Ecem Sarper is a PhD scholar at Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She completed her MSc in Health Psychology at University College London (UCL). Since 2020, she has been a member of the Behavior, Emotion, and Cognition (BEC) research group at CIS-Iscte. From a psychosocial perspective, her PhD project focuses on the determinants of severe grief symptoms and public stigma towards bereaved individuals.