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I am an experimental psychologist and data analyst with a PhD in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, specializing in psychological and neuroscientific assessment, behavioral tasks, and psychometric evaluation. My research spans numerical discrimination in animals, behavioral experiments with children and adults, neurophysiological data analysis (e.g., fMRI, skin conductance), and psychometric validation of assessment tools (e.g., questionnaires). I have worked in interdisciplinary teams across psychology, neuroscience, and decision-making research, contributing to experimental design, setup, data analysis, and scientific writing. My experience includes academia, scientific communication, and citizen science initiatives. Currently, I work at Direção-Geral da Saúde (Portugal), where I analyze epidemiological and health datasets, develop automated reports, and write scripts to streamline statistical analyses for health indicator monitoring.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Eugénia Alexandra Sabino da Silva Fernandes

Citation names

  • Fernandes, Eugénia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C715-8C4A-AC3D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4547-6358

Websites

  • http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-6358 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/06/12
Concluded
 Psicologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Psicologia Experimental e Ciências Cognitivas
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Mapping numbers onto space in preschool children and adults" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada por Unanimidade
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11/17 - 2021/05/31 Researcher (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2019/02/12 - 2019/10/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018 - 2019 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/06/01 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Direção-Geral da Saúde, Portugal
Direção de Serviços de Informação e Análise / Direção-Geral da Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017 - Current Physiological indices of the deleterious effects of unrealistic media images on body satisfaction: A cross-cultural investigation
Grant Edition G-04602; Application Number A-10827
 Fundação Bial
2021/01 - 2025/12 Ciências da Vida para um Futuro Saudável e Sustentável
168223UID
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019/01 - 2019/12 Centro de Investigação em Psicologia - CIPsi
154680UID
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2010/01 - 2015/06 Individual Doctoral Scholarship
SFRH/BD/64291/2009
PhD Student Fellow
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
2011/01 - 2013/12 Projecto Estratégico - UI 1662 - 2011-2012
123270UID
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2010/01 - 2013/12 CAPACIDADES NUMÉRICAS EM POMBOS COLUMBA LIVIA E HUMANOS
27880DFA
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/02 - 2013/02 Travel Grant eCOST- TIMELY, School on Timing and Time Perception: Procedures, Measures, and Applications
COST-TS-ECOST-TRAINING_SCHOOL-TD0904-040213-028262
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
2012/06 - 2012/06 Travel Grant - Partner University Fund (PUF)
Projects 2010
 FACE Foundation

