Maria-Raquel G. Silva is Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (FCS-UFP, Porto, Portugal). She is Senior Researcher at the Research Centre of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto (IPO-PORTO) in the Group of Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology. As an Invited Senior Researcher, she collaborates with the NOVA Medical School of Lisbon (CHRC-Comprehensive Health Research Centre - Group of Sleep, Chronobiology and Sleep Disorders), the University of Coimbra (CIAS-Research Centre for Anthropology and Health - Group of Human Biology, Health and Society), and the RISE-Health – FCS-UFP (Group of Environment and Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition and Food). MRS received her PhD in Nutrition Sciences from the Faculty of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Porto (Research Grant holder of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia); her Pos-Doc in Neurosciences from the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon; and her Aggregation Professor Degree in Sport Sciences at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal). She holds a BA (5 years graduate course) in Sport and Physical Education from the Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Porto, and was awarded "The Best Student of the Year”, and “The Engineer António de Almeida of The Highest Achievements”. She is a team member in 3 funded projects (two European and one national) and participated in 11 concluded funded projects. She has supervised 9 researchers integrated in funded scientific projects and 4 scientific internships leading to the professional title of high-performance coaches. MRS has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles, 139 works in proceedings of events, 9 books, 46 book chapters, 3 software and various technical production items. She is collaborating with the National Cancer Hub of the Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation (Portugal) as expert in sleep and is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Sleep Medicine Centre (Lisbon, Portugal). She has collaborated with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the European Public Health Alliance and the European Health & Fitness Association. She was a consultor at the Director-General of Health of the Portuguese Ministry of Health/Platform Against Obesity and the EuropeActive – Professional Standards Committee: Exercise in Pregnancy and Postpartum Lifelong Learning Qualification. She is a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Pedagogical Council of the FCS-UFP, member of the Working Group for Teaching of the 1st Cycle of Nutrition Sciences of the FCS-UFP, and the scientific coordinator of the Academy of Health and Leisure at the Fernando Pessoa Foundation. She has supervised 2 PhD thesis, 98 master’s dissertations, 49 BAs and 2 Pos-Doc, participated in 218 academic juries (8 PhD, 115 Master and 94 BA), and is currently supervising 5 PhD and 8 Master students in Health and Sport Sciences, Clinical Medicine and Basic Medicine. She is a reviewer of international and national scientific journals and books. MRS is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Portuguese Federation of Gymnastics and its former president in the last Olympic cycle. She received 20 awards and/or honors.