Three questions to: Joao Malva

Where do you live? What was your professional path?

I live in Coimbra, Portugal. 

Following my graduation in Biology at the University of Coimbra (1987), I started my career at the University of Minho, in Braga, Portugal, teaching Animal Physiology. I concluded my PhD in Cell Biology at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra (1997). In 1999 I received a contract as Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, and concluded my habilitation to Full Professor/Researcher Coordinator in 2009.

What organization do you work for and what is its role?

I work at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, serving as Researcher Coordinator.

What do you see as the opportunities for the RSCN in the future?

The RSCN should be consolidated as the representative organization of the Reference Sites for Healthy Living and Active Ageing, in Europe. This recognition as an umbrella association of the Reference Sites will foster the recognition by the European Commission as a relevant stakeholder for Horizon Europe.