Ana Luisa Neves is an Invited Assistant Professor at at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) since 2019, and Associate Director / Advanced Research Fellow at Imperial NIHR Patient Safety Translational Research (PSTRC), Imperial College London, since 2021. She is a medical doctor (FMUP, 2006), with a Masters Degree (FMUP, 2009) and a Doctorate in Clinical Medicine from Imperial College London (2018). She was previously a post-doc at the Institute of Global Health Innovation (2018), and a researcher at CINTESIS (FMUP, 2019 - present) and at Department of Community Medicine, Information and Decision in Health (FMUP, 2008-present). Dr Ana Luisa Neves has more than 10 years of research experience, and >40 papers published in peer-reviewed journals (>2,500 citations), using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Her research focuses on the use of health data and digital technologies to deliver safer, more effective, and patient-centred care. In what concerns teaching activities, she is the Deputy Director of MSc Patient Safety and Module Lead (Digital Health) at the Masters Public Health, at Imperial College London. Ana is also Module Lead (Health Data Collection and Principles of Health Data Science) at the PhD Programme in Health Data Science at University of Porto, where she holds a post as Associate Professor. Ana oversees the strategic development and delivery against research objectives of Imperial NIHR PSTRC, working closely with the Centre’s NHS partners, such as NHS England/Improvement and Academic Health Science Centre, to accelerate the adoption of scientific evidence for patient safety into practice. Ana also oversees the academic support to the WHO Global Patient Safety Collaborative, a multi-national consortium designed to strengthen patient safety leadership, capacity building and research development in low and middle-income countries. Ana qualified in Medicine and completed specialist training in General Practice, and has worked as a medical doctor in both high- and low-income countries. She undertook academic and research placements at Institut National de la Santé et Recherche Médicale (Paris) and at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School Affiliate (Boston), before obtaining her PhD in Clinical Medicine at Imperial College London. She is currently an elected member of the Executive Board of the European General Practice Research Network.