Susana Silva, PhD in Sociology, is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences (U. Minho). Her research interests include people-centred and integrated care, with a focus on the societal and ethical challenges emerging from the uses of reproductive and genetic technologies and on its implications for contemporary modes of governance of research, health regulation and clinical practices. Her multi- and mixed-methods research engages sociology and ethics to foster safe, responsible and innovative health technologies and to reduce health inequalities.