Born in Porto in 1963. Graduation and MsC in Sociology at Faculty of Humanities, University of Porto, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. PhD in Sociology at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon in 2015. Bachelor and Graduation in Cytology, Thanatology and Pathologic Anatomy at School of Health Technology of Porto in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Senior technician at Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. Current research interest is Sociology of Health. PI of the project Knowing disease: patients first, developed in the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology at the University of Porto (IPATIMUP) and funded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.