge. "Validity of the Portuguese version of the ASI-3: Is anxiety sensitivity a unidimensional or multidimensional construct?". BMC Health Services Research 16 3 (2016): 200.
    Published
  41. Gonçalves, Óscar F.; Sousa, Sónia; Maia, Liliana; Carvalho, Sandra; Leite, Jorge; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Fernandes-Gonçalves, Ana; et al. "Inferior frontal gyrus white matter abnormalities in obsessive–compulsive disorder". NeuroReport 26 9 (2015): 495-500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/wnr.0000000000000377.
    10.1097/wnr.0000000000000377
  42. Gonçalves, Óscar F.; Soares, José Miguel; Carvalho, Sandra; Leite, Jorge; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Fernandes-Gonçalves, Ana; Frank, Brandon; et al. "Brain activation of the defensive and appetitive survival systems in obsessive compulsive disorder". Brain Imaging and Behavior 9 2 (2014): 255-263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-014-9303-2.
    10.1007/s11682-014-9303-2
Manual
  1. Vagos, Paula; Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. CT@TeenSAD: Manual de terapia cognitiva online para adolescentes com perturbação de ansiedade social. 2021.
Online resource
  1. Bianca Salguinho Gerardo; Raquel Nunes R. M. Guiomar; Mariana Moura-Ramos; Ana Ganho-Ávila. The role of Anxiety Sensitivity in fear conditioning: a moderation effect. 2019. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tu8h7.
    10.31234/osf.io/tu8h7
Preprint
  1. Ana Ganho-Ávila; Raquel Guiomar; Daniela Valério; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Jorge Almeida. "Offline tDCS modulates prefrontal-cortical-subcortical-cerebellar fear pathways in delayed fear extinction". 2019. https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.18.880658.
    10.1101/2019.12.18.880658
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Psychological, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of the fear response". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2016.

