Lucília Nunes is a Principal Coordinating Professor at the Superior School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal. She has a PhD in philosophy, with expertise on aggregation in philosophy, specialty ethics, and aggregation in nursing. She is a specialist in mental health and psychiatric nursing. Lucília Nunes previously served as vice-president of the National Council of Ethics for Life Sciences. She received a gold medal for distinguished services from the Ministry of Health and is currently vice-president of the National Health Council. Her research interests include ethics, bioethics, nursing history and nursing education.