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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 (Neuropsychology sub-specialty) by Ordem dos Psicólogos with a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Coimbra in 2020. The main outcomes of my thesis were the development of a new cognitive rehabilitation personalization framework with objective guidelines that were used to create three innovative tools - Task Generator, Reh@Task, and Reh@City - and its clinical validation with stroke patients from Madeira Health Service. In 2015, I was awarded a doctoral scholarship from ARDITI, with host institution M-ITI/LARSyS.

During my doctoral studies, I have been involved in an EU project called RehabNet(303891 FP7-PEOPLE-2011). From 2020 to 2022, I was a post-doctoral researcher in an interdisciplinary project called BRaNT(PTDC/CCI-COM/31046/2017), which addressed the scientific limitations of traditional cognitive rehabilitation practices through virtual reality games that allowed automatic personalization through Artificial Intelligence approaches. In 2021, a project in which I was the co-PI was approved for funding by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (EXPL/CCI-INF/0298/2021).

I have been an invited assistant professor at Madeira University since 2010. I supervise Master's students from different areas, such as Clinical and Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, Informatics Engineering and Interactive Media Design.

I published, mostly as first author, 19 articles in peer-reviewed and indexed journals such as the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (IF: 5.8), Frontiers in Psychology (IF: 3.8), Frontiers in Neurology (IF: 3.4), Journal of Medical Internet Research RAT (IF: 7), Virtual Reality (IF: 4.2) and Games for Health (IF: 3.5).

I was awarded a Best Student Paper Commendation in 2014 and 2016 ICDVRAT, and I was the runner-up for the early-career award of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation, delivered at the Rehabweek conference in the Netherlands.

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