Ana Sofia R. Tavares, in 2000, graduated in Clinical Analysis and Public Health, from the Lisbon School of Health Technology (ESTeSL). In 2003, she took Master's in Public Health, specializing in Health Promotion, at the National School of Public Health, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with the classification of Very Good unanimously. In 2003, at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, she finished her Post-Graduation in Health Information and Knowledge Management: Distance Learning Course. In 2002, at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, she completed the Post-Graduation of EUMAHP: Distance Learning Course on Strategies for Health in Europe: Evidence based practice in public health and health promotion - Lisbon (Portugal) and Valencia (Spain), July, 2002 ( National School of Public Health (Portugal); Escuela Valenciana de Estudios para la Salud (Spain); Nordic School of Public Health (Sweden); National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland). In 2012 she obtained the title of Specialist in Clinical Analysis and Public Health at the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon. In 2019, she obtained a PhD in Human Kinetics, specialization in Exercise and Sport Psychology, at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, with the classification of Very Good with Distinction and Praise. She started her professional activity in 1999 as a Superior Technician of Clinical Analysis and Public Health at Hospital de Santa Cruz, where she worked in Clinical Pathology and Immunohemotherapy until 2007. In February 2007, she started working as a Superior Technician of Clinical Analysis and Public Health at the Doping Analysis Laboratory, of the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth. In parallel, in 2010, she started teaching at ESTeSL, where she joined as an invited adjunct professor, dedicating herself exclusively to teaching in September 2015 to the present date. She is responsible for the teaching of several curricular units (UC) in the degree in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, responsible for the valency of optional internships, teaching in the Master in Clinical Laboratory Technologies, highlighting his conducting in the Laboratory for Quality Control in Laboratory, in that master. She is also a supervisor of research work in the scope of the undergraduate and master's degree, and collaborates with the scientific activity in the area of Clinical Analysis and Public Health. In addition to teaching, she is also integrated in several management committees with a decisive character from ESTeSL. She also works at H & TRC - Center for Research in Health and Technology, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, as an integrated researcher. As main research interests, the areas of Clinical Chemistry, Doping, Quality Control and Behaviors and additions with direct impact in terms of Public Health stand out, highlighting the investigation of attitudes and motivations that lead the individual to consume doping substances in the practice of physical activity / sport and assessment of the physiological impact of taking these substances in biochemical terms. She integrates several nationally and internationally funded projects, and holds several publications as author and co-author, published in indexed journals with an impact factor - national and international, collaborating as a reviewer in several indexed journals of international circulation. She is also member of the Human Enhancement Drugs Network.