CDG & Allies - Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies- PPAIN)
Where families’ own needs and ideas are transformed into research projects.
Work Package 7
CDG psychology and educational research
This Work Package (WP) is formed by several Working Groups (WGs)
Working Group (WG) Health psychology
Working Group Leader (WGL): Pf Luísa Barros
(Professor at Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação. Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal).
(Professor at Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação. Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal).
The WG led by Pf Barros aims at studying the impact of parental subjective meanings, concerns, coping strategies and health behaviours on CDG children and adults.
Results obtained so far from this research project:
Results obtained so far from this research project:
- Under the scope of a master degree program in health psychology, Carolina Cardão (a MScs' student) started her thesis in September 2016. This involves conducting research for the pilot study conducted by Prf Barros.
- The first results of this research project were presented at the World Conference on CDG for Families and Professional 2017 (Leuven, Belgium). Soon, results will be available in both the formatt of a scientific paper and as a patient-friendly document.
- Prof Barros is also developing a complementary research approach with Prof Liz Forbat, which will generate a new research project. Visit HERE for more information.
Any student, research groups, researchers, clinicians, patient organisations or other stakeholders who would like to become more involved within this project, are most welcome to get in touch to discuss possible future opportunities and collaborations. Fulfill the contact form available at the end of the page.
Email: lbarros@psicologia.ulisboa.pt
Prof. Luísa Barros received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Lisbon, Portugal (1992). After completion of her degree she was appointed as a Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Lisbon. She is currently a Full Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Lisbon and coordinates the Research Group on Health and Clinical Psychology – Familial and Individual Adaptation Processes. Her interests are focused on clinical and pediatric psychology. In particular her laboratory is currently working on understanding how parental processes are related to and affect children’s health and adaptation, both in healthy and chronically ill populations and developing measures of parenting processes and family adaptation.
List of 6 publications in the field of CDG:
List of current grants focused on CDG:
List of 6 publications in the field of CDG:
- Pedro,H.; Barros,L. & Pereira,A.I.(2015).Pediatric Immunization Distress: A Cluster Analyses of Children's, Parents' and Nurses' Behaviors During the Anticipatory Phase. The Clinical Journal of Pain. DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000287.
- Pereira, A. I., Muris, P., Barros, L., Goes, R., Marques, T., & Russo, V. (2015). Agreement and discrepancy between mother and child in the evaluation of children’s anxiety symptoms and anxiety life interference. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 24(3), 327-337. DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0583-2.
- Silva,C. & Barros,L. (2014). Pediatric Asthma Management: Study of the Family Asthma Management System Scale with a Portuguese Sample. Children's Health Care, 43: 203-220. Doi: 10.1080/02739615.2013.837822.
- Silva, C.; Barros, L. & Simões,F (2014). Health-related quality of life in pediatric asthma: children’s and parents’ perspectives. Psychology, Health & Medicine,14, 1-15. Doi: 10.1080/13548506.2014.969745
- Pereira, A. I., Barros, L., Muris, P. Mendonça, D. (2013). The Relationships Among Parental Anxiety, Parenting, and Children’s Anxiety: The Mediating Effects of Children’s Cognitive Vulnerabilities. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Doi 10.1007/s10826-013-9767-5.
- Silva,C. & Barros,L. (2013). Asthma knowledge, subjective assessment of severity and symptom perception in parents of children with asthma. Journal of Asthma. Doi:10.3109/02770903.2013.822082
List of current grants focused on CDG:
- Currently coordinating the Project: PainLess: OI youngsters take control, funded by the U.K.Brittle Bones Society, UL. (2015-2016).
Merell Liddle has a BA in Politics and Economics and a Post Grad Dip in Securities Markets. She spent 15 years working in the areas of merchant banking, money market and takeovers regulation. She then completed a degree in Psychology and a Post Grad Dip in Health Psychology whilst having a family that included a child with complex disabilities who was later diagnosed as having CDG. Ms Liddle has a particular interest in speech and communication disabilities and has been active in the area of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. She has been extensively involved in CDG patient advocacy,support, and education and is committed to collaborative research to develop safe, effective therapies and treatments for CDG.
Email: sindromecdg@gmail.com
From her unique perspective of being a sister of a patient with a rare disease named Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) and Cell Biologist, Vanessa founded the Portuguese CDG Association and other Rare Metabolic Disorders (APCDG-DMR).
Vanessa’s personal journey with her sister, combined with the community needs, have been the impetus to focus the APCDG activities.
Vanessa received a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Badajoz University (Spain). She holds a PhD (Sc.D.) in Cell and Developmental Biology from the Center for Genomic Regulation, University of Pompeu Fabra, Biomedical Research Park in Barcelona (PRBB). In 2014, she completed her background with an International MBA from IAE de Paris, Sorbonne Graduate Business School
Vanessa received a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Badajoz University (Spain). She holds a PhD (Sc.D.) in Cell and Developmental Biology from the Center for Genomic Regulation, University of Pompeu Fabra, Biomedical Research Park in Barcelona (PRBB). In 2014, she completed her background with an International MBA from IAE de Paris, Sorbonne Graduate Business School
Carolina Cardão recently finished her MSc's degree in Clinical and Health Psychology in the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon.
Currently, she doing an apprenticeship at the Hospital Curry Cabral, in Lisbon.
Her MSc's thesis was coordinated and supervised by Pf Luísa Barros, was about the psychological impact of living with CDG, aiming to study the impact of the parental subjective meanings, concerns, coping strategies and health behaviors on CDG families.
Currently, she doing an apprenticeship at the Hospital Curry Cabral, in Lisbon.
Her MSc's thesis was coordinated and supervised by Pf Luísa Barros, was about the psychological impact of living with CDG, aiming to study the impact of the parental subjective meanings, concerns, coping strategies and health behaviors on CDG families.
Dr da Silva, received her Biochemistry degree in University of Algarve – Faro, Portugal. She defended her PhD thesis on “Study of redox and calcium transport systems microdomains in the plasma membrane of neurons”, in University of Extremadura – Badajoz, Spain. Her work is developed under the scope of the CDG & Allies – Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies – PPAIN).She integrated our working group since beginning February 2016. Dr Dorinda is highly motivated to make a difference in patients lives.
Rita Francisco has a Masters’ degree in Molecular Genetics by the University of Minho and among her main scientific interests are genetic disorders. In 2016, she was awarded the 3rd Liliana Scientific Scholarship. Rita is highly driven and motivated to make a difference in the lives of adults and children living with Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG). Her work is developed under the scope of the CDG & Allies – Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies – PPAIN). She is deciphering the heart aspects of CDG. In addition, she is our CDG Internaitonal Patient Relations.
Open position!
Inés Summer Internship CDG for Undergraduate Students:
Currently the WP2 expressed interest in hosting a student to conduct summer research focused on diagnosis for CDG.
This position is available under the scope of the “1st Inés Summer Internship CDG Program for Undergraduate Students”.
This position is available under the scope of the “1st Inés Summer Internship CDG Program for Undergraduate Students”.
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