Postdoc in Anthropology (2003) and Doctor in Sociology (2001) – University of Barcelona; Diploma of Advanced Studies in Public Health and Biomedical Research from the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; Masters in Medicine (1997) – Faculty of Medicine – University of Barcelona and Masters in Sociology (1997) – New University of Lisbon. He has a degree in Medicine (1993) from the University of Barcelona and Philosophy (1986) from the New University of Lisbon.
Senior Researcher Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies at the Institute for Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon (CIEG/ISCSP/ULisboa), Professor of the PhD Programme in Gender Studies in association with CIEG/ISCSP/ULisboa , NOVA FCSH and the Faculty of Law of UNLisboa, Professor of the Master’s in Social Gerontology at ISCSP/ULisboa. Permanent Professor of the Professional Master’s Degree Programme in Gerontology at the Federal University of Paraíba (PMPG/UFPB).
He is a research associate at the Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR) Lab (ii) Syndemics, social inequalities and vulnerable populations.
Associate Editor at the University of São Paulo Nursing School Journal – (REEUSP) specialty of nursing, public health, sociology of health. Member of the Scientific Council of the Editor of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and various editorial and reviewing activities in other Internalstional scientific journals.
Develops research in migrations, health inequalities, social determinants, and public policies. She is also interested in the topics of gender, citizenship, and social vulnerability.
Coordinator of the Research Group on Social Medicine: Law, Health and Citizenship of the Federal University of Paraíba / National Council for Scientific and Technological Development UFPB / CNPq and Director of the Ibero-American Observatory of Health and Citizenship of the Health Sciences Centre of the Federal University of Paraíba.
He was Professor of Palliative Care and Bioethics at the Federal University of Paraíba; Visiting Scientist of USP/FAPESP at the School of Nursing of the University of São Paulo; Visiting Professor at the University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR, Visiting Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology of the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo, Associate Researcher at CIIE – Centre for Educational Investigation and Intervention, of the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto. He is responsible for the Chair in Education, Gender and Health and coordinator of the Master in Gender(s), Diversity, Sexual and Reproductive Health in the College of the Americas (COLAM-OUI). Member of different Ibero-American research networks: CLACSO – Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, REDIAL Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina, CEISAL Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina and LASA Latin American Studies Association.
He is member of several European Associations like FES – Federación Española de Sociología, and ESHMS – European Society for Health and Medical Sociology.
