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Ana Luísa Patrão | Patrão, A. L. | PhD in Health Psychology

Ana Luísa Patrão currently works at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto (FPCEUP) and is an integrated researcher at the Centre of Psychology of the University of Porto (CPUP). Here, among other academic and research activities, she is part of the study "NEUROPSYCHSEX - Neuro-Psychophysiological Determinants of Sexual Health".

Additionally, she is a Collaborating Professor at the Institute of Collective Health at the Federal University of Bahia - ISC/UFBa (Brazil), and an Investigator of ELSA-Brasil (Longitudinal Study of Adult Health in Brazil), the largest study on adult health in Brazil and South America. She is also a member of the research team of the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort for the study of breast and cervical cancers (UFBa and FIOCRUZ).

Previously, she was an Integrated Visiting Professor (2016-2020) and Postdoctoral Researcher (2014-2016) in Public Health at ISC/UFBa (Brazil), with a CAPES Research Grant, under the "Science without Borders - Attracting Young Talent to Brazil" Programme. She completed her Ph.D. in Health Psychology (2007-2012), at the School of Psychology, University of Minho, in collaboration with the Central Hospital of Beira (Mozambique), with the thesis entitled " "AIDS Prevention and health promotion in Mozambican Women: risk behaviours predictors and study the effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention", funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/ BD/37909/2007).   

Throughout her career, she has participated in several funded research projects, as well as developed teaching activities in Portugal, Brazil, and Mozambique. Her main research interests combine the psychosocial dimensions of health, social change and health, and health and gender inequality. She works scientifically in the areas of Health Psychology, Health Promotion (Sexual, Reproductive, and Lifestyle Related), Public Health, and Global Health.