Sara Policarpo has conclude her PhD in Health Science and Technology - Nutrition by Centro Académico Médico de Lisboa - University of Lisbon - Faculty of Medicine. Has also a masters degree in Clinical Nutrition (2015) from University of Lisbon - Faculty of Medicine. Is an Invited Professor at Laboratório de Nutrição, University of Lisbon - Faculty of Medicine and a Nutritionist, specialized in Clinical Nutrition, at Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, since 2009. Has published in peer-reviewed journals, most of them as first author. Has validated for portuguese language the nutritional risk tool (NUTRIC score) used in critically ill patients. Has supervised masters students and is currently supervising a PhD candidate. Is a member of the Portuguese Association for the Study of the Liver, the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Is also a member of the Feeding, Rehabilitation, Endocrinology and Metabolism section from the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, from whom she received a Nutrition Fellowship in 2024, at Karolisnka University Hospital. Her areas of interest include infection and immunity, metabolism and nutritional interventions applied to liver disease patients and critically ill patients pursuing the goal of enhancing the role of nutrition in the clinical setting.