ANA GANHO ÁVILA COSTA (F414-536B-9207)

Curriculum Vitae

ANA GANHO ÁVILA COSTA

Ana Ganho Ávila (female) is currently a researcher at CINEICC, a certified psychotherapist by the Portuguese Society of Constructivist Psychotherapy and certified psychologist with expertise in Clinical and Health Psychology and Psychotherapy by the Portuguese College of Psychology. Between 2002 and 2007, Ana has worked for the Ministry of Health as a psychologist and counselor for HIV/AIDS, setting up the national network of HIV counseling services and as Junior Project Manager/Consultant for the Regional Funding Program for HIV Prevention. Between 2007 and 2011, Ana was the Director of the Shelter for Women and Children at the Charity Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra. In 2011 she was awarded with a Ph.D. scholarship in Basic Psychology to conduct her studies on the neuropsychophysiological correlates of anxiety at the Neuropsychophygiology Lab of the School of Psychology of the University of Minho, advised by Professor Óscar Filipe Gonçalves. Back to Coimbra in 2013, she continued her Ph.D. studies co-advised by Professor Jorge Almeida at the Proaction Lab (Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention [CINEICC] at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra (FPCE-UC). At the Proaction Lab Ana prepared the application for the project that would lead to her postdoctoral work. Between 2016-2019, Ana conducted her postdoctoral activities as the PI of the I&D project PTDC/MHC-PAP/5618/2014 studying the neuronal correlates of mood and anxiety and the clinical applicability of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS). In 2018, Ana Ganho Ávila's team was awarded with new fundings for research in translational neuroscience using NIBS and Virtual Reality by BIAL Foundation. Aditionally, in 2018, her research focus shifted to the applicability of NIBS in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and she coordinated the international consortia for funding to European calls including one two-stage proposal to Horizon 2020 (SEP-210653171; Score: 12.5/15) and a COST Action (CA18138- Riseup-PPD - Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder [PPD]) retained for funding [2019-2023] and of which she is currently the Chair and Grant Holder Scientific Representative. She was awarded with the Young Researcher Support (3rd Edition 2019 Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus) to conduct her studies focusing home-based tDCS in PPD (2020.02059.CEECIND; starting date: Oct 2021) and since 2020, Ana is a contracted postdoc researcher in CINEICC-FPCEUC. Ana is certified in Clinical Trials by Harvard Medical School, certified in Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation by the City College of New York and certified in clinical applications of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Since 2018, Ana is a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Annual Conference in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and she is currently a Board Member of the European Society for Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry (ESBSP). Acknowledged as an expert in the field of applied NIBS, Ana has been invited to co-author international consensus papers (e.g. Baeken et al., 2019; LOTES 2022 [updating LOTES 2017] and chapters (e.g. Ganho-Ávila et al., 2022), and has published her work as first and co-author in several international peer-reviewed journals. In academia, in the past years, she taught several courses of the Master Program at FPCE-UC, related to basic neuroscience, social and affective neuroscience, motivation and emotion, was invited lecturer abroad (e.g. Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil), offers practice trainings in NIBS to clinicians and supervises masters thesis and PhD thesis in clinical applications of NIBS and in the neurocorrelates of parenthood.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: ANA GANHO ÁVILA COSTA
Date of birth: 1977/07/24
Gender: Female

Citation names

Ganho-Ávila, Ana
Ana Ganho

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: F414-536B-9207
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5355-6166

Email addresses

ganhoavila@fpce.uc.pt (Professional)
anaganho@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra. Rua do Colégio Novo, 3000-115, COIMBRA, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://cineicc.uc.pt/cbb/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology - Psychology
Social Sciences - Psychology - Psychology
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2011 - 2016 Concluded	PhD Basic Psychology (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Psychological, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of the fear response" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovado
2015 Concluded	Principles and Practice in Clinical Research (Diploma de especialização) Harvard Medical School, United States	n/a
2003 - 2004 Concluded	Adult Neuropsychology (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	n/a
1995 - 2002 Concluded	Clinical Psychology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/11/16 - 2021/11/15	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
	Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2007/07/03 - 2011/10/09	Técnico Psicologia 2 Cl (Técnico Psicologia)	Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra, Portugal

