Curriculum Vitae
Ana Cláudia Ferreira Lopes
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Cláudia Ferreira Lopes
Citation names
- Lopes, Ana Cláudia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 9518-A052-8145
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5962-3777
Email addresses
- anac.lopes@ua.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
- Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2024 - 2025/01/31
Concluded
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Pós-Graduação em Ação Humanitária (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2022 - 2024
Concluded
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Pós-Graduação em Aleitamento Materno (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
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2019 - 2023
Ongoing
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Ciências da Reabilitação (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Impact of a young child feeding program in the reduction of pediatric mortality and nutrition outcomes in emergencies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2015 - 2016
Concluded
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Nutrição em Pediatria (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
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2012 - 2015
Concluded
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Terapia da Fala (Mestrado)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal
"Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale : Tradução e contribuição para a validação em português europeu" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2008 - 2012
Concluded
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Terapia da Fala (Licenciatura)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal
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16 |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/09/01 - 2025/11/01 | Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) | Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal |
| 2016 - 2018 | Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) | Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal |
| 2014 - 2015 | Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Superior de Ciencias de Saude, Mozambique |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2023 | Terapeuta da Fala | CUF Infante Santo Hospital, Portugal |
| CUF Infante Santo Hospital, Portugal | ||
| 2015 - 2018 | Terapeuta da Fala | Speechcare, Portugal |
| Speechcare, Portugal | ||
| 2012 - 2014 | Terapeuta da Fala | Logicamentes, Portugal |
| Logicamentes, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2021/12 - 2025/12 | Effects of Speech and Language Therapist Intervention on Breastfeeding Among Migrant Women in Primary Healthcare
Provided by PTCRIS: UI/BD/152235/2021
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Book review |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Manual |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/08 | Speech-language therapy and breastfeeding: a mixed-methods pilot study on feasibility and effectiveness among migrant mothers in Portugal | 33rd World Congress of the IALP
IALP (Malta)
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| 2025/07 | Efficacy and Efficiency of a Speech and Language Therapist-Led Breastfeeding Intervention for Migrant Women: A Multiphase Mixed-Methods Study | Research Summit 2025
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2025/02 | The role of speech-language therapists in primary healthcare: perspectives of healthcare professionals on breastfeeding support | 1st International Congress of Family Health (ICFH’25)
School of Health Sciences, Aveiro University (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2024/09 | Impact of breastfeeding intervention in the reduction of pediatric mortality and nutrition outcomes with migrant women – a pilot study | 12th European Congress of Speech and Language Therapy
European Speech and Language Association (Bruges, Belgium)
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| 2024/07 | Impact of a breastfeeding intervention program on infant nutrition outcomes with migrant mothers in Portugal – a pilot study | Research Summit 2024
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2024/05 | Da Investigação à Ação: Terapia da Fala Sem Fronteiras | IX Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala
Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala (Tomar, Portugal)
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| 2024/03 | Effects of a breastfeeding intervention program in the promotion of breastfeeding among migrant women in Portugal – a pilot study | IX Congresso Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala
Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala (Tomar, Portugal)
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| 2024/02 | Easybite Project: preliminary data from the pilot project | 4th PDCR Workshop
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2023/07 | Interventions on breastfeeding in the refugee population: a systematic review | Research Summit 2023
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2023/02 | Breastfeeding support among migrant mothers | 3rd PDCR Workshop
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2022/07 | Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices of Refugee and Migrant Mothers in Portugal – Easybite Project | Research Summit 2022
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2021/07 | Impact of a program of infant and young child feeding practices in the reduction of pediatric mortality and nutrition outcomes in emergencies - Easybite Project | Research Summit 2021
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2019 | Easybite project: Challenges in the work with families and caregivers | 2nd Dysphagia National Congress
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2018/05 | Comparison between a Speech and Language Therapist evaluation and a caregivers’ opinion regarding children´s feeding performance | 10th CPLOL Congress
CPLOL (Cascais, Portugal)
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| 2018 | A workshop on Montreal Children´s Hospital Feeding Scale: a fast and efficient way to identify feeding difficulties in the pediatric population | 10th CPLOL Congress
CPLOL (Cascais, Portugal)
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| 2015 | Caregivers’ opinion about their children´s eating disorders | 1st SLT Students Meeting
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Leiria, Portugal)
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| 2015 | Speech and Language Therapy in Mozambique: Expectations and challenges in the making of a new profession | 9th CPLOL Congress
CPLOL (Florença, Italy)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2018 - 2018 | Comparação entre a opinião de cuidadores de crianças relativamente ao seu desempenho alimentar e a avaliação do Terapeuta
da Fala na Região Autónoma da Madeira
Supervisor of Sofia Pinto
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Terapia da Fala (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal
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| 2018 - 2018 | Dificuldades alimentares nas crianças em Portugal Continental: relação entre a perceção dos cuidadores e a avaliação do terapeuta
da fala.
Supervisor of Patrícia Correia
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Terapia da Fala (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2016 | "Escala de alimentação do Hospital pediátrico de Montreal”:contributo para a validação do instrumento em Portugal
Continental
Co-supervisor of Marta Santos
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Terapia da Fala (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2016 | Contributo para a validação da escala de alimentação do Hospital Pediátrico de Montreal para o português europeu na Ilha da
Madeira
Co-supervisor
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Terapia da Fala (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/11 - Current | Co-organização da formação Terapia Miofuncional e Mioterapia: Fundamentos,
Aplicações e Casos Clínicos (2025/11)
Workshop
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Sociedade Portuguesa Terapia da Fala, Portugal |
| 2025/08 - Current | Co-organização da formação Avaliação em motricidade orofacial: bases para
avaliação da função respiratória (2025)
Workshop
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Sociedade Portuguesa Terapia da Fala, Portugal |
| 2018/01 - 2018/05 | VIII Congresso Nacional da APTF (2018/05/10 - 2018/05/10)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala, Portugal |
| 2015 - 2018 | 10th European CPLOL Congress (2018/05/10 - 2018/05/13)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala, Portugal |
| 2017/01 - 2017/09 | Terapia da Fala: I Simpósio da Delegação da Madeira da APTF (2017/09/29 - 2017/09/30)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2016 - 2016 | Apresentação póster- Relationship between feeding disorders on sensory nature and the nutritional status of Portuguese children
Symposium
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1º Simpósio de Terapeutas da Fala da Madeira
Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2025 - Current | Acta Médica Portuguesa | |
| 2025 - Current | Nutrition and Health | |
| 2025 - Current | Research in Nursing & Health | |
| 2025 - Current | Nursing Open | |
| 2023 - Current | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2014 - Current | Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala | Membro da Direção |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024 - Current | Vice-Coordinator of the Orofacial Motricity Department of the Portuguese Society for Speech and Language Therapy
President / Vice-president
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Sociedade Portuguesa Terapia da Fala, Portugal |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
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| 2025/11/15 - 2025/11/15 | II Jornadas dos Jovens Investigadores em Terapia da Fala |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018 - Current | Perita na adaptação para o Português Europeu do instrumento "Questionário de avaliação do conhecimento parental sobre a Síndrome de Apneia-Hipopneia Obstrutiva do Sono" |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2014 - Current | Revista Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala (2183-1297) | Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala |
Distinctions
Award
| 2025 | Best Poster Award |
| 2024 | Best Poster Award |
| 2023 | Honourable Mention
Portuguese Association of Lactation Consultants, Portugal
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| 2023 | Best Scientific Article Award – RPTF 2023
Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas da Fala, Portugal
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| 2021 | Best Pitch Award
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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