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Psychologist with 10+years of experience in clinical research and neuropsychological assessment
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Subject Matter Expertise
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Work Experience
Post-doctoral researcher
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS/3B's)
February 2019 - Present 
Bolseira Pós-Doutoramento
Optimizer
July 2017 - November 2018
bolseira de doutoramento
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS/3B's), School of Medicine, University of Minho
October 2012 - February 2017
Bolseira de investigação
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina
December 2010 - January 2012
Education
Doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde (Escola de Medicina)
Universidade do Minho
March 2013 - April 2017
Mestrado em Psicologia da Saúde (Escola de Psicologia)
Universidade do Minho
September 2005 - July 2010
Certifications
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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
(2020). The moderator effect of age in the association between mood and adiposity in the elderly is specific for the subcutaneous adipose compartment: An MRI study . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Carlos Portugal‐Nunes, Teresa Costa Castanho, Pedro Silva Moreira, Ricardo Magalhães, Paulo Marques, Patrício Costa, Joana Almeida Palha, Nuno Sousa, Nadine Correia Santos, João Miguel Bessa(2020). The moderator effect of age in the association between mood and adiposity in the elderly is specific for the subcutaneous adipose compartment: An MRI study . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 35. (1). p. 113--121. Wiley
(2019). Linking sleep quality to brain connectivity: a multimodal MRI approach in normative ageing . Sleep Medicine.
(2017). When new technology is an answer for old problems: the use of videoconferencing in cognitive ageing assessment . Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports.
Santos, N.C., Moreira, P.S., Castanho, T.C., Sousa, N., Costa, P.S.(2017). Discriminant power of socio-demographic characteristics and mood in distinguishing cognitive performance clusters in older individuals: a cross-sectional analysis . Aging and Mental Health. 21. (5). p. 537-542.
Esteves, M., Marques, P., Magalhães, R., Castanho, T.C., Soares, J.M., Almeida, A., Santos, N.C., Sousa, N., Leite-Almeida, H.(2017). Structural laterality is associated with cognitive and mood outcomes: An assessment of 105 healthy aged volunteers . NeuroImage. 153. p. 86-96.
(2016). Delirium Diagnostic and Screening Instruments in the Emergency Department: An Up-to-Date Systematic Review . Geriatrics.
Castanho, T.C., Portugal-Nunes, C., Moreira, P.S., Amorim, L., Palha, J.A., Sousa, N., Correia Santos, N.(2016). Applicability of the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (Modified) in a community sample with low education level: Association with an extensive neuropsychological battery . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 31. (2). p. 128-136.
Castanho, T.C., Amorim, L., Moreira, P.S., Mariz, J., Palha, J.A., Sousa, N., Santos, N.C.(2016). Assessing Cognitive Function in Older Adults Using a Videoconference Approach . EBioMedicine. 11. p. 278-284.
Castanho, T.C., Amorim, L., Zihl, J., Palha, J.A., Sousa, N., Santos, N.C.(2014). Telephone-based screening tools for mild cognitive impairment and dementia in aging studies: A review of validated instruments . Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 6. (FEB).
Castanho, T.C., Moreira, P.S., Portugal-Nunes, C., Novais, A., Costa, P.S., Palha, J.A., Sousa, N., Santos, N.C.(2014). The role of sex and sex-related hormones in cognition, mood and well-being in older men and women . Biological Psychology. 103. p. 158-166.
CONFERENCE POSTER
Your brain on coffee: psychological and resting-state effects of coffee consumption. @misc {
author = {Esteves, Madalena and Magalhães, Ricardo and Picó-Perez, Maria and Vieira, Rita and Castanho, Costa Teresa and Amorim, Liliana and Sousa, Mafalda and et al.},
title = {Your brain on coffee: psychological and resting-state effects of coffee consumption.},
year = {2020},
month = {jul}
}. 12th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Glasgow UK.
Your brain on coffee: psychological and resting-state effects of coffee consumption. @misc {
author = {Esteves, Madalena and Magalhães, Ricardo and Picó-Perez, Maria and Vieira, Rita and Castanho, Costa Teresa and Amorim, Liliana and Sousa, Mafalda and et al.},
title = {Your brain on coffee: psychological and resting-state effects of coffee consumption.},
year = {2020},
month = {jul},
doi = {10.13031/2013.7470}
} . 12th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Glasgow UK.
Sleep quality meaning and its association with the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI): A population base study across the adult lifespan @misc {
author = {Amorim, Liliana and Sousa, Alexandra and Castanho, Teresa and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Nadine Correia},
title = {Sleep quality meaning and its association with the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI): A population base study across the adult lifespan},
year = {2019},
month = {oct}
}. Neuroscience 2019 - Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC.
The mediterraenan diet effects on cognition and well-being @misc {
author = {Rodrigues, Belina and Castanho, Teresa and Portugal-Nunes, Carlos and Amorim, Liliana and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Nadine Correia},
title = {The mediterraenan diet effects on cognition and well-being},
year = {2019},
month = {jun}
}. Healthy Ageing – Next Generation of Challenges (a PANINI Co-creation Event), University of Birmingham School, Reino Unido.
Bridging gaps: validating use of rapid testing through technology for cognitive assessment in aging @misc {
author = {Castanho, T. C. and Amorim, L. and Moreira, P.S. and Palha, J.A. and Sousa, N. and Santos, N.C.},
title = {Bridging gaps: validating use of rapid testing through technology for cognitive assessment in aging},
year = {2018},
month = {nov}
}. Society for Neuroscience 47th Annual Meeting.
Dietary intake of community-dwellers by cognitive performance cluster @misc {
author = {Ferreira-Rodrigues, B. and Portugal-Nunes, C. and Castanho, T. and Amorim, L. and Sousa, N. and Santos, N.C.},
title = {Dietary intake of community-dwellers by cognitive performance cluster},
year = {2018},
month = {oct}
}. 14th EuGMS International Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society Advancing Geriatric Medicine in a Modern World.
