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Antonio Fidalgo

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology & Human Development , School of Childhood and Social Care

Qualifications

  • PhD Behavioural Neuroscience, Imperial College London
  • PGCert Academic Practice in Higher Education, King's College London

Areas Of Interest

Dr Fidalgo is interested in the impact of health conditions in cognition and wellbeing. Previously his research focused on the impact of inflammation on hippocampal-dependent memory (2007-2011), multisensory integration (2012-2014), and pain (2014-ongoing). He is also interested in the impact that social media has on cognitive processes.

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OVERVIEW

Dr Fidalgo is the programme leader and the admissions tutor for the Distance-Learning BSc (Hons) programme in Psychology.

A full list of his peer-reviewed publications can be found here.

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

  •  Zambelli Z, Halstead L, Fidalgo AR, Mangar S, Dimitriou D (2024). Telehealth Delivery of Adapted CBT-I for Insomnia in Chronic Pain Patients: A Single Arm Feasibility Study. Frontiers in Psychology, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1266368
  • Zambelli Z, Halstead L, Fidalgo AR, Dimitriou D (2022) Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of a sleep wearable headband among a community sample of chronic pain individuals: an at-home observational study, Digital Health DOI: 10.1177/20552076221097504
  • Zambelli Z, Halstead L, Iles R, Fidalgo AR, Dimitriou D (2022) The 2021 NICE guidelines for assessment and management of chronic pain: A cross-sectional study mapping against a sample of 1,000* in the community, British Journal of Pain, DOI: 10.1177/20494637221083837
  • Zambelli Z, Fidalgo AR, Halstead L, Dimitriou D (2022). Acute impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep and mental health outcomes among individuals with chronic pain. Journal of Health Psychology 27, 1099-1110. DOI: 10.1177/1359105321995962
  • Zoe Z, Halstead L, Fidalgo AR, Dimitriou D (2021). Sleep quality moderates the relationship between pain and depression among individuals with chronic pain. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 0.3389/fpsyg.2021.668930
  • Zoe Z, Fidalgo AR, Halstead L, Dimitriou D (2021). Acute impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep and mental health outcomes among individuals with chronic pain. Journal of Health Psychology. DOI: 10.1177/1359105321995962
  • Ravalier J, Fidalgo AR, Russell L, Morton R (2017) Care Worker well-being: the influence of zero-hours contracts -https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqx043,  Occupational Medicine 67, pp 344-349
  • Williams A, Gallagher E, Fidalgo AR, Bentley PJ (2016), Pain expressiveness and altruistic behaviour: an exploration using agent-based modelling -  https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000443,   Pain 157,  pp 759-768

FUNDING

Dr Fidalgo's first ever international research experience was as an undergraduate student on a funded William C. Dement Apprenticeship at Brown University.

Since then his research has been funded by fellowships from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (€61,991) and, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (¥2,835,500); small grants by the British Academy (£9,753) and, Richard Benjamin Trust (£8,261) and; travel grants from FENS-IBRO/PERC, the British Psychological Society, RWTH Aachen, the Westminster Medical School, as well as several departmental travel awards.

TEACHING

  • Marking and moderation of coursework and assignments;
  • Programme Leader for the Psychology by Distance-Learning BSc (Hons) degree;
  • Admissions Tutor for the Psychology by Distance-Learning BSc (Hons) degree.

MODULES

  • Lecturer on Researching with Small Samples (PY4005): Researching with Larger Samples (PY4006); The Psychology of Mental Health Difficulties in Adulthood (PY5015); Psychology of Choice (PY6011), and; Psychology of Belief (PUY6013); 
  • Module leader for Psychology in Applied Contexts  (PY4004).

Publications

The last four years of publications can be viewed below. 

Full publications list

Visit the research repository to view a full list of publications

Research repository

  • Robinson, Lauren, Streuli, Janine and Fidalgo, A. (2019)

    Social Media's Impact on Creative Thought 2019 11th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology (KST). https://doi.org/10.1109/KST.2019.8687632

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