• 2025
  1st Award in the Dr. Nóbrega Fernandes scientific poster competition – 6ª Jornadas Hospitaleiras de Saúde Mental
• 2024
  Young Investigator of Merit – 15º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
  Investigator of Merit – 15º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
• 2023
  William B. Gudykunst Award 2023 – International Academy for Intercultural Research2022
• 2022
  Junior Meritus Researcher – 14º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
• 2020
  Meritus Researcher – 13º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
• 2020
  Junior Meritus Researcher – 13º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
• 2017
  Post-Doctorate Fellowship, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
• 2014
  Meritus Researcher – 10º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde.
• 2013
  Best Presentation Award – 21st European Congress of Psychiatry (EPA)
• 2009
  Doctorate Fellowship, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

Scientific Events

Invited Keynote Speaker

• von Humboldt, S. (2020). Sexual well-being in old age. Presentation at the Coloquio de Investigación en Gerontología 2020, Guadalajara, July, 2020.
• von Humboldt, S. (2019). Sexual well-being in advanced adulthood. Presentation at the V Congresso Internacional Sexualidade e Educação Sexual: Interação, Interdependência e Interseccionalidade. Braga, November, 2019.
• von Humboldt, S. (2019). Sexual well-being in old age: Are older adults well sexually? Presentation at the 4th Congress of CiiEM: Health, Well-Being and Ageing in the 21st Century. Almada, June, 2019.
• von Humboldt, S. (2018). Are older adults well sexually? Sexual well-being in old age. Presentation at the 5^th Scientific and Professional International Conference “Health of the elderly”. Portoroz, September, 2018.
• von Humboldt, S. (2016). Bem-estar sexual na adultícia avançada [Sexual well-being in old age]. Presentation at the Congresso de Psicogerontologia. Lisbon. February, 2016.
• von Humboldt, S. (2014). Como avaliar o ajustamento ao envelhecimento em culturas diferentes? O bom envelhecimento e os idosos que somos [How to assess adjustment to aging in diferente cultures? The good aging and the older adults that we are]. ISPA – Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Lisbon. February, 2014.
• von Humboldt, S. (2012). Person-centered therapy with older adults: Psycho-emotional challenges. 11^th Romanian National Congress of Existential Psychotherapy. Predeal. May, 2012.

Participation as Member of the Program Committee

• Member of the Organization Committee and Coordinator of the Awards Committee of the 15th National Congress of Health Psychology. Almada. February, 2024.
• Member of the Organization Committee, Awards Committee and Scientific Commission of the 12th National Congress of Health Psychology. Lisbon. January, 2018.
• Member of the International Orfanization Committee of the XIIIth International Forum for the Person-Centered Approach. Snagov. May, 2015.
• Member of Program Committee and Organization Committee of the 11th Romanian National Congress of Existential Psychotherapy, Predeal. May, 2012.

Participation as Member of the Honour Committee

• Member of the Honour Committee of the 11th Romanian National Congress of Existential Psychotherapy, Predeal. May, 2012.

Participation as Chairman

• Invited chairman and facilitator of oral Symposium session. “Perspectives for change: Mental health, sexual well-being, neglect, ageism and civic participation“ at the 15th National Congress of Health Psychology. Almada, 2024.
• Invited chairman and facilitator of oral Symposium session. “Aging in perspective: Eating beliefs, spirituality, sexual well-being, COVID-19, and mental health“ at the 14th National Congress of Health Psychology. Funchal, 2022.
• Invited chairman and facilitator of oral Symposium session. “Bem-estar sexual, relações afetivas e ajustamento ao envelhecimento: Desafios na adultícia avançada” [Sexual well-being, affective relations and adjustment to aging: Challenges in old age] at the 13th National Congress of Health Psychology. Covilhã. January, 2020.
• Invited chairman of poster presentation session. “Doenças crónicas – A” [Choronic diseases – A] at the 12th National Congresso f Health Psychology. Lisbon. January, 2018.
• Invited chairman of poster presentation session. “Saúde mental – A” [Mental health – A] at the 12th National Congresso f Health Psychology. Lisbon. January, 2018.
• Invited chairman and facilitator of oral Symposium session. “O Ajustamento ao envelhecimento, sexualidade e riscos psicossociais de idosos – Perspetivas” [Adjustment to aging, sexuality and psichosocial risks of older adults – Perspectives] at the 12th National Congress of Health Psychology. Lisbon. January, 2018.
• Invited chairman of oral presentations session “Crianças institucionalizadas.” [Institutionalized children] at the VII Congresso Internacional de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente. Lisbon. April, 2016.
• Invited chairman of “Dialogos” [Dialogs] session at the 11^th Romanian National Congress of Existential Psychotherapy. Predeal. May, 2012.
• Invited facilitator of the encounter group 1 at the 11^th Romanian National Congress of Existential Psychotherapy. Predeal. May, 2012.
• Invited Pied Piper Poster Review Leader of poster session A. General Session at the 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Seattle. May, 2012.
• Invited chairman of oral presentations session “Processo de envelhecer: A pessoa e o seu cuidador” [Aging: The person and the health agent] at the 9th Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde. Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde, Aveiro. February, 2012.
• Invited chairman of poster presentation session. “Ser Idoso” [Being an older adult]. Presentation at the 8th Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde promovido of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde, Lisbon. February, 2010.
• Invited chairman of oral presentation session “Apoio ao idoso” [Support to older adults]. Presentation at the 7th Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde. Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde, Porto. February, 2008.