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Works in the Toxicology Lab at UCIBIO/i4HB, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, focusing on toxicology and drug analysis. Serves as an expert on new psychoactive substances risk assessment with the European Union Drugs Agency and reviews critical reports on drug dependence liability for the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence. Previously held postdoctoral positions at the University of Minho and UCIBIO-REQUIMTE.

Most cited

205 papers in total

2020 · The Lancet

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

20,084 citationsRead

2018 · The Lancet

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

14,275 citationsRead

2017 · The Lancet

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

13,650 citationsRead

2020 · The Lancet

Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

10,014 citationsRead

2018 · The Lancet

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

8,790 citationsRead

2019 · The Lancet Neurology

Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

5,838 citationsRead