Assistant Professor at Católica Porto School of Business and Economics  (CPSBE).
She holds a PhD in Economics and a Master's degree in Health Economics from the University of York (United Kingdom). She graduated in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto.
Her main areas of interest are economics, regulation and health policy. 
She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Health Insurance Observatory of the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority. 
She has carried out consultancy work for entities such as the European Commission, the World Bank, the Ministry of Health, the Court of Auditors, the Competition Authority, Infarmed, the Portuguese Insurance Association and the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation.
At Católica Porto School of Business and Economics, she was director of the Postgraduate Course in Health Management between 2004 and 2015.
She was Vice-President of the Portuguese Association of Health Economics. 
Between 2018 and 2023, she was a member of the Board of CEDIPRE – Centre for Public Law and Regulation Studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.
She was a member of the Commission for the Sustainability of National Health Service Funding. 
She was Chair of the Board of Directors of the Health Regulatory Authority between 2016 and 2023.