Rui Nunes got a Medical Doctor degree in 1985 at Porto University and a PhD in Bioethics in 1996 at Porto University. He is a Full Professor of Medical Sociology and Bioethics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and he is the President of the Ethics Committee of this Faculty. He has been Director of the Master’s and PhD Course on Bioethics since 1998, Director of the Master’s and PhD Course on Palliative Care since 2009 and Director of the Post-graduation Course in Hospital Management since 2006. He is the President and Founder of the Portuguese Association of Bioethics and he is a member of the National Council of Ethics for Life Sciences. He was President of the Regulatory Authority of Health the first independent healthcare regulatory agency created in Portugal. He was also a member of the board of the European Health Management Association and the International Society for Priorities in Health. He was director of the Program Porto City of Science and he was the Head of the Research Department of the International Network—UNESCO Chair in Bioethics. He is the co-chair of the Ibero-American Network of Echo-Bioethics. In 2019 he got the title of Honoris Causa Professor by the University of Favaloro, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.