Constança Moniz Galvão

Constança Moniz Galvão completed her Master’s degree in Health Psychology at Ispa – Instituto Universitário in 2019. Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Filipa Pimenta and aimed to explore the perceived factors contributing to obesity maintenance, within the scope of project WELCOM (WEight Loss in the COMmunity). In 2021, she finished her professional internship at Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro – Núcleo Regional do Sul, thus becoming a licensed clinical and health psychologist by the Order of Portuguese Psychologists. That same year, Constança completed a post-graduation course in Sports and Physical Activity Psychology (Ispa – Instituto Universitário) and was awarded a research assistant position for a project funded by BIAL Foundation – “COping with PAin through Hypnosis, mindfulness and Spirituality” (PI: Alexandra Ferreira-Valente, ref. 188/18). In 2022, her PhD project was granted a scholarship by the Foundation for Science and Technology (ref. UI/BD/153096/2022). Her research focuses on comorbid chronic pain and obesity in the light of a theoretical model which seeks to explain affective, behavioural and cognitive responses to these conditions, as well as the mechanisms underlying psychological interventions. The project employs a mixed methods approach.

Supervised at WJCR by: Filipa Pimenta