I´m an associate professor at the Health School of Vila Nova de Gaia – Piaget Institute, and the Executive Coordinator for Research, IT and Quality Assurance of the Piaget Institute – Portugal. I’m a research member of RECI (Research Unit in Education and Community Intervention) and a visiting researcher in the Public Awareness of Cancer Unit at i3S/IPATIMUP (Institute for Research and Innovation in Health / Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto). I hold a BSc in Applied Mathematics and Computation, a MSc in Quantitative Methods in Management and a PhD in Education and Human Development. I have a vast experience as scientific advisor as a specialist in statistical data analysis and use of statistical software.