CV Summary

I am an Anthropologist specialised in Critical Medical Anthropology and Global Health with a PhD in African Studies and certified training in Implementation Research and Community Engagement. For over 10 years, I have been working on and with health systems strengthening from top-down and bottom-up approach, conducting ethnographic and implementation research, managing research projects, and mobilising multi-stakeholder networks and community engagement in order to reach consensus in Niger, Burkina-Faso, Senegal and Morocco. I have a vast working experience on several different gender-related research topics, and a strong expertise in conducting policy-oriented research and producing relevant analysis and knowledge on health policy and programmes; health system coordination, bottlenecks and gaps; and research-policy ecosystem. I am very committed with high-quality research results with positive impact and a big advocate of evidence-informed choices and practices at work. I am also well informed about health policies and health system performance and gaps in Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau and Angola. I speak fluently in Portuguese, French and English, understand Spanish, and write and read Modern Arabic and Latin. I have a great interest in ethnographic photography. Since 2011, I have been documenting my fieldwork background using both digital and black & white (analogue) photography techniques.

Academic Qualifications
University/Institution Type Degree Period
World Health Organization TDR
Switzerland
Technical Specialization Course MOOC on Embedding Social Innovation and Community Engagement in Implementation Research 2024 - 2024
World Health Organization TDR
Switzerland
Technical Specialization Course MOOC on Implementation Research with a Focus on Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 - 2023
Lisbon University Institute
Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas - Portugal - Lisbon
PhD African Studies 2018
ISCTE - University Institut of Lisbon
Portugal - Lisbon
Post-graduation Postgraduate Seminar in Europe-Africa Relations 2014
University of Coimbra
Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Portugal - Coimbra
Free Course Arabic Language and Culture 2008
Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra
Portugal - Coimbra
Free Course Portuguese Sign Language 2008
Faculty of Sciences and Technology - University of Coimbra
Departamento de Ciências da Vida - Portugal - Coimbra
Advanced Studies Social and Cultural Anthropology with Specialization in African Studies 2008
Uniersity of Coimbra - Faculty of Sciences and Technology
Departamento de Ciências da Vida - Portugal - Coimbra
Integrated M.Sc. Anthropology 2003
Other type of qualification
Research Interests
Critical Medical Anthropology and Global Health