- works at Coimbra Hospital and University Centre since 2005; amongst other clinical activities, founder and head of a Early Psychosis Unit, besides coordinating the local Youth Mental Health Unit; - M.D. degree from the University of Coimbra in 2004, where he is a Ph. D. student; invited assistant and researcher at the Psychological Medicine Department in the Faculty of Medicine; - his main clinical and research interests include schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, social and cognitive psychology, medical education and mental health care organization.