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Ana Rita Silva is a neuropsychologist with a PhD in Psychology, specialising in Neuropsychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Coimbra. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the same Faculty in the area of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and Clinical Psychogerontology. She is a member of the Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention (CINEICC), where she coordinates the Neuropsychological Assessment and Interventions (NAI) research group. Her research focuses on the development and validation of neuropsychological rehabilitation and cognitive training programmes for people with various neurological conditions, and on the interface between behavioural and biological markers in memory loss and dementia. She participates in several funded projects in the area of brain health and cognitive ageing.

Elísio Estanque is a sociologist who graduated from ISCTE-IUL in 1985 and obtained his PhD from the University of Coimbra in 1999. Born in Rio de Moinhos – Aljustrel, he studied in that village (at Externato D. Filipa de Vilhena), but also in Faro and Lisbon, where he settled at the age of 16 and began his first professional experiences while pursuing higher education. In 1985, he was admitted as a professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, joining the Sociology department, at which point he became a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) at the same university. His main academic areas include Labour Relations, Social Classes, Social Movements and Trade Unionism, Memory and Biography, in which he has published extensively. He was a member of the General Council of the University of Coimbra between 2016 and 2020.

Ana Luisa Carvalho is Associate Professor and group leader at the CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal. She has 20 years of experience working as a Neuroscientist. The aim of her research is to uncover cellular and molecular mechanisms at the basis of neuronal excitability and synaptic function, and how they are impaired in brain diseases. She has made important contributions to the identification of receptor associated proteins and metabolic hormones that regulate synaptic function and plasticity, and to understanding synaptic dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders. She has published over 65 papers (H index= 36; >4300 citations) in high impact journals such as PNAS, Molecular Psychiatry, Neuron, Nature Communications and J Cell Biology. Ana Luisa has mentored 19 PhD and 20 MSc students and presently coordinates the H2020-MSCA-ITN European Training Network Syn2Psy-Synaptic Dysfunction in Neuropsychiatric Disorders. She has coordinated 12 research grants funded by FCT, the EU or private foundations, and participated in 20 other grants. She was a member of the Scientific Research Council for FCT (2013-16) and is ad hoc reviewer for over 20 international research funding agencies.