2002/11/27 - 2007/11/26	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Administração Regional de Saúde do Centro IP, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004 - Current	Clinical Psychologist	Independent Professional, Portugal

2016/12/01 - 2019/11/30	Invited Researcher	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

2017/09/01 - 2018/05/31	Invited Assistant Professor. Courses: Behavioral Neurosciences, Neuropsychology	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

2014/06/01 - 2017/06/01	Monitor at the Unit of Non-invasive neuromodulation (UNIEC) - Responsible for tutoring students, clinicians and other health professionals working at the University Hospital Center of Coimbra	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
	Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - 2016/09/12	PhD Student	Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal

2015/01/20 - 2015/11/30	Site monitor	Harvard Medical School, United States

2007 - 2011	Director of Organic Unit - Shelter for Women and Children	Caritas Diocesana de Coimbra, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/02/01 - 2024/02/01	Comparing parents’ and midwives / obstetricians’ knowledge, causal attributions and attitudes towards perinatal depression xxxxx Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal Hôpital Albert Chenevier Pôle Neurolocomoteur, France	Fondation FondaMental Ongoing
2019/04 - 2022/02	Changing Human Time Perception in Virtual Reality Emotional Priming: A Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study 318/18 Researcher Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Portugal	Fundação Bial Ongoing
2016/12/16 - 2019/12/30	Fear memory: a neuromodulation study in generalized anxiety disorder POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016836 Principal investigator Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/01 - 2018/12	Retinotopic reorganization of the auditory cortex of congenitally deaf individuals due to neuroplasticity 112/12 PhD Student Fellow	Concluded
2012/01 - 2016/09	Psychological, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of the fear response SFRH/BD/80945/2011	Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
2013 - 2016	Morphometric analysis of auditory brain regions in deaf patients 000 PhD Student Fellow	Concluded
2013 - 2016	Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Major Depression with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) 000 PhD Student Fellow	Concluded
2011 - 2015	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as a functional interhemispheric imbalance at the thalamic level 000 PhD Student Fellow	Concluded
2011 - 2011	Doctoral Fellowship by Portuguese Technology and Science Foundation SFRH/BD/80945/2011. PhD Student Fellow	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021 - 2026	Remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation: an alternative non-invasive treatment to postpartum depression 2020.02059.CEECIND Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/10 - Current	Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID19): an international prospective cohort study 000 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
2019 - Current	Theory and applications towards optimal human development 88881310344201801 Researcher Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil	Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Ongoing
2019 - Current	A measure of loneliness: Translation, validation and study of the psychometric properties of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3) to European Portuguese 000 Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2019 - Current	Electric current stimulation in fibromyalgia a randomized controlled double-blind clinical trial. 000 Supervisor	Concluded
2018 - Current	Translation, validation and study of the psychometric properties of the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Scale to European Portuguese: versions for health providers and self-rating scale 000 Principal investigator	Ongoing
2018 - Current	DearMUM - Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a novel alternative approach to postnatal depression disorder SEP-210629509 Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society
2018/11/13 - 2023/04/14	Research Innovation and Sustainable Pan-European Network in Peripartum Depression Disorder CA18138 Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society Ongoing
