Docente
Ana Filipa Oliveira

Resume

Ana Filipa Dias Oliveira holds a PhD in Psychology (2026) and an MSc in Health Psychology and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (2017), both from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Her research lies at the intersection of neuropsychology, psycho-oncology, and digital health, with a particular focus on the assessment and rehabilitation of cancer-related cognitive impairment. Her expertise includes psychometric validation, cultural adaptation and development of cognitive rehabilitation interventions, user-centred design, usability evaluation, and research on intervention acceptability, feasibility, and implementation. She is an Invited Assistant at Lusófona University – Porto University Centre, where she teaches in the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and the Master’s Degree in Clinical Neuropsychology. She is also an integrated researcher at RISE-Health – Health Research Network, within Thematic Line 7 (Community Care and Prevention) and the Healthy Ageing research group. Her work seeks to translate scientific evidence into accessible, evidence-based, and person-centred (neuro)psychological services, including digitally delivered assessment and intervention approaches. She is a registered psychologist with clinical experience in neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation and a certified trainer. She is also involved in the supervision and co-supervision of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students and actively participates in national and international scientific networks. Ana Filipa Oliveira is Vice-President of the Scientific Board of the Portuguese Academy of Psycho-Oncology (2025–2027) and a member of several scientific and professional associations, including the Portuguese Society of Neuropsychology.

Graus

• Mestrado
  MSc degree in Health Psychology and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
• Licenciatura
  BSc degree in Psychology
• Doutoramento
  PhD in Psychology
• Outros
  Initial Pedagogical Training of Trainers [IEFP; Certificate Nº F685309/2019]
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  Portuguese Sign Language - Level 1
• Outros
  The Professional in the Scope of Palliative Care (30th Edition) (10h)
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  Implementation of Psychology Services in Health Units of the National Health Service (38th Edition) (10h)
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  Interprofessional Communication and Information Sharing (38th Edition) (10h)
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  Provision of Psychology Services Mediated by Information and Communication Technologies (7th Edition) (10h)
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  Financial Education and Psychology (28th Edition) (10h)
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  Health Literacy - The Psychologist Role (33rd Edition) (10h)
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  Online Quarter Course Career Development (30h)
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  Workshop Informal Caregivers: Evaluation and Intervention (4h) (Dr. Helena Sousa)
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  Workshop Introduction to Neuropsycho-Oncology: Evaluation and intervention on cognitive deficit in oncology (6h) (Dr. Helena Sousa)
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  Neuropsychological Assessment (50h)
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  Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (40h)
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  Person-Centered Stimulation in Dementia (6h)
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  Psycho-Oncology (30h)
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  Depression and Anxiety: Treatment and Prevention (40h)
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  Introduction to Psycho-Oncology (50h)
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  Cognitive Rehabilitation and Neuropsychological Assessment in Cancer (8h) (PhD Jorge Alves)
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  Grief Psychology (30h)
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  Web of Science Training in Aveiro (3 hours)
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  Fostering Responsible Conduct of Research (2h)
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  Online Quarter Course Careers in Science (30h)
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  Summer School - Course Translation and Validation of Health Measurement Scales (8h)
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  Summer School - Workshop Thesis Writing: Challenges and Tips (3h)
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  Online Short Course Cognitive Rehabilitation in Cancer (1st Edition) (3h) (PhD Jorge Alves)
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  Webinar Scientific Writing - General Principles to Obtain a Scientific Publication (6h) (PhD Ricardo Malheiro)
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  Professional Training in Health Project Management (4th Edition) (16h)
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  Advanced Course Neuropsychological Assessment Instruments (61h)
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  Course in Qualitative Methods in Practice - Thematic Analysis (15h) (PhD Pedro Alexandre Costa)
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  Summer School - Workshop "Thesis Writing: Challenges and Tips" (3h)
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  Advanced Course in Cognitive Rehabilitation (60h) (Dr Marta Parreira)
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  Digital Psychology: Impact(s) on Assessment and Intervention - 1st Edition (30h)
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  Cognitive Rehabilitation Tools: From Paper and Pencil to Technology (1st Edition) (6h) (Dr Mónica Spínola)
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  Workshop in Preparation of Psychological Assessment Reports (3rd Edition) (8h) (Dr Beatriz Baptista)
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  Professional Training in Psychological Assessment of Drivers and Driver Candidates (10h)
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  Professional Training in Psychological Intervention with Older Adults (10h)
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  Professional Training in Methods of Effectiveness Evaluation in Psychological Intervention (30h)
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  Course in Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (16h) (PhD Pedro M Teixeira)
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  Junior Psychologist Initial Training (108h)
• Pós-Graduação
  Postgraduate Specialization Course in Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis (30h)
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  Training Course in Learning from Users: User Research Methods for Technology Design (32h)
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  Evidence Synthesis Studies with the Support of RevMan Software (4h) (PhD Soraia Teles)
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  Qualitative Research (6h) (PhD Catarina Rosa)
• Postgraduate Certificate
  Memory Training Program (5h) (PhD Linda M. Ercoli)
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  Eye-Tracking Applied to Psychological Sciences: Definition, Planning and Inference Based on Ocular Metrics (10h) (PhD Pedro J. Rosa)
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  Analysis of results and article metrics at SCOPUS (1h15)
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  Metrics in Scientific Publishing and Open Science (1h15)
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  PubMed + MeSH Thesaurus: Digital Resources for Health (1h)
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  LimeSurvey: Creating questionnaires on the UA forms platform (2h)
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  Selection of Journals and Ways of Publication (1h15)
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  How to Conduct a systematic Review (3h30) (PhD Helena Donato)
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  Advanced Course in Technological Innovation in Health: New Approaches to Autism Spectrum Disorder – ASD (84h)
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  Professional Training in Personal and Professional Marketing (10h)
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  Professional Training in Psychological Intervention with Refugees and Asylum Seekers (10h)
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  Course in Digital Mental Health: Innovative Tools for Mental Health Professionals (49h) (Ph.D. Raquel Simões Almeida)
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  Professional Training in Guidelines for Supervision Practice (10h)
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  Clinical Investigator Certification - CLIC (grau 1)
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  Short Online Course in Connecting with Telehealth
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  Micro-Credential in Interaction Design for eXperience (54h/2 ECTS)
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  Short Online Course From Child Neurodevelopment to Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6h)
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  Short Online Course in Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia – Neural, Cognitive, and Emotional Bases (5h)
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  Short Online Course in Depression – From Neurobiological Bases to Assessment and Intervention (4h)
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  Short Online Course in Autism Spectrum Disorder – Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention (3h)
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  Short Online Course in Neuropsychology of Bipolar Disorder – Understanding, Assessment, and Intervention (6h)
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  Short Online Course in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What It Is, How It Is Assessed, and How It Is Treated (5h)
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  Short Online Course in Assess and Intervene in Anxiety – Practices Based on Cognitive and Emotional Functioning (5h)

