Adelinda Maria Araújo Candeias holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Évora, where she serves as Associate Professor and President of the Scientific Council, while also being affiliated with the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC). Her career reflects a mature and distinctive scientific profile, grounded in a sustained trajectory of interdisciplinary research with clear scientific, social, and applied relevance. Her work is anchored in Lifespan Developmental Psychology and is characterized by a strong articulation between Psychology, Health Sciences, Social Medicine, and Health Communication. Her research has focused on cognitive, behavioural, psychosocial, and health-related processes in the fields of assessment and intervention, with particular emphasis on stress, well-being, inclusion, psychological assessment, rehabilitation, lifelong learning, and the promotion of human competencies across educational, clinical, and community settings. This trajectory reveals a strong capacity for scientific leadership, both in the design and coordination of projects and in the mobilization of teams, networks, and interinstitutional partnerships. Her participation in nationally and internationally funded projects demonstrates her ability to develop competitive, interdisciplinary research aligned with emerging scientific and societal priorities. Adelinda Candeias has developed a broad, coherent, and diversified scientific output, including journal articles, books, book chapters, editorials, and other knowledge-transfer products. Over the last five years, she has published around 30 scientific papers, further consolidating her position in highly relevant fields such as stress, well-being, mental health, sleep, socio-emotional skills, educational contexts, and psychological intervention. During this period, she has also coordinated Research Topics and editorials in Frontiers in Psychology that together gathered more than 70 papers, published in well-positioned international journals, completed more than 150 peer reviews, and strengthened her involvement in European projects and emerging lines of inquiry linking health, self-regulation, and innovation. Her scientific production is marked by thematic consistency, diversity of dissemination formats, and the capacity to influence different academic and professional communities. The award of the 1st CEGOC Prize for the development of the Cognitive Test of Social Intelligence (PCIS) constitutes an early recognition of the originality, quality, and impact of her work. Her trajectory is also marked by resilience and sustained progression: following a temporary interruption of academic activity between 2010 and 2012 due to maternity leave related to the care of her twin children, she subsequently reinforced her publication record, expanded collaboration networks, and consolidated her academic and institutional leadership.Rather than representing a weakness, this period underscores the solidity of her career, as she subsequently resumed and strengthened her scientific activity, consolidated her publication record, expanded her collaboration networks, and reinforced her academic and institutional leadership. Alongside research, she has also played an important role in advanced training, scientific supervision, and the development of new generations of researchers, contributing to capacity building in highly relevant interdisciplinary areas. Her institutional experience, combined with academic leadership responsibilities, further strengthens her ability to frame, coordinate, and implement demanding projects with strategic vision, methodological rigor, and a strong commitment to excellence. Overall, Adelinda Maria Araújo Candeias’s trajectory reflects a senior researcher with strong leadership capacity, solid experience in competitive research, academic and institutional recognition, and a coherent, relevant, and socially and sustainable transformative scientific agenda.