1. Current Status, Position

Prof. Cristiano Matos is President of European Association of Pharmacy Technicians and President of Portuguese Association of Pharmacy Technicians. He is also Invited Professor at ESTeSC-IPC, Coimbra, Portugal, where he teaches Pharmacovigilance, Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy. He is also consultant and researcher at QLV.group.

2. Education

He studied Pharmacy (Bachelor) at the ESTeSC-IPC,Coimbra, Portugal and became a licensed Pharmacy Technician in 2011. In 2014 he obtained a Master Degree in Applied Pharmacotherapy at ESTeSC-IPC, Coimbra, Portugal. In 2020 he obtained a PhD in Pharmacy at the University of Seville, Spain for his work in active involvement of general public in Pharmacovigilance. In 2022 he obtained Master in Medical Statistics at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

3. Research Area

His research focuses on pharmacovigilance and drug safety. During the last decade, his research covered topics as spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions, patient participation and involvement in pharmacovigilance or drug-induced adverse drug reactions.

4. Conflict of interest

None