Gomes, Bárbara
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Gomes, Bárbara
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Silva, Bárbara Oliveira Gomes da Silva
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Biography
Barbara Gomes did her first degree in Psychology and Health at the University of Porto (2001), including a one-year internship in the Palliative Care Unit of the Portuguese Cancer Institute - Porto. She got an MSc in Palliative Care from King's College London with distinction (2006) and a PhD in Palliative Care from the same University (2012). Her other training covers Epidemiology, Statistics and Health Economics. She is researcher at the Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (University of Coimbra, Portugal) and at the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation (King's College London, United Kingdom).
In 15 years of research work, Barbara has published over 60 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, some of which are already among the most cited in the field. In 2006 she was awarded the Cicely Saunders Academic Excellence Prize for her MSc studies and in 2013 the joint second prize of the Early Researcher Award by the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) for her PhD studies. The latter prize is awarded to honour young scientists in the field of palliative care who have made an outstanding contribution to research. She has led several studies on end of life care, including a mortality followback survey with bereaved relatives of cancer patients in London, UK (QUALYCARE study) and a pan-European population survey on preferences and priorities for end of life care (PRISMA survey). She is first author of a Cochrane review on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home palliative care services for adults and Principal Investigator of a project to train early researchers and develop an optimised model of home palliative care in Portugal (DINAMO project). She is associate editor of BMC Palliative Care, reviewer for several funding bodies and journals including JAMA, the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Palliative Medicine and the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. She is founding member of the Portuguese Palliative Care Observatory since 2015 and scientific advisor of the La Caixa Foundation Programme for enhancing comprehensive care for patients with advanced diseases in Portugal since 2017.
Barbara's research interests focus on dying places, in particular the preferences, factors and the outcomes associated with dying at home for patients and their families. Her research has informed health policy and triggered strategic planning, service developments as well as dialogue with the public and the media about palliative care in Europe and beyond. Her work has been referred in several national policy documents in the UK and Portugal and debated at the House of Lords (UK) and at the Portuguese and Scottish Parliaments. Several independent organisations have used her work to highlight issues surrounding place of care and place of death (World Health Organization, Nuffield Trust, King’s Fund, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and National Palliative Care Associations). Her studies have also reached the public arena via press coverage (by the BBC, NPR, ABC News, Guardian and Huffington Post among others). The research methods she has developed during her MSc and PhD studies have been adopted by others in Europe and beyond (colleagues undertook projections on place of death in Belgium, Germany and Scotland and conducted QUALYCARE studies in Northern Ireland, Dublin and New York).
In 15 years of research work, Barbara has published over 60 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, some of which are already among the most cited in the field. In 2006 she was awarded the Cicely Saunders Academic Excellence Prize for her MSc studies and in 2013 the joint second prize of the Early Researcher Award by the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) for her PhD studies. The latter prize is awarded to honour young scientists in the field of palliative care who have made an outstanding contribution to research. She has led several studies on end of life care, including a mortality followback survey with bereaved relatives of cancer patients in London, UK (QUALYCARE study) and a pan-European population survey on preferences and priorities for end of life care (PRISMA survey). She is first author of a Cochrane review on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home palliative care services for adults and Principal Investigator of a project to train early researchers and develop an optimised model of home palliative care in Portugal (DINAMO project). She is associate editor of BMC Palliative Care, reviewer for several funding bodies and journals including JAMA, the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Palliative Medicine and the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. She is founding member of the Portuguese Palliative Care Observatory since 2015 and scientific advisor of the La Caixa Foundation Programme for enhancing comprehensive care for patients with advanced diseases in Portugal since 2017.
Barbara's research interests focus on dying places, in particular the preferences, factors and the outcomes associated with dying at home for patients and their families. Her research has informed health policy and triggered strategic planning, service developments as well as dialogue with the public and the media about palliative care in Europe and beyond. Her work has been referred in several national policy documents in the UK and Portugal and debated at the House of Lords (UK) and at the Portuguese and Scottish Parliaments. Several independent organisations have used her work to highlight issues surrounding place of care and place of death (World Health Organization, Nuffield Trust, King’s Fund, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and National Palliative Care Associations). Her studies have also reached the public arena via press coverage (by the BBC, NPR, ABC News, Guardian and Huffington Post among others). The research methods she has developed during her MSc and PhD studies have been adopted by others in Europe and beyond (colleagues undertook projections on place of death in Belgium, Germany and Scotland and conducted QUALYCARE studies in Northern Ireland, Dublin and New York).
