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Teresa Leão is a Medical Doctor, Public Health specialist. She has concluded her master in 2015 and her PhD in 2019, both in the National School of Public Health (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Universidade Nova de Lisboa). She is Assistant Professor (Professora Auxiliar) in the Faculty of Medicine from the Porto University, and has been collaborating as an expert for the National Health Council. Besides her work as a Public Health Resident, she has worked as researcher in the SILNE-R project (Horizon 2020) and as a consultant in the World Health Organization. She has been doing research in public health, specially focusing in health inequalities and in healthy policies (specially tobacco and social policies), using quantitative and qualitative methods, including economic evaluation, and published several works in peer-reviewed journals. She coordinates the Health and Policies Lab from the ITR - Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Teresa Leão

Citation names

  • Leão, Teresa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B11A-2502-0F6E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7364-0100

Email addresses

  • teresaleao@med.up.pt (Professional)
  • teresa.leao@ispup.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/05 - 2024/08
Concluded
 Certificate Course in Public Policy Analysis (Pós-Graduação)
The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2019/07/18
Concluded
 Saúde Pública (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Economia da Saúde
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
"How do policies shape population’s health in Europe: from welfare regimes to school-based tobacco control programmes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2015/12
Concluded
 Saúde Pública (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
"Desigualdades na Diabetes Mellitus e hipertensão arterial : um estudo ao nível de freguesia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 valores
2004/09 - 2010/07
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2015/10 - 2018/12 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/06 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/02 - 2021/09 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02 - 2021/08 Assistente (Médica) Conselho Nacional de Saúde, Portugal
2012/01 - 2020/01 Interno (Médica) Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos EPE, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/10 - 2018/12 SILNE-R: Enhancing the effectiveness of programs and strategies to prevent smoking by adolescents: a realist evaluation comparing seven European countries
635056
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Societal Challenges
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/09 - 2024/02 MERIT - MothER Income InequaliTy
SGS3A2
Principal investigator
EEA Grants
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Teixeira, MM; Varela, A; Santos, JV; Perelman, J; Leao, T. "Socioeconomic inequalities in noncommunicable diseases in Portugal: an analysis of three decades". 2023.
  2. Barbabela, R; Duarte, G; Leao, T. "The mental health of children and adolescents at Matosinhos: characteristics and obstacles to care". 2023.
  3. Lima, D; Costa, S; Pinheiro Guedes, L; Barbosa, S; Salvador, S; Carvalho, A; Vilaça, IM; et al. "Planning matters: a document analysis of 23 Portuguese national health programs". 2023.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1667
  4. Perelman, J; Leao, T; Serrano-Alarcon, M. "Economic evaluation of legislation-based public health interventions - the case of tobacco control". 2022.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.235
  5. Leao, T; Leão, T. "The role of gender equity in healthy life expectancy in 27 European countries". 2022.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.163
  6. Freiheit, R; Leao, T. "Fed up: a qualitative investigation on the influencing factors of food insecurity in the Azores". 2022.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckac130.105
Conference paper
  1. Sampaio Costa, Mariana; Almeida, Diogo Queiroz; Silva, José Pedro; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel; Leão, Teresa. "Imagine your perfect park: how would it be? A qualitative study on the preferences, barriers and facilitators of green spaces use by adolescents in a southern European urban context". Paper presented in 16.º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da U.Porto, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  2. Neiva, Ana; Leão, Teresa. "¿Healthy living places: a pedagogical experience between Health and Architecture¿". Paper presented in Back to Human Scale International Meeting, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Priscila Pereira da Silva Lopes; Joana Amaro; Rafaela Schaefer; Teresa Leão. "APOIANDO QUEM CUIDA: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA DE INTERVENÇÕES E POLÍTICAS DE SAÚDE MENTAL PARA TRABALHADORES DA SAÚDE NO BRASIL E EM PORTUGAL". RECIMA21 - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar - ISSN 2675-6218 (2025): https://doi.org/10.47820/recima21.v6i2.6223.
    10.47820/recima21.v6i2.6223
  2. Costa, Soraia; Morais Vilaça, Inês; Lima, Daniela; Pinheiro-Guedes, Lara; Barbosa, Suzana; Salvador, Sílvia; Barbabela, Rachel; et al. "Planning Matters: A Document Analysis of 24 Portuguese Health Programmes". The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 40 2 (2024): 416-426. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3885.
    10.1002/hpm.3885
  3. Selina Baumann; Teresa Leão. "Industries, citizens, and non-governmental organizations’ positioning and arguments used in European Union initiatives for alcohol taxation and cross-border regulation". International Journal of Drug Policy (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104475.
    10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104475
  4. Sampaio Costa, Mariana; Queiroz Almeida, Diogo; Silva, José Pedro; Barros, Henrique; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel; Leão, Teresa. "Imagine your perfect park: a qualitative study on adolescents’ usage of green spaces, perceived benefits and preferences". Cities & Health (2024): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2024.2313927.
    10.1080/23748834.2024.2313927