2022/03/01 - 2022/12	Limited output transcranial electrical stimulation (LOTES-2022): Engineering principles, regulatory statutes, and industry standards for wellness, over-the-counter, or prescription devices with low risk xxxxx Researcher	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Raquel Nunes R. M. Guiomar; Pacheco, Francisca. "Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Perinatal Period". In Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Clinical Principles and Management, edited by Andre R Brunoni; Michael A. Nitsche; Colleen K. Loo, 313-328. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2021. Published Brem, Anna-Katharine; Baeken, Chris; Arns, Martijn; Brunoni, Andre R.; Filipccic, Igor; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Langguth, Berthold; et al. "Depressive Disorders". In Non Invasive Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 63-78. Springer International Publishing, 2020. 10.1007/978-3-030-43356-7_6
Conference abstract	Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Guiomar, Raquel. "Neuromodulação não-invasiva - impacto nos processos de extinção e generalização da resposta de medo associada aos sintomas de ansiedade.". Paper presented in 4º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Braga, 2018. Published Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Cathodal tDCS enhances extinction-based procedures". Paper presented in 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, Lyon, 2018. Published Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Cathodal tDCS impacts the fear network activity and connectivity patterns during a therapy-like extinction session". Paper presented in 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, Lyon, 2018. Published Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Gonçalves, O.F.; Boggio, P.S.; Asthana, M-K.; Almeida, J.. "Combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and classical extinction to persistently erase avoidance tendencies.". Paper presented in Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, Barcelona, 2017. Published Ávila, Ana. "Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria's International Health Congress : Leiria, Portugal. 6-7 May 2016.". Leiria, 2016. Published • 10.1186/s12913-016-1423-5
Conference poster	Guiomar, Raquel; Pacheco, Francisca; Silva, André (5C19-A449-3BCF)); Fonseca, Ana (0F18-4278-46B8); Mateus, Vera; Pereira, Marco; Osório, Ana; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Brain Plasticity in the peripartum: a multi-method longitudinal study of mothers and fathers.". Paper presented in Brainbox Initiative Virtual Conference., 2020. Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Efficacy of rTMS in decreasing postnatal depression symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Paper presented in II Encontro Anual 2019 do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé. Guimarães,, 2019. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Guiomar, R.; Gerardo, B.; Almeida, J.. "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. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Valério, D.; Gonçalves, O. F.; Almeida, J.. "The fronto-amygdalar circuit during fear responses.". Paper presented in X Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental., 2015. Ganho-Ávila, A.; Margalhos, P.; Brunoni, A.; Martins. A.R.S; Pocinho, F.; Almeida, J.. "Fear Memory. A neuromodulation study in anxiety disorders.". Paper presented in First European meeting for noninvasive brain stimulation techniques (NIBS) for psychiatric disorders., 2015. Gonçalves, O. F.; Sousa, S.; Leite, J.; Carvalho, S.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Pocinho, F.; Relvas, J.; Sampaio, A.. "Áreas cerebrais visuais na Perturbação Obsessivo-Compulsiva (POC)– uma abordagem de Imagiologia por Tensão de Difusão.". Paper presented in VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2013.
Journal article	Marom Bikson; Ana Ganho-Ávila; Abhishek Datta; Bernadette Gillick; Morten Goertz Joensson; Sungjin Kim; Jinuk Kim; et al. "Limited output transcranial electrical stimulation 2023 (LOTES-2023): Updates on engineering principles, regulatory statutes, and industry standards for wellness, over-the-counter, or prescription devices with low risk". Brain Stimulation (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.05.008. 10.1016/j.brs.2023.05.008 Ana Ganho-Ávila; Diana Vieira Figueiredo; Paula Vagos. "Online Cognitive Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescence: A Clinical Case Study Using the CT@TeenSAD". Clinical Case Studies (2022): https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501221091519. 