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American virologist and epidemiologist who studies the transmission of infectious viruses. His research focuses mainly on the transmission of viruses related to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) between non-human primates and bushmeat hunters in Africa.

Last update: January 2024

Pulmonologist and intensivist. He is Coordinator of the Order of Physicians' crisis office for Covid-19.

Last updated: May 2020

An infectious disease specialist, she is Professor at Boston University School of Medicine and Director of the Special Pathogens Unit at Boston Medical Center. She is dedicated to monitoring infectious diseases related to new pathogens.

Last updated: October 2020

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Porto (FEP-UP) and Vice-Rector of the University of Porto. Director of CIPES – Higher Education Policy Research Centre. Consultant to the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic for Higher Education and Science (since April 2016). Member of the Education Council of the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (since 2013) and of the CNE – National Education Council (since 2014). Member of the Board of Directors of the Bial Foundation (since 2015).

Last updated: November 2017

Journalist for the Público.

Last updated: September 2020

She is a journalist at the Público newspaper, where she is editor of the Culture section, and she has also been on the team at the P2 newspaper and 2 magazine. Previously, she was a journalist at the Expresso and coordinated the magazine for that weekly newspaper. She went on two Bachelor’s degree courses, Law and Communication and Media Studies, without, however, finishing either of them.

Last updated: March 2022

He is a nutritionist by profession and by conviction. He is a specialist in Clinical Nutrition and works in the Endocrinology Service at Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN and in Social Services at the Lisbon Municipal Council. He has a Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition and PhD in Metabolic Diseases and Food Behaviour, he is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Lisbon School of Medicine and Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, while also engaging in teaching and scientific coordination functions in other institutions. Obesity is one of his main research topics, having published several papers and taken part in national and international scientific events.

Last edited: May 2023

A doctor, she is doing her specific training in General and Family Medicine. She got her Bachelor’s degree (2008) and PhD (2016) in Nutrition, in the area of child food consumption, from the University of Lisbon School of Medicine, where she has been a visiting assistant professor since 2018. She is devoted to study and research in the area of maternal nutrition and child nutrition. She worked as a nutritionist at the Portuguese Red Cross Hospital and collaborated on several national and international projects in the area of pregnancy, breastfeeding and child malnutrition.

Last edited: May 2023

A nutritionist, she was named a specialist in clinical nutrition by the Nutritionists' Association, she is an associate professor of Nutrition at the Lisbon School of Medicine, engaging in intensive pedagogical activities with Nutrition students, but also in the medical area. In parallel, she also works in the clinical area, currently in the Luz Health group.
She has already worked on different research projects and has published several scientific articles in national and international specialty journals. Her areas of interest focus on the study of the impact of nutrition on the risk and development of chronic inflammatory diseases, especially intestinal and rheumatic diseases.

Last edited: May 2023

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and is a specialist in clinical nutrition. She has worked as an assistant in hospital contexts and continues her scientific activities, always guided by the demands and challenges of clinical practice. She has made several national and international publications with scientific arbitration and communications at scientific events. She has a PhD in Life Sciences, Clinical Research branch, and teaches at the University of Lisbon School of Medicine, which allows her to reconcile her two favourite worlds: Health and Teaching.

Last edited: May 2023