Contract

Designation Funders
2025 - 2026 AI4HeatHealth: Artificial Intelligence for Health Heat Impacts Monitoring
2024.07710.IACDC
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. P Pita Ferreira; D Godinho Simões; C Pinto de Carvalho; F Duarte; E Fernandes; P Casaca; J Loff; et al. "Real-time classification of causes death using Artificial Intelligence – sensitivity analysis". 2022.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.574
Journal article
  1. Patrícia Pita Ferreira; Diogo Godinho Simões; Constança Pinto de Carvalho; Francisco Duarte; Eugénia Fernandes; Pedro Casaca Carvalho; José Francisco Loff; et al. "Real-Time Classification of Causes of Death Using AI: Sensitivity Analysis". JMIR AI (2023): https://doi.org/10.2196/40965.
    10.2196/40965
  2. Irina Kislaya; Pedro Casaca; Vítor Borges; Carlos Sousa; Bibiana I. Ferreira; Ana Fonte; Eugénia Fernandes; et al. "Comparative Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing Infections and Disease Progression from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 and BA.2, Portugal". Emerging Infectious Diseases 29 3 (2023): 569-575. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221367.
    10.3201/eid2903.221367
  3. Malato J; Ribeiro RM; Fernandes E; Leite PP; Casaca P; Antunes C; Fonseca VR; Gomes MC; Graca L. "Stability of hybrid versus vaccine immunity against BA.5 infection over 8 months.". The Lancet. Infectious diseases (2023): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/36620968.
    10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00833-7
  4. João Malato; Ruy M. Ribeiro; Pedro P. Leite; Pedro Casaca; Eugénia Fernandes; Carlos Antunes; Válter R. Fonseca; Manuel C. Gomes; Luis Graca. "Risk of BA.5 Infection among Persons Exposed to Previous SARS-CoV-2 Variants". New England Journal of Medicine 387 10 (2022): 953-954. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/nejmc2209479.
    10.1056/nejmc2209479
  5. Suetens, C.; Kinross, P.; Berciano, P.G.; Nebreda, V.A.; Hassan, E.; Calba, C.; Fernandes, E.; et al. "Increasing risk of breakthrough COVID-19 in outbreaks with high attack rates in European long-term care facilities, July to October 2021". Eurosurveillance 26 49 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85122151991&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.49.2101070
  6. Ana Seara-Cardoso; Andreia Queirós; Eugénia Fernandes; Joana Coutinho; Craig Neumann. "Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity of the Short Version of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in a Southern European Sample". Journal of Personality Assessment (2019): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00223891.2019.1617297.
    10.1080/00223891.2019.1617297
  7. Joana Coutinho; Patrícia Oliveira-Silva; Eugénia Fernandes; Oscar F. Gonçalves; Diogo Correia; Kristin Perrone Mc-Govern; Wolfgang Tschacher. "Psychophysiological Synchrony During Verbal Interaction in Romantic Relationships". Family Process (2018): https://doi.org/10.1111%2Ffamp.12371.
    10.1111/famp.12371
  8. Andreia Queirós; Eugénia Fernandes; Renate Reniers; Adriana Sampaio; Joana Coutinho; Ana Seara-Cardoso; Ulrich S. Tran. "Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample". PLOS ONE 13 6 (2018): e0197755-e0197755. https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0197755.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0197755
  9. Giuseppe Danese; Eugénia Fernandes; Neil V. Watson; Samuele Zilioli. "Testosterone and Cortisol Jointly Predict the Ambiguity Premium in an Ellsberg-Urns Experiment". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11 (2017): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffnbeh.2017.00068.
    10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00068
Preprint
  1. Patrícia Pita Ferreira; Diogo Godinho Simões; Constança Pinto de Carvalho; Francisco Duarte; Eugénia Fernandes; Pedro Casaca Carvalho; José Francisco Loff; et al. "Real-Time Classification of Causes of Death Using AI: Sensitivity Analysis (Preprint)". 2022. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.40965.
    10.2196/preprints.40965
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Mendes, Tânia Catarina Oliveira. "A influência da expressividade emocional na sincronia psicofisiológica". Master, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/22909.
  2. Soares, Patrícia Isabel Caetano. "Sincronia psicofisiológica e neuroticismo na díade de casal". Master, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/22895.
  3. Gonçalves, Mariana Vieira Miranda. "A influência do contágio emocional na qualidade da resposta empática em alunos de psicologia". Master, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/22923.
  4. Moreno, Ana Filipa Neves Valente Geraldes. "Within couple neurophysiological concordance in naturalistic context : do we need to be concordant to empathize?". Master, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/21492.
  5. Fernandes, Eugénia. "Mapping numbers onto space in preschool children and adults". 2015. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/38428.

Other

Other output
  1. Omicron (BA.1) SARS-CoV-2 variant is associated with reduced risk of hospitalization and length of stay compared with Delta (B.1.617.2). 2022. Peralta-Santos, A.; Rodrigues, E.F.; Moreno, J.; Ricoca, V.; Casaca, P.; Fernandes, E.; Gomes, J.P.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85125183948&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2022.01.20.22269406
  2. Risk of BA.5 infection in individuals exposed to prior SARS-CoV-2 variants. 2022. Malato, J.; Ribeiro, R.M.; Leite, P.P.; Casaca, P.; Fernandes, E.; Antunes, C.; Fonseca, V.R.; Gomes, M.C.; Graca, L.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85135821230&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2022.07.27.22277602
  3. Rapid waning of protection induced by prior BA.1/BA.2 infection against BA.5 infection. 2022. Malato, J.; Ribeiro, R.M.; Fernandes, E.; Leite, P.P.; Casaca, P.; Antunes, C.; Fonseca, V.R.; Gomes, M.C.; Graca, L.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85138519890&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2022.08.16.22278820
  4. SARS-CoV-2 BA.5 vaccine breakthrough risk and severity compared with BA.2: a case-case and cohort study using Electronic Health Records in Portugal. 2022. Kislaya, I.; Casaca, P.; Borges, V.; Sousa, C.; Ferreira, B.I.; Fernandes, E.; Dias, C.M.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85135818426&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2022.07.25.22277996
  5. Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy--Portuguese Version. 2019. Andreia Queirós; Eugénia Fernandes; Renate Reniers; Adriana Sampaio; Joana Coutinho; Ana Seara-Cardoso. https://doi.org/10.1037%2Ft71031-000.
    10.1037/t71031-000
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2016 - 2017/07/24 Sincronia psicofisiológica e neuroticismo na díade de casal
Supervisor
 Psicologia (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
2016 - 2017/07/24 A influência da expressividade emocional na sincronia psicofisiológica
Supervisor
 Psicologia (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2017/07/24 A influência do contágio emocional na qualidade da resposta empática em alunos de psicologia
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Vieira Miranda Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
2016/09/19 Within-couple Neurophysiological Concordance in Naturalistic Setting: Do we need to be synchronous to empathize?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Filipa Neves Valente Geraldes Moreno (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2009 PhD Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal