Bianca Gerardo (E314-D921-2886)

Curriculum Vitae

Bianca Gerardo

Bianca Gerardo. PhD student in Psychology, specialization in Neuropsychology, research project financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/146680/2019). Member of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists, Professional Certificate. Integrated Master's in Psychology, specialization in Clinical Psychogeronthology, through the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra (FPCE-UC). Research areas of interest: Aging; Cognitive Decline; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Dementia; Neuropsychological Assessment; Trace Elements.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Bianca Gerardo

Citation names

Gerardo, Bianca

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: E314-D921-2886
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1229-5462

Email addresses

bianca.s.gerardo94@gmail.com (Professional)

Addresses

Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC). Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra, Rua do Colégio Novo, s/n, 3000-115, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology
Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/01 - 2023/12 Ongoing	Psychology, Specialization in Neuropsychology (Doutoramento) Major in Neuropsicologia Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal "The environmental exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements as a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/06/01 - 2021/05/31 Concluded	Professional Internship - Junior Professional Year (Outros) Major in Psicologia Clínica Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2021/01/23 Concluded	Workshop - Psychological First Aid (Outros) Gabinete ReConstruir – Psicologia e Desenvolvimento Pessoal, Portugal
2019/12/05 - 2020/01/10 Concluded	Course "The Essentials of Research Data Management" (Outros) Republica Portuguesa Secretaria-Geral da Educação e Ciência, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	100%
2018/10/31 Concluded	Integrated Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology, Specialization in Clinical Psychogerontology (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal "Visuoconstructional impairment in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Diagnostic utility and predictive value in the progression to Alzheimer’s disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17.04
2017/09 - 2018/07 Concluded	Curricular Internship (Outros) Major in Neuropsychology, cognitive decline and dementia Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Serviço de Neurologia, Portugal	19
2017/04 - 2017/04 Concluded	Workshop - FreeSurfer Software Suit (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra PROACTION Laboratory, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/03 Concluded	Workshop - Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra PROACTION Laboratory, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/02 Concluded	Workshop - BrainVoyager Software (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra PROACTION Laboratory, Portugal
2016/09 - 2016/10 Concluded	Workshop - MATLAB (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra PROACTION Laboratory, Portugal
2015/09 - 2015/09 Concluded	Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) training (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra PROACTION Laboratory, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/01/02 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2019 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Laboratório de Avaliação Psicológica e Psicometria, Portugal

2018 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
	Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2018/08/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra PROACTION Laboratory, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/06/01 - Current	Técnico Psicologia Especialista (Técnico Psicologia)	Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/08/01 - 2019/12/31	Research Fellow in the R&D unit "Center for Research in Neuropsichology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention" [PSI/00730 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007500)]	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal

