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Freelance Psychologist | Researcher | Data Analyst | SPSS & R | 10+ years of experience in research
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
General Proofreading & Editing
Research
Meta-Research,
Feasibility Study,
Gap Analysis,
Gray Literature Search,
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review,
Secondary Data Collection
Consulting
Healthcare Consulting,
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Predictive Modeling,
Statistical Analysis,
Data Visualization,
Data Cleaning,
Data Processing
Work Experience
Psychologist
Mudança - Psicologia e Psicoterapia
January 2025 - Present
Doctoral Fellow
University of Porto
January 2021 - December 2024 
Doctoral Fellow
Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto
January 2021 - December 2024
Research Fellow
Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto
April 2019 - December 2020
Clinical and Health Psychologist
Freelance Psychologist
June 2018 - April 2019
Clinical and Health Psychologist
Maiêutica Cooperativa de Ensino Superior CRL
February 2016 - April 2019
Research Fellow
Maiêutica Cooperativa de Ensino Superior CRL
April 2015 - June 2016
Education
PhD in Psychology (Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences)
University of Porto
September 2020 - Present
Post-graduation (Doctoral Coursework) - Psychology, Specialty of Clinical Psychology (Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences )
Maia University Institute
February 2015 - January 2017
Master in Clinical and Health Psychology (Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences)
Maia Institute of Higher Education
September 2011 - November 2013
Bachelor in Psychology (Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences)
Maia Institute of Higher Education
September 2008 - July 2011
Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
The Genetic Psychosocial Risk Instrument (GPRI): A Validation Study for European Portuguese <head>
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</head> . Acta Médica Portuguesa.
Gomes P, Ferreira T, Mena Matos P, Silva E, Silva J, Esplen MJ, M D Sales C(2022). The Genetic Psychosocial Risk Instrument (GPRI): A Validation Study for European Portuguese . Acta medica portuguesa.
Silva E, Gomes P, Matos PM, Silva ER, Silva J, Brandão C, Castro F, Neves MC, Sales CMD(2022). "I have always lived with the disease in the family": family adaptation to hereditary cancer-risk . BMC primary care.
Gomes P, Matos PM, Silva ER, Silva J, Silva E, Sales CMD(2022). Distress facing increased genetic risk of cancer: The role of social support and emotional suppression . Patient education and counseling.
Pedro Gomes and Giada Pietrabissa and Eunice R. Silva and Jo{\~{a}}o Silva and Paula Mena Matos and Maria Em{\'{\i}}lia Costa and Vanessa Bertuzzi and Eliana Silva and Maria Carolina Neves and C{\'{e}}lia M. D. Sales(2022). Family Adjustment to Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Systematic Review . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19. (3). p. 1603. {MDPI} {AG}
Family Adjustment to Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Systematic Review @article {
author = {null},
title = {Family Adjustment to Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Systematic Review},
journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health},
volume = {19},
number = {3},
pages = {1603--1603},
year = {2022},
month = {jan},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031603},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph19031603}
} . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Mendes, I., Rosa, C., Stiles, W.B., Caro Gabalda, I., Gomes, P., Basto, I., Salgado, J.(2016). Setbacks in the process of assimilation of problematic experiences in two cases of emotion-focused therapy for depression . Psychotherapy Research. p. 1-15.
BOOK
Adaptação psicológica da pessoa e da família ao risco de cancro hereditário - Livro Branco [Psychological adaptation of the individual and the family to the risk of hereditary cancer - White Paper] @book {
author = {Sales, Célia M. D.},
title = {Adaptação psicológica da pessoa e da família ao risco de cancro hereditário - Livro Branco [Psychological adaptation of the individual and the family to the risk of hereditary cancer - White Paper]},
edition = {1},
volume = {1},
year = {2022}
}.
CONFERENCE POSTER
Ajustamento ao Teste de Predisposição Genética para o Cancro: O Papel da Regulação Emocional e do Suporte Social [ Adjustment to the Genetic Predisposition to Cancer Test: The Role of Emotional Regulation and Social Support] @misc {
author = {Gomes, Pedro and Matos, Paula Mena and Silva, Eunice and Silva, João and Sales, Célia},
title = {Ajustamento ao Teste de Predisposição Genética para o Cancro: O Papel da Regulação Emocional e do Suporte Social [ Adjustment to the Genetic Predisposition to Cancer Test: The Role of Emotional Regulation and Social Support]},
year = {2020},
month = {nov}
}. 17º Congresso Nacional de Oncologia.
Validação da Versão Portuguesa do Genetic Psychosocial Risk Instrument (GPRI) [ Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Genetic Psychosocial Risk Instrument (GPRI) ] @misc {
author = {Gomes, Pedro and Ferreira, Tiago and Matos, Paula Mena and Silva, Eunice and Silva, João and Esplen, Mary Jane and Sales, Célia},
title = {Validação da Versão Portuguesa do Genetic Psychosocial Risk Instrument (GPRI) [ Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Genetic Psychosocial Risk Instrument (GPRI) ]},
year = {2020},
month = {nov}
}. 17º Congresso Nacional de Oncologia.
Ajustamento Familiar às Síndromes de Cancro Hereditário: Uma Revisão Sistemática [ Family Adjustment to Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Systematic Review ] @misc {
author = {Gomes, Pedro and Pietrabissa, Giada and Silva, Eunice and Silva, João and Matos, Paula Mena and Costa, Maria Emília and Bertuzzi, Vanessa and Sales, Célia},
title = {Ajustamento Familiar às Síndromes de Cancro Hereditário: Uma Revisão Sistemática [ Family Adjustment to Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Systematic Review ]},
year = {2020},
month = {sep}
}. 2º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia (ENJIO-II).
Researchers, practitioners, and users TOGETHER to study the psychosocial adjustment to genetic testing in the context of inherited cancer risk @misc {
author = {Gomes, Pedro and Matos, Paula Mena and Silva, Eunice and Silva, João and Costa, Maria Emília and Bento, Maria José and Crespo, Carla and Esplen, Mary Jane and Sales, Célia},
title = {Researchers, practitioners, and users TOGETHER to study the psychosocial adjustment to genetic testing in the context of inherited cancer risk},
year = {2019},
month = {oct}
}. International Conference on Person Centered Healthcare.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
How staff and users shape TOGETHER: A participatory research on the psychosocial adaptation to genetic risk of cancer at IPO Porto @inproceedings {
author = {Gomes, Pedro and Matos, Paula Mena and Silva, Eunice and Silva, João- and Sales, Célia},
title = {How staff and users shape TOGETHER: A participatory research on the psychosocial adaptation to genetic risk of cancer at IPO Porto},
address = {Porto},
number = {1},
volume = {1},
pages = {48--48},
year = {2019},
month = {oct}
}. International Conference on Person Centered Healthcare.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Cassola, F., Costa, A., Henriques, R., Rocha, A., Sousa, M., Gomes, P., Ferreira, T., Cunha, C., Salgado, J.(2017). Screening and evaluation platform for depression and suicidality in primary healthcare . ICT4AWE 2017 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. p. 210-215.
Screening and evaluation platform for depression and suicidality in primary healthcare @inproceedings {
author = {Cassola, F. and Costa, A. and Henriques, R. and Rocha, A. and Sousa, M. and Gomes, P. and Ferreira, T. and Cunha, C. and Salgado, J.},
title = {Screening and evaluation platform for depression and suicidality in primary healthcare},
year = {2017},
pages = {210--215}
}.
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