Ana Luísa Patrão

Ana Luísa Patrão is a Ph.D. in Health Psychology and is currently a Researcher at Faculty of Psychology and Education Science of the University of Porto, Portugal (12/2020-Present). She is also a collaborating Researcher/Professor at Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia (Brasil) and Researcher at ELSA-Brasil (Longitudinal Study of Adult Health in Brazil), the largest study on adult health in Brazil and in South America. Before that, she was a Visitant Professor (2016-2020) and a Post-Doctoral Researcher (2014-2016) in Public Health at the Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, in Brazil. She completed her PhD in Health Psychology (2007-2012) from University of Minho (Portugal) with the dissertation “AIDS Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion in Mozambican Women: Risk Behaviours Predictors and Study of the Effectiveness of a Psychosocial Intervention”. She has participated in several academic funded research projects in Portugal, Brazil and Mozambique. Her main research interest combines the dimensions of psychosocial aspects of health, social change and health, and health and gender inequalities. She works on issues related to Health Promotion, Public Health and Global Health.