  5. Teresa Leão; Julia Doetsch; Ana Henriques; Sílvia Fraga. "Is gender equality associated with a longer healthier life? Ecological evidence from 27 European countries". Journal of Public Health (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad256.
    10.1093/pubmed/fdad256
  6. Julia Nadine Doetsch; Ricardo Almendra; Milton Severo; Teresa Leão; Raquel Teixeira; Sandra Marques; Eva Pilot; Thomas Krafft; Henrique Barros. "The influence of the Great Recession on perinatal health—an ecological study on the trend changes and regional differences in Portugal". The Lancet Regional Health - Europe (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100735.
    10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100735
  7. Julia Nadine Doetsch; Ricardo Almendra; Milton Severo; Teresa Leão; Eva Pilot; Thomas Krafft; Barros, H.. "2008 economic crisis impact on perinatal and infant mortality in Southern European countries". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2023): jech--2022--219639-jech--2022--219639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-219639.
    10.1136/jech-2022-219639
  8. Julia Nadine Doetsch; Teresa Leão; Thomas Krafft; Henrique Barros. "Strengthening resilience of healthcare systems by focusing on perinatal and maternal healthcare access and quality". The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 21 (2022): 100508-100508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100508.
    10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100508
  9. Teresa Leão. "Post-traumatic stress disorder in youth exposed to the Syrian conflict: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and determinants". Journal of Health Psychology (2022): 135910532211231-135910532211231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591053221123141.
    10.1177/13591053221123141
  10. "Preparedness in a public health emergency: determinants of willingness and readiness to respond in the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic". Public Health 203 (2022): 43-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.11.021.
    10.1016/j.puhe.2021.11.021
  11. Goncalves, M.; Henriques, A.; Costa, A.R.; Correia, D.; Severo, M.; Lucas, R.; Barros, H.; et al. "Insomnia and nightmare profiles during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal: characterization and associated factors". Sleep Medicine 90 (2022): 44-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2021.12.018.
    10.1016/j.sleep.2021.12.018
  12. Leão, T; Neiva, A; Leao, T. "Health, Architecture and Wellbeing: building bridges between health and the design of living spaces". European Journal of Public Health (2022): https://www.authenticus.pt/P-00X-KBA.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.299
  13. Barros, Henrique; Leão, Teresa; Leao, T; Barros, H. "Tobacco control in Portugal: stagnating with partial indoor smoking bans". Tobacco Control (2021): https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2021/11/09/tobacco-control-in-portugal-stagnating-with-partial-indoor-smoking-bans/.
    Open access • Accepted
  14. Leão, Teresa; Leite, Andreia; Soares, Patricia; Severo, Milton; Moniz, Marta; Lucas, Raquel; Aguiar, Pedro; et al. "A Case-Control Study of Contextual Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission". Frontiers in Public Health 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.772782.
    10.3389/fpubh.2021.772782
  15. Rebecca Hewer; Sarah Hill; Amanda Amos; Leão, Teresa; Michael Schreuders; Joana Alves; Jaana Kinnunen; et al. "“You Do It Through the Grapevine”: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Under-Age Access to Tobacco Among Adolescents From Seven European Cities". Qualitative Health Research (2021): 104973232110444-104973232110444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323211044465.
    10.1177/10497323211044465
  16. Nunes-Rubstein, Monica; Leão, Teresa. "Arguments used by proponents and opponents in Brazil’s regulatory discussions of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products". Tobacco Control (2021): tobaccocontrol--2021-tobaccocontrol--2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056628.
    10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056628
  17. Leão, Teresa; Severo, Milton; Barros, Henrique; Public Health Research Group. "COVID-19 transmission and case fatality in long-term care facilities during the epidemic first wave". Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17427.
    10.1111/jgs.17427
  18. Severo, Milton; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel; Lucas, Raquel; Leão, Teresa; Barros, Henrique. "Urban Rail Transportation and SARS-Cov-2 Infections: An Ecological Study in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.". Frontiers in public health (2021): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7887317.
    10.3389/fpubh.2021.611565
  19. Leão, Teresa; Barros, Henrique. "Merging academy and healthcare in the Public Health training of medical students.". Public Health Reviews (2020): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7711261.
    10.1186/s40985-020-00146-1
  20. Leão, Teresa; Amorim, Mariana; Fraga, Silvia; Barros, Henrique. "What doubts, concerns and fears about COVID-19 emerged during the first wave of the pandemic?". Patient Education and Counseling (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.11.002.
    10.1016/j.pec.2020.11.002
  21. Melard, Nora; Grard, Adeline; Robert, Pierre-Olivier; Kuipers, Mirte A.G.; Schreuders, Michael; Rimpela, Arja; Leão, Teresa; et al. "School tobacco policies and adolescent smoking in six European cities in 2013 and 2016: A school-level longitudinal study". Preventive Medicine 138 (2020): 106142-106142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106142.
    10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106142
  22. Hoffman, Laura; Mlinaric, Martin; Melard, Nora; Leão, Teresa; Grard, Adeline; Lindfors, Pirjo; Kunst, Anton; Richter, Matthias; SILNE-R Consortium. "‘[…] the situation in the schools still remains the Achilles heel.’ Barriers to the implementation of school tobacco policies—a qualitative study from local stakeholder’s perspective in seven European cities". Health Education Research 35 1 (2020): 32-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/her/cyz037.
    10.1093/her/cyz037
  23. Mlinaric, Martin; Hoffmann, Laura; Lindfors, Pirjo; Richter, Matthias; Perelman, Julian; Leão, Teresa; Alves, Joana; et al. "Enhancing implementation of smoke-free places: A comparative qualitative study across seven European cities". Social Science & Medicine 247 (2020): 112805-112805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112805.