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1 | 2018 | Bridging Health and Social Care with the Citizens – The Case of EIT Health Project “Healiqs4cities” and “Praça Vida+”, in Portugal | Sá-Moura, Bebiana ; Couceiro, Patrícia ; Catarino, Luis ; Guardado, Diana; Brito, Maja de ; Silva, Bárbara ; Tavares, Rui ; Ramalho-Santos, João ; Teixeira, Ana M. ; Rama, Luís ; Reis, Flávio ; Mota-Pinto, Anabela ; Veríssimo, Manuel ; Gonçalves, Carlos ; Cunha, António ; Malva, João O. | article | openAccess |
2 | May-2023 | Comprehensiveness and correspondence of place of death classifications: an international comparative analysis | Sousa, A. Bruno de ; Gomes, B. ; Cohen, J.; Lopes, Sílvia | conferenceObject | openAccess |
3 | 2015 | Cuidados paliativos domiciliários: a sua importância no concelho da Lousã | Ferreira, Joana Margarida dos Santos | masterThesis | embargoedAccess |
4 | 18-Sep-2018 | Cuidar do doente paliativo e família na comunidade: estudo qualitativo das experiências de profissionais de cuidados de saúde primários e da equipa comunitária de suporte em cuidados paliativos | Ferreira, Janete Fernanda dos Santos | masterThesis | openAccess |
5 | 2023 | Did we change for the better? Recoding place of death in Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Luxemburg and Portugal (2012-2021) | Gomes, B. ; Sousa, A. Bruno de ; Cohen, J.; Lopes, S. | conferenceObject | openAccess |
6 | 2024 | Diversity in place of death among children who died between 2012 and 2021 in 32 countries | Olet, D. Adong; Namukwaya, E.; Silva, I. Dias da; Downing, J.; Gomes, B. ; Lopes, S. | conferenceObject | openAccess |
7 | 4-Jun-2019 | Doença crónica em Pediatria – que necessidades noúltimo ano de vida? | Correia, Diana Sofia Neves Lucas | masterThesis | embargoedAccess |
8 | 16-Mar-2018 | Does the perception of 24/7 support in home palliative care reduce emergency department use? A cross-sectional correlational study in adults with advanced disease | Tavares, Ana Carolina Travassos | masterThesis | openAccess |
9 | 2024 | EOLinPLACE: an international research project to reform the way dying places are classified and understood | Namukwaya, Elizabeth ; Sousa, Andrea Bruno de; Lopes, Sílvia; Touwen, Dorothea Petra; van der Steen, Jenny Theodora; Bélanger, Emmanuelle; Brooks, Joanna ; Yghemonos, Stecy; Sehmi, Kawaldip; Gomes, Bárbara | article | openAccess |
10 | 2024 | Evolution of hospice deaths, 2012-21: a death certificate study in Italy, New Zealand, UK, US | Lopes, S.; Sousa, A. Bruno de; Delalibera, M.; Cohen, J.; Gomes, B. | conferenceObject | openAccess |
11 | Nov-2020 | Factors associated with the aggressiveness of care at the end of life for patients with cancer dying in hospital: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in mainland Portugal | Martins-Branco, Diogo; Lopes, Silvia; Canario, Rita; Freire, Joao; Feio, Madalena ; Ferraz-Goncalves, Jose; Sousa, Gabriela ; Lunet, Nuno; Gomes, Bárbara | article | openAccess |
12 | 2024 | Frequency and trends in deaths at nursing homes in older people: population-level study using death-certificate data in 18 countries | Lopes, Sílvia; Sousa, Andrea Bruno de; Delalibera, Mayra; Cohen, Joachim; Gomes, Barbara | conferenceObject | openAccess |
13 | 2024 | Global Insights: Stakeholders’ Perspectives on End-of-Life Care and Place of Death | Van de Beek, S. H.; Van der Steen, J. T.; Namukwaya, E.; Belanger, E.; Eckels, K.; Gomes, B. ; Touwen, D. P. | conferenceObject | openAccess |
