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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.
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

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
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)
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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
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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
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
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
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
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Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. 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
  2. Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Cathodal tDCS enhances extinction-based procedures". Paper presented in 3rd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, Lyon, 2018.
    Published
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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/.
  7. 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/.
  8. 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/.
  9. 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
  10. 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/.
  11. 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/.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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/.
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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,3e 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
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    doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000377
Online resource
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. Ganho-Ávila, Ana. "Psychological, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of the fear response". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2016.

Other

Other output
  1. 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