    10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112805
  24. Schreuders, Michael; van den Putte, Bas; Kunst, Anton E; Linnansaari, Anu; Lindfors, Pirjo; Rimpela, Arja; Leão, Teresa. "Why Secondary Schools Do Not Implement Far-Reaching Smoke-Free Policies: Exploring Deep Core, Policy Core, and Secondary Beliefs of School Staff in the Netherlands". International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 26 6 (2019): 608-618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12529-019-09818-y.
    10.1007/s12529-019-09818-y
  25. Leão, Teresa; Leão, Teresa; Perelman, Julian; Clancy, Luke; Hoffmann, Laura; Kinnunen, Jaana M; Mélard, Nora; et al. "Cost of youth tobacco-control policies in seven European countries". European Journal of Public Health (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz150.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckz150
  26. Lagerweij, Naomi A.; Kuipers, Mirte A. G.; Schreuders, Michael; Grard, Adeline; Mlinaric, Martin; Richter, Matthias; Leão, Teresa; et al. "The visibility of smoking in Europe and its relationship with youth’s positive beliefs about smoking". International Journal of Public Health 64 9 (2019): 1335-1344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01288-z.
    10.1007/s00038-019-01288-z
  27. Leão, Teresa; Perelman, Julian; Clancy, Luke; Mlinaric, Martin; Kinnunen, Jaana M; Nuyts, Paulien A W; Mélard, Nora; et al. "Economic Evaluation of Five Tobacco Control Policies Across Seven European Countries". Nicotine & Tobacco Research 22 7 (2019): 1202-1209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz124.
    10.1093/ntr/ntz124
  28. Perelman, Julian; Leão, Teresa; Kunst, Anton E.; Perelman, Julian; Leão, Teresa; Kunst, Anton E.; Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP); Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC). "Smoking and school absenteeism among 15- to 16-year-old adolescents: a cross-section analysis on 36 European countries". European Journal of Public Health 29 4 (2019): 778-784. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz110.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckz110
  29. Sandoval, José Luis; Leão, Teresa; Theler, Jean-Marc; Favrod-Coune, Thierry; Broers, Barbara; Gaspoz, Jean-Michel; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Guessous, Idris. "Alcohol control policies and socioeconomic inequalities in hazardous alcohol consumption: a 22-year cross-sectional study in a Swiss urban population". BMJ Open 9 5 (2019): e028971. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-028971.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2019-028971
  30. Leão, Teresa; Kunst, Anton E.; Schreuders, Michael; Lindfors, Pirjo; Kuipers, Mirte AG; Perelman, Julian; Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC); Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP). "Adolescents’ smoking environment under weak tobacco control". (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072671211&partnerID=8YFLogxK.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107566
  31. Leão T; Kunst AE; Perelman J. "Cost-effectiveness of tobacco control policies and programmes targeting adolescents: a systematic review.". European journal of public health (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29267928.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckx215
  32. Sandoval JL; Leão T; Cullati S; Theler JM; Joost S; Humair JP; Gaspoz JM; Guessous I. "Public smoking ban and socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence and cessation: a cross-sectional population-based study in Geneva, Switzerland (1995-2014).". Tobacco control (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29374093.
    10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053986
  33. Leão T; Campos-Matos I; Bambra C; Russo G; Perelman J. "Welfare states, the Great Recession and health: Trends in educational inequalities in self-reported health in 26 European countries.". PloS one (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29474377.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0193165
  34. Leão T; Perelman J. "Depression symptoms as mediators of inequalities in self-reported health: the case of Southern European elderly.". Journal of public health (Oxford, England) (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29294060.
    10.1093/pubmed/fdx173
  35. Leao T; Perelman J; Felício M; Machado V; Lima G. "Health Inequalities in Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: A Parish Level Study in the Northern Region of Portugal.". Acta medica portuguesa (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28103456.
    10.20344/amp.7016
Preprint
  1. Teixeira, P; Leao, T; Severo, M; Ramos, E; Fraga, S. "The relationship between social capital and inflammatory biomarkers in early adulthood: A longitudinal study". 2024. https://www.authenticus.pt/P-010-CMP.
    10.1002/smi.3418
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Leão, Teresa. "How do policies shape population’s health in Europe : from welfare regimes to school-based tobacco control programmes". PhD, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/87953.
  2. "How do policies shape population’s health in Europe: from welfare regimes to school-based tobacco control programmes". 2018. https://www.authenticus.pt/P-010-XJQ.
  3. Leão, Teresa. "Desigualdades na diabetes mellitus e hipertensão arterial: um estudo ao nível de freguesia". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/16335.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/06 PHW Professionalisation: interface of academia, policy & practice. The case of migration and health. ASPHER Deans' & Directors' Retreat
Berlin School of Public Health (Berlin, Germany)
2024/11 Economic evaluation of legislation-based public health interventions: The case of tobacco control 2024 European Public Health Conference
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/11 The indirect costs of motherhood and fatherhood: impacts on income, working hours, and perceived health across 32 European countries 2024 European Public Health Conference
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/10 A desigualdade social e o acesso aos cuidados de saúde XXXII Congresso Português de Aterosclerose
(Alcobaça, Portugal)
2024/05 Gender bias: socioeconomic and health consequences for men and women He4She
