2008 - Director of the Post-graduation course "Clinical Skills of Comunication", Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP)

2006 - Coordinator of the 8th Group (Neuropsychiatry) of FMUP

2006 - Member of the Coordination Committee of the Sientific Board of FMUP

2005 - Coordination of the Internship Programme in Mental Health of the School of Health Sciences of University of Minho

2005 - Founding Member of the Centre of Cognitive Science of University of Porto

2002 - Appointment as Member of Office of Medical Education of FMUP

2002 - Professor at FMUP

2002 - Responsible for the Internship in Mental Health of University of Minho

2001 to 2006 - Head Professor of the subject Medical Psychology in the Graduate Programme in Medicine, University of Porto

2001 - Head of Department of Medical Psychology of FMUP

2001 - Professor (Tenure) of the 8th Group (Neuropsychiatry) of FMUP

1996 - Researcher of the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP). Currently he is senior researcher and coordinates the Commission for Continuous Education and Scientific Diffusion

1989 - Associate Professor of the 8th Group of FMUP

1987 - Head of Service in the Hospital Career

1985 - Assistant Professor of FMUP

1981 - Enters the College of Psychiatry of the Order of Doctors

1979 - Permanent Staff of the Hospital de S. João

1976 - Assistant of Medical Psychology at FMUP (Diário da República, II Série, de 28.9.1976)

1975 to 1978 - Internship in Psychiatry at the Hospital de S. João

1974 - Eventual Assistant of Medical Psychology, FMUP (Diário do Governo, II Série, de 25.2.1974)

1973 to 1974 - Policlinical internship

1972 - Letter of course, at the end of a year of Clinical Practice. Enrollment in the Order of Doctors on 12.2.1973

1971 - Tutor of Medical Psychology at FMUP (Diário do Governo, II Série, de 12.11.71)

Other Activities

2008 - Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences

2007 - Associate Researcher of CES, within the Project "The Children of the Colonial Wars: postmemory and representations"

2005 - "Membro Correspondente" of the Academy of Medical Sciences

2004 - Founder of the Office for Student Support, in the area of Psychological Consultation, which he supervises

2003 to 2005 - Member of Commission for Curricular Reform of FMUP, elected by its Scientific Council

2000 - Founder and President of Instituto de Prevenção do Stress e Saúde Ocupacional (IPSSO). Coordinator of the national study of prevalence and stress factors in teachers

1996 - Founder and first president of Portuguese Society of Psychosomatics