Penteada University Campus , Floor 2, Office 2.73

monica.cameirao@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 291 / 5291

Biographical Notes

Mónica is an Assistant Professor and researcher at the University of Madeira (UMa) and the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (Madeira-ITI) in Portugal. She is co-founder of the NeuroRehabLab Research Group, an interdisciplinary research group of UMa that investigates at the intersection of technology, neuroscience and clinical practice to find novel solutions to increase the quality of life of those with special needs. In recent years, Mónica has been involved in the development and clinical assessment of virtual reality technologies (VR) for stroke rehabilitation. Mónica's work in VR explores specific brain mechanisms that relate to functional recovery to approach motor and cognitive stroke rehabilitation by means of non-invasive and low-cost technologies. Her research addresses aspects such as serious gaming, personalization of training, integrative motor-cognitive tasks, physiological computing or the emotional content of training stimuli. More recently, Mónica also started applying these principles to technology mediated fitness training for the elderly population. Mónica has been awarded the 2016 ISVR Early Career Investigator Award, an award granted by the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation. The purpose of this award is to recognize and acknowledge outstanding contributions by early career scientists whose research relates to virtual rehabilitation.

Publications

- Development and Validation of a Mixed Reality Exergaming Platform for Fitness Training of Older Adults, S Bermúdez i Badia, J Avelino, A Bernardino, MS Cameirão, JE Muñoz, H Cardoso, A Gonçalves, T Paulino, R Ribeiro, H Simão, H Sousa, 978-3-031-05804-2, Springer, 2023

- WCISVR 2023 - International conference on virtual rehabilitation, WCISVR 2023 - International conference on virtual rehabilitation, 2023

- AViR: A Virtual Reality based framework for psychological support after involuntary early pregnancy loss, MS Cameirão, A Fonseca, ICDVRAT 2022 - 14th International Conference on Disability Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, 2022

- AViR: A Virtual Reality based framework for psychological support after involuntary early pregnancy loss, MS Cameirão, A Fonseca, ICDVRAT 2022 - 14th International Conference on Disability Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, 2022

- Caracterização do Impacto Psicológico da Perda Gestacional Precoce nas Mulheres em Portugal, DG Mendes, A Fonseca, MS Cameirão, 14º Congresso de Psicología da Saúde, 2022

- Cognitive training in Alcohol Use Disorder treatment: a randomized control clinical trial with personalized virtual reality and paper-and-pencil in an inpatient population, R Costa, S Lima, MS Cameirão, S Bermúdez i Badia, AL Faria, ICDVRAT 2022 - 14th International Conference on Disability Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, 2022

- Cognitive training involving simulations of instrumental activities of daily living following acquired brain injury: a pilot study with the NeuroAIreh@b platform, J Câmara, T Paulino, M Spínola, D Branco, MS Cameirão, AL Faria, L Ferreira, A Moreira, AR Silva, M Vilar, MR Simões, S Bermúdez i Badia, E Fermé, ICDVRAT 2022 - 14th International Conference on Disability Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, 2022

- ICDVRAT 2022 - 14th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies, ICDVRAT 2022 - 14th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies, 2022

- ICVR 2022 - International Conference for Virtual Reality, https://osf.io/kbnv8, ICVR 2022 - International Conference for Virtual Reality, 2022

- Treino cognitivo informatizado baseado em simulações de atividades de vida diária na fase crónica do AVC: um estudo de caso, J Câmara, T Paulino, D Branco, MS Cameirão, AL Faria, L Ferreira, A Moreira, M Spínola, M Vilar, M Simões, E Fermé, S Bermúdez i Badia, 16º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de AVC, 2022

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Tecnologias da Informação e Meios Audiovisuais, 2010, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Current Duties

- Director of the PhD in - diretor.ei.3c@mail.uma.pt

- Vice-Presidente de Comissão of the Comissão de Ética

- Representante de Unidade Orgânica of the Comissão de Ética

- Representante de Unidade Orgânica of the Comissão de Ética

- Vice-Presidente de Comissão of the Comissão de Ética