2024/05 Evidências que contam: estudos de impacte em saúde 4º Congresso da Unidade de Saúde Pública (USP) Baixo Vouga
(Portugal)
2024/05 Saúde urbana: caminhar nos passos dos outros XV Encontro Nacional de Médicos Internos de Saúde Pública
2023/11 Construir Saúde na Escola Escola Saudável, Crianças e Jovens Felizes
ULS Matosinhos
2023/10/23 Saúde, Bem-estar e Arquitectura Casas para todos? Dos problemas às respostas
EAPN (Porto, Portugal)
2023/09 Unveiling the individual and contextual determinants of food insecurity in a EU Outermost Region: a qualitative study on the Azores Islands in Portugal XLI Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) y XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE)
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/09 A pobreza como doença 21º Encontro Nacional de Internos e Jovens Médicos de Família
2023/09 Unveiling the individual and contextual determinants of food insecutiry in a EU outermost region: a qualitative study on the Azores islands in Portugal XLI Reunião da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia (SEE) e XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE),
2022/11/21 A saúde e o contexto: dos determinantes sociais às características da habitação Ciclo UC convida 2022/2023
Escola de Arquitectura, Arte e Design da Universidade do Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2022/11 The role of gender equity in healthy life expectancy in 27 European countries European Public Health Conference
European Public Health Association (Berlim, Germany)
2022/11 Health, Architecture and Wellbeing: building bridges between health and the design of living spaces European Public Health Conference
European Public Health Association (Berlim, Germany)
2022/11 Arquitectura e Saúde Mental XVI Congresso Nacional de Psiquiatria
(Albufeira, Portugal)
2022/11 Desigualdades em Saúde IV Encontro do ACES de Matosinhos - Desafios na Saúde: Construindo Caminhos
ULSM (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2022/10 Desigualdades em Saúde II Jornadas Médicas Porto Ocidental
ACES Porto Ocidental (Porto, Portugal)
2022/08 La vigilancia y el control de la COVID-19: El impacto de las medidas no farmacologicas Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología & Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
(San Sebastian, Spain)
2022 Controlo do consumo de tabaco: Desafios à implementação de leis e programas Encontro Nacional de Médicos Internos de Saúde Pública
(Peniche, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - 2028/09 Understanding the pathways of the Roma population in the access and navigation in public healthcare services in Portugal
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2025/07 - 2028/07 Understanding Adolescent Alcohol Use in Portugal: Socioeconomic Determinants, Consequences and Health Policies
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/07 - 2028/07 Impact of tobacco control policies on adolescents' use of novel tobacco products
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/07 - 2027/12 Assessing Health in Older Adulthood: The Relationship of Sociopolitical Factors and Gender Inequity to Self-Reported Health, Frailty, and Inflammatory Status
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/07 - 2027/07 Understanding the pathways of the Roma population in the access and navigation in public healthcare services in Portugal
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Is women’s socioeconomic status associated with the use and method of contraceptives, in Portugal?
Supervisor
 Mestrado de Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Post-COVID-19 symptom burden and recovery: a longitudinal study
Supervisor of Mariana Gomes
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Effect of lifting COVID-19 lockdown measures on mental well-being: a prospective quasi-experimental approach
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Which demand and supply-side characteristics are associated with coverage of child vaccination, antenatal care and facility births? : a multilevel study on the uptake of Maternal and Child Services in Guinea- Bissau
Supervisor of Paula Silva
 Mestrado em Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Imagine your perfect park: how would it be? A qualitative study on the preferences, barriers and facilitators of green spaces’ use by adolescents in a southern European urban context
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Alcohol control policies at the European Union level: interest groups and arguments used in participatory periods
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Drug prevention programmes and policies, youth’s risk perception and drug use: a comparative analysis of 27 EU member states
Supervisor
 Mestrado Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Post traumatic stress disorders in Syrian children and adolescents exposed to the conflict A systematic review and meta analysis of the prevalence and its determinants
Supervisor
 Mestrado Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Consumo de medicamentos antidepressivos e ansiolíticos: evolução e determinantes contextuais
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2022 FED UP: A Mixed-Methods Investigation on the Influencing Factors of Food Insecurity in the Azores
Supervisor of Robyn Freheit
 Mestrado em Saúde Pública
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Liberação da comercialização de Dispositivos Eletrónicos para Fumar no Brasil: argumentos utilizados por defensores e opositores na discussão regulatória
Supervisor
 Mestrado Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Individual and contextual factors of depression among older European adults
Supervisor
 Mestrado Saúde Pública (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/11 - 2024/11 2024 EPH Conference International Scientific Committee (2024/11 - 2024/11)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 EUPHA, Netherlands
2022/10 - 2023/09 Comissão Científica do XLI Reunião da Sociedade Espanhola de Epidemiologia (SEE) e XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia (APE) (2023/09 - 2023/09)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2023/03 - 2023/04 ONDE MORA A SAÚDE? (Where does health live?) - Exhibition in the Maia Architecture Month, co-authoring with Ana Neiva, and with collaboration of Beatriz Cruz, Beatriz Landau, Gabriela Biscotto, Marília Freitas, and Mariana Gomes. (2023/03 - 2023/04)
Exhibition