10.1177/15346501221091519 Sobral, Mónica; Pacheco, Francisca; Perry, Beatriz; Antunes, Joana; Martins, Sara; Guiomar, Raquel; Soares, Isabel; et al. "Neurobiological Correlates of Fatherhood During the Postpartum Period: A Scoping Review". Frontiers in Psychology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.745767. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.745767 Sobral, Mónica; Morgado, Sara; Moreira, Helena; Guiomar, Raquel; Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Association between cortical thickness and anxiety measures: A scoping review". Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 319 (2022): 111423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111423. 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111423 Sobral, Monica; Guiomar, Raquel; Martins, Vera; Ganho-Avila, Ana. "Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation in dual active treatments for symptoms of depression and anxiety: A case series". Frontiers in Psychiatry (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/55131461/. 10.3389/FPSYT.2022.947435 Pacheco, Francisca; Guiomar, Raquel; Brunoni, Andre; Buhagiar, Rachel; Evagorou, Olympia; Roca-Lecumberri, Alba; Poleszczyk, Anna; et al. "Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation in decreasing depression symptoms during the peripartum period: A systematic review". Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/52384403/. Silva, Andre; Caria-Rodrigues, Ines; Saraiva-Martins, Andreia; Sobral, Monica; Guiomar, Raquel; Ganho-Avila, Ana. "A SINGLE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL SESSION INCREASES ACCEPTABILITY TOWARDS TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (tDCS) IN TREATING ANXIETY DISORDERS". Psychiatria Danubina (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54043675/. Sobral, Monica; Guiomar, Raquel; Martins, Vera; Ganho-Avila, Ana. "COMBINING APP-BASED PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION WITH HOME-BASED TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSIVE AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS: A CASE SERIES". Psychiatria Danubina (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54043673/. Rados, Sandra Nakic; Motrico, Emma; Mesquita, Ana M.; Ganho-Avila, Ana; Vousoura, Eleni; Lalor, Joan. "Changes in perinatal mental healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: a protocol for a collaborative research study between the COST actions RISEUP-PPD and DEVOTION". BMJ Open (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53370069/. 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2021-052411 Guiomar, Raquel; Sobral, Monica; Ganho-Avila, Ana. "TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION IN THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD: COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH IN TWO STANDARD MONTAGES FOR DEPRESSION". Psychiatria Danubina (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54043674/. Guiomar, Raquel; Catoira, Beatriz; Sobral, Monica; Castilho, Paula; Baeken, Chris; Ganho-Avila, Ana. "CEREBELLAR TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA: A CURRENT MODELLING STUDY". Psychiatria Danubina (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54043672/. Ana Ganho-Ávila; Raquel Guiomar; Daniela Valério; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Jorge Almeida. "Offline tDCS modulates prefrontal-cortical–subcortical-cerebellar fear pathways in delayed fear extinction". Experimental Brain Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-021-06248-9. 10.1007/s00221-021-06248-9 Francisca Pacheco; Mónica Sobral; Raquel Guiomar; Alejandro de la Torre-Luque; Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez; Ana Ganho-Ávila. "Breastfeeding during COVID-19: A Narrative Review of the Psychological Impact on Mothers". Behavioral Sciences 11 3 (2021): 34-34. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11030034. 