Associate Professor with Habilitation at Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Director of Sociology Department. Researcher at CIES-Iscte, currently develops research in the areas of "Communication, Information Technologies and Health", "Health Literacy" and "Digital Health". ERASMUS coordinator of the Sociology Department. Associated Editor of the Observatório magazine (OBS * - http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs), member of the Scientific Committee of Edicciones-InCom-UAB and of the Editorial Committee of Revista de Comunicación y Salud (https://www.revistadecomunicacionysalud.es/index.php/rcys). Author of several books and articles in the areas of Health and Communication, Health Literacy, Network Communication and Youth and Media in Portugal.