Publicações

Artigo em revista

• 2026-05-04, Efficacy of Cognitive Training for Treating Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Cognitive Domain, Neuropsychology Review
• 2026-02-28, Development and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of the ACRIS-CS: A Theory-Based Measure of Prospective Acceptability of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Cancer Survivors, Journal of Clinical Medicine
• 2025-09, Establishing Diagnostic Cut-Off Scores for the Perceived Cognitive Impairment Subscale of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function—Version 3 in Portuguese Cancer Survivors, Psycho-Oncology
• 2025-02-21, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Metacognitive Prospective Memory Inventory—Short Form (MPMI-s) in Non-Central Nervous System Cancer Patients, Healthcare
• 2023-01-02, CanCOG®: Cultural Adaptation of the Evidence-Based UCLA Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention Program for Cancer Survivors in Portugal, Healthcare
• 2022-12-14, Validation study of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function-Version 3 for the Portuguese population, BMC Psychology
• 2022-12-04, Perceived cognitive functioning in breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy compared to matched healthy women: Evidence from a Portuguese study, International Journal of Nursing Practice
• 2022-07, Cognitive functioning and work-related outcomes of non-central nervous system cancer survivors: protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis, BMJ Open
• 2021, The Modified Caregiver Strain Index: Portuguese version, Journal of Health Psychology
• 2020-08, Positive Aspects of Care in Informal Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Dementia Patients, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Tese / Dissertação

• 2017-12-19, Mestrado, Perceived Cognitive Functioning in Women with Breast Cancer treated with Chemotherapy