14 | 18-May-2017 | How many people will need palliative care in 2040? Past trends, future projections and implications for services | Etkind, S. N.; Bone, A. E.; Gomes, B. ; Lovell, N.; Evans, C. J.; Higginson, I. J.; Murtagh, F. E. M. | article | openAccess |
15 | 26-Apr-2023 | How were place of death trends for cancer patients affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? An international death certificate study | Lopes, Sílvia; Sousa, Andrea Bruno de ; Cohen, Joachim Cohen; Gomes, Barbara | conferenceObject | openAccess |
16 | Jun-2023 | Missing data on where people die: a death certificate study by world region, age, gender and cause of death. | Lopes, S. ; Sousa, A. Bruno de ; Cohen, J.; Gomes, B. | conferenceObject | openAccess |
17 | 2022 | Non-pharmacological interventions in primary care to improve the quality of life of older patients with palliative care needs: a systematic review protocol | Cardoso, Carlos Seiça ; Monteiro-Soares, Matilde; Rita Matos, Joana; Prazeres, Filipe ; Martins, Carlos; Gomes, Bárbara | article | openAccess |
18 | May-2024 | Patient and Family Preferences About Place of End-of-Life Care and Death: An Umbrella Review | Pinto, Sara ; Lopes, Sílvia; Sousa, Andrea Bruno de; Delalibera, Mayra ; Gomes, Bárbara | article | openAccess |
19 | 29-Mar-2023 | Preferences about place of end-of-life care and death of patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families: a protocol for an umbrella review | Pinto, Sara ; Lopes, Silvia ; Sousa, Andrea Bruno de ; Gomes, Barbara | article | openAccess |
20 | Jul-2019 | The escalating global burden of serious health-related suffering: projections to 2060 by world regions, age groups, and health conditions | Sleeman, Katherine E.; Brito, Maja de ; Etkind, Simon; Nkhoma, Kennedy; Guo, Ping; Higginson, Irene J.; Gomes, Bárbara ; Harding, Richard | article | openAccess |
21 | 12-Dec-2019 | The impact of population ageing on end-of-life care in Scotland: projections of place of death and recommendations for future service provision | Finucane, Anne M; Bone, Anna E; Evans, Catherine J; Gomes, Bárbara ; Meade, Richard; Higginson, Irene J; Murray, Scott A | article | openAccess |
22 | 29-Nov-2022 | The needs of children receiving end of life care and the impact of a paediatric palliative care team: a retrospective cohort study | Nogueira, Andreia; Correia, Diana; Loureiro, Marisa; Gomes, Bárbara ; Cancelinha, Cândida | article | embargoedAccess |
23 | 2018 | The Quadruple Helix-Based Innovation Model of Reference Sites for Active and Healthy Ageing in Europe: The Ageing@Coimbra Case Study | Malva, João O. ; Amado, Alda ; Rodrigues, Alexandra; Mota-Pinto, Anabela ; Cardoso, Ana F.; Teixeira, Ana M. ; Todo-Bom, Ana ; Devesa, António; Ambrósio, António ; Cunha, António L.; Gomes, Bárbara ; Dantas, Carina; Abreu, Cidalina ; Santana, Isabel ; Bousquet, Jean ; Apóstolo, João ; Santos, Lúcia; Meneses de Almeida, Lúcio; Illario, Maddalena; Veríssimo, Rafaela ; Rodrigues, Vitor ; Veríssimo, Manuel T. | article | openAccess |
24 | Feb-2024 | The rise of home death in the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study of death certificate data for adults from 32 countries, 2012-2021 | Lopes, Sílvia; Bruno de Sousa, Andrea; Delalibera, Mayra ; Namukwaya, Elizabeth ; Cohen, Joachim; Gomes, Bárbara | article | openAccess |
25 | 22-Dec-2017 | Trends in cause and place of death for children in Portugal (a European country with no Paediatric palliative care) during 1987-2011: a population-based study | Forjaz de Lacerda, Ana; Gomes, Bárbara | article | openAccess |
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