Zoom-In on Champalimaud: Ana Saraiva Ayash

Zoom-In on Champalimaud: Gonçalo Cotovio

I graduated from NOVA Medical School in 2014, before joining the Champalimaud Foundation’s Neuropsychiatry Unit (NPU) as a research intern the following year. Principally, I have been working on secondary bipolar disorder neuroimaging. 

Since then, I have been fortunate enough to train and work in a variety of institutions, including Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Harvard Medical School, and since 2017 I have been completing my PhD through a FCT scholarship at the NPU.

Mr. P. started to be followed at the smoking cessation consultation of the Champalimaud Foundation in mid-2018. He had been a smoker for 33 years, and in 2018, he smoked around one pack of cigarettes a day. His first attempt to quit failed, but Mr. P. never quit the consultation and never gave up on quitting smoking. He finally achieved his goal in mid-2020 through a multidisciplinary approach (including psychology and psychiatry consultations) – and, to this day, has never smoked again.

Zoom-In on Champalimaud: Charlotte (Charlie) Rosher

Before entering the Champalimaud Foundation, I studied Evolutionary Biology on a Master’s programme that rotated around universities in Uppsala (Sweden), Montpellier (France), Munich (Germany) and Boston (USA). I love seeing the world through the lens of evolution but I have always been focussed in some way on brains and behaviour. Now I am investigating emotions and defensive behaviours for my PhD in the Behavioural Neuroscience lab (Moita lab). 

Zoom-In on Champalimaud: Justyna Kociolek

Who hasn't felt the temptation to fling a lengthy manual into the bin, or just drive on instead of asking for directions? After all, following instructions is often tiresome, and we can just figure it out on our own… Or can we? A study published today (May 19th) in the scientific journal Nature Human Behaviour challenges prevalent theories about our capacity to solve complex problems and how certain mental disorders influence it.