Artigo em conferência

• Profile of Informal Caregivers of Dependent Elderly People of the Northern Region of Portugal
• Preliminary validation study of the Portuguese version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Cognitive Function - Version 3 (FACT-Cog-v3)
• Exogenous Attention for Cues of Contagion: The Role of Disgust in Disease Avoidance, 3rd Congress of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists
• Burnout, Personality and Emotional Dysregulation in Higher Education Teachers, 3rd Congress of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists

Resumo em conferência

• 2025, Validation of the Short Version of the Metacognitive Prospective Memory Inventory (MPMI-S) for Portuguese Cancer Survivors, 14th National Congress of Psycho-Oncology and the 3rd Luso-Brazilian Congress of Psycho-Oncology
• 2025, Uma Intervenção Psicológica Suportada pela Internet, Personalizada, Guiada e Fundamentada em Terapias Cognitivo-Comportamentais e de Aceitação e Compromisso (ACT) para a Melhoria de Indicadores Psicossociais em Sobreviventes de Cancro da Mama (iNNOVBC): Estudo Piloto, XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
• 2025, Informational needs of cancer survivors regarding cancer-related cognitive impairment: Perspectives from patients and healthcare professionals, XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
• 2025, Funcionamento cognitivo e resultados relacionados com o trabalho de sobreviventes de cancro do sistema nervoso não central: protocolo para uma revisão sistemática, XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
• 2025, Development and evaluation of an information booklet on cancer-related cognitive impairment: A study protocol, 3º Encontro Bienal de Neuropsicologia
• 2025, CanCOG®¿ - Cognitive rehabilitation in cancer: Preliminary evidence of feasibility and acceptability, Health Congress, Aveiro
• 2025, (Neuro)psychologists' perspectives on cancer-related cognitive impairment and web-based cognitive rehabilitation for cancer survivors: insights from Portuguese qualitative data, 14th National Congress of Psycho-Oncology and the 3rd Luso-Brazilian Congress of Psycho-Oncology
• 2024, Unlocking (Neuro) Psychologists’ Perspectives on Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment and Web-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation for Cancer Survivors: Insights from Qualitative Portuguese Data, 25th IPOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology (IPOS 2024)
• 2023, Web-based cognitive rehabilitation programs for non-CNS cancer survivors: an overview of the publications on the development, efficacy, usability and acceptability, Research Summit 2023 University of Aveiro
• 2023, Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognitive Function-Version 3, 2nd International Conferences on Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Beira Interior - 'The Importance of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Modern World: Challenges and Contributions
• 2023, Physical and psychoeducation combined group intervention: a quasi-experimental study with Portuguese cancer survivors, 31st European Congress of Psychiatry
• 2023, Physical and Psychoeducation Combined Group Intervention: Exploratory Results, 24th IPOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology
• 2023, Intervenção de grupo combinada de educação física e psicoeducação: um estudo quasi-experimental com sobreviventes de cancro portugueses, 2nd International Conferences on Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Beira Interior - 'The Importance of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Modern World: Challenges and Contributions
• 2023, Exploring non-central nervous system cancer survivors’ access, acceptability, and expectations regarding interventions for cognitive complaints, 24th IPOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology
• 2023, European-Portuguese Version of the Cognitive Symptom Checklist-Work (CSC-W): A Validation Study with Working Non-Central Nervous System Cancer Survivors, 24th IPOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology
• 2023, Efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation programs for cancer-related cognitive impairment: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials, IV International Congress of the Research Center for Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC)