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/18 A violência obstétrica à luz do ordenamento jurídico português: os direitos da parturiente e a responsabilidade médica na obstetrícia
(Thesis) Arguer
 Vânia Alexandra dos Santos Simões (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
2023/11 Qualidade Visual Urbana e Saúde: Análise Espacial de São Roque da Lameira, no Porto
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Freitas (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023 Sleep Quality and Sleep Duration Among Stroke Survivors and their Caregivers
President of the jury
 Liliana Sousa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023 Hábitos de vida saudável de jovens em fase de transição para o Ensino Superior
President of the jury
 Beatriz Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2023 Síndrome de burnout em profissionais de saúde durante a pandemia de COVID-19: dos fatores de risco às estratégias de intervenção
President of the jury
 Denilson Silveira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023 Posttraumatic stress disorder and Adjustment disorder among Covid-19 infected adults and their loved ones
President of the jury
 Beatriz Ramos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023 O impacto da infeção por SARS-Cov-2 nos desfechos materno, embriofetal e neonatal. O que sabemos?
President of the jury
 Marta Aguiar (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023 Adjustment Disorder during de Covid-19 pandemic: the role of coping mechanisms and coexistent mental disorders
President of the jury
 Ana Rita Severino (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023 Avaliação dos fatores de risco asssociados ao abandono do Tratamento de Tuberculose antes e durante a pandemia de Covid -19 no Município de São Paulo, Brasil
(Thesis) Arguer
 Miyuki Santos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2023 Impact of individual and perioperative factors on colorectal surgical site infections in Portugal
Thesis Member
 Rui Malheiro Coelho (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023 Quality in glaucoma care: evidence and consensus on indicators for assessment and improvement
Thesis Member
 Flávio Oliveira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 Advancing knowledge on Environmental Health in urban settings. From evidence to designing a tool to improve environmental health monitorization in Lisbon Marta Salgado (PhD)
2022 Clinical and Forensic Aspects of Jellyfish Stings
President of the jury
 Sara Cunha (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 Data from a Health and Demographic Surveillance System and a Verbal Autopsy System in Dande, Angola Edite Rosário (PhD)
2021 COVID-19 em Portugal: Fatores associados a` na~o adesa~o ao primeiro peri´odo de confinamento geral atrave´s de um estudo transversal Jorge Almeida (Master)
2021 Association between the 2009-2014 economic crisis, suicide and self-harm in Portugal: time series analysis Vera Pinheiro (Master)
2020 Governance of gamete donation: insights for ethically sustainable policies and guidelines
Thesis Member
 Inês Baía (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Membro da Comissão de Acompanhamento de Curso - Programa Doutoral em Saúde Pública
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/06 - Current Membro da Comissão Cientifica - Mestrado em Educação para a Saúde
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Membro da Comissão de Acompanhamento de Curso - Mestrado em Saúde Pública
Member
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023 - Current Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología & Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia Porto
2023 - Current YES meeting Porto
2024/05/01 - 2024/05/31 European Public Health Conference Lisbon
2024/04 - 2024/05 XV Encontro Nacional de Médicos Internos de Saúde Pública Vila do Conde
2023/05 - 2023/05 European Public Health Conference Dublin
2022/04 - 2022/06 Encontro Nacional de Médicos Internos de Saúde Pública Peniche
2021/09 - 2021/10 Encontro Nacional de Médicos Internos de Saúde Pública Santa Maria da Feira

