Coordination of the co-construction process of the municipal health strategies of these municipalities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (and of four corresponding action plans). Coordinator of two Municipal Health Promotion Observatories (in Cascais and Odivelas).
research
Desde 2018
EnviHeB Lab — Environmental Health Behaviours
ISAMB · FMUL
Coordination of the lab dedicated to behavioural determinants with synergistic effects on human and planetary health.
consulting
Desde 2017
Unbreakable Idea Research
Company working in applied research and scientific consulting in health, behaviour and innovation.
research
Desde 2022
PARC — Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals
Horizon Europe (101057014)
European partnership for chemical risk assessment for human and environmental health.
research
Desde 2023
FOODCLIC — Integrated Urban Food System Policies
Horizon Europe (101060717)
Applied research on integrated policies for healthy and sustainable urban food systems.
research
Desde 2024
WAGE — Healthy Working Environments for all Ages
Horizon Europe (101137207)
Promotion of healthy working environments across the working life-course.
Completed projects
11 projects
research
2021–2024
INDEPT — Mediterranean Diet & Major Depression
FCT (PTDC/SAU-NUT/3321/2020)
Randomized controlled trial on nutritional counselling as adjuvant treatment for major depressive disorder.
research
2022–2024
Indoor Heat Exposure in the Elderly
FCT (EXPL/GES-AMB/0280/2021)
Adaptation attitudes to indoor heat exposure among older adults.
research
2018–2022
Fertility, Migration & Acculturation
FCT (PTDC/SOC-SOC/30025/2017)
Intersectional approach to sexual and reproductive experiences of Cape Verdean and Portuguese families.
research
2020–2022
SM-COVID19 — Mental Health in Pandemic
ISAMB · FMUL
National study on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
editorial
2017–2025
The Psychologist: Practice & Research Journal
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
Founder and Editor-in-Chief (2017–2025) of the official scientific journal of the Portuguese Psychologists Association.
research
2017–2022
HBM4EU — European Human Biomonitoring Initiative
Horizonte 2020 (733032)
Evidence synthesis and data gap identification in human biomonitoring across Europe.
research
2018–2022
FEMINA — Fertility, Migration & Acculturation
FCT (PTDC/SOC-SOC/30025/2017)
Intersectional inequalities in sexual and reproductive health among Cape Verdean and Portuguese families.
research
2020–2023
Social Prescribing — Local System in Primary Care
ISAMB · FMUL
Feasibility study to develop a social prescribing local system in a Mediterranean country.
research
2017–2019
Nutr-HIA — Health Impact Assessment of Nutrition Labelling
Direção-Geral da Saúde
Health impact assessment of interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labelling schemes.
consulting
2021
Behavioral Sciences Task Force for COVID-19
Governo de Portugal
Member of the Task Force established by governmental decree to inform public health policy during the pandemic.
research
2020–2021
REACT-COVID — Physical Activity & Nutrition during Lockdown
ISAMB · FMUL
Longitudinal study of physical activity and nutrition behaviours during social distancing.