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Hire Dr. Sónia Maria F.
Portugal
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Statistics | Data management | Medical writing | Clinical trials

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting
Research Market Research, Feasibility Study
Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Processing, Data Insights
Product Development Product Evaluation, Prototyping
Work Experience

Clinical Research Associate (CRA)

Clinical Academic Center (2CA-Braga), Braga, Portugal

September 2021 - Present

Biostatistician

Coimbra Coordinating Centre for Clinical Research (4C), AIBILI, Coimbra, Portugal

May 2021 - September 2021

Clinical Researcher

P5 Digital Medical Center, Braga, Portugal

October 2020 - April 2021

Freelance peer-reviewer/Journal selection assistant

Enago (Crimson Interactive)

2020 - 2021

Clinical Researcher

ICVS, Braga, Portugal

September 2016 - October 2020

Medical device hardware/software tester

iCognitus4ALL - IT Solutions, Braga, Portugal

April 2017 - August 2017

Clinical Researcher

CIBIT, Coimbra, Portugal

November 2011 - July 2016

Medical device software developer

BlueWorks, Coimbra, Portugal

July 2010 - August 2010

Machine learning researcher

University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

December 2008 - December 2009

Education

PhD Health Sciences

University of Minho

September 2016 - February 2021

Master Biomedical Engineering

University of Coimbra

September 2006 - September 2011

Certifications
  • Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maria Picó-Pérez, Sónia Ferreira, Beatriz Couto, Catarina Raposo-Lima, Mafalda Machado-Sousa, Pedro Morgado(2021). Sociodemographic and lifestyle predictors of mental health adaptability during COVID-19 compulsory confinement: A longitudinal study in the Portuguese population . Journal of Affective Disorders. 295. p. 797--803. Elsevier {BV}
Sónia Ferreira, Mafalda Machado Sousa, Pedro Silva Moreira, Nuno Sousa, Maria Picó-Pérez, Pedro Morgado(2021). A Wake-up Call for Burnout in Portuguese Physicians During the COVID-19 Outbreak: National Survey Study . JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. {JMIR} Publications Inc.
Pedro Silva Moreira, Sónia Ferreira, Beatriz Couto, Mafalda Machado-Sousa, Marcos Fernández, Catarina Raposo-Lima, Nuno Sousa, Maria Picó-Pérez, Pedro Morgado(2021). Protective Elements of Mental Health Status during the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Portuguese Population . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18. (4). p. 1910. {MDPI} {AG}
Pedro Silva Moreira, Sónia Ferreira, Beatriz Couto, Mafalda Machado-Sousa, Marcos Fernández, Catarina Lima, Nuno Sousa, Maria Picó-Pérez, Pedro Morgado (2021). Protective Elements of Mental Health Status during the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Portuguese Population . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Sónia Ferreira, José Miguel Pêgo, Pedro Morgado(2020). A Systematic Review of Behavioral, Physiological, and Neurobiological Cognitive Regulation Alterations in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder . Brain Sciences. 10. (11). p. 797. {MDPI} {AG}
Sónia Ferreira, Andreia Carvalho Pereira, Bruno Quendera, Aldina Reis, Eduardo Duarte Silva, Miguel Castelo-Branco (2019). Enhanced Visual Attentional Modulation in Patients with Inherited Peripheral Retinal Degeneration in the Absence of Cortical Degeneration . Neural Plasticity.
Sónia Ferreira, José Miguel Pêgo, Pedro Morgado(2019). The efficacy of biofeedback approaches for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Psychiatry Research. 272. p. 237--245. Elsevier {BV}
Ana Rita Machado, Andreia Carvalho Pereira, Fábio Ferreira, Sónia Ferreira, Bruno Quendera, Eduardo Silva, Miguel Castelo-Branco (2017). Structure-function correlations in Retinitis Pigmentosa patients with partially preserved vision: a voxel-based morphometry study . Scientific Reports.
Sónia Ferreira, Andreia Carvalho Pereira, Bruno Quendera, Aldina Reis, Eduardo Duarte Silva, Miguel Castelo-Branco(2017). Primary visual cortical remapping in patients with inherited peripheral retinal degeneration . NeuroImage: Clinical. 13. p. 428--438. Elsevier {BV}
Andreia Martins Rosa, Maria Fátima Silva, Sónia Ferreira, Joaquim Murta, Miguel Castelo-Branco(2013). Plasticity in the Human Visual Cortex: An Ophthalmology-Based Perspective . BioMed Research International. 2013. p. 1--13. Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Sónia Ferreira, Mafalda Machado Sousa, Pedro Silva Moreira, Nuno Sousa, Maria Picó-Pérez, Pedro Morgado (2020). A Wake-up Call for Burnout in Portuguese Physicians During the COVID-19 Outbreak: National Survey Study (Preprint) .
CONFERENCE POSTER
A feasibility study of fMRI neurofeedback for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder @misc { author = {Ferreira, Sónia}, title = {A feasibility study of fMRI neurofeedback for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder}, year = {2019}, month = {jan} }. RT-FIN.
Decreased cognitive flexibility impairs decision-making in obsessive-compulsive disorder – a functional magnetic resonance imaging study @misc { author = {Ferreira, Sónia}, title = {Decreased cognitive flexibility impairs decision-making in obsessive-compulsive disorder – a functional magnetic resonance imaging study}, year = {2019}, month = {jan} }. ECNP.
Brain structural and functional reorganization due to long-term retinal peripheral degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa @misc { author = {Ferreira, Sónia}, title = {Brain structural and functional reorganization due to long-term retinal peripheral degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa}, year = {2014}, month = {jan} }. EVER.
Evidence for structural and functional reorganization of visual retinotopic and high level regions in a human model of genetically determined peripheral visual loss @misc { author = {Ferreira, Sónia}, title = {Evidence for structural and functional reorganization of visual retinotopic and high level regions in a human model of genetically determined peripheral visual loss}, year = {2014}, month = {jan} }. SFN.
Novel psychophysical approaches identify impairment of motion, achromatic and chromatic discrimination in early diabetic retinopathy @misc { author = {Ferreira, Sónia}, title = {Novel psychophysical approaches identify impairment of motion, achromatic and chromatic discrimination in early diabetic retinopathy}, year = {2014}, month = {jan} }. ARVO.
Phenotypic characterization in two patients with identified rhodopsin gene mutation: impact of retinal degeneration on cortical structure @misc { author = {Ferreira, Sónia}, title = {Phenotypic characterization in two patients with identified rhodopsin gene mutation: impact of retinal degeneration on cortical structure}, year = {2012}, month = {jan} }. ARVO.
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