10.3390/bs11030034 Motrico, Emma; Bina, Rena; Domínguez-Salas, Sara; Mateus, Vera; Contreras-García, Yolanda; Carrasco-Portiño, Mercedes; Ajaz, Erilda; et al. "Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID-19): protocol for an international prospective cohort study". BMC Public Health 21 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10330-w. 10.1186/s12889-021-10330-w Francisca Pacheco; Raquel Nunes R. M. Guiomar; Andre R Brunoni; Rachel Buhagiar; Olympia Evagorou; Alba Roca-Lecumberri; Anna Poleszczyk; et al. "Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation in decreasing depression symptoms during the peripartum period: A systematic review". (2021): Under revision Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Raquel Nunes R. M. Guiomar; Daniela Valério; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Jorge Almeida. "Offline tDCS modulates prefrontal-cortical-subcortical-cerebellar fear pathways in delayed fear extinction". Experimental Brain Research (2021): Under revision Pacheco, Francisca; Guiomar, Raquel; Brunoni, Andre R.; Buhagiar, Rachel; Evagorou, Olympia; Roca-Lecumberri, Alba; Poleszczyk, Anna; et al. "Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation in decreasing depression symptoms during the peripartum period: A systematic review". Journal of Psychiatric Research (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/48110132/. 10.1016/J.JPSYCHIRES.2021.06.005 Figueiredo, Diana Vieira; Ganho-Avila, Ana; Miguel, Rita Ramos; Paulo, Marlene; Nobre-Lima, Luiza; Salvador, Maria do Ceu; Rijo, Daniel; Vagos, Paula Emanuel Rocha. "Online compassion focused therapy for social anxiety disorder in adolescence (CFT@TeenSAD): Preliminary data on efficacy throughout treatment". Psychologica (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54410272/. Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez; Ana Ganho-Ávila; Alejandro de la Torre-Luque. "The COVID-19 Pandemic Can Impact Perinatal Mental Health and the Health of the Offspring". Behavioral Sciences 10 11 (2020): 162-162. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10110162. 10.3390/bs10110162 Fonseca, Ana; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Lambregtse-van den Berg, Mijke; Lupatelli, Angela; Rodriguez-Muñoz, Maria de la Fé; Ferreira, Pedro; Radoš, Sandra Nakic; Bina, Rena. "Emerging issues and questions on peripartum depression prevention, diagnosis and treatment: A consensus report from the COST Action RISEUP-PPD". Journal of Affective Disorders (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.112. In press • 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.112 Borrione, Lucas; Bellini, Helena; Razza, Lais Boralli; Avila, Ana G.; Baeken, Chris; Brem, Anna-Katharine; Busatto, Geraldo; et al. "Precision non-implantable neuromodulation therapies: a perspective for the depressed brain". Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0741. In press • 10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0741 Ana Ganho-Ávila; Mariana Moura-Ramos; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Jorge Almeida. "Measuring Vulnerability to Anxiety: Factorial Structure, Reliability, Validity, and Discriminatory Accuracy of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index–3–PT". Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (2019): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2019.1594916. 10.1080/07481756.2019.1594916 Ana Ganho-Ávila; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Raquel Guiomar; Paulo Sérgio Boggio; Manish Kumar Asthana; Angelos-Miltiadis Krypotos; Jorge Almeida. "The effect of cathodal tDCS on fear extinction: A cross-measures study". PLOS ONE (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221282. 10.1371/journal.pone.0221282 Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Poleszczyk, Anna; Mohamed, Mahmoud M.A.; Osório, Ana. "Efficacy of rTMS in decreasing postnatal depression symptoms: A systematic review". Psychiatry Research 279 (2019): 315-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.05.042. 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.05.042 Baeken, Chris; Brem, Anna-Katharine; Arns, Martijn; Brunoni, Andre R.; Filipcic, Igor; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Langguth, Berthold; et al. "Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for depressive disorders". Current Opinion in Psychiatry 32 5 (2019): 409-415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/yco.0000000000000533. 10.1097/yco.0000000000000533 Baeken, C.; Brem, A.-K.; Arns, M.; Brunoni, A.R.; Filipcic, I.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Langguth, B.; et al. "Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for depressive disorders: Current knowledge and future directions". Current Opinion in Psychiatry 32 5 (2019): 409-415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071067536&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000533 Brunelin, J.; Mondino, M.; Arns, M.; Baeken, C.; Brem, A.