Jessica Roberts, PhD, is an assistant professor of Communication Studies in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She is co-author of the 2018 book, American journalism and “fake news”: Examining the facts, and her recent research on citizen journalism and social media has been published in Journalism and the International Journal of Communication. Roberts earned her PhD at the University of Maryland and her MA at the University of Southern California.
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- Circadian and sleep disruption and recovery dynamics on a group of military submariners: before, during and after a mission
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- Days in the Hospital: Evaluation of an Intervention carried out in the Day Hospital of the Psychiatric Service of Vila Franca de Xira Hospital
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- Burnout and Wellbeing of Healthcare Professionals of Vila Franca de Xira Hospital
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