Applicability and validation of the Reactions to Test (RTT) in a sample of Portuguese Medical Students @misc {
author = {Castanho, T. and Pereira, A.M. and Lima, C. and Amorim, L. and Morgado, P. and José Miguel Pêgo},
title = {Applicability and validation of the Reactions to Test (RTT) in a sample of Portuguese Medical Students},
year = {2018},
month = {aug}
}. Annual Congress of the Medical Education Association (AMEE).
Exploring the link between subjective sleep quality and cognitive performance. @misc {
author = {Amorim, L. and Castanho, T. C. and Portugal-Nunes, C. and Marques, P. and Moreira, P.S. and Soares, J.M. and Pereira, V.H. and et al.},
title = {Exploring the link between subjective sleep quality and cognitive performance.},
year = {2017},
month = {may}
}. XV Meeting on the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience.
Good and poor cognitive performers differ at nutrient intake level. @misc {
author = {Ferreira-Rodrigues, B. and Portugal-Nunes, C. and Castanho, T. and Sousa, N. and Santos, N.C.},
title = {Good and poor cognitive performers differ at nutrient intake level.},
year = {2017},
month = {may}
}. XVI Conference on Food and Nutrition.
Validating use of rapid testing through technology and informant reports for cognitive assessment in aging: an holistic overview @misc {
author = {Castanho, T. C. and Amorim, L. and Moreira, P.S. and Palha, J.A. and Sousa, N. and Santos, N.C.},
title = {Validating use of rapid testing through technology and informant reports for cognitive assessment in aging: an holistic overview},
year = {2017},
month = {may}
}. XV Meeting on the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience.
Morphological hemispheric (a)symmetries in the aged brain - cognitive and emotional correlates. @misc {
author = {Esteves, M. and Marques, P. and Magalhães, R. and Castanho, T. C. and Soares, J.M. and Almeida, A. and Santos, N.C. and Sousa, N. and Leite-Almeida, H.},
title = {Morphological hemispheric (a)symmetries in the aged brain - cognitive and emotional correlates.},
year = {2016},
month = {jul}
}. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience.
Assessing cognitive function in individuals with and without dementia: comparing in person with videoconference and telephone evaluation via TICSM-PT @misc {
author = {Castanho, T. C. and Amorim, L. and Moreira, P.S. and Mariz, A. and Silva, A.M. and Palha, J.A. and Sousa, N. and Santos, N.C.},
title = {Assessing cognitive function in individuals with and without dementia: comparing in person with videoconference and telephone evaluation via TICSM-PT},
year = {2016},
month = {jul}
}. 10th FENS, Forum of Neuroscience.
Comparing in-person and telephone approaches to videoconference based cognitive assessment an exploratory study with older individuals @misc {
author = {Castanho, Costa Teresa and Amorim, Liliana and Moreira, Pedro Silva and Mariz, José and Silva, Ana Maria and Palha, Joana Almeida and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Nadine Correia},
title = {Comparing in-person and telephone approaches to videoconference based cognitive assessment an exploratory study with older individuals},
year = {2015},
month = {oct}
}. Society for Neuroscience 45th Annual Meeting.
Assessing cognitive function in older adults via videoconference @misc {
author = {Castanho, T. C. and Amorim, L. and Moreira, P.S. and Mariz, A. and Silva, A.M. and Palha, J.A. and Sousa, N. and Santos, N.C.},
title = {Assessing cognitive function in older adults via videoconference},
year = {2015},
month = {may}
}. XIV Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências.
Why do undergraduate medical students in difficulty choose not to take part in remediation programs? @misc {
author = {Gonçalves, M. and Castanho, Teresa and Costa, M.J.},
title = {Why do undergraduate medical students in difficulty choose not to take part in remediation programs?},
year = {2011},
month = {aug}
}. Annual Congress of the Medical Education Association (AMEE).
(2011). Why may underperforming students not benefit from academic remediation programs?. XX Congresso da Sociedade Espanhola de Educação Médica.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
DISSERTATION THESIS
Cognitive functioning from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment: combining rapid cognitive testing and informant reports to improve screening in clinical and research contexts @phdthesis {
author = {Castanho, Teresa},
title = {Cognitive functioning from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment: combining rapid cognitive testing and informant reports to improve screening in clinical and research contexts},
year = {2017},
month = {apr},
school = {Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina}
}. Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina.
Adverse childhood experiences, life events and health risk behaviors in Prison Regional Ponta Delgada inmates @phdthesis {
author = {Castanho, Teresa},
title = {Adverse childhood experiences, life events and health risk behaviors in Prison Regional Ponta Delgada inmates},
year = {2010},
month = {jun},
school = {Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia}
}. Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
Asymmetrical subcortical plasticity in older individuals: associations with cognitive and mood changes @inproceedings {
author = {Esteves, M. and Moreira, P.S. and Marques, P. and Castanho, T.C. and Magalhães, R. and Amorim, L. and Portugal-Nunes, C. and et al.},
title = {Asymmetrical subcortical plasticity in older individuals: associations with cognitive and mood changes},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/S0924-977X(17)30101-3}
} . ECNP Workshop for Junior Scientists in Europe.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Associação entre adesão à dieta mediterrânea, actividade física, índices de adiposidade e capacidade física funcional no envelhecimento: Um estudo transversal. @inproceedings {
author = {Castanho, Teresa},
title = {Associação entre adesão à dieta mediterrânea, actividade física, índices de adiposidade e capacidade física funcional no envelhecimento: Um estudo transversal.},
year = {2013}
}. Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação.
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