Short Curriculum Vitae

Education/Training

I graduated in Medicine from UEM, Maputo-Mozambique (1992). Thereafter, I was awarded a master’s in public health sciences with emphasis in Demography at Karolinska Institute (1999) and a PhD in Epidemiology from Karolinska Institute (2004), Sweden.

PhD Thesis

Poverty and health in different contexts- social inequalities in child mortality in Mozambique and 19th Century Stockholm . Karolinska Institute/CHESS (2004).

Current Position (s)

2014 - Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Gävle, Sweden

2013 - Professor of Public Health Sciences, Mid-Sweden University, Sweden

2011 - Associate Professor of Social Medicine, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

2011 - Associate Professor of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences Mid-Sweden University, Sweden

2015 –Professor of Public Health Epidemiology, University of Porto Medical School.

2023: affiliated Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Skövde, Sweden

Previous Position (s)

2012-2013 - Senior Lecturer in Public Health Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sweden

2010-2014 - Senior Lecturer in Public Health Sciences, Department of Occupational and Public Health Sciences, University of Gävle, Sweden

2011 - Guest Researcher, Department of Psychology Mid-Sweden University, Sweden

2007-2010 - Epidemiologist, Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences; Karolinska Institutet, (Research Group Health and Safety Promotion; sub Section Violence and Determinants of Health)

2005-2007 - Epidemiologist, Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences; Karolinska Institutet, (Research Group Health Equity and Policy Analysis)

1998- Associate Professor Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Faculty of Medicine, Mozambique

1992-1996 - Clinical Director, Malhangalene Health Centre, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique

1992 - Senior lecturer Public Health and Epidemiology, Department of Community Health, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique

Activities in Peer Review Journals

Member of the editorial board (s)/current

  1. BMC Global Health Research and Policy
  2. Acta Medica Leopodiersia
  3. Guest Editor Frontiers in Public Health (Health services management and leadership-COVID-Style)
  4. Guest Editor Sustainability (CSR and stakeholders health and well-being)

Supervision of PhD Students

Current PhD students

  • Elias Militao, MSc Biotechnology. Thesis title: Food Insecurity and Health in Mozambican Households: Does Socioeconomic Position Matter? (Registered at Mid-Sweden University/ 2019).

  • Alice Pedro Magaia MD, MPH. Thesis title: Food Insecurity, Eating Habits, and Health in School Adolescents (Registered at EMU/2024).

  • Janete Mabuie, MSc Nutrition: Thesis title: Analysis of the Dynamics between Traditional and Conventional Medicine in the Breastfeeding Program in Mozambique (Registered at EMU/ 2023).

  • Rute A Camilo. Thesis title: Leadership, organizational structures, and wellbeing among the Portuguese armed forces (Registered at EU/2024).

  • Maria da C. Neves. Thesis title: The Psychosocial Situation of Family Care Givers of Relatives with Dementia (Registered at EU/2024).

Completed: D.G.Act, 2011; A.E Z, 2012; Beh. Isl 2013; Ism Y, 2015; D.A.Sarastri 2016; D.Ari, 2017; A.K.Erik, 2016; A.S.Hiswåls, 2017; H.S.Abassi, 2018; KirYT, 2019; Af.B, 2021; El.Ahmadi, 2024.