Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Soraia Teles de Sousa
Citation names
- Teles, Soraia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1E1B-83C4-F35E
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3121-4189
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Psychology
- Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Economics
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2017/10 - 2022/02/18
Concluded
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Clinical and Health Services Research (Doutoramento)
Major in Health Services Research
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Internet-based support and training for informal caregivers of people living with dementia. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014 - 2016
Concluded
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Social economics (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
"Employment and recourse to the parallel economy by people who use drugs in a context of economic crisis and austerity: an
exploratory study" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2006/09/01 - 2011/09/08
Concluded
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Psychology (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Clinical and Health Psychology
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
"Executive functions in Asperger Syndrome: contributes from neuropsychological assessment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/06 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal | ||
2017 - 2018 | Research Assistant (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal | ||
2013 - 2016 | Researcher (Research) | Agência Piaget para o Desenvolvimento (APDES), Portugal |
Instituto Piaget Unidade de Investigação em Educação e Intervenção Comunitária, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015 - 2016 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Instituto Superior de Estudos Interculturais e Transdisciplinares de Viseu, Portugal |
Instituto Piaget Unidade de Investigação em Educação e Intervenção Comunitária, Portugal |
Other Careers
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2012 - 2015 | Assistente (Pessoal da Saúde - Técnico Superior de Saúde - Psicologia Clínica) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016/01/01 - Current | Researcher (associate member, PhD) | Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal |
2018/01/15 - 2022/02/18 | Research fellow (PhD grant) | Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal |
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
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Conference poster |
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Encyclopedia entry |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Newsletter article |
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024/12/10 | Avaliação dos projetos e da iniciativa Gulbenkian Home Care | Inovação na Prestação de Cuidados Domiciliários a Pessoas Idosas |
2024/09/30 | iSupport-Portugal: Leveraging a digital platform for intervention and research with informal caregivers of people with dementia. | HOMEDEM Training School, Aveiro, 30 September 2024 |
2024/05/22 | iSupport for Dementia: A Globally Adapted Mental Health Intervention and Research Platform for Informal Dementia Caregivers. | XI Congresso Internacional de Intervenção Psicológica, 22 May 2024, Porto |
2024 | Gouveia, T., Viana, J., Faria, B, Teles S., (2024). Exploring coping profiles in informal caregivers of people with dementia through an online eHealth platform. | SBBAH 2024 - First Symposium on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Applied to Health, Porto. |
2023/11/17 | iSupport for Dementia: Characterizing the Early Adopters of an eHealth Program for Informal Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia. | AGE.COMM Congress Sustainability in Ageing, 17th November 2023, Castelo Branco, Portugal. |
2023/06/16 | iSupport-Portugal: eHealth Platform for Intervention and Research in Dementia Care. | In Workshop on novel diagnostic tools for Alzheimer´s disease, 16th June 2023, Aveiro. (event link: https://dcm-workshopad2023.wixsite.com/workshop-ad-ua-2023/committee) |
2023/04/04 | iSupport-Portugal: programa de apoio e formação para cuidadores informais de pessoas com demência [iSupport-Portugal: online trainning and support program for informal caregivers of persons with dementia] | [Tertullia] Cuidar de quem cuida (caring for those who care)
CASTIIS CENTRO DE ASSISTENCIA SOCIAL A TERCEIRA IDADE E INFANCIA DE SANGUEDO (online, Portugal)
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2023/03/24 | Support to informal caregivers of persons with dementia: iSupport for dementia | VII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Gerontologia e Gerontólogos (VII ENEGG)
Associação Nacional de Gerontólogos (Porto, Portugal)
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2023 | Teles, S., iSupport as an intervention-research tool: Portuguese experiences on informal care research (Special invited talk to a delegation of researchers on ageing issues). | VII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Gerontologia e Gerontólogos (VII ENEGG), 24th March 2023, Porto, Portugal |
2022/09/21 | Workshop: Humanizing information for people with dementia | Dementia Lab 2022
(Belgium)
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2021 | Acceptability of an Online Training Program for Dementia Caregivers: Results from a Mixed-methods Pilot Randomized Controlled Trials. | AAIC conference 2021 |
