Professor and researcher, Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), UCP Family and Community Public Health Nursing; Researcher at UICISA: In the area of Participatory Action Research in Health.
Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Practice and Research.
Author of the PEER-IESS model (Participation, Engagement, Empowerment and Research for Innovation and Expansion of Salutogenic Settings).