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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

She is a nutritionist and got her Bachelor’s degree from the Lisbon School of Health Technology (2001), where she began her career in the academic area (2001). Named a specialist in Community Nutrition and Public Health by the Nutritionists' Association (2020), she has been an assistant professor at the University of Lisbon School of Medicine since 2017. She has been active in teaching and research since 2001, focusing on nutrition and public health, nutritional epidemiology and community nutrition, with a special interest in the role of food and nutrition as health promoters throughout the lifecycle, from conception to adolescence. She was born in Lisbon in 1979.

Last edited: May 2023

She has a PhD in Sociology, specialising in Development and Social Change, from the Nova School of Social Sciences and Humanities in Lisbon.
She is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at NOVA FCSH, where she coordinates the Master’s degree in Human Ecology and Contemporary Social Problems. She is an integrated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences and has done research work on the subjects of ageing and the related social policies, family and intergenerational relations, as well as health.

Last updated: July 2024

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

Assistant Professor in the Department of Health System Policies and Management and member of the Scientific Council at Nova National School of Public Health.

Researcher at CIES-Iscte – Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (ESP).

Researcher at the University of Lisbon School of Psychology.

Assistant Professor at the University of Porto School of Economics and integrated researcher at CEF.UP – Centre for Economics and Finance at the University of Porto.

He has a PhD in Sociology and is an ISCTE professor and researcher. He is the coordinator of the Thematic Section on Classes, Inequalities and Public Policies of the Portuguese Sociological Association, a member of the Inequalities Observatory, deputy director of the Mundos Sociais publishing house, national advisor to the European Science programme Horizon Europe and scientific coordinator of the Popular Associations Observatory. He researches social inequalities, social classes, collective action, work, well-being, education, development, the welfare state, public policies, the digital society and artificial intelligence.

Last updated: January 2024