-K.; Filipcic, I.; Ganho-Avila, A.; et al. "3rd European Conference on brain stimulation in psychiatry – From mechanism to medicine,3^e Conférence européenne sur la stimulation cérébrale en psychiatrie – Des mécanismes à l'application thérapeutique". Encephale 45 (2019): S47-S49. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065625938&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.encep.2019.04.001 Gonçalves, Ó. F. Sousa, S. Carvalho, S. Leite J. Ganho, A. Fernandes-Gonçalves, A. Pocinho F., Carracedo, A. Sampaio A.; Sousa, S.; Carvalho, S.; Leite J.; Fernandes-Gonçalves, A.; Pocinho, F.; Carracedo, A.; Sampaio A.. "Alterations of gray and white matter morphology in obsessive compulsive disorder.". Psicothema 29 1 (2017): 35-42. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28126056. Open access • 10.7334/psicothema2016.86 Tomas Andriotti; Rafaelly Stavale; Tarek Nafee; Stephanie Fakhry; Mahmoud M.A. Mohamed; Nigar Sofiyeva; Ana Ganho- Ávila; et al. "ASSERT trial – How to assess the safety and efficacy of a high frequency rTMS in postpartum depression? A multicenter, double blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial". Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 5 (2017): 86-91. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.conctc.2017.01.004. 10.1016/j.conctc.2017.01.004 Goncalves, Ó.F.; Soares, J.M.; Carvalho, S.; Leite, J.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Fernandes-Goncalves, A.; Pocinho, F.; Carracedo, A.; Sampaio, A.. "Patterns of Default Mode Network Deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder". Scientific Reports 7 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015273206&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/srep44468 Almeida, J.; Martins, A.R.; Bergström, F.; Amaral, L.; Freixo, A.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Kristensen, S.; et al. "Polarity-specific transcranial direct current stimulation effects on object-selective neural responses in the inferior parietal lobe". Cortex 94 (2017): 176-181. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85026438161&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.07.001 Amaral, L.; Ganho-Ávila, A.; Osório, A.; Soares, M.J.; He, D.; Chen, Q.; Mahon, B.Z.; et al. "Hemispheric asymmetries in subcortical visual and auditory relay structures in congenital deafness". European Journal of Neuroscience 44 6 (2016): 2334-2339. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84987811127&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/ejn.13340 Gonçalves, O. F.; Sousa, S.; Maia, L.; Carvalho, S.; Leite, J.; Ganho, A.; Fernandes-Goncalves, A.; et al. "Inferior frontal gyrus white matter abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder.". Neuroreport (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25945482. 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000377 Oscar F. Goncalves; José Miguel Soares; Sandra Carvalho; Jorge Leite; Ana Ganho; Ana Fernandes-Gonçalves; Brandon Frank; et al. "Brain activation of the defensive and appetitive survival systems in obsessive compulsive disorder". Brain Imaging Behav (2015): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11682-014-9303-2. 10.1007/s11682-014-9303-2 Goncalves, O.F.; Sousa, S.; Maia, L.; Carvalho, S.; Leite, J.; Ganho, A.; Fernandes-Goncalves, A.; et al. "Inferior frontal gyrus white matter abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder". NeuroReport 26 9 (2015): 495-500. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930590218&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000377 Oscar F. Goncalves; Sónia, Sousa; Liliana Maia; Sandra Carvalho; Jorge Leite; Ana Ganho-Ávila; Ana Fernandes-Gonçalves; et al. "Inferior frontal gyrus white matter abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder.". Neuroreport (2015): doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000377
Online resource	Bianca Salguinho Gerardo; Raquel Nunes R. M. Guiomar; Mariana Moura-Ramos; Ana Ganho-Ávila. The role of Anxiety Sensitivity in fear conditioning: a moderation effect. 2019. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tu8h7. 10.31234/osf.io/tu8h7 Ana Ganho-Avila; Oscar F. Goncalves; Raquel Guiomar; Paulo S. Boggio; Manish Kumar K. Asthana; Angelos-Miltiadis Krypotos; Jorge Almeida. The effect of cathodal tDCS on fear extinction: a cross-measures study. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1101/561803. 10.1101/561803
Thesis / Dissertation	Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Psychological, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of the fear response". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2016.

