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. Member of the Editor Team of the Observatório magazine (OBS * - http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs) and 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.