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Researcher at the University of Lisbon School of Psychology. One of the authors of the study "A new normal? Impacts and lessons from two years of the pandemic in Portugal".

Last updated: October 2023

She is an associate professor in the department of Political Science and Public Policy at ISCTE-IUL, where she coordinates the Master's degree in Political Science, and a researcher at CIES-ISCTE. She has been involved in several research projects related to the themes of democracy, political participation, representation, electoral promises and political decision-making. She has published the results of her research in a number of national and international journals, books and book chapters.

Last updated: May 2022

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.

Last updated: July 2024

Professor and researcher at the University of Lisbon School of Human Motricity, where he coordinates a research group that studies health behaviour and its determinants.
He was president of the «International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity» and director of the National Programme for the Promotion of Physical Activity (DGS).
He has a Master’s degree in Exercise and Health and a PhD in Nutrition Sciences. He has been studying associations and mechanisms of change in behaviours such as diet and physical activity after psychedelic experiences since 2020. He was the research director at the «Synthesis» Institute in the Netherlands and is the founder of the website for the dissemination of science, medicine and psychedelic culture: www.safejourney.pt.