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Ana Lúcia dos Santos Faria

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Penteada University Campus , Floor 1, Office 1.43

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2KhMajgAAAAJ&hl=en

anafaria@staff.uma.pt

Biographical Notes

I am a Clinical and Health Psychologist with a PhD in Psychology from the University of Coimbra (2020); an invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Madeira, where I also serve as the Director of the Master's Degree in Clinical, Health, and Well-being Psychology; and an Integrated Researcher at Madeira NLINCS. I supervise Master's and Doctoral students in various fields, including Clinical, Health, and Well-being Psychology, Neuropsychology, Computer Engineering, and Interactive Media Design.

In 2015, I received a doctoral scholarship from ARDITI, with the host institution M-ITI/LARSyS, where I participated in the European project RehabNet (303891 FP7-PEOPLE-2011). From 2020 to 2022, as a post-doctoral researcher, I coordinated the BRaNT project (PTDC/CCI-COM/31046/2017). In 2021, a project where I was co-PI was approved for funding by FCT: Adaptive Virtual Reality for coping with involuntary early gestational loss (EXPL/CCI-INF/0298/2021). In 2025, I was appointed Science Communication Coordinator for COST ACTION 24123 (neuroXRehab).

My research is primarily in the area of interactive technologies for neurorehabilitation and mental health and has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, mostly Q1, such as the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Neurology, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Virtual Reality, and Games for Health. My research work has been recognized with 9 awards, including second place in the early career award from the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation and honorable mentions for Best Student Paper at ICDVRAT in 2014 and 2016. Recently, I became a Member of the Advisory Board of the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology.

As a professor, since 2010, I have taught more than 20 different courses, predominantly in the field of Psychology.

Publications

- "Memorare" a multidimensional intervention for people with major neurocognitive disorder: a series of six case studies, Mariana Castro Fernandes, Luís Ferreira, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Ana Lúcia Faria, HCist - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, 2025

- Assessing social cognition using virtual reality in the neurosurgical context, André Freitas, Débora Velosa, Sofia Ferreira, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Ana Lúcia Faria, Procedia Computer Science, 2025, 1207

- Comparing adaptive tablet-based cognitive training and paper-and-pencil cognitive training: a pilot randomized controlled trial with community-dwelling stroke survivors, Joana Câmara, Sofia Carlos de Aguiar, Teresa Paulino, Ana Lúcia Faria, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Manuela Vilar, Eduardo Fermé, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 2025

- Enhancing treatment outcomes of Alcohol Use Disorder patients through ICT-based cognitive training tools: a randomized controlled trial, Rita Costa, Sérgio Lima, M. S.. Cameirão, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Ana Lúcia Faria, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 2025

- Investigating risk factors for Suicidal Ideation: A study in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Castro, B., Gomes, F., Borges, J. M., & Faria, A. L., XII Congress of the European Society on Family Relations, 2025

- Task Generator 2.0: Integrating Interactive Technology with Personalized Task Generation, Tomás Marcos, Ana Lúcia Faria, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Filipe Quintal, Procedia Computer Science, 2025, 1293

- The impact of gender on Parenting Stress: the intersection of socio-demographic variables, parenting styles and workload, Gomes, K., Barreto, M., & Faria, A. L., XII Congress of the European Society on Family Relations, 2025

- VR-based daily routine simulations for ecologically valid neurorehabilitation of spatial neglect, Freitas, A., Bermúdez i Badia,& Faria, A. L., Second European Symposium on XR Technologies for the Neurorehabilitation of Spatial Neglect and Related Disorders, 2025

- XII CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY ON FAMILY RELATIONS, XII CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY ON FAMILY RELATIONS, 2025

- 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2024

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Psicologia, 2020, Universidade de Coimbra

- Master Degree in Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde, 2008, Universidade de Coimbra

Current Duties

- Director of the Master in - diretor.pcsb.2c@mail.uma.pt