2018/09/01 - 2018/12/31	Research Fellow under the project "The Cognitive Reserve Assessment Protocol (PaeRC)" - [PSI/00730/513381]	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/01/02 - Current	The environmental exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements as a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia SFRH/BD/146680/2019 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/10 - Current	Environmental metal exposure and predisposition to develop Alzheimer's Disease in Cape Verde Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Geociências, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal	Ongoing
2018/09/01 - Current	Aging and Cognitive Decline in the Portuguese Population: Incidence, profiles, risk and protective factors [IF/01325/2015] Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/09 - Current	Neurodegenerative diseases in the population residing in Estarreja and its possible relation with a presence of chemical elements in the environment OHM-E/2011/Proj.4 Researcher	Ongoing
2020/05/01 - 2020/07/31	COVID-19: Impact of social isolation in the mental health of adults and older adults 079_596650513 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/09/01 - 2018/12/31	The Cognitive Reserve Assessment Protocol (PaeRC) Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo Comportamental-PSI/00730-513381 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2016/12 - 2018/08	Fear Memory - A Neuromodulation Study in Anxiety Disorders PTDC/MHC-PAP/5618/2014 Researcher
2015/09 - 2018/08	Psychological, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of the fear response SFRH/BD/80945/2011 Assistente de investigação	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Gerardo, Bianca. "Focus on the Perceived Social Isolation and Loneliness during COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal". Paper presented in IV Iberoamerican Conference Of Neuropsychology, 2021. Published Gerardo, Bianca; Mário R. Simões; Marina Cabral Pinto; Sandra Freitas. "The environmental exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements as a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia". 2020. Published Tiago Mendes; Sandra Cardoso; Manuela Guerreiro; João Maroco; Dina Silva; Luísa Alves; Ben Schmand; et al. "Can subjective memory complaints identify ABeta Postitive and ABeta Negative amnestic MCI patients?". 2020. Published Gerardo, Bianca; Mário R. Simões; Marina Cabral Pinto; Sandra Freitas. "The environmental exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements as a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia". 2020. Published Gerardo, Bianca; Cabral-Pinto, Marina; Marinho-Reis, Paula; Almeida, Agostinho; Nogueira, Joana; Simões, Mário R.; Freitas, Sandra. "Environmental exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements and their influence on cognitive status". Paper presented in Neurology Congress 2019, Portuguese Neurology Society, Coimbra, 2019. Published Freitas, Sandra; Nogueira, Joana; Gerardo, Bianca; Vilar, Manuela; Santana, Isabel; Prieto, Gerardo; Simões, Mário R.. "Validation and normalization of the Cognitive Decline Complaints Scale (CDCS)". Paper presented in Neurology Congress 2019, Portuguese Neurology Society, Coimbra, 2019. Published Freitas, Sandra; Nogueira, Joana; Gerardo, Bianca; Alves, Lara. "Incidence of cognitive decline and dementia in Portugal". Paper presented in Neurology Congress 2019, Portuguese Neurology Society, Coimbra, 2019. Published Nogueira, Joana; Gerardo, Bianca; Alves, Lara; Simões, Mário R.; Santana, Isabel; Freitas, Sandra. "Cognitive Reserve Assessment Battery (BARC): Analysis of the temporal stability of TeLPI results". Paper presented in Neurology Congress 2019, Portuguese Neurology Society, 2019. Published Lima, Marisa; Duro, Diana; Gerardo, Bianca; Freitas, Sandra; Simões, Mário R.; Santana, Isabel. "Validation Study of the Toulouse-Piéron Cancellation Test for Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease". Paper presented in Congresso de Neurologia 2018, Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia, Porto, 2018. Published Gerardo, Bianca; Duro, Diana; Nogueira, Joana; Lima, Marisa; Lopes, Joana; Freitas, Sandra; Santana, Isabel. "Meta-memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Relevance of Subjective Memory Complaints in monitoring patients