Full Professor of Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and President of the Institute of Public Health of the same institution. He coordinates the Epidemiology Research Unit and the Associated Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR).
He is also president of theAssociation of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).
He has carried out research in areas such as clinical and perinatal epidemiology, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases and cancer, which has resulted in hundreds of international scientific publications.

Last update: January 2025