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/03 - Current Health, wellbeing and architecture (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/10 - Current Controlo e Gestão das Doenças Crónicas não Transmissíveis Curso de Especialização em Saúde Pública Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Administration and Health Policies Mestrado em Saúde Pública (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09 - Current Saúde Pública Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2018/02 - Current Saúde das Populações Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/07 Saúde sexual e reprodutiva Mestrado em Educação para a Saúde Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/09 - 2025/07 Seminários Temáticos Programa Doutoral em Saúde Pública (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07 Global Health Programa Doutoral em Saúde Pública (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2025/05 Tabaco tradicional em queda entre jovens desde 2015, mas vapes mantêm popularidade Público

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Preventive Medicine
2023 - Current Nicotine and Tobacco Research
2022 - Current Public Health Reviews Swiss School of Public Health SSPH+
2022 - Current Plos One
2021 - Current Portuguese Journal of Public Health
2021 - Current Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
2021 - Current European Journal of Public Health
2020 - Current Journal of Clinical Medicine
2020 - Current Addiction
2023/06 - 2024/01 BMC Public Health Springer Nature
Distinctions

Award

2021 Prémio Melhores Artigos sobre a Pandemia COVID-19
Associação Nacional de Médicos de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2021 INOVPED

Other distinction

2024 Selo de Qualidade de Inovação Pedagógica 2024
Universidade do Porto, Portugal