at risk of conversion to Alzheimer's Dementia". Paper presented in Neurology Congress 2018, Portuguese Neurology Society, Porto, 2018. Published Lima, Marisa; Baeta, Élia; Gerardo, Bianca; Lemos, Raquel; Lopes, Joana; Simões, Mário R.; Duro, Diana; Santana, Isabel. "Attention and working memory throughout the lifespan". Paper presented in 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Lisboa, 2018. Published Gerardo, Bianca; Duro, Diana; Nogueira, Joana; Lima, Marisa; Lopes, Joana; Freitas, Sandra; Santana, Isabel. "Metamemory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Relation with progression to Alzheimer's disease". Paper presented in 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Lisboa, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Guiomar, Raquel; Gerardo, Bianca; Almeida, Jorge. "Measuring fear conditioning: skin conductance inconsistency across anxiety sensitivity levels". Paper presented in 47th Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, 2017.
Journal article	Vânia Lima Pereira; Sandra Freitas; Mário R. Simões; Bianca Gerardo. "Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): A validation study among prisoners". Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2306. 10.1002/cbm.2306 Juliana Gonçalves; Bianca Gerardo; Joana Nogueira; Rosa Marina Afonso; Sandra Freitas. "Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): An update normative study for the Portuguese population". Applied Neuropsychology: Adult (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2023.2252949. 10.1080/23279095.2023.2252949 Joana Rita Frias; Joana Nogueira; Bianca Gerardo; Rosa Marina Afonso; Sandra Freitas. "Cognitive decline complaints scale (CDCS): validation and normative studies for the adults and older adults Portuguese population". Aging & Mental Health (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2068130. 10.1080/13607863.2022.2068130 Nogueira, Joana; Gerardo, Bianca; Silva, Ana Rita; Pinto, Paula; Barbosa, Rosa; Soares, Sílvia; Baptista, Beatriz; et al. "Effects of restraining measures due to COVID-19: Pre- and post-lockdown cognitive status and mental health". Current Psychology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01747-y. Published • 10.1007/s12144-021-01747-y Freitas, Sandra; Nogueira, Joana; Pinto, Paula; Gerardo, Bianca; Alves, Lara; Santana, Isabel; Simões, Mário R.. "Influence of sociodemographic characteristics on mild depressive symptomatology among Portuguese population". Sinapse (2021): Accepted Nogueira, J.; Gerardo, B.; Alves, L.; Santana, I.; Simões, M. R.; Freitas, Sandra. "The temporal stability of premorbid intelligence: A non-clinical 10-year follow-up study using the Irregular Word Reading Test (TeLPI)". Applied Neuropsychology: Adult (2020): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2020.1817744. Open access • Published Bianca Gerardo; Cabral Pinto MMS; Joana Nogueira; Paula Pinto; Agostinho Almeida; Edgar Pinto; A P Reis; et al. "Associations between Trace Elements and Cognitive Decline: An Exploratory 5-Year Follow-Up Study of an Elderly Cohort". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (2020): 1-18. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/17/6051. Open access • Published • 10.3390/ijerph17176051 Cabral Pinto, Marina M. S.; Marinho-Reis, Paula; Almeida, Agostinho; Pinto, Edgar; Neves, Orquídia; Inácio, Manuela; Gerardo, Bianca; et al. "Links between Cognitive Status and Trace Element Levels in Hair for an Environmentally Exposed Population: A Case Study in the Surroundings of the Estarreja Industrial Area". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/22/4560. Open access • Published • 10.3390/ijerph16224560 Mendes, Tiago; Cardoso, Sandra; Guerreiro, Manuela; Maroco, João; Silva, Dina; Alves, Luísa; Schmand, Ben; et al. "Can Subjective Memory Complaints Identify Aß Positive and Aß Negative Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients?". Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (2019): http://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-190414. Published • 10.3233/JAD-190414
Thesis / Dissertation	Gerardo, Bianca. "Visuoconstructional impairment in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Diagnostic utility and predictive value in the progression to Alzheimer’s disease". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, 2018.

