Teresa Summavielle has a degree in biochemistry and a PhD in developmental neurotoxicology. Presently she coordinates the Neurobiology and Neurologic Disorders integrative program at i3S, where she is also Vice-Director and Head of the Addiction Biology Group. Her research explores the crosstalk between neurons and glial cells under exposure to psychoactive substances and has a strong focus on neuro-immune regulation. She coordinates courses in Neurobiology of Addiction and Neurotoxicology in doctoral and master programs (University of Porto) and she is an invited professor at the Escola Superior de Saúde (Polytechnic University). She supervised 6 postdocs, 10 PhDs (2 ongoing) and 16 Master students and attracted close to 3M euros of competitive national and international funding, which include a FP7 EU project and recently she integrated the EU LIVESAFER project. Her recent publications include Neuropsychopharmacology, Nat Commun, Cell Rep, Sci Signal, Brain, Brain Commun, Neurosc Biobehav Rev. She is also highly engaged in the scientific and academic community: She on the Board of the Portuguese Neuroscience Society and on the Board of the National Union for Higher Education (contributing for better Science Policy). Advocating for responsible experimentation, she integrates the CARE committee at FENS. On a societal perspective, she runs since 2008 a science-based campaign to prevent drug use by the adolescent population and is an acting city council women at the municipality of Porto. Recognising her societal impact,she was awarded a Women in Science distinction by the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture (Ciência Viva).