Ana Telma Pereira

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Ana Telma Pereira

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apereira@fmed.uc.pt

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About Me

Ana Telma Pereira (ATP) is a Psychologist, certified expertise in Clinical and Health Psychology and Psychotherapy by the Portuguese College of Psychology. Master in Psychological Assessment (2005) from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra (UC) and PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine (FMUC). She has a position as Assistant Investigator (with tenure) at the FMUC (Institute of Psychological Medicine; since 2011) and is a member of the CIBIT – Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, a R&D Units - Excellent in International Evaluation, collaborating in the area of Neuroimaging and Clinical Neuroscience (sub-area Neuropsychiatric disorders). Her main scientific interests are (perinatal) affective disorders, eating disorders, personality (perfectionism) and emotional-cognitive (des)regulation and development/validation of psychometric instruments. To date ATP was the PI of 6 funded projects, three of which were RCTs to test the effectiveness of mindfulness and self-compassion intervention programs for psychological distress and burnout. As a team member she participated in 7 funded projects. She has participated in several nonfunded projects (approved by the FMUC Ethics Committee), either as PI (16) or as member (9), that have also contributed to her scientific productivity: 75 articles in SCOPUS (62 in international quartiles 1 and 2-Q1/Q2); 62 articles (48 Q1/Q2) and 240 abstracts (all Q1) in WOS, being 1st/2nd/last author in more than half. Since her PhD, ATP received 20 awards for works she (co)authored. With colleagues from the IPM, she authored 5 books, on the following themes: Perinatal mental health (2014) OCD (2016), Psychological Medicine (2018) and mindfulness and compassion interventions in psychosis (2020) and perinatal distress (2023). In total, she (co-)authored more than 40 book chapters. The scientific impact of her research is reflected in the H index (19/20) and nº citations (>1000) (WoScc/SCOPUS). She was invited speaker and/or co-authored more than 90 oral and 350 poster communications in (inter)national scientific meetings and was also enrolled in the organization of national scientific meetings. Over the last decade, she became increasingly involved in translational research projects (neuroimaging studies in collaboration with CIBIT). More recently, she established a collaboration with the Electrical and Computer Engineering at FCTUC, to expand her contributions through digital health. She has intense activity as a scientific supervisor for post-graduate students/ research fellows: 7 PhD (3 concluded), 5 Master (pre-Bologna), 80 integrated Master (completed) and 2 post-doc (1 concluded). She has +10 years of teaching experience, at FMUC pre-graduate (1st cycle) and post-graduate levels (1st cycle), being the coordinator/regent professor in 6 subjects/units. Since 2022, she is a member of the FMUC Ethics Committee. She actively participates in several science outreach projects and activities and is invited to participate in events in media and broad end-users (TV, radio, newspapers, social networks).

Publications (953)

"Actor-critic" dichotomous hyperactivation and hypoconnectivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder

NeuroImage: Clinical

2025 | journal-article

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