Graduated in Nutritional Sciences - University of Porto in 1995, she completed a Master's degree in Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine - University of Coimbra in 1998. In 2007 she completed a PhD in Human Nutrition - University of Porto. Since 1998, she has been a teacher at the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Porto (FCNAUP). She has been part of the Scientific Committee of the Master's in Consumer Sciences and Nutrition since 2016. She is currently Director of the Master's in Public Health Community. She was a researcher at the REQUIMTE Research Unit between 2012 and 2017. Since 2017, she is a researcher at the EPIUnit - Epidemiology Research Unit from the Public Health Institute of the University of Porto. She was a researcher in projects funded at European and national level, such as: ANEMOS; HECTOR; ENHReports I and II; DAFNE III and IV; IAN-AF 2015-2016. She was Principal Investigator of an FCT project called "Consumption of ultra-processed foods, nutrient profile and obesity in Portugal" (UPPER). She participated in the organization of important scientific meetings in the area of public health nutrition. She has been a member of the Ethics Committee of the University of Porto since 2012, currently serving as Vice-President. She is President of the newly created FCNAUP Ethics Committee.