Carolina Lemos graduated in Biology in 2002 by the Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto. She finished her PhD in 2009, at UnIGENe, IBMC and Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS). Her PhD project focused on the genetic and epidemiologic study of migraine, a complex disease. Her main research interest is in the genetic epidemiology of complex and mendelian genetic diseases, focusing nowadays in Primary Headaches and Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP) research. Carolina Lemos published 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals. She is the author of 33 oral communications by invitation in national and international meetings, presenting the main results of her research group activities and author/co-author of 56 oral communications and 101 posters in national and international scientific meetings. During the last 5 years, she published 5 papers in peer-reviewed journals as last author, 20 papers as co-author. The publications reflect the commitment with her scientific lines of research, where she devoted to translational research, from bench to analysis of clinical data. She devoted herself to show the evidence of a genetic component of migraine in the Portuguese population and the importance of the anticipation of age-at-onset in Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy. She and her team received 19 prize (s) and / or honors in national and international meetings, recognizing the value of the research that is made in this field. She had the opportunity to co-supervise/supervise during the last 15 years: 1 Post-Doc, 11 PhD students, 8 MSc students and 24 Medicine MSc Students. She is an Assistant Professor at ICBAS, teaching Genetics and Statistics to Medical; Aquatic sciences; Biochemistry and Public Health students. She is Treasurer of the Board of Headache Portuguese Society and ANDO-Associação Nacional de Displasias Ósseas. Participates actively in the dissemination of science in schools as Science Ambassador.