Other

Other output
  1. The effect of cathodal tDCS on fear extinction: a cross-measures study. 2019. Ana Ganho-Ávila; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Raquel Guiomar; Paulo Sérgio Boggio; Manish Kumar Asthana; Angelos-Miltiadis Krypotos; Jorge Almeida. https://doi.org/10.1101/561803.
    10.1101/561803
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07 NIBS applications in maternal mental health International Cognitive Neuroscience Congress
Universidad Católica de Cuenca (Cuenca, Ecuador)
2024/05 Terapias Digitais integradas: Tratamento Combinado de tDCS Home-based e ehealth CBT com Supervisão Remota, International Congress of Psychological interventions
2024/04 Estimulação cerebral não invasiva na depressão perinatal: das preferências subjetivas à precisão clínica 1st Portuguese Conference on Brain Stimulation
Champalimaud Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/01 A importância do estudo da gravidez e maternidade: Passado, presente e futuro Final Seminar of the Project Care5mommies – o impacto longitudinal da flexibilidade psicológica e da compaixão na qualidade do vínculo mãe-bebé,
Universidade Portucalense (Porto, Portugal)
2023 "Home-Based tDCS Combined with CBT-based App in Peripartum Depression", within the Symposium "Neuromodulation as an Augmentative Treatment to Psychological Interventions: State-of-the-Art, Lessons Learned and Promising Perspectives" International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS)
2023 Transcranial direct current stimulation in perinatal mental health: current status and future directions 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference
2023 Symposium: A neglected condition: NIBS approaches for depressive symptoms during pregnancy and breastfeeding, 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference
2023 Preliminary validation and psychometric properties of the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Scale - Self-Report for European Portuguese IV Congresso Internacional do CINEICC
2023 The role of depression and anxiety symptoms on cognitive functioning in motherhood: A systematic review and meta-analysis IV Congresso Internacional do CINEICC
2023 tDCS over the Cerebellum in Negative Social and Affective Symptoms in Schizophrenia 2nd Meeting of CIBIT
CIBIT (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023 Where Is My Mind? Tudo o que Precisas de Saber Sobre o Teu Cérebro para Sobreviver à Adolescência (audiência: alunos do 12º ano do Agrupamento de Escolas)
Agrupamento de Escolas Figueira Mar
2023 Master Class "Aplicabilidade clínica das técnicas de estimulação cerebral não invasivas não convulsivas na depressão perinatal: passado, presente e futuro" (audiência: Alunos de Doutoramento e Investigadores)
Universidade Lusófona
2022 Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation for schizophrenia: a current modelling study. 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry
2022 Combining App-based Psychological Intervention with Home-based Transcranial Direct Stimulation for the Treatment of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: A Case Series 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry
2022 tDCS em Saúde Mental Perinatal, Current status and future directions 2nd Bienal Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Neuropsychology
(Portugal)
2021/05/20 tDCS during fear extinction modulates functional connectivity of the fear network and impacts stimuli discrimination 24th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences
Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences, (South Korea)
2021/04/29 Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Perinatal Mental Health International Multiprojects Simposium
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Brazil)
2021/02 Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in peripartum depression. 3rd European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD (Cost Action CA18138) in Evidence-based interventions in Peripartum Depression
Riseup-PPD - online
2021 The role of fear of negative and positive evaluation in adolescent social anxiety: Differential effects of gender. 7th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in children and Adolescents
Aitana research
2020/01 Estimulação magnética transcraniana no período perinatal XIV Congresso Nacional de Psiquiatria
Sociedade portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental (Troia, Portugal)
2019/03/14 Cathodal tDCS impacts the modulatory effects of learning in fear extinction: a dynamic causal modelling study. Brain Twitter Conference - Neuroscience making an impact
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. Aalto University, Finland.
2019 Saúde Psicológica e as novas tecnologias em saúde: Integração da intervenção psicológica e técnicas de estimulação cerebral não invasiva VIII Congresso Internacional de Intervenção Psicológica: Promoção do Bem-Estar | Maio 2019
Universidade Lusíada (Porto)
2018 Efficacy of rTMS in decreasing postnatal depression symptoms: a systematic review. 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry
(Lyon, France)
2018 Cathodal tDCS impacts the fear network activity and connectivity patterns during a therapy-like extinction session 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry
(Lyon, France)
2018 Cathodal tDCS enhances extinction-based procedures. 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry
(Lyon, France)
2018 Neuromodulação não-invasiva - impacto nos processos de extinção e generalização da resposta de medo associada aos sintomas de ansiedade. 4º Congresso Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses (Braga, Portugal)
2018 Neuromodulação não invasiva nas perturbações de ansiedade Primeiro Simposium sobre Perturbações de Ansiedade
PIN - Progresso Infantil
2017 Resposta de medo condicionada: inconsistência da componente fásica da condutância eléctrica da pele depende da sensibilidade à ansiedade. 4º Congresso Nacional Conversas de Psicologia
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017 A neurociência do condicionamento clássico - Pavlov ao serviço dos tratamentos de elevada eficácia. 4º Congresso Nacional Conversas de Psicologia.
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017 Neuroplasticidade e neuromodulação não-invasiva. Da investigação à aplicabilidade clínica. 4º Congresso Nacional Conversas de Psicologia
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017 The fear circuit activity and connectivity patterns during a therapy-like extinction session. 47th congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies.
(Ljubljana, Slovenia)
2016 Is fear extinction a true extinction? The importance of implicit avoidance tendencies in the assessment of extinction. 3º Congresso Nacional de Conversas de Psicologia
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2015 Interfering with fear memory circuit. III Congresso Internacional do CINEICC/ III Congresso Nacional da APTC.
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2015 Volumetric analysis of cortical and subcortical regions in congenital deafness. X Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental.
(Faro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2026 When the mirror is wrong: A multi-method efficacy study of an acceptance and compassion-based group intervention for Body Dysmorphia
Co-supervisor
Psicologia (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/30 Brain changes in pregnancy and the postpartum period, maternal caregiving and Peripartum Depression: A multi-method longitudinal study
Co-supervisor
Psicologia (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2024/12/31 The therapeutic potential of the cerebellum in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Co-supervisor
Psychology (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Translation and Validation Studies of the Mental Illness Clinicians' - Attitudes Scale
Supervisor
Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Neural Correlates of Joint Attention in Infants aged up to 24 months: A systematic review
Co-supervisor
Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Preliminary Validation Study and Psychometric Properties of the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Scale: European Portuguese Patient's Self-report Version.
Supervisor
Psicologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Cognitive performance in the peripartum: A multi-method longitudinal pilot-study.
Supervisor
Psicologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Efficacy of Non-Invasive and Non-Convulsive Brain Stimulation in Decreasing Depression Symptoms During Peripartum Period: A Systematic Review
Supervisor
Psicologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Neurophysiological correlates of anxiety: the association between cortical thickness and measures of anxiety
Supervisor
Psicologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Estudo de implementação-eficácia da Estimulação Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua - População geral
Co-supervisor
Psicologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Treating Postpartum Depression: An acceptability study with health care professionals
Co-supervisor
Psicologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2003 - 2011 Internship advisor in Clinical Psychology
Supervisor
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 Vice-President of the Scientific Committee and Local Organizer of the European Conference for Brain Stimulation, Chapalimaud Foundation, April 2024, Lisbon, Portugal (2024/04 - 2024/04)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
European Society for Brain Stimulation, Switzerland
2023/09 - 2023/09 President of the Scientific Committee 2nd Riseup-PPD International Conference “Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions” , September 2023, Sofia, Portugal (2022/06 - 2023/10)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
COST Action CA18138 - Riseup-PPD, Belgium
2023/03 - 2023/03 Member of the Scientific Committee IV CINEICC international Conference, March 2023, Coimbra, Portugal (2022 - 2023)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/21 President of the Scientific Committee for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD (Cost Action CA18138). Workshop in Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility, 21 October 2021, online event. (2021/06/01 - 2021/06/01)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
COST Action CA18138 - Riseup-PPD, Belgium
2020/01/20 - 2020/12/20 President of the Organizing Committee (CA18138) Riseup-PPD 1st Main Meeting (2020/11/21 - 2020/11/22)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/11 1st European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD (Cost Action CA18138) in Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis, Riseup-PPD, November 2020, Coimbra, Portugal. (2020/11 - 2020/11)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2020 - 2020 President of the Scientific Committee, for the 2nd European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD (Cost Action CA18138) in Principles and Practice in Clinical trials, Riseup-PPD, November 2020, online event. (2019 - 2020)
Other (President of the Organising Committee)
COST Action CA18138 - Riseup-PPD, Belgium
2018 - 2018 Symposium Co-Chair, (4 Sessions) at the European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry (2018)
Conference (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/07 - Current Session "Supporting women with depression before, during and after pregnancy" (Audiência: Membros do Parlamento Europeu, Organizações, população geral)
European Parliament, France