Other

Other output

The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in fear conditioning: a moderation effect. Manuscript submitted for publication.. 2019. Gerardo, Bianca; Guiomar, Raquel; Moura-Ramos, Mariana; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tu8h7.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/05/28	Neuropsychology of aging in the era of COVID-19 (Symposium) - Focus on the Perceived Social Isolation and Loneliness during COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal (Conference)	IV Iberoamerican Conference Of Neuropsychology
2021/01/06	Impact of COVID-19 in elderly individuals	7th ISSSL-UL Journeys Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa, Universidade Lusíada (Portugal)
2020/11	Effects of COVID-19 pandemic confinement measures in cognitive function and overall well-being of adults and older adults	Neurology Congress 2020, Portuguese Neurology Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Portugal)
2020/09	Epidemiologic Study: Incidence rate of cognitive decline in Portugal [Estudo Epidemiológico: Incidência do Declínio Cognitivo em Portugal]	34th Meeting of the Brain Aging and Dementia Study Group (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020	Effect of the confinement measures due to COVID-19 pandemic on cognitive functioning and well-being of adults and older adults	X Social Journeys of Armamar: (Re)Learning to live in pandemic times (Portugal)
2019/11/04	The environmental exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements as a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia	PsihDay - 3ª Mostra de Doutoramento em Psicologia (Portugal)
2019	Subjective memory complaints and neuropsychological assessment of patients with amnesic Mild Cognitive Impairment	CEPD by CEPD - I Congress on Aging and Practices in Dementia Centro de Estimulação para Pessoas com Demência (Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal)
2019	Cognitive Decline Complaints Scale (CDCS): Development of a new instrument to assess subjective cognitive complaints	CEPD by CEPD - I Congress on Aging and Practices in Dementia Centro de Estimulação para Pessoas com Demência (Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal)
2019	Cognitive Reserve Assessment Battery (BARC): A method of estimating cognitive reserve	CEPD by CEPD - I Congress on Aging and Practices in Dementia Centro de Estimulação para Pessoas com Demência (Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal)
2019	Environmental factors with potential risk for the development of cognitive decline	CEPD by CEPD - I Congress on Aging and Practices in Dementia Centro de Estimulação para Pessoas com Demência (Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal)
2019	The environmental exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements as a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia	33rd Meeting of the Brain Aging and Dementia Study Group Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência (Curia, Portugal)
2019	Can subjective memory complaints identify ABeta Postitive and ABeta Negative amnestic MCI patients?	33rd Meeting of the Brain Aging and Dementia Study Group Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência (Portugal)
2019	Cognitive Reserve Assessment Battery (BARC): Analysis of the temporal stability of TeLPI results	Neurology Congress 2019, Portuguese Neurology Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Portugal)
2019	Environmental exposure to Potentially Toxic Elements and their influence on cognitive status	Neurology Congress 2019, Portuguese Neurology Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Portugal)
2019	Incidence of cognitive decline and dementia in Portugal	Neurology Congress 2019, Portuguese Neurology Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Portugal)
2019	Validation and normalization of the Cognitive Decline Complaints Scale (CDCS)	Neurology Congress 2019, Portuguese Neurology Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Portugal)
2018/10	Visuoconstructive Deficit in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Diagnostic Utility and Predictive Value in the Progression to Alzheimer's Disease	32nd Meeting of the Brain Aging and Dementia Study Group Grupo de Estudos de Envelhecimento Cerebral e Demência (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018	Meta-memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Relevance of Subjective Memory Complaints in monitoring patients at risk of conversion to Alzheimer's Dementia	Neurology Congress 2018, Portuguese Neurology Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Portugal)
2018	Validation Study of the Toulouse-Piéron Cancellation Test for Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease	Neurology Congress 2018, Portuguese Neurology Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Portugal)
2018	Attention and working memory throughout the lifespan	Neurology Congress 2018, Portuguese Neurology Society Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia (Portugal)
2018	Metamemory in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Relation with progression to Alzheimer's disease	4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology European Academy of Neurology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017	Conditioned fear response: inconsistency of the phasic component of skin electrical conductance depends on anxiety sensitivity	4th National Congress of Psychology Talks Associação Portuguesa Conversas de Psicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017	The Neuroscience of Classic Pavlov Conditioning at the Service of Highly Effective Treatments	4th National Congress of Psychology Talks Associação Portuguesa Conversas de Psicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017	Neuroplasticity and non-invasive neuromodulation: From research to clinical applicability	4th National Congress of Psychology Talks Associação Portuguesa Conversas de Psicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016	Is fear extinction a true extinction? The importance of implicit avoidance tendencies in the assessment of extinction	3rd National Congress of Psychology Talks Associação Portuguesa Conversas de Psicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/09/30 - 2019/10/01	CEPD by CEPD - I Congresso de Envelhecimento e Práticas na Demência [CEPD by CEPD - I Congress on Aging and Practices in Dementia] (2019/09/30 - 2019/10/01) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020/06/01 - Current	Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses [Portuguese Psychologists Order]	Trainee Member (no. 128750)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/03 - Current	Neuropsychological Assessment, Interuniversity Master in Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology	(Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020/12/11 - 2020/12/11	Research Methodology in Psychology, Integrated Master in Psychology (3rd Year)	(Mestrado integrado)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/09 - 2020/09	Neuropsychological Assessment - Workshop, Interuniversity Master in Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology	(Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/02	Neuropsychological Assessment, Interuniversity Master in Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology	Interuniversity Master in Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2019	Prémio Orlando Leitão (best annual oral communication) Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia, Portugal
2018	Prémio 3% dos Melhores Estudantes da Universidade de Coimbra