Identificação
            Identificação pessoal
- Nome completo
 - Joana Carvalho
 - Data de nascimento
 - 1982/04/17
 
Nomes de citação
- Carvalho, Joana
 
Identificadores de autor
- Ciência ID
 - C418-C0B5-A998
 - Scopus Author Id
 - 35361620100
 
Moradas
- Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro, 3810, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Profissional)
 
Websites
Domínios de atuação
- Ciências Sociais - Psicologia
 
Idiomas
| Idioma | Conversação | Leitura | Escrita | Compreensão | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Português (Idioma materno) | |||||
| Inglês | Utilizador proficiente (C2) | Utilizador proficiente (C2) | Utilizador proficiente (C2) | Utilizador proficiente (C2) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | 
| Italiano | Utilizador independente (B1) | Utilizador independente (B2) | Utilizador independente (B2) | ||
| Espanhol; Castelhano | Utilizador independente (B1) | Utilizador independente (B1) | Utilizador elementar (A2) | Utilizador independente (B2) | 
Formação
            | Grau | Classificação | |
|---|---|---|
| 
                                  2025 
                                 Concluído 
                               | 
                              Habilitation in Psychology  (Título de Agregado)
                                  Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal 
                               | 
                              |
| 
                                  2011/12/21 
                                 Concluído 
                               | 
                              PhD in Psychology - Human Sexuality  (Doutoramento)
                                  Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal 
                               | 
                              |
| 
                                  2008/07/07 
                                 Concluído 
                               | 
                              Msc in Clinical Psychology  (Mestrado)
                                  Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal 
                               | 
                              |
| 
                                  2005/07/20 
                                 Concluído 
                               | 
                              Licenciatura em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Licenciatura)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                              
Percurso profissional
            Docência no Ensino Superior
| Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento  | 
                              Empregador | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/01/01 - Atual | Professor Auxiliar (Docente Universitário) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2020/09/01 - 2022/12/31 | Professor Auxiliar (Docente Universitário) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal | 
| 2015/09/01 - 2020/08/31 | Professor Auxiliar (Docente Universitário) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal | 
Cargos e Funções
| Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento  | 
                              Empregador | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - Atual | Expert member of the National Health in Schools Program task force - Sexuality Education, Rights and Inclusion - from the Directorate-General of Health, Ministry of Health, Portugal | Directorate-General of Health, Portugal | 
| 2025 - Atual | Vice-president of the Ethics Committe for Clinical Research (CEIC-UA) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2024 - Atual | President of the General Assembly | Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, Portugal | 
| Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, Portugal | ||
| 2024 - Atual | Mobility | Erasmus Departmental Coordinator for Psychology | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | 
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
| 2024 - Atual | Scientific Committe | Doctoral Program in Psychology | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | 
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
| 2023 - Atual | Director Sexual Behavior and Health Lab (SexBeHealth Lab) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | 
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
| 2023 - Atual | Integrated Researcher | Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal | 
| 2023 - Atual | Course Director - Doctoral Course Sexuality and Sexual Health in the XXI Century | Inter University Centre Dubrovnick, Croácia | 
| Inter University Centre Dubrovnick, Croácia | ||
| 2022 - Atual | Presidente | Sociedade Portuguesa de Sexologia Clínica, Portugal | 
| 2021/02/01 - 2023/08/10 | Member of the Executive Committe - Center for Psychology of Porto University (CPUP - research center in Psychology) | Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal | 
| 2021/01/01 - 2023/08/10 | Principal Investigator of the Research Group in Human Sexuality (CPUP-Porto University) | Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2023/08/10 | Executive Director of the Research Laboratory in Human Sexuality (SexLab) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Director Msc in Sexology | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal | 
| 2017/09/01 - 2020/08/31 | Vice-director HEI-Lab/Human-Environment Interactions Labs (research center in Psychology) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal | 
| 2015/09/01 - 2020/08/31 | Director Msc in Forensic Psychology | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal | 
Outros
| Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento  | 
                              Empregador | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012/01/01 - 2015/08/31 | Postdoctoral researcher | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal | 
| 2009 - 2009 | Visiting PhD student | Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex Gender and Reproduction, Estados Unidos | 
Projetos
            Bolsa
| Designação | Financiadores | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - Atual | The prostate cancer journey: a dyadic perspective on sexuality.
                                  SFRH/BD/11670/2022 
                                 Orientador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Em curso 
                               | 
                           
| 2022 - Atual | The efficacy of a new sexual violence prevention program with college students: A randomized controlled trial
                                  SFRH/BD/12638/2022 
                                 Orientador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Em curso 
                               | 
                           
| 2022 - Atual | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a bystander sexual violence prevention program for secondary school students.
                                  SFRH/BD/11986/2022 
                                 Orientador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Em curso 
                               | 
                           