Other

Other output

Offline tDCS modulates prefrontal-cortical-subcortical-cerebellar fear pathways in delayed fear extinction. 2019. Ana Ganho-Ávila; Raquel Guiomar; Daniela Valério; Óscar F. Gonçalves; Jorge Almeida. https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.18.880658.
10.1101/2019.12.18.880658

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/05/20	tDCS during fear extinction modulates functional connectivity of the fear network and impacts stimuli discrimination	24th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences, (South Korea)
2021/04/29	Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Perinatal Mental Health	International Multiprojects Simposium Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Brazil)
2021/02	Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in peripartum depression.	3rd European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD (Cost Action CA18138) in Evidence-based interventions in Peripartum Depression Riseup-PPD - online
2021	The role of fear of negative and positive evaluation in adolescent social anxiety: Differential effects of gender.	7th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in children and Adolescents Aitana research
2020/01	Estimulação magnética transcraniana no período perinatal	XIV Congresso Nacional de Psiquiatria Sociedade portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental (Troia, Portugal)
2019/03/14	Cathodal tDCS impacts the modulatory effects of learning in fear extinction: a dynamic causal modelling study.	Brain Twitter Conference - Neuroscience making an impact Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. Aalto University, Finland.
2019	Saúde Psicológica e as novas tecnologias em saúde: Integração da intervenção psicológica e técnicas de estimulação cerebral não invasiva	VIII Congresso Internacional de Intervenção Psicológica: Promoção do Bem-Estar \| Maio 2019 Universidade Lusíada (Porto)
2018	Efficacy of rTMS in decreasing postnatal depression symptoms: a systematic review.	3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry (Lyon, France)
2018	Cathodal tDCS impacts the fear network activity and connectivity patterns during a therapy-like extinction session	3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry (Lyon, France)
2018	Cathodal tDCS enhances extinction-based procedures.	3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry (Lyon, France)
2018	Neuromodulação não-invasiva - impacto nos processos de extinção e generalização da resposta de medo associada aos sintomas de ansiedade.	4º Congresso Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses (Braga, Portugal)
2018	Neuromodulação Não-Invasiva - Impacto nos processos de extinção e generalização da resposta de medo associada aos sintomas de ansiedade
2018	Neuromodulação não invasiva nas perturbações de ansiedade	Primeiro Simposium sobre Perturbações de Ansiedade PIN - Progresso Infantil
2017	Resposta de medo condicionada: inconsistência da componente fásica da condutância eléctrica da pele depende da sensibilidade à ansiedade.	4º Congresso Nacional Conversas de Psicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017	A neurociência do condicionamento clássico – Pavlov ao serviço dos tratamentos de elevada eficácia.	4º Congresso Nacional Conversas de Psicologia. (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017	Neuroplasticidade e neuromodulação não-invasiva. Da investigação à aplicabilidade clínica.	4º Congresso Nacional Conversas de Psicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017	The fear circuit activity and connectivity patterns during a therapy-like extinction session.	47th congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
2016	Is fear extinction a true extinction? The importance of implicit avoidance tendencies in the assessment of extinction.	3º Congresso Nacional de Conversas de Psicologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015	Interfering with fear memory circuit.	III Congresso Internacional do CINEICC/ III Congresso Nacional da APTC. (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015	Volumetric analysis of cortical and subcortical regions in congenital deafness.	X Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental. (Faro, Portugal)
2013	Brain Voyager, Mini fellowship on fMRI Data analysis, Brain Innovation

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/30	Brain changes in pregnancy and the postpartum period, maternal caregiving and Peripartum Depression: A multi- method longitudinal study Co-supervisor	Psicologia (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2024/12/31	The therapeutic potential of the cerebellum in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia Co-supervisor	Psychology (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Efficacy of Non-Invasive and Non-Convulsive Brain Stimulation in Decreasing Depression Symptoms During Peripartum Period: A Systematic Review Supervisor	Psicologia (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Neurophysiological correlates of anxiety: the association between cortical thickness and measures of anxiety Supervisor	Psicologia (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Estudo de implementação-eficácia da Estimulação Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua - População geral Co-supervisor	Psicologia (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Treating Postpartum Depression: An acceptability study with health care professionals Co-supervisor	Psicologia (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2003 - 2011	Internship advisor in Clinical Psychology Supervisor	Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2020/01/20 - 2020/12/20	(CA18138) Riseup-PPD 1st Main Meeting (2020/11/21 - 2020/11/22) Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/11	1st European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD (Cost Action CA18138) in Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis, Riseup-PPD, November 2020, Coimbra, Portugal. (2020/11 - 2020/11) Other (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Symposium Co-Chair, (4 Sessions) at the European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry (2018) Conference (Co-organisor)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2013 - Current	Mini Fellowship in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/02/17 - 2021/02/19	Trainee for the 3rd European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD Cost Action (CA18138) in Evidence-based interventions in Peripartum Depression, Riseup-PPD, February 2021, online event. Workshop	3rd European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD COST Action 18138, Portugal
2019 - 2019	NY tDCS Fellowship - Certification	City College of New York, United States
2019 - 2019	Workshop in Unified Transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders Workshop	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Structural Equation Models in AMOS Workshop	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Clinical TMS certification Course. European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
2017 - 2017	Principles of Matlab applied to fMRI Analysis
2015 - 2015	Principles of fMRI 2 by Johns Hopkins
2015 - 2015	Principles of fMRI 1 by Johns Hopkins
2014 - 2014	Mini Fellowship - training in human fear conditioning procedures, Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and Developmental Disorders Program	Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, Brazil
2014 - 2014	Mini Fellowship - training in human fear conditioning procedures, Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group	Institut d'Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge, Spain
2013 - 2013	ADInstruments, LabChart Training for Psychophysiology Data Acquisition, Advanced Analysis and Automation, Levels I, II & III	ADInstruments Pty Ltd, New Zealand
2012 - 2012	Mini fellowship – training in human fear conditioning procedures	Amsterdam University College, Netherlands

