Martim Santos, PhD, is a Specialist Psychologist in Clinical and Health Psychology and a Researcher at the Psychology Research Centre (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho. He was awarded a PhD grant by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) in 2019 and completed his PhD in Applied Psychology at the University of Minho in 2024. Martim has a hybrid skill set that integrates clinical practice with applied research across both clinical and non-clinical populations (e.g., vulnerable groups), to inform the design of evidence-based intervention programs. He has expertise, clinical practice in a specialized psychotherapy consultation, and advanced training in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies and clinical neuropsychology. His main research lines focus on the triad patient-family-health outcomes, encompassing psychosocial (e.g., family functioning), psychopathological (e.g., anxiety, depression, burnout), and psychoneuroimmunological (e.g., dopaminergic pathways, inflammation, scar healing) processes. He aims to advance understanding of how these processes interact and influence disease progression, functional status, and overall quality of life, thereby contributing to the prevention of mental and physical illness and the promotion of health and well-being. In this line, he has published over ten papers in peer-reviewed international journals indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus, which have garnered more than 150 citations (Scopus h-index: 6). He has received three FCT-funded fellowships and holds relevant experience as a speaker, reviewer, organizer, and moderator of scientific events in clinical and health psychology. He also co-supervised a master’s thesis in Medicine and contributed to the validation of the TAPQoL, the first Portuguese instrument assessing health-related quality of life in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers within community and clinical settings. The key-words of his research line are: Quality of Life; Health Promotion; Psychological Well-being; Family Functioning; Emotional Regulation; Psychological distress; Burnout; Cognitive Impairment; Adverse Childhood Experiences; Chronic Illness; Psychological Assessment; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.