Professional Associations
Association Period
CDG & Allies - Professionals and Patient Associations International Network Since 2016
Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (APS) Since 2014
European Sociological Association (ESA) Since 2012
Grupo Imigração e Saúde (GIS) 2006 - 2012
Organization/Coordination of Events
Type of Organization/Coordination Event Type Event Title Organizer Period
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Other Type of Event Short Course on Mixed Methods in Health Research Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto 2019
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Conference Short Course on Mixed Methods in Health Research Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto 2018
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Session Migrant and ethnic minority participation in health decision-making: achieving inclusive participatory spaces World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health 2018
Member of scientific event's organizing committee -- Session Innovative approaches to ethical and methodological challenges in health research European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry 2018
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee -- Short course of mixed methods in health research Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto 2017
Member of scientific event committee -- Session Patient-centred care and public involvement in health technologies - ESA RN16 Mid-Term Conference European Sociological Association 2016
Member of scientific event's organizing committee -- Participatory approaches to health among groups in vulnerable situations COST Action IS1103 2015
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee -- Curso de Investigação Qualitativa em Saúde ISPUP 2015
Member of scientific event's organizing committee -- Integrating migrant and ethnic minority users’ perspectives in health care: strategies, measurement and impact COST Action IS1103 2014
Member of scientific event's organizing committee -- Strategic planning meeting for sub-project 8 (User Involvement): Bringing migrant and ethnic minority users’ perspectives into health policy and health care COST Action IS1103 2012
Awards
Award Description Year
ISCTE-IUL Scientific Award 2019
ISCTE-IUL Scientific Award 2018
Best Poster Prize - International Conference of Breastfeeding (National Comission on Baby Friendly Hospitals Initiative/UNICEF) 2018
Scientific Award ISCTE-IUL 2017
Postdoctoral Grant, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) 2016
Scientific Award ISCTE-IUL 2016
Best Poster Prize - EUPHA European Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health (Norwegian Medical Association) 2016
Short-term Scientific Mission Grant , COST Action IS1103, EU Framework Programme) 2015
Postdoctoral Grant, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) 2012
Short-term Scientific Mission Grant , COST Action IS0603 (EU 7th Framework Programme) 2009
MA thesis selected as one of the most remarkable theses written in ISHSS history, University of Amsterdam - International School of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS) 2008
PhD Grant, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) 2004
Socrates-Erasmus Student Mobility Grant, European Comission 1999
Scientific Editing/Reviewing Activities
Type of Activity Journal Title Journal ISSN Quartile Period Language
Scientific journal editor Frontiers in Sociology (Association Editor for Medical Sociology section) -- -- Since 2020 English
Member of scientific journal editing staff Frontiers in Public Health (Review Editor for Inequalities in Health section) -- -- Since 2019 English
External Professional Activities
Employer Country Description Period
University of Porto - Institute of Public Health Portugal Short course of mixed methods in health research Since 2017
University of Porto - Faculty of Medicine Portugal Invited Assistant Professor - PhD Programme in Public Health (Health Systems Management; Advanced Methods in Qualitative Data Analysis) Since 2017
University of Porto - Faculty of Medicine Portugal Invited Assistant Professor - Master in Public Health (Management and Health Policy; Qualitative Health Research Methods) Since 2017
University of Porto - Institute of Public Health Portugal Invited Lecture "Diversity in health: migrant involvement in healthcare governance and community interventions" ,PhD in Global Public Health (Epidemiology) 2016
University of Porto - Institute of Public Health Portugal Invited Lecture "Public and patient participation in health",Programa Doutoral em Saúde Pública (Estudos Sociais em Saúde e Sociedade) 2015 - 2016
University of Porto - Institute of Public Health Portugal Short course of qualitative health research 2015
Universidade do Porto - Instituto de Saúde Pública Portugal Invited Lecturer - Public Health Specialization Course (Sociology of Health) Since 2015
University of Porto - Institute of Public Health Portugal Invited Lecture "Public and patient participation in health",Mestrado em Saúde Pública (Saúde e Sociedade) 2015 - 2016
University of Porto - Institute of Public Health Portugal Invited Lecture "Citizenship, participation and health",Programa Doutoral em Saúde Pública (Estudos Sociais em Saúde e Sociedade) 2014
Universidade de Sevilha - Faculdade de Psicologia Spain Invited Lecturer - Master in International Migrations, Health and Well-being Since 2014
University of Porto - Institute of Public Health Portugal Invited Lecture "Citizenship, participation and health",Mestrado em Saúde Pública (Saúde e Sociedade) 2014
University of Minho - Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences Portugal Open Lecture Inequalities in health: what citizen participation can change? 2014
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Escola de Serviço Social Brazil Researcher 2006 - 2007
Utrecht University - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Netherlands Researcher 2002 - 2003
Diffusion Activities
Activity Type Event Title Activity Description Year
Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event Film Session CineISPUP - The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks 2019
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Film Session CineISPUP - I, Daniel Blake 2017