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023 Saúde mental de puérperas durante a pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil: prevalência de sintomas clínicos de depressão.e ansiedade, fatores de risco e experiências perinatais. Paula Racca (PhD)
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2023 Heart Rate Variability as a Psychophysiological Biomarker of Affect Regulation in Adolescents Rúben José Abrantes de Sousa (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023 Heart Rate Variability as a psychophysiological Biomarker od Affect Regulation in Adolescents
(Thesis) Arguer
Ruben Sousa (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023 Saúde mental de puérperas durante a pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil: prevalência de sintomas clínicos de depressão e ansiedade, fatores de risco e experiências perinatais
(Thesis) Main arguer
Paula Racca (PhD)
Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, Brazil
2021/07/27 Ajustamento psicológico de adultos portugueses à pandemia por COVID-19: o papel da inflexibilidade psicológica e da centralidade do acontecimento
(Thesis) Main arguer
Ana Beatriz da Silva Ferreira (Master)
2016 Domain-specific functional organization: neurocognitive characterization of a case of hemi-prosopometamorphopsia Andreia Freixo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current Frontiers Frontiers Media SA
2022 - Current Journal of Psychiatric Research
2021 - Current Brain Stimulation
2021 - Current Psicologia - reflexão e critica
2021 - Current Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
2021 - Current Behavioral Brain Research
2021 - Current Archives of Women Mental Health
2021 - Current Journal of Reproduction and Infant Development
2020 - Current Journal of Affective Disorders (0165-0327) Elsevier on behalf of the International Society for Affective Disorders
2019 - Current Psicologia teoria e Prática
2019 - Current Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
2018 - Current BJPsych Open Scholarone Manuscripts
2017 - Current Human Reproduction Scholarone Manuscripts

