PhD in Biological Anthropology and professor at the Department of Life Sciences of the University of Coimbra (Portugal). She also works as a researcher at the Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS) and was the editor of the International Journal of Paleopathology (2010–2018). She is currently the Vice-President of the Paleopathology Association and a board member of the Spanish Paleopathology Association (AEP). Her research focuses on the evolution of diseases, especially tuberculosis, in which she takes a biocultural and multidisciplinary approach.