• 2023, Effects of cognitive rehabilitation interventions on non-central nervous system cancer survivors: A meta-analysis, 31st European Congress of Psychiatry
• 2023, Development and evaluation of the usability, usefulness and acceptability of a web-based cognitive rehabilitation program for cancer survivors reporting cognitive complaints: The CanCOG® program, Research Summit 2023 University of Aveiro
• 2023, CanCOG® – A web-based cognitive rehabilitation program to improve cognitive functioning of cancer survivors, IV International Congress of the Research Center for Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC)
• 2023, Acceptability and preferences regarding cognitive rehabilitation programs for cancerrelated cognitive impairment in breast cancer survivors, IV International Congress of the Research Center for Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC)
• 2023, Acceptability and Preferences of Cognitive Rehabilitation Programs for Cancer Survivors, 2nd International Conferences on Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Beira Interior - 'The Importance of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Modern World: Challenges and Contributions
• 2022, Web-based cognitive rehabilitation program for non-central nervous system cancer survivors reporting cognitive complaints, Research Summit 2022 University of Aveiro
• 2022, Translation and cultural adaptation of the UCLA Cancer- Related Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention Program to Portugal, 2022 IPOS/CAPO World Congress
• 2022, The Cognitive Symptom Checklist-Work 21 (CSC-W21): Preliminary validation study of the European-Portuguese version in working breast cancer survivors, 2022 IPOS/CAPO World Congress
• 2022, Desenvolvimento de uma plataforma web de reabilitação cognitiva no cancro, ehSemi 2022: 2º Seminário de estudantes em Tecnologias digitais e Saúde/Bem-Estar
• 2022, Desenvolvimento de um Modelo de Adaptação Cultural de Programas de Reabilitação Cognitiva, 5º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
• 2022, CanCOG® - Programa de Reabilitação Cognitiva no Cancro: Descrição de uma intervenção suportada pela web para sobreviventes de cancro para melhorar as funções cognitivas, 5º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
• 2022, Adaptação Cultural para Portugal de um Programa de Reabilitação Cognitiva no Cancro, 14º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
• 2021, Cognitive functioning and work-related outcomes in cancer: Efficacy of a web-based cognitive rehabilitation program (an update), Research Summit 2021 University of Aveiro
• 2021, Cognition in Cancer: Proposal of a Web-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program for Portuguese Working Non-Central Nervous System (CNS) Cancer Survivors, 22rd World Congress of Psycho-Oncology & Psychosocial Academy (IPOS 2021)
• 2021, Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment in Cancer: Examining Portuguese Cancer Survivors' Acceptability and Expectations Regarding Cognitive Telerehabilitation Interventions, 29th European Congress of Psychiatry
• 2020, Cognitive Functioning and Work-Related Outcomes in Cancer: Efficacy of a Web-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program, Research Summit 2020 University of Aveiro
• 2020, Cognitive Functioning and Work Ability in Cancer: Literature Review, 13th National Congress of Health Psychology
• 2019-03, Perceived Cognitive Functioning in Women with Breast Cancer treated with Chemotherapy, I National Congress of Scientific Research in Psychosocial Oncology (ICOP)
• 2018-09, Therapeutic Approach in Complicated Grief- An Example of Group Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Patients, 4th Congress of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists
• 2018-09, Profile of Informal Caregivers of Dependent Elderly People and Residents at Home, in the Northern Region of Portugal, 4th Congress of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists
• 2018-09, Group Intervention Program in Complicated Grief with Psychiatric Patients - An Experience, 4th Congress of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists
• 2017-08, Cognitive and Emotional Effects of a Group Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors, 19th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy
• 2016-03, Automatic attentional processing of faces with disease cues
• 2016-03, Automatic Attentional Processing of Faces with Disease Cues, 24th European Congress of Psychiatry

