Prof. Dr. JOÃO-RUI PITA

Faculty of Pharmacy; researcher, CEIS20 — University of Coimbra, Portugal
Socialpharmacy and Public Health). Scientific Coordinator and Researcher of the History and Sociology of Science Group at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Coimbra – CEIS20. Associate of the Biomedical Law Center, University of Coimbra. Her main research interests are history of pharmacy and health sciences, the relationship between pharmacy and society and pharmaceutical ethics. President of the Society for the Interdisciplinary History of Health. He is the author of several scientific papers published in national and international journals and many books and chapters of books. He supervised and supervises several master’s and doctoral theses and post-doctoral research in his scientific area. He was awarded several national and international awards and distinctions. Member of the International Academy of Pharmacy History (Académie Internationale d’Histoire de la Pharmacie), since 2001.