Violeta Alarcão holds a degree (Pre-Bolonha) (FCSH-UNL 2000) and a Ph.D. in Sociology (ISCTE-IUL 2016), and has extensive experience as a medical sociologist and in clinical and epidemiological research. Currently, she is a Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) of the University Institute of Lisbon and collaborates as a researcher at the Institute of Environmental Health (ISAMB-FMUL). Her research interests are multiple and interdisciplinary, having come increasingly to include topics such as sexuality, gender, and ethnicity in a transdisciplinary perspective. The problem of health inequality has been increasingly central to her academic trajectory.