Poster em conferência

• 2025-12, CanCOG® - Cognitive rehabilitation in cancer: Preliminary evidence of feasibility and acceptability, Health Congress, Aveiro
• 2025-05, Informational needs of cancer survivors regarding cancer-related cognitive impairment: Perspectives from patients and healthcare professionals, XII National Symposium on Psychology Research (XII SNIP), Porto
• 2025-03, “CanCOG® – Cognitive Rehabilitation in Cancer”: A manualized program for Portuguese cancer survivors, 9th International Cognition and Cancer Task Force Conference, Caen
• 2025-03, Development and evaluation of an information booklet on cancer-related cognitive impairment for Portuguese cancer survivors: A mixed-methods study protocol, 3rd Bienal Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Neuropsychology, Coimbra
• 2024-11, CanCog®- Cognitive Rehabilitation in Cancer: A group-based cognitive rehabilitation intervention for non-central nervous system cancer survivors reporting cognitive complaints: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
• 2024-10-05, "CanCOG – Cognitive Rehabilitation in Cancer": Pilot Study with Cancer Survivors, XVI Congresso Nacional de Psico-Oncologia
• 2024-10-04, Validation of the Short Version of the Metacognitive Prospective Memory Inventory (MPMI-S) for Portuguese Cancer Survivors, XIV Congresso Nacional de Psico-Oncologia e III Congresso Internacional Luso-Brasileiro de Psico-Oncologia
• 2024-09-24, iNNOV Sensing: Intervenção cognitivo-comportamental piloto, suportada por dados multimodais recolhidos ativa e passivamente, e entregue através da internet para detetar, tratar e monitorizar a ansiedade e depressão em sobreviventes de cancro da mama (panel communication and “rapid-fire” presentation by Beatriz Matos), 6º ENJIO - Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia
• 2023-07, CanCOG - A Web-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program for Cancer Survivors: Development and Usability Evaluation, Encontro Ciência 2023
• 2023-04-01, Efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation programs for cancer-related cognitive impairment: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials, IV International Congress of the Research Center for Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC)
• 2023-04-01, Acceptability and preferences regarding cognitive rehabilitation programs for cancer-related cognitive impairment in breast cancer survivors, IV International Congress of the Research Center for Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC)
• 2023, European-Portuguese Version of the Cognitive Symptom Checklist-Work (CSC-W): A Validation Study with Working Non-Central Nervous System Cancer Survivors, 24th IPOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology
• 2022-09, Desenvolvimento de um Modelo de Adaptação Cultural de Programas de Reabilitação Cognitiva, 5º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
• 2022-08, The Cognitive Symptom Checklist-Work 21 (CSC-W21): Preliminary validation study of the European-Portuguese version in working breast cancer survivors, 2022 IPOS/CAPO World Congress
• 2021-07-22, Preliminary validation study of the Portuguese version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Cognitive Function - Version 3 (FACT-Cog-v3), 3rd Statistics on Health Decision Making
• 2021-07, Are Perceived Cognitive Difficulties in Cancer Survivors a Reality? Evidence from a Portuguese Sample, 32nd International Congress of Psychology
• 2021-06-28, What are the needs and expectations regarding cognitive rehabilitation interventions of Portuguese cancer survivors experiencing cancer-related cognitive impairment?, Encontro Ciência 2021
• 2021-04, Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment in Portuguese Survivors: Examining Acceptability and Expectations Regarding Cognitive Telerehabilitation Interventions, 29th European Congress of Psychiatry, 10-13 April 2021
• 2018-12-13, Caring Satisfaction in Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia, III International Seminar - Alzheimer and other Dementia: Knowing, Understanding and Intervening
• 2018-11-16, Therapeutic Approach in Complicated Grief: The example of Centro Hospitalar de S. João, 1st Congress of Psychology of Trauma and Grief, Porto-Portugal
• 2018-11-16, The Place of Complicated Grief in Psychiatry: An Experience of Group Intervention, 1st Congress of Psychology of Trauma and Grief, Porto-Portugal
• 2018-05-24, Complicated Grief: A Psychotherapeutic Approach, XIX Psychology Scientific Days of the University Institute of Health Sciences: “(The) Us and the Ties: Binding Paths”, Porto-Portugal
• 2017-11, Perceived Cognitive Functioning in Women with Breast Cancer treated with Chemotherapy, XIII Congress of the Portuguese Academy of Psycho-Oncology - Psycho-Oncology in Oncological Rehabilitation, Lisbon-Portugal
• 2017-07, Therapeutic Approach in Complicated Grief: An Example of Group Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Patients, VI Congress of Grief in Portugal and I Luso-Brazilian Congress of Grief, Lisbon-Portugal
• 2016-04, Memory Impairments in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review, XXIII ENEP – National Meeting of Psychology Students, Viseu-Portugal
• 2016-04, Exogenous Attention for Disease Cues and its Implications on Social Interactions, XXIII ENEP – National Meeting of Psychology Students, Viseu-Portugal
• 2016, Burnout, personalidade e desregulação emocional em professores do ensino superior
• 2016, Atenção Exógena para Pistas de Doença e as suas Implicações nas Interações Sociais, Conference: XXIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Psicologia
• 2016, Atenção Exógena para Pistas Sinalizadoras de Contágio: O Papel do Nojo no Evitamento da Doença, 3º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
• 2016, Alterações de Memória na Perturbação Obsessivo-Compulsiva: Uma Revisão Sistemática da Literatura, Conference: XXIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Psicologia

Marca registada

• CanCOG - Reabilitação Cognitiva no Cancro, Universidade de Aveiro