2021 | A importância do suporte e da psicoeducação: O exemplo do iSupport-Portugal [The importance of support and Psychoeducation: the example of iSupport-Portugal]. | Café memória fica em casa [Memory Café stay at home] (online) |
2020/12/03 | iSupport implementation opportunities and challenges within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic | WHO iSupport Webinar |
2020/12/03 | Adapting iSupport to Portugal: process and challenges. | iSupport WHO Webinar |
2020/10/02 | Online Training and Support Program (iSupport) for Informal Dementia Caregivers | Symposia Digital Solutions for Physical and Mental Health Healthy Ageing. In 2020 International Psychogeriatric Association Virtual International Congress |
2020/07 | iSupport-Portugal: Adapting an evidence-based online intervention for dementia caregivers to a different culture. | In Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) Conference 2020 |
2019/10/30 | iSupport for Informal Dementia Caregivers. | IPA Young Researchers’ Network Meeting (virtual meeting). |
2019/10/01 | Tecnologia e Pessoas mais Velhas: Combinação Improvável? [Technology and older persons: an unlikely combination?] | Encontro de Psicogerontologia da Ordem dos Psicólogos [Psychogerontology meeting of the Portuguese order of Psychologists] |
2019 | Apoio e formação para cuidadores informais de pessoas com demência: o potencial de ferramentas digitais. [Support and training for informal caregivers of persons with dementia: the potentials of digital tools] | +Talks 3ª edição, Envelhecimento Demográfico: Uma Realidade Desafiante [+ Talks, 3rd Edition, Ageing: a challenging reality] |
2018/12/13 | Programas de suporte e treino online para cuidadores: iSupport. [Online support and training programs for caregivers: iSupport]. | III Seminário Internacional Alzheimer e outras Demências: Conhecer, Compreender e Intervir [III International Seminar on Alzheimer’s and other dementia: know, understand, and intervene] |
2018/09 | High Tech, High Touch: Authorized Active Advisors as mediators between AAL providers and consumers. | AAL Forum |
2018/05/11 | Trust Requirements for the Uptake of Ambient Assisted Living Digital Advisory Services. | 4th IPLeiria International Health Congress |
2018/04/09 | Uma visão sobre o envelhecimento ativo e o conceito de Ambient/Active Assisted Living. [A vision about active ageing and the concept of Ambient/Active Assisted Living]. | V Semana da Reabilitação Urbana [V week of urban rehabilitation] |
2018/03/23 | High Tech, High Touch: Integrating Digital and Human AAL Advisory Services for Older Adults. | 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health |
2017/10/02 | How to make the process of UCD easier in AAL projects: increasing adoption through UCD | AAL Forum 2017 |
2017 | A Multi-Perspective View on AAL stakeholders’ Needs: A User-centred Requirement Analysis for the ActiveAdvice European Project | ICT4AWE 2017 |
2016/09 | Prevenção de overdoses de opiáceos: uma revisão narrativa da literatura [Preventing opiate overdoses: a narrative literature review] | Encontro Sinergias em Saúde [Meeting on Health Synergies] |
2015/09 | Preventing avoidable deaths: a narrative review and recommendations on opioid overdose | Lisbon Addictions 2015, EMCDDA: Lisbon, Portugal |
2015/07 | Caring of children at risk: recommendations and good practices in non-formal education. | CARE project final seminar |
2014/05 | Opioid Substitution Programs in Portugal: Understanding the decision-making process | 2nd IPLeiria International Health Congress |
2014/05 | Austerity and Its Impact On People Who Use Drugs: Is This The End Of The Internationally Acclaimed "Portuguese Model" Of Drug Policy? | The Welfare State in Portugal in the age of austerity conference |
2014/04 | A centralidade da redução de riscos. [The main role of harm reduction]. | Auditório da Assembleia da República [Portuguese Assembly of the Republic] |
2014/04 | Modelo português de políticas de saúde no domínio das drogas. Um exemplo mundial vitimado pela austeridade? [Portuguese drug policy model: was a reference model victimized by austerity?] | Conferência A Geografia da Saúde no cruzamento de saberes [Conference on Health Geography in in the intersection of knowledge areas] |
2014 | Essentials and Recommendations on Opioid Overdose. | Final Seminar of European Harm Reduction Network 2nd Project: collating lifesaving practices. European Harm Reduction Network. |
2013/11 | Políticas de Drogas em Portugal: Crise Económica ou Ideológica? [Drug policies in Portugal: economical or ideological crisis?] | III Encontro Nacional de Redução de Riscos |
2013/11 | Overdose prevention in Europe: A collation of life saving practices (APDES/AKZEPT). | EuroHRN Steering Group Meeting |
2013/11 | Avaliação de Resultados no tratamento de manutenção com agonistas opioids [Outcome assessment in maintenance treatment with opioid agonists]. | Congresso Nacional de Adictologia Saúde, Neurociências e Adições [National Congress on Addictions, Health, and Neurosciences] |
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024/03 - Current | Coping profiles of informal dementia caregivers: a cluster analysis of data collected via a remote measurement tool (Provisional
title)
Supervisor
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2023/03/01 - Current | Medicação Inapropriada no Idoso (Provisional title) [The quality of medication use in older adults] (Provisional title)
