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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 Health and Clinical Psychologist with a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Coimbra in 2020; an invited assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities from Madeira University, where I am also the director of the Master in Clinical, Health and Wellbeing Psychology; and an integrated researcher at the NOVA Laboratory of Informatics and Computer Science. I supervise Master's students from different areas, such as Clinical and Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, Informatics Engineering and Interactive Media Design (6 concluded and 4 undergoing). In 2015, I was awarded a doctoral scholarship from ARDITI, with host institution M-ITI/LARSyS, where I have been involved in an EU project called 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 in which I was the co-PI was approved for funding by the FCT: Adaptive Virtual Reality for coping with involuntary early pregnancy loss (EXPL/CCI-INF/0298/2021). I published, mostly as first author, 24 articles in peer-reviewed journals, mostly Q1, such as the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Neurology, Journal of Medical Internet Research RAT, Virtual Reality and Games for Health. Additionally, I published 5 book chapters and 18 conference articles, mostly indexed in ACM and IEEE. My research work was distinguished by 9 awards and recognitions, such as runner-up for the early-career award of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation, Best Student Paper Commendation in 2014 and 2016 ICDVRAT and Best Student Paper in the 2018 Conference on Applied Psychology and Human Behavior. Recently, I became an Advisory Board Member of the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. As a professor, since 2010, I have taught more than 20 different disciplines, mostly in the scientific domain of Psychology.

Publications

- Assessing social cognition using virtual reality in the neurosurgical context, André Freitas, Débora Velosa, Sofia Ferreira, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Ana Lúcia Faria, International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, 2024

- Harnessing music and reminiscence approaches to personalize serious games for people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial, Paulo Brando Fernandes, Luís Ferreira, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Ana Lúcia Faria, 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), 2024, 8

- Immersive Exergaming: Harnessing Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays for Health and Fitness Enhancement Through Case Study, Diogo Branco; Ana Henriques Pereira; Leonor Sardinha; Mónica S. Cameirão; Sergi Bermúdez i Badia; Ana Lúcia Faria, 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), 2024, 8

- NeuroAIreh@b: an artificial intelligence-based methodology for personalized and adaptive neurorehabilitation, Ana Lúcia Faria, Yuri Almeida, Diogo Branco, Joana Câmara, Mónica Cameirão, Luís Ferreira, André Moreira, Teresa Paulino, Pedro Rodrigues, Mónica Spínola, Manuela Vilar, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Mário Simões, Eduardo Leopoldo Fermé, Frontiers in Neurology, 2024

- Ecologically valid virtual reality-based technologies for assessment and rehabilitation of acquired brain injury: a systematic review, Ana Lúcia Faria, Jorge Latorre, Mónica da Silva Cameirão, Sergi Bermúdez I Badia , Roberto Llorens, Frontiers in Psychology, 2023

- Narrative Therapy as an innovative approach to Anorexia Nervosa treatment: a literature review, Santos, P. J., Soares, L., & Faria, A. L., Journal of Poetry Therapy, 2023, 14

- Customizing a Cognitive Stimulation Program for Individuals with Dementia through a Participatory Design Approach, Spínola, M., Câmara, J., Ferreira, L., Faria, A. L., & Bermúdez i Badia, S., Applied Sciences, 2022

- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Impact of Full-Body Interaction on Computerized Cognitive Training Based on Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial with Chronic Psychiatric Inpatients., Câmara, J., Ferreira, L., Faria, A. L., Vilar, M., & Bermúdez i Badia, S., Games for Health Journal, 2022

- Immersive virtual reality for cognitive mapping in awake brain surgery: a scoping review, Faria, A. L., Nóbrega, M., & i Badia, S. B., International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, 2022

- Treino cognitivo no pós-avc: um estudo-piloto com a plataforma NeuroAIreh@b, Câmara, J., Paulino, T., Spínola, M., Branco, D., Cameirão, M., Faria, A. L., ... & Fermé, E., Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 2022

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