Professor at the National School of Public Health at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Minister of Health of the XXI Constitutional Government (2015-2018). PhD in Health Administration from the University of Lisbon. Master in Public Health in the specialty of Administration of Health Services by Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. Specialist in Public Health. It integrates the Public Health Research Center and the Global Health Research Center (CHRC). Member of the Regional Director’s Advisory Council on Innovation for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Advisory Council) of the European Region of the World Health Organization. President of the General Assembly of the Evidence-Based Health Institute. Member of the Economic and Social Council. Member of the Advisory Board of SEDES - Association for Economic and Social Development. Vice-President of the School Council of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. Member of the National Academy of Medicine of Portugal. Member of the General Council of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra. He is the author of dozens of articles and communications. It integrates several National and International Scientific Associations.