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Jorge Sinval is a psychometrician who works as a research fellow at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NIE NTU, Singapore). He has experience teaching statistical analysis, psychometrics, research design, and data analysis in the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. cycles of study. He holds a double Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo (Doctor of Science) and from the University of Porto (Doctor of Psychology). Jorge received his master’s degree in psychology (with a specialization in work and organizational psychology) from the Catholic University of Portugal. MSc in epidemiology from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. His B.Sc. in psychology was attained at the Catholic University of Portugal. Jorge is currently enrolled in a post-doc at the Paulista School of Medicine (Federal University of São Paulo) and in the master’s in data science at the ISCTE Business School (ISCTE-IUL). His research interests include psychometrics, Bayesian structural equation modeling, organizational psychology, epidemiology, and International large-scale assessments (e.g. TIMSS, PISA, and PIRLS). Being a Cochrane author, Jorge is also very interested in occupational health, developing with an international team of coauthors a systematic review of the interventions for improving recovery from work. He is particularly interested in two statistical techniques: Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling and Network Meta-Analysis; using R as his preferred statistical programming language. He collaborates on several projects. Being one of them, the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) consortium, where he belongs to the Portuguese and Singaporean teams.

Academic Qualifications
University/Institution Type Degree Period
Federal University of São Paulo
Paulista School of Medicine - Brazil - São Paulo - SP
Post-Doc Evidence-based Health 2021 - 2025
ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon
ISCTE Business School - Portugal - Lisbon
M.Sc. Data Science 2020 - 2024
Univesity of Lisbon
Faculty of Medicine - Portugal - Lisbon
M.Sc. Epidemiology 2018 - 2024
University of Porto
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences - Portugal - Porto
PhD Psychology 2011 - 2018
University of São Paulo
Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of Ribeirão Preto - Brazil - Ribeirão Preto - SP
PhD Psychology 2014 - 2018
Catholic University of Portugal
Faculty of Education and Psychology - Portugal - Porto
M.Sc. Psychology (Work and Organizational) 2009 - 2011
Catholic University of Portugal
Faculty of Education and Psychology - Portugal - Porto
Bachelor of Science Psychology 2006 - 2009
Research Interests
psychometrics
Bayesian structural equation modeling
evidence-based health
systematic reviews
occupational health
organizational psychology
International Large-Scale Assessments
burnout
Mathematics Natural Sciences
Clinical Medicine Medical and Health Sciences
Health Sciences Medical and Health Sciences
Psychology Social Sciences
Economics and Business Social Sciences
Educational Sciences Social Sciences