1. Current Status, Position

• Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, National School of Public Health, NOVA University of Lisbon;
• President of the Foundation for Health – National Health Service.

2. Education

• Medical doctor (University of Lisbon);
• Master in Epidemiology;
• PhD in Public Health (University of Texas School of Public Health);
• Director for Health Policy and Services, WHO/Europe;
• Director-General of Health in Portugal, Director of the National School of Public Health in Lisbon;
• President of the European Public Health Association.

3. Research Area

• Health policy and governance analysis;
• Collaborative intelligence systems;
• Local health strategies;
• Health impact of economic and financing crisis.

Conflict of interest: None