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Ana Isabel Gomes is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, where she teaches Health Psychology, Research Methods in Clinical and Health Psychology, and Models of Psychotherapy. She coordinates the Postgraduate Course in Responsive Strategies for Promoting Healthy Eating Behavior in Early Childhood Education and serves on degree recognition committees for child development programs.
Her research centers on child eating behaviors and responsive feeding practices in home and early childhood settings, with emphasis on developing evidence-based digital interventions for health promotion. Key interests include parental barriers to healthy eating adoption, behavior change methodologies, and psychometric assessment tools for feeding practices. She actively applies clinical psychology expertise to support caregivers through tailored, cost-effective solutions.
Analysis of her 2017-2023 publications reveals consistent focus on instrument development (questionnaires, scales), Portuguese-sample validation studies, and web-based intervention trials. Her work bridges psychology, nutrition, and public health through systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, and psychometric analyses, primarily targeting 2-6 year-old children and their feeding environments.
No scientific awards, fellowships, or major prizes were documented in the source material.
Dr. Gomes mentors master's and doctoral students in research projects while securing competitive grants including a FCT-funded web-based parenting intervention (PTDC/PSI-GER/30432/2017) and an InvESTeSL longitudinal study on health student communication skills.
As an integrated member of the ProAdapt group within the Research Center for Psychological Science (CICPSI), she contributes to adaptation-focused psychological research and collaborates on early childhood health initiatives across institutional networks.