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2021/07/27	Ajustamento psicológico de adultos portugueses à pandemia por COVID-19: o papel da inflexibilidade psicológica e da centralidade do acontecimento (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Beatriz da Silva Ferreira (Master)

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022 - Current	Frontiers	Frontiers Media SA
2021 - Current	Brain Stimulation
2021 - Current	Psicologia- reflexa~o e cri´tica
2020 - Current	Journal of Affective Disorders (0165-0327)	Elsevier on behalf of the International Society for Affective Disorders
2019 - Current	Psicologia teoria e Prática
2019 - Current	Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
2018 - Current	BJPsych Open	Scholarone Manuscripts
2017 - Current	Human Reproduction	Scholarone Manuscripts

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022/03/08 - Current	European Society of Brain Stimulation	Secretary
2021/07 - Current	The Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology	member
2005 - Current	Portuguese Society of Constructivist Psychotherapy, Member of the Board - SPPC	Board

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology Other	Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2021 - Current	Invited Editor: Behavioural Sciences Member	MDPI AG, Switzerland
2018 - Current	Interest Group in Affective and Translational Neurosciences of the CINEICC Coordinator	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/11	2nd European Training School for the Pan-European Network Riseup-PPD (Cost Action CA18138) in Principles and Practice in Clinical trials, Riseup-PPD, November 2020, online event. Member	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/01	Advanced Program in Affective Translational Neuroscience - CINEICC Coordinator	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Development and A3Es creditation of the new Master¿s Program in Cognitive Behavioral Interventions Member	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2018 - 2020	Elected member of the Scientific Committee of the CINEICC Member	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Portugal
2002/11/27 - 2007/11/26	Project Manager - Annual Plan on HIV Projects for the Regional Health Comission Advisor / Consultant	Comissão Distrital para a Infecção pelo VIH/SIDA, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2021/10/21 - Current	Workshop in Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility	Riseup-PPD - online
2021/11/01 - 2022/06/30	5th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry	Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”
2021/12/02 - 2021/12/02	IV Encontro Anual 2021 do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé, November	Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé
2020 - 2020	4th European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry	Neijmegen, The Netherlands
2018 - 2018	3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry	Lyon, France

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/02 - Current	Invited lecturer, Motivation and Emotion Course, Master's Degree Program in Psychology (theory and practice classes)	1st (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2021/09/11 - 2022/06/30	Social and Affective Neuroscience	Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Invited lecturer, Motivation and Emotion Course, Master's Degree Program in Psychology (theory and practice classes)	Master's Degree Program (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Invited lecturer, Cognitive-developmental Psychopathology Course, Master's Degree Program in Psychology (theory class)	Master's Degree Program (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2014 - 2017	Neurosciences of Behavior Course (theory classes on Memory)	Memory (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2014 - 2017	Neuropsychology Course (theory classes on Memory)	Memory (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2013 - 2015	Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal	(Outros)	Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE Serviço de Pneumologia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2016 - 2016	Master Thesis Title: Domain-specific functional organization: neurocognitive characterization of a case of hemi-prosopometamorphopsia. Evaluator	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2013 - 2016	Mentoring of undergraduate students. Brainvoyager, Slicer 3D, Lab rotations, PROACTION Laboratory	Undergraduate Students
2013 - 2015	Structural neuroimaginig (in Brainvoyager, Slicer 3D)	PROACTION Laboratory undergraduate students

Distinctions

Award

2020	Runners-up Poster Award Brainbox Initiative, United States
2020	Bolsa País - Professor Visitante - CAPES-PRINT (PRINT - PROGRAMA INSTITUCIONAL DE INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO) - Professor Visitante – Programa Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento, 88887.310343/2018-00 - UPM Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil
2019	Best Poster Award - Estimulação Elétrica Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua na redução da impulsividade – um estudo de modelos 3D de densidade de corrente Hospital de Magalhães Lemos EPE, Portugal