Carlos Vinicius Gomes Melo

Psychologist (CRP-03/6732 | CRP-06/1494-IS), Ph.D. in Social Psychology (University of São Paulo USP), Masters degree in Social and Work Psychology (Federal University of Bahia UFBA), with lato sensu specializations in Analytical Psychotherapy (IJBA) and Public Health (IBPEX). He is the founder and co-owner of EduWellTech, a deeptech startup dedicated to research, development, and innovation in university student mental health, using artificial intelligence and big data. The startup is part of the DNA USP Program and is incubated at the Innovation Center of the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (CIETEC/IPEN). He is a visiting professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), working in the University Coexistence Extension Project "Mãos Dadas", linked to the Institutional Development Plan (PDI) in coordination with the Rector's Office, the Dean of Affirmative Action and Student Assistance (PROAE), and the Dean of Extension (PROEXT), to develop institutional indicators on mental health within the university's Psychosocial Protection Network. He is also an accredited professor in the Graduate Program in Social Psychology at the Institute of Psychology of USP (IP-USP), and a research member of the Research Group of the Otavio Frias Filho Chair of Studies on Communication, Democracy, and Diversity at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA-USP), where he conducts research on minority rights and the challenges to contemporary democracy. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at IP-USP (20192024), funded by FAPESP, acting as member and vice-coordinator of the Research Group on Psychology and Ethnic-Racial Relations, where he coordinated the research project Limits and Possibilities for the Well-Being of Black Students in Higher Education Institutions: The Case of USP, which included a short-term international academic stay at the University of Texas at Austin (USA) as part of a technical-academic-scientific mission, focusing on student mental health policies and practices. Subsequently, he completed a second postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Energy and Environment at USP (IEE-USP), funded by USP, joining the technical team for the review of the Participatory Master Plan of USP's Butantã Campus (20242025), with a focus on institutional data analysis and the development of guidelines for coexistence, belonging, and university well-being. Previously, he served as academic coordinator and professor of the international program Public Health, Race, and Human Rights at SIT Study Abroad (20152016); and was a researcher in the School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Extension Project (20112014), linked to the School of Medicine of UFBA in partnership with the Bahia State Department of Education. In civil society, he was a member of the Regional Psychology Council of Bahia (CRP-03), where he coordinated the Human Rights Committee (20102016) and the Working Group on Psychology and Racial Relations (2010). He is also one of the founders of the National Network of Black Psychologists and Researchers (ANPSINEP), having coordinated the Northeast region (20142016). During the same period, he collaborated with the Municipal Council of Black Communities of Salvador (20112016), contributing to the Ethnic-Racial Diversity Seal and to the drafting and implementation of the Municipal Plan for the Promotion of Racial Equality, established by Municipal Decree No. 24.792/2014.Emails: cvgmelo@usp.br | eduwelltech@cietec.org.brWebsite: www.eduwelltech.orgPhone numbers: +55 71 99132-9113 | +55 11 94440-9113ORCID: 0000-0002-3754-8905MyResearcherID: https://publons.com/researcher/3195255/carlos-vinicius-melo (Source: Lattes Curriculum)