Ângela Inácio is a biomedical researcher specializing in the molecular mechanisms of metabolic diseases. She earned her PhD in 2005 from the University of Lisbon, in collaboration with the National Health Institute Dr. Ricardo Jorge and the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on gene expression and human health. She later received an FCT postdoctoral fellowship and held a five-year research position under the “Ciência” programme, conducting research on gene regulation in an allopolyploid model. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FMUL), and an Assistant Researcher at the Instituto Bento da Rocha Cabral. She also serves as co-Principal Investigator of the “Ecogenetics and Human Health” research group at the Institute of Environmental Health (ISAMB), where she coordinates multidisciplinary teams of physicians, psychologists, nutritionists, nurses, statisticians, and biomedical scientists. Her recent research focuses on identifying genetic, epigenetic, transcriptomic, and biochemical signatures of multifactorial diseases, aiming to integrate molecular data with clinical outcomes. Her overarching goal is to build integrative biological profiles to support disease prevention in vulnerable populations and contribute to precision public health. Scientifically, she has contributed original research on gene expression and epistasis in diseases such as obesity, uterine fibroids, cervical cancer, hypertension, sickle cell disease, heart failure, and retinopathy of prematurity. Her work explores the interaction between genetic predispositions and environmental factors (e.g., chronic stress, HPV infection), and she has investigated post-transcriptional regulation (e.g., nonsense-mediated mRNA decay), microRNAs, mosaicism, and DNA/RNA methylation, particularly in response to nutrition. She also developed improved genotyping techniques for allopolyploid species, enhancing tools for complex genomic analysis. In higher education, she has played an active role in teaching and curriculum development. She has coordinated and lectured in courses on Genetics and Gene Expression at undergraduate and graduate levels across the Faculty of Sciences and FMUL. She contributes to several doctoral programmes (e.g., EnviHealth & Co, Genetics and Infectious Diseases – NOVA), supervises BSc, MSc, and PhD students from multiple institutions (national and international), and mentors their critical thinking, experimental design, data interpretation, and problem-solving skills. She also coordinates seminars in PhD programmes related to biology, biodiversity, and metabolic diseases and hosts international students via Erasmus+ and IFMSA. Her scientific community involvement includes: serving as peer reviewer for journals such as Cell Proliferation, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome; editorial work (e.g., organizing a special issue in Antioxidants – MDPI); organizing scientific events (e.g., International Meeting on the Genetics of Polyploids, 2010); and regularly participating in MSc and PhD thesis committees. She actively supports open science, ensuring that student theses and research data are deposited in institutional repositories. Regarding societal impact, she founded the science communication group “Ciência conVIDA”, which organizes outreach activities for children and older adults in collaboration with local libraries and schools. She also contributes to public science events such as the European Researchers’ Night and is a reviewer for the educational platform “Casa das Ciências”. Her lab promotes gender equity—featuring a higher proportion of female researchers without exclusion practices—and environmental sustainability through its location in an energy-efficient building at FMUL.