Supervisor
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PhD in Gerontology and Geriatrics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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2022/11/01 - Current | A arte popular na qualidade de vida e bem estar das pessoas mais velhas (título provisório) The role of popular art in the
quality of life and well-being of older adults (provisional title)
Co-supervisor
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PhD in Gerontology and Geriatrics (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2015 - 2015 | CARE: Seminário final de projeto [Project seminar], organized by APDES and Northorpe Hall (UK) (2015 - 2015) | |
2013/11 - 2013/11 | Organization of the III Encontro Nacional de Redução de Riscos [III National Risk Reduction Meeting] Co-organized by APDES, SMACT and Faculty of Psychology University of Porto (2013/11 - 2013/11) | |
2012/07 - 2012/07 | Organization of the Internacional Congress SIG Writing 2012 (11-13 July) (2012/07 - 2012/07) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
2011/10 - 2011/10 | Organization of the I Reunião Científica sobre Perturbações do Espectro do Autismo [1st Scientific Meeting on Autism Spectrum Disorders] (October, 14 - 15, 2011) by Clínica CRIAR [Clinic for developmental disorders] and Hospital de São João [São João Hospital] (2011/10 - 2011/10) |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2021 - Current | Member of iSupport for dementia network, promoted by the World Health Organization | Network member |
2013 - Current | Portuguese Professional Order of Psychologists Member 15548 (2013) Specialist in Clinical and Health Psychology recognized by the Portuguese Professional Order of Psychologists (17 July 2016). Specialist in Community Psychology recognized by the Portuguese Professional Order of Psychologists (16 December 2016). | |
2013 - 2017 | Network member European Harm reduction network (Euro-HRN II) | Network member |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/04/05 - Current | Non-remunerated consulting/training for the project "FOOD FRIEND - Autonomous and easy-to-use tool for monitoring of personal food intake and personalized feedback¿ (Ref.ª NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-047381), ongoing at CINTESIS R&D centre. The project follows a methodological approach similar to the one implemented by Soraia Teles in iSupport research and support was requested by the project team regarding the design of the qualitative component of Food Friend. |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024/11 - Current | Designed and is the responsible for the continuous training course “Support for informal caregivers of people with dementia, e-health interventions, and the iSupport-Portugal programme” (Scientific area: 720 Health, ECTS: 1.5) | ||
2016 - Current | Course 'Psychological Evaluation'; Module Psychological Evaluation: Concepts and Modelos (12h) | ||
2016 - Current | Course 'Psychological Evaluation'; Module Neuropsychological Evaluation (12h). | ||
2015 - Current | Course 'Introduction to Psychotherapy'; Module Psychopathology: Children and adolescents (6h) | ||
2015 - Current | Course 'Introduction to Psychotherapy'; Module Biofeedback (6h). | ||
2023/04/14 - 2023/04/14 | Designing a research protocol | Phd in Gerontology and Geriatrics (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
2023/03/17 - 2023/03/17 | Study design: observational studies | PhD in Gerontology and Geriatrics (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
2023/02/24 - 2023/02/24 | Desenhar um estudo de intervenção: decisões metodológicas e o caso 'iSupport-Portugal" ["Designing an intervention study: methodological decisions and the 'iSupport-Portugal' case"] | Phd in Gerontology and Geriatrics | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
2022/06/08 - 2022/06/08 | Estudos de síntese de evidência com apoio do software RevMan. [Evidence synthesis studies supported by RevMan software.] | n/a (seminar) (Outros) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2023/03/16 | Interview about iSuppport (online program for informal dementia caregivers) and iSupport-Footprint (FCT funded project, where Soraia Teles is the Principal investigator). | |
2023 | Teles, S., Molinari Ulate, M., “A Global Collaboration for the Implementation of a Training and Support Programme for Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia”. Dementia in Europe, the Alzheimer Europe Magazine, issue 43 (October 2023). |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2017/07/03 - Current | 90 Segundos de Ciência [90 seconds of science] | ActiveAdvice |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2020 - Current | Mentor in the Hackathon “Hack for Good @Home” (2020) - creation of technological solutions for ageing well - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (promoter). | n/a |
2022/11/01 - 2023/01/30 | Design of Health Technologies | Group of 3 students |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2022 | PhD thesis approved with distinction (criteria "4 articles as first author in journals top 25% in the respective JCR category)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2018 | Best oral communication award - 4th IPLeiria International Health Congress: Global Health Trends, organized by the Center
for Innovative Care and Health Technology (2018).
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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