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.
She is a journalist for the prestigious Science magazine, and for 17 years was a member of the editorial team of Nature magazine.
She was a member of the think tank «New America» and has collaborated with the main US newspapers and magazines.
She has a degree in human biology from Standford University and a degree in medicine from Oxford University. She has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
She has published several non-fiction works, including «The Vaccine Race», a Book Prize nominee, and the Washinton Post’s Notable Nonfiction Book of 2017. It was also named as one of the best science books of 2017 by The Guardian.
She is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brigham Young University in the USA and an adjunct professor at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Her research focuses on social connections and their long-term effects on health, biological mechanisms and working on effective strategies to promote social connections. Her research has been instrumental in demonstrating that social isolation and loneliness are risk factors for early mortality.
She is the Director of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the US Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness and a scientific advisor to multisectoral organisations on this issue.
An award-winning British historian, writer and economics specialist, Adam Tooze combines historical and economic knowledge to answer questions about political power and the changes challenging the world.
He is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University, USA, where he also directs the European Institute. Previously, he taught at Cambridge and Yale universities.
He is the author of several books, most recently «Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy», in which he analyses the flaws in the response to the pandemic, the consequences and how we should learn from this experience.
He has advised governments and ministries on economic issues.
Founder and CEO of the communications company Empower Sports and presenter on the Eleven Sports channel. He began his career at RTP, later working for CNN (in the US and later as a correspondent in London), Sport TV and UEFA. He has also worked with FIFA and the Portuguese Football Federation.
Harvard Nutritional Psychiatrist, professional chef and nutritional biologist.
She is the founder and director of the first and only hospital-based nutritional and metabolic psychiatry service in the US, based at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
She is a faculty member of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Department of Nutrition and also an instructor at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.
She is the author of the bestseller «This Is Your Brain on Food», published in 22 countries and 18 languages. She is a regular contributor to various publications, including CNBC, Harvard Health, mindbodygreen and Psychology Today.
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.
Science journalist for radio, television and the press. Trained at Columbia University in New York, NOVA and the Haute École ICHEC in Brussels, he was also Communications Coordinator at ISCTE-IUL. He has received awards from the Association for the Promotion and Development of the Information Society and the online magazine «Ciência Hoje».
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).