| 2022 - Atual | Asexuality: questions of attraction, arousal and identity maintenance
                                  SFRH/BD/11771/2022 
                                 Orientador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Em curso 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 - 2023 | Mixed methods approach to understanding sexual boredom and its impact on sexual health and well-being.
                                  SFRH/BD/136088/2018 
                                 Orientador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 - 2017 | Psychological intervention in pedophilia: A controlled clinical study on the effectiveness of Schema Focused Therapy.
                                  SFRH/BPD/112059/2015 
                                 Orientador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 - 2015 | Sexual aggression in Portugal: characterization of offenders and assessment of the impact of psychosocial factors in determining
                                 aggressive sexual behavior.
                                  SFRH/BD/73032/2010 
                                 Orientador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
Projeto
| Designação | Financiadores | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2028 | SexAnthRobotics: Sexual objectification and violence tendencies in the context of embodied human-like sex technologies
                                  FCT 2023.16470.ICDT / COMPETE2030-FEDER-00798400 / 16800 
                                 Investigador responsável
                                     
                              Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 
| 2024 - 2028 | REVISEapp - A virtual reality couples’ intervention for sexual victimization prevention: a gender-swapping transformative
                                 approach
                                  PREP2022-001096  
                                 Investigador
                                     
                              Universidad Abierta de Cataluña, Espanha 
                                  | 
                              MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, INNOVACIÓN Y UNIVERSIDADES | 
| 2024 - 2026 | INCEPTION LGB - Sexual Arousal in the Unconscious Mind: Exploring Sexually Explicit Stimuli’s Access to Awareness in LGB Population
                                  N/A 
                                 Investigador responsável
                                     
                              Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Center for Open Science | 
| 2023 - 2026 | INCEPTION - Unconscious Perception of Sexual Stimuli: Exploring the Early Stages of Human Sexual Response
                                  N/A 
                                 Investigador responsável
                                     
                              Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Center for Open Science Templeton World Charity Foundation Inc Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness Em curso 
                               | 
                           
| 2022/01/01 - 2025/06/01 | NEUROPSYCHOSEX - Neuro-psycho-physiological Determinants of Sexual Health
                                  PTDC/PSI-GER/3377/2021 
                                 Co-Principal Investigator
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Em curso 
                               | 
                           
| 2021/12/01 - 2025/04/01 | PRIORITY - Prevention to Reduce Incidence of Sexual Abuse by Reaching Individuals Concerned About Their Risk to Young People.
                                  ISFP-AG-101038787 
                                 Co-Principal Investigator
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto, Portugal 
                                 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal  | 
                              Horizon 2020
                                  Em curso 
                               | 
                           
| 2023 - 2025 | Safe from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Programme
                                  SfSGBV, IPPF-EN, 2021 
                                 Investigador
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              European Union | 
| 2021/03/01 - 2023/04/30 | SexHealth & ProstateCancer - Biopsychological Determinants of Sexual Health in Men with Prostate Cancer
                                  NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000057  
                                 Co-Principal Investigator
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Horizon 2020
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/09/01 - 2022/08/31 | FEMOFFENCE - The myth of innocence: A mixed methods approach toward the understanding of female sexual offending behavior
                                  PTDC/PSI-GER/28097/2017 
                                 Investigador responsável
                                     
                              Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
| 2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | Symbiotic technology for societal efficiency gains: Deus ex Machina
                                  Ref Norte 01-0145-FEDER-000026; Norte-45-2015-02 
                                 Investigador
                                     
                              Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Horizon 2020
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
| 2011/01/01 - 2014/12/31 | Sexual response to a bogus negative feedback: psychological predictors and neurophysiological correlates.
                                  PTDC/PSI-PCL/117522/2010 
                                 Investigador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
| 2010/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | A clinical trial on the psychological treatment of psychogenic erectile dysfunction: cognitive behavioral therapy versus medical
                                 treatment.
                                  PTDC/PSI-PCL/112207/2009 
                                 Investigador
                                     
                              Universidade do Porto, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
| 2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 | Women´s and men’s sexual health: a biopsychosocial model
                                  PTDC/PSI/68319/2006  
                                 Investigador
                                     
                              Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluído 
                               | 
                           
Produções
            Publicações
| Artigo em revista | 
                                 
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| Capítulo de livro | 
                                 
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| Livro | 
                                 
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| Manual | 
                                 
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Atividades
            Organização de evento
| Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)  | 
                              Instituição / Organização | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2026 | President of the local organization of the 2026 Congress of the European Federation of Sexology  (2025)
                                  Congresso (Presidente da Comissão Organizadora) 
                               | 
                              