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current Portuguese Society of Psychology Treasurer
2023 - Current Portuguese Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health Vice-President of the Neuromodulation Section
2022 - Current European Society for Brain Stimulation Secretary of the Committee
2021/07 - Current The Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology member
2021 - Current Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology Member
2005 - Current Portuguese Society of Constructivist Psychotherapy, Member of the Board - SPPC Board
2002 - Current Portuguese Association for Family Planning Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2023/11/22 - Current Vice-President of the Neuromodulation Section of the Portuguese Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health
President / Vice-president
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Portugal
2023 - Current Treasurer of the Portuguese Society of Psychology Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia, Portugal
2022/03/08 - Current Secretary of the Directory Board - ESBS Committee
Other
European Society for Brain Stimulation, Switzerland
2022 - Current Advisory Board Member - International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
2021 - Current Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology
Other
Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2021 - Current Invited Editor: Behavioural Sciences
Member
MDPI AG, Switzerland
2018 - Current Interest Group in Affective and Translational Neurosciences of the CINEICC
Coordinator
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/11 2nd European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD (Cost Action CA18138) in Principles and Practice in Clinical trials, Riseup-PPD, November 2020, online event.
Member
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/01 Advanced Program in Affective Translational Neuroscience - CINEICC
Coordinator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Development and A3Es creditation of the new Master's Program in Cognitive Behavioral Interventions
Member
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Elected member of the Scientific Committee of the CINEICC
Member
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2002/11/27 - 2007/11/26 Project Manager - Annual Plan on HIV Projects for the Regional Health Comission
Advisor / Consultant
Comissão Distrital para a Infecção pelo VIH/SIDA, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023 - 2024 VI European Conference for Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Mental Health Chapalimaud Foundation
2022 - 2023 2nd Riseup-PPD International Conference "Knowledge and implementation gaps in peripartum depression: innovation and future directions" Sofia, Bulgaria
2022 - 2023 IV CINEICC international Conference Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11/01 - 2022/06/30 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry Psychiatric Hospital "Sveti Ivan"
2021/12/02 - 2021/12/02 IV Encontro Anual 2021 do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/21 Workshop in Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Riseup-PPD - online
2020 - 2020 4th European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry Neijmegen, The Netherlands
2018 - 2018 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry Lyon, France

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/11 - Current Teaching postdoctoral researcher - Social and Affective Neuroscience Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023 - Current Neuropsicoterapia (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022 - Current Neurociência Social e Afetiva (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/02 - Current Invited lecturer, Motivation and Emotion Course, Master's Degree Program in Psychology (theory and practice classes) 1st (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - Current Motivation and Emotion 1st and 2nd years (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Invited lecturer, Motivation and Emotion Course, Master's Degree Program in Psychology (theory and practice classes) Master's Degree Program (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Invited lecturer, Cognitive-developmental Psychopathology Course, Master's Degree Program in Psychology (theory class) Master's Degree Program (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2014 - 2017 Neurosciences of Behavior Course (theory classes on Memory) Memory (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2014 - 2017 Neuropsychology Course (theory classes on Memory) Memory (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal (Outros) Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE Serviço de Pneumologia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024 - Current Member of the evaluation panel for applications to the European Commission funds [Horizon Unit Grant]
Evaluator
European Commission, Belgium
2024 - Current Member of the evaluation panel for applications to the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions [MSCA] Program
Evaluator
European Commission
2024/07 - 2024/09 Member of the evaluation panel for the doctoral programme “Towards the next generatiOn of excellent yoUng doctoral researchers on mental health by developing an intersectoral and transdisciplinary approaCH” – TOUCH – Universidade de Barcelona, Spain
Evaluator
2023/06 - 2023/09 Member of the Psychology Panel of the Doctoral Scholarships Program
Evaluator
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
2022 - 2022 Member of the evaluation panel for applications [Project Grants] to the Rose TrustTrees Program, UK

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Frontiers in Psychiatry
2022 - Current International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
2021 - 2021 Behavioral Sciences

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2013 - 2016 Mentoring of undergraduate students. Brainvoyager, Slicer 3D, Lab rotations, PROACTION Laboratory Undergraduate Students
2013 - 2015 Structural neuroimaginig (in Brainvoyager, Slicer 3D) PROACTION Laboratory undergraduate students

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Committee Member of the selection procedure of students for the Master Program in Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and Clinical and Health Psychology Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022 - Current Research projects evaluator [Project Grants] Rosetrees Trust, United Kingdom
2024 - 2024 European Comission Experts [Horizon Unit Grant]
2023 - 2023 Committee Member of the Funding Program of Doctoral Scholarships of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Miguel de Unamuno’ research-stay scholarships
Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Ecuador
2023 Best Presentation Award at the IV CINEICC International Conference
2022 Best poster award at the 5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry (Zagreb, Croatia)
2020 Runners-up Poster Award
Brainbox Initiative, United States
2020 Bolsa País - Professor Visitante - CAPES-PRINT (PRINT - PROGRAMA INSTITUCIONAL DE INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO) - Professor Visitante – Programa Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento, 88887.310343/2018-00 - UPM
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil
2019 Best Poster Award - Estimulação Elétrica Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua na redução da impulsividade - um estudo de modelos 3D de densidade de corrente
Hospital de Magalhães Lemos EPE, Portugal