Arbitragem científica em conferência
| Nome da conferência | Local da conferência | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2026 | Chair of the Psychosexual Aspects committe; 27th World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine | Porto | 
| 2025 - 2026 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 18th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology | Lisbon | 
| 2024 - 2025 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 27th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Vienna | 
| 2024 - 2025 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 27th World Congress for Sexual Health | Brisbane | 
| 2024 - 2024 | 8th EFCAP (European Association for Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology and Other Involved Professions) Congress | Azores | 
| 2024 - 2024 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 25th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Bari | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Member of the Scientific Commitee - 26th World Congress for Sexual Health | Antalya | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 24st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Rotterdam | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 24th World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine | Dubai | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 26th Congress of the World Association of Sexual Health | Antalya | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 23rd World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine. | Miami | 
| 2021 - 2021 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 25th Congress of the World Association of Sexual Health | South Africa | 
| 2020 - 2020 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 22th World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine | Yokohama, Japan | 
| 2020 - 2020 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 22st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Prague | 
| 2020 - 2020 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 23st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Virtual | 
| 2019 - 2019 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 24th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health | Mexico City | 
| 2019 - 2019 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 21st Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine | Ljubljana | 
| 2018 - 2018 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 14th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology | Albufeira | 
| 2017 - 2017 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 23rd Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health | Prague | 
| 2015 - 2015 | Member of the Scientific Committe - 22nd Congress of the World Association of Sexual Health | Singapur | 
Arbitragem científica em revista
| Nome da revista (ISSN) | Editora | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - Atual | Sexual Medicine Reviews - Associate Editor (2050-0513) | Oxford University Press | 
| 2023 - Atual | International Journal of Sexual Health - Editorial Board Member | Taylor & Francis | 
| 2023 - 2025 | PLOS Global Public Health - Associate (academic) Editor (2767-3375) | PLOS | 
| 2021/01/01 - 2024 | SEXES - Editorial Board Member (2411-5118) | MDPI | 
| 2020/09/17 - 2024 | Frontiers in Psychology (Health Psychology Section) - Associate Editor (1664-1078) | Frontiers Media SA | 
| 2016 - 2024 | Journal of Sexual Medicine - Associate Editor (1743-6109) | Oxford University Press | 
| 2021 - 2023 | SEXES - Guest Editor Special Edition: Sexual Relationships, Sexual Behaviors and Gender-Based Violence (2411-5118) | MDPI | 
| 2019 - 2022 | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - Editorial Board Member (1697-2600) | Elsevier | 
| 2019 - 2021 | Frontiers in Psychology - Guest Associate Editor Special Edition: Psychological Dimensions in Human Sexual Health and Behavior (1664-1078) | Frontiers Media SA | 
| 2019 - 2020/09/16 | Frontiers in Psychology (Health Psychology Section) - Editorial Board Member (1664-1078) | Frontiers Media SA | 
| 2017 - 2020 | International Journal of Forensic Medicine Forecast - Editorial Board Member | |
| 2014 - 2016 | Sexual Medicine Open Access - Survey Board Member (2050-1161) | Elsevier | 
Comissão de avaliação
| Descrição da atividade Tipo de assessoria  | 
                              Instituição / Organização | Entidade financiadora | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2025 | Member of the FWO Review College 
                                  Membro 
                               | 
                              Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen | |
| 2024 - 2024 | Jury panel member, I&D project applications of the Czech Health Research Council | Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic
                                  Avaliador 
                               | 
                              Ministerstvo zdravotnictví Ceské republiky, República Checa | |
| 2022 - 2022 | Jury panel member for I&D project applications -National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki - NCN); Primary NCN Review Panel HS6 - Human nature and human society /H06-001 - General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics. | Narodowe Centrum Nauki | |
| 2021 - 2021 | Jury panel member for I&D project applications -National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki - NCN); Primary NCN Review Panel HS6 - Human nature and human society/H06-001 - General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics. | Narodowe Centrum Nauki | |
| 2019 - 2019 | Jury panel member for I&D project applications -National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki - NCN); Primary NCN Review Panel HS6 - Human nature and human society/H06-001 - General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics. | Narodowe Centrum Nauki | |
| 2017 - 2017 | Jury panel member Research Foundation Flanders / Postdoctoral Grants (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO)
                                 
                                  Avaliador 
                               | 
                              Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen | 
Consultoria / Parecer
| Descrição da atividade | Instituição / Organização | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - Atual | Consulting member in the International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM) Leadership Program Taskforce; plan development for the Capstone group project | |
| 2025 - 2027 | Invited member of the Advisory Board for the Horizon 2030 project Troubled Desire & Therapeutic Chat for Reduction of CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) Use - TD- CHAT; Charité University, John Hopkins University, Oak Foundation’s Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme | |
| 2023 - 2025 | Consulting member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM): 5th international consensus on Sexual Medicine, Committe Psychological and Interpersonal Dimensions of Sexual Function and Dysfunction: A Functional and Pragmatic Approach for the Clinician | |
| 2023 - 2024 | Invited member of the Advisory Board for the Horizon 2030 project Scalable Technology for Online Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Materials - STOP-CSAM; Charité University, Berlin | |
| 2022 - 2024 | Consulting member of the UNESCO Chair in Sexual Health and Human Rights; co-criation of the international course MOOC Rights, Sexual Health & EducationS. | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, França | 
| 2014 - 2017 | Consulting member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM): 4th international consensus on Sexual Medicine, Committee 14 - Female Sexual Dysfunction, Medical and Psychological Treatments | 
Membro de comissão
| Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação  | 
                              Instituição / Organização | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - Atual | Member of the Pedagogical Committe of the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology
                                  Membro 
                               | 
                              |
| 2022 - Atual | Co-chair of the Scientific Review Committee, International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM) 
                                  Coordenador 
                               | 
                              |
| 2018 - Atual | Member of the Sexology Committee, European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM)
                                  Membro 
                               | 
                              |
| 2022 - 2026 | Member of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Scientific Committee 
                                  Membro 
                               | 
                              |
| 2022 - 2026 | Member of the Accreditation Committee, Latin American Federation of Societies of Sexology and Sexual Education (FLASSES) 
                                  Membro 
                               | 
                              |
| 2024 - 2025 | Co-chair of the joint International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and the International Society of Sexual Medicine Scientific Committee | |
| 2018 - 2024 | Senior member of the Guideline Panel  for the European Clinical Guidelines in Male Sexual and Reproductive Health, European
                                 Association of Urology (EAU)
                                  Membro 
                               | 
                              |
| 2021 - 2023 | Member of the European Sexual Medicine Network (COST Action CA18124 - EU)
                                  Membro 
                               | 
                              |
| 2021 - 2022 | Chair of the Psychosexual Aspects Scientific Committee, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) | |
| 2020 - 2022 | Co-chair on the International Consultation and Guidelines Committee, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
                                  Coordenador 
                               | 
                              |
| 2019 - 2021 | Member of the Psychosexual Aspects and Sexual Orientation Committee, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) 
                                  Membro 
                               | 
                              
Distinções
            Prémio
| 2025 | Best poster award (senior author) - Linking attention to sexual stimuli and identity: Insights from research on sexual minorities,
                                 Enconto Nacional da SPSC, Porto.
                                  Sociedade Portuguesa de Sexologia Clínica, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2022 | Best poster award (senior author) - Sexual health and prostate cancer: Psychological intervention for sexual well-being and quality of life. Congresso Nacional de Oncosexologia, Coimbra. | 
| 2022 | Sexual Tipping Point Award
                                  The MAP Education & Research Foundation , Estados Unidos 
                               | 
                           
| 2022 | ISSM Special Service Award 
                                  International Society of Sexual Medicine , Países Baixos 
                               | 
                           
| 2021 | AASECT Book Award for Sexuality Professionals 
                                  American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, Estados Unidos 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 | Top Ten Best Communications (co-author) - Brain dynamics of the inhibition of genital response in psychogenic erectile dysfunction. 23th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health. | 
| 2013 | Best Paper Award (first author) - Psychological moderators characterizing the relationship between PGA severity and distress to PGA symptoms. 21st Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health. | 
| 2010 | Best Paper Award (first author) - How do Emotional and Relationship Factors Determine Sexual Desire According to Gender? 10th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology | 
Outra distinção
| 2025 | Scientist with greatest influence and impact in 2024, list published by Stanford University | Elsevier Scopus
                                  Stanford University, Estados Unidos 
                               | 
                           
| 2024 | Selection by the Portuguese Business Magazine as representative of female leadership under the role of president of the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology | 
| 2024 | Scientist with greatest influence and impact in 2023, list published by Stanford University | Elsevier Scopus
                                  Stanford University, Estados Unidos 
                               | 
                           
| 2023 | The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Honorable Mention, A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of treatments for vulvodynia - Senior author of the communication | 
| 2022 | Ambassador nomination for the XXI Latin American Congress of Sexology and Sex Education (commemoration of the Sexual Rights promulgated at the World Congress of Sexology in 1977). | 
| 2022 | Front Page nominated scientific article doi.org/10.3390/sexes3030026 - SEXES (senior/corresponding author) | 
| 2016 | Best JSM Reviewer of 2016 (Journal of Sexual Medicine). | 
| 2013 | Successful candidate in the European Union selection cast EPSO/CAST/S/5/2013 Researcher (FG IV). | 
| 2010 | Two papers (first author DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01568.x; DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01716.x ) selected for the Top 45 Most Influence Papers in the History of Female Sexuality